stella®: September 2010

September 27, 2010

Mama-razzi Monday!

Stella Jane Clark was spotted enjoying some R&R ("reading & relaxation" in this case) back on Sept. 17. Her literature of choice appears to be the Soft Surroundings catalog where her mommy recognizes the cheese factor in about 90% of this line however finds the best stuff in the remaining 10%.

September 26, 2010

Stella Goes To The Circus!

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus came to town - and Stella thought it was indeed The Greatest Show On Earth! Um, until during the middle of it when she decided passing out in Grampy's arms for a 35-min. nap was indeed better than the greatest show on earth. But no worries - she slept through intermission and woke up in time for the really cool stuff - like the Tigers and of course you all know this mom can't do a post about the circus without mentioning...the Elephants!

Stella was dressed the part for the circus in her circus dress, zebra striped coat and little lamb shoes. ok so there are no sheep in the circus but after seeing the zebras you can add a zebra to my list of animals i want in my backyard - a black & white cow is #1.

P.S. i did not plan it - but my god i looked like a flipping elephant myself with that getup. GRAY leggins, a GRAY stripped shirt and Especially the GRAY uggs, they were like large flat elephant feet attached to my knees.

Rather Play With Apples....

.....the go back to bed. Time: 11pm

(she did go to bed hours before but woke up crying, she has been teeething this week, getting more bottom toofers - so she is allowed to play if that is what she wants to do when she is hurting....uh oh, she's gonna play me isn't she?)

The Purse & Sunglass Snatcher

We went to a beautiful fall wedding on Sat. Sept. 25 (Katherine & Ryan) and Stella decided she really like her Jeamma's purse....and Ter-Bear's sunglasses.

RTB Supporter

I used to do a regular post featuring someone who supports Justin's side biz Realtimebid.com

His favorite fan i think is this one....she is always pulling his hat off of his head and trying to put it on herself and so he will place it on her like this so she can continue to play but still be able to see - she always leaves it on for the longest time, it's really cute.

Cute Girl With A Cute Lunch

I just thought Stella's looked so cute with her little well-rounded lunch here. she ate very good...um besides the corn. And unfortunately, she is becoming a bit like her daddy - one picky eater!

p.s. the photo makes her lunch plate appear to be really huge but it is not, it's a baby plate and small. so there is NOT as much chicken here as you would think.

September 23, 2010

Stella's 1-year Appt.

This is how i found Stella after her nap today - bandaid from her 1-year shots ended up like this - it was too cute.

And aside from the freak out i endured after choosing, last minute and somewhat abruptly, to give Stella a Flu shot this year (i was very upset thinking the shot had Thimerosal in it but later learned that my concern was a mute point as her dr's only give her the Thimerosal-FREE vaccine but they nor their flyer they gave me AFTER the fact was clear about it all) - her 1st Year Appt. went very well.

She's still not quite at 18 lbs., she measured in at 17.12 (thus gaining .12 lbs over the last monty) and her height was at 28.75 inches and her head circumference came in at 45 cm. What does all this mean? Well, by weight she's still riding the Negative 3%, by Height she's at 24% and Head Circum. she is at 39%. No conerns for the doctors - just made sure she's eating well and drinking the whole milk now - which she has been doing.

Every time i go in for this i tell them "my husband's sister was a very tiny girl when she was a baby and through 5 yrs. old at least - so it runs in the family i think" i've been told knowing that kind of info is important.

September 22, 2010

Stella's First Trip to the Apple Orchard!

please disregard my corny commentary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYMNx9Sqq0

It turned out to be a beautiful fall day on Sunday so Justin, Stella and I went to MacQueen's Apple Orchard and she picked apples for the first time....along with backpacking with her Daddy (thanks to this awesome hand me down from Britny & Cory, fyi Brit, we will keep it nice for when we return it back to you guys some day).

I absolutely love the fall - it's my favorite season and this was very special because Justin alot of the times is out of town during this time of year and if not it may be raining - so to have him with us was the best.

Now i have around sixty apples to work with here....we'll be eating apple pie up the wah-zoo this fall! And i know Stella will love it.

P.S. The cute scale was a prop of a photographer that was there shooting someone's kids, but they were off and away and i came upon it not knowing - and this Mama-rattzi started her own photoshoot. woops :) turned out she was done using it and she didn't mind at all

Stella's First "WALK" & Hugging Her Big Elephant (precious!)

Last time it was her first "steps" - this time, check it out - a whole walk :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC7FEKHc0ss

Stella's AWESOME Playground

I took Stella over to our local Lambertville Playground which is only about one mile from our house. I have always known about this but never really drove by it much or thought of it until now...and IT IS AWESOME! By far the best playground in the entire Toledo/Mich. Metropolitan Area! And right down the road from us, yay! This park even has it's own remote control car dirt jump course - so Justin is going to bust out the RC Jeep and show those peeps what's up. hee hee

And although Stella will really be able to enjoy it way more when she is a little older & can do all the million things they have, even now she loved to watch the other kids, play with the mulch, stand up on the things that were her height and make new friends (that is Olivia above - she was very sweet with Stella).

September 20, 2010

Mama-razzi Monday!

Stella Jane Clark was spotted September 20th in the backyard of her Michigan home playing with her garden gate wearing her customized Stella Stars Hoody that her mommy made for her. This is going to be a staple favorite for her upcoming fall season wardrobe.

Open/Close, Open/Close, Open/Close

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlSNtJoiqjE

Stella In The Mirror

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obyGgnq8KF8

JoNanna & Grampy Are Back In Town! Sept. 2010

Stella greeted JoNanna & Grampy with the BIGGEST SMILE she could hardly contain herself! It was pretty darn cute.

Just Reading A Magazine

September 19, 2010

Stella's Garden Gate

ok, neverming the fact that my baby girl took priority over WEEDING my veggie garden this year. IT WAS SHAMEFUL, i know - just look at it in the background! omg

Stella did this for about a 1/2 an hour - she loves to play with the gate. i do watch her very close by though because the mid-level posts make me nervous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V70s18E4svU

September 17, 2010

STELLA's FIRST STEPS!

Here they are - some of her very first steps! she did this last night 3 separate times but all day would not do it again until tonight just now! and both times Justin was home to witness it which is really really cool give we all know how much he can travel at times!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziNEfrjdMnI

September 16, 2010

Story Time & Lunch At The Park

The Fall session of Storytime started today at the Sylvania Library and Stella really enjoyed it. Afterwards, Jill & Davis along with Erika & Caitlyn headed over to Pacesetter Park for a packed lunch and some playground fun. It was an absolutely beautiful day for this and hopefully we are able to do this every Wed. weather permitting!

Davis and Stella love mulch.

September 15, 2010

Big Ol' Bell-aye!

This is what happens when our "little" girl eats ALOT for dinner and then gets right in the bath! look at that belly

Stella, The Human Whoopee Cushion

She was in rare form tonight over dinner! OMG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQrYY6Pt_54

September 14, 2010

Stella Liberace

• Take notice in the first pic of how she is really concentrating and even studying the notes on the sheet
music.

• Take notice in the second pic of how she figures it out and continues to play on.

• Ah, and in the third pic take notice of what she is playing ;) (yes, i am officially addicted
Stella's name - this is only the beginning of seeing it plastered everywhere!)

Almost there....

any day now, any day now - she'll be a walkin'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9q2QBlrH68

September 13, 2010

Mama-razzi Monday!

Stella Jane Clark was spotted on September 13, 2010 enjoying a fun-filled afternoon with her very first babysitter, Tonya!

And it has been stated by Stella's mommy: "Tonya was wonderful and more than i could ask for when it comes to a mom, and mind you first-time mommy, and her first babysitter."

You may ask Why: here are the Top 10 Reasons Why Tonya Is An Awesome Babysitter:

1. She's wonderful with Stella.

2. She loves babies and kids and her experience with them clearly shows.

3. She showed up and her first question to me was "before i forgot, does Stella have any food allergies
    that i need to be aware of?"

4. When offered to learn how to hop online on my computer, during Stella's napping, she replied with
    "no that's ok, i don't need to do that."

5. She is working on being a teacher for 3rd grade and below.

6. She informed me that she googled the heimlic and cpr for Babies.

7. She was a volunteer youth counselour at YMCA.

8. She even stuck around a little bit after she was officially "done" sitting and held Stella, fed her grapes (quartered of course) and chit chatted with me, allowing me to put away the groceries i just picked up.

9. She's easy to talk to and friendly.

10. And if i didn't mention it already, i know i did ;), she was WONDERFUL with Stella!

Thank you Tonya, we'll see you again soon and Stella can't wait - she was having alot of fun with you i know, i could tell when i came into the house after being gone.

Silly Stella

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWzu1coyv64

September 12, 2010

Big Girl At The Table!

Look who's a big girl sitting right up at the table! Today i realized she now is tall enough to just slide up to our table so see ya later tray! And happily see you later CLEANING UP THE TRAY!

JoNanna & Grampy - she'll be wanting to do this in Vermont when we come visit you next time so get ready :)

Fondue with a Friend, gotta love it.

So it's been over a year now since little Stella was born and last night was the first time i really felt the itch to get out - even just for an hour or so for a drink. So i texted my good friend, Jill, she is the mom of of Davis, we do our Zoos-day Tuesdays together, Reading Time at the Library, Kindermusic, we are two very active mommies with our babes always venturing out on the town. Thanks Jill - the Blue Moon beer and a half (hee hee, we split the 2nd one - we didn't want to get tooooo crazy now) and the dessert fondue & chit chat with a friend was just what i needed!

STELLA CUSTOMS: A New Feature On The Blog!

Stella Customs is a new weekly feature on the blog where i will share with you one or more items that have been custom made for Stella!

Featured this week:

A License To Drive: Stella License Plate, State of Michigan of course :)
We keep telling her TEN & TWO, TEN & TWO, but she insist on driving with her hands on the windshield instead of the steering wheel.

Visit From The Brown's

It really nice to receive a visit from Emilee, Aaron and the kiddies...even if Ian still after all these years refuses to give me a hug goodbye ;) And personally, i'm really glad Aaron had the chance to see our house POST - remodeling...it was herrendous 5 years ago! P.S. Stella is wearing the adorable Circus Dress Emilee made her for a bday gift.