Washington pictures

Better late than never...

What are you going to do? I know I am a little slow at this blogging but I will get there. So just a few things to catch up to date. I went home to WA Feb 19th and was there for 4 days. It was great to go home to Mom and Dad's. It was Stella's first trip and she did quite well for her first time travelling. While being there I was able to catch up with my 2 very good friends. We went out to eat and then chatted for over 3 hours at the restaurant. Our server was a good sport for letting stay there that long. :) I was also able to spend time with my other sister Rebecca and our other sister from another mother Dee Dee. It was wonderful. We also had our family on my dad's side over that Sunday night for dinner and good company. Our cousin Victor is in the hospital right now recovering from a horrible accident. He is doing so great now! Still a long ways to go but he's getting there!! So we had everyone over to kinda de stress out. It had been such a long time since we had all seen each other. I also was finally able to meet Brooke's baby Ryan. He is such a babe!! So chucky and so very cute! It was a lot of fun getting our babies together for the first time. I must say I wish I could've had more time there, but I am glad that I was able to go at all.

Also very exciting news!! Stella finally rolled from her tummy to her back just 2 days ago on the 9th!! I was eccstatic! She is growing up so fast! She is laughing a lot more and trying to speak. She loves to walk while we are holding her hands and is into eskimo kisses. She is a doll. Now she is trying to learn to roll from her back to her tummy. Time is just flying. I just love having a baby and an awesome husband to share her with! Life is wonderful.

Some friends, some family and a lot of LOVE

It's just too dang cute not to take a couple pics. of her.
She fell asleep as I was feeding her rice cereal

Spread eagle


Chillin in her bath robe.

Feeling good after her bath

I can play with my toes and sit by myself for 4 secs!!

Stella and her grandpa

Stella and her cousin Garrett about to hug. :)

Stella and the love potion balloon. It looks like she might fly away

So this is my second post and I am so proud of myself for getting this far! :) Well let's see. Valentines day has come and passed. It was so wonderful. Alex and I went snowboarding the night before Valentines day with our friends Anthony and Laurie and my brother Matt. It was really cold and snowy but we had a lot of fun. For Love day I gave Alex a camel pack and some skull candy headphones to go down on the slopes with. Then on Valentines day, he cooked me a candle lit dinner and surprised me with a ginormous love potion balloon, tulips and a huge sweet card. It was fantastic. We finished off the night with taking some pictures of Stella with the love potion balloon. Super cute!!

On Tuesday we got to watch our nephew Garrett for a few hours. He and Stella are 11 days apart. He is so mellow compared to sweet Stella. It was so much fun to watch them interact with each other. Having him over for just a few hours made me realize I don't think I could ever handle twins. Thank goodness for 1 baby at a time. I am so glad that Stella has little cousins close to her age to grow up with. It's great to be so close with family.

Well we are super excited because we just found out that we got approved to rent this town house after our lease on our apartment is up on April 30th. It's beautiful and has so much more room for us. We can't wait! It's 3 bedroom and 2 1/2 bath and has a 2 car garage. It's perfect for our little family.

I am also so excited to be going WA to visit for 4 days. I leave tomorrow night and I can't wait! It's going to be Stella's first time leaving Utah and flying on a plane. I am very excited for her to come with me.

I have a few pictures to post from the last few days. I will also post some more when I get back from WA.

My new blog! The old one was "special" and it had to be deleted

She's waving!! :) Well kinda
Stella standing on her own holding on her crib.

Where's the baby??

What a happy girl!!

My parents and the beautiful bride and groom

our little family

I am starting over. When I started my blog New Years Eve I realized that my blog was a little "special." I couldn't post any pictures and no one could make any comments. So I deleted the old one and just started a new one. So hopefully this one will make the cut. :)

WellI just want to catch you up a few things. Stella has started eating rice cereal!!! It has been very exciting to watch her eat. She loves it! We put her in her little high chair that attaches to our chairs and she goes to town. She likes to put her hand on my hand and help me feed her. It's the cutest thing to watch. The doctor said we can start to give her something new each week. So I think next week we are going to try some veggies. Stella is almost 19 weeks. She will be 5 months in 2 more weeks! She is getting so old so fast. She loves to laugh and smile a lot. She also is grabbing for everything and wanting to put it in her mouth. She can stand on her own if she is holding onto something. She can roll side to side but she isn't turning over quite yet. She's getting there though. She loves talking.. well you know goo goo and ga ga. :) No actual words yet but I think once she learns some words she will be talking non stop! She loves to interact and play. She is so much fun right now and we are loving it!

Also last month we were able to see Heather get married. She was married on Jan 17th to Matt Johnson. The wedding was beautiful! They look so happy and it's fun to have another addition to the family. It was great having so many family members and friends come in from out of town to support both of them. We are so happy for her and him and wish them the very best!

Well that's it for now. I will be posting some pictures in a just a little bit and a video. Stay tuned for next time!