Stella's "1-year" PhotoShoot

We were supposed to complete our photo package last year with Stella’s1-year photoshoot BUT given all of our traveling we ended up taking her 9-month shoot when she was 11-months and so I decided to cancel our 1-year since it was just one month later when she actually turned one.  Hence the almost 2-yrs. old shoot here....So it’s like next to impossible to have a productive photoshoot with an almost 2-yr. old let me tell ya!  But Emy actually was able to get some really cute shots of Stella last month in my mom's backyard....here they are and here is a list of my favorites :)

Enjoy!

Click the link below then Click on "Enter Gallery".  If asked for your Passcode type in 2Stella but i think this link will take you right to her photos.

Stella's Gallery of Pics

Our June Visit With Cousin Raymond, Garden Mentor

Cousin Raymond, my mom's cousin, is the go to guy when it comes to tomatoe plants for your garden....but let me tell ya he would be so ashamed of me if he got a look at my garden this year.  As well as last year - I just can't keep up with the weeding.   But it's all good - i still have tomatoes, peppers, etc.  but man it's lookin' rough in that garden of mine!

UP NORTH July 2011 (3 of 3)

It's been a wonderful up here! Lots of summer HOT fun! Till August Up North....

  Helping mommy pick Lemon Thyme from her Jeamma's herb garden for dinner

Summer fun with Aunt Amy 

Playdate at the cottage with an old friend, Ryan and his son Aiden

Stella LOVES babies!

Playdate with Brooklyn who is from Sylvania and vacationing with family the same week we were here - check out the video below of these little Dancing Queens!

Brooklyn & Stella's dance fever pontoon ride - and to Def Leopard, wicked cute

 Watering the garden

 First Kayak Ride!

Can you say Pooped?  Stella wears us all out let me tell ya!

Up North presented us with alot of "firsts" for Stella this summer...canoe ride, kayak, and also the Pigtails :)

Shakespeare in the Park - Suttons Bay

Suttons Bay for her favorite kiddie cone in town

Playground on the bay - Suttons Bay

Ter-Bear was working on his time lapse equipment

Sharing a fudge bar

Visit with the Wade's.  Sterling is so cute with Stella and Asa looks like he's 16 here!

Traverse Bay with the Wade's

Sunset Clouds on the way home from the Bay

UP NORTH July 2011 (2 of 3)

Cousin Kevin & Sarah from Cambridge

 Uh oh, someone's drinking and driving

 Hmmm....let me change the station here

 Just went for a ride in Jeamma's garden cart

 My New FAVORITE Photo of Stella!  She is her Father's Daugher.  Jeep! Jeep! Jeep!

SUNSET LAKE MICHIGAN in LELAND.

 Sassy Bathing Beauty

PONTOONING IT.

 Swimming with Mommy - the water has been perfect temperature which is a bonus

FIELD TRIP TO GET LOCAL MAPLE SYRUP AT THE TAXIDERMY GUYS FARM 

(just a mile down the road from us)

STELLA'S FIRST CANOE RIDE!

UP NORTH July 2011 (1 of 3)

Stella and I decided to come up a day early, on Friday, since i had the carpets and area rugs steam cleaned in the house first thing friday a.m. our home suddently became a death trap!  Both Justin and I slipped terribly when stepping down from the newly cleaned moist carpet onto our stained concrete floor.  Therefore, the risk of having Stella really injure herself plus the idea of me constanstly guiding her every step throughout the next 12 hours (un, like next to impossible!) drove us to...well DRIVE  :)

So here we are and although we hated to add on another 3 days to an already long work week of not seeing Justin (as he will be in Orlando at the annual auctioneers conventions and running a TradeShow booth for RealtimeBid) - it was nice to arrive to this.....

This is my mom's front garden at the cottage and its' something as years go by and as i get older i seem to take less and less for granted :)  I think it's because i understand fully now how HARD it is to keep up on a garden.