October 29, 2011
October 28, 2011
Mommy's Halloween Euchre Night
Let the pics & vids speak for themselves in this blog post ;)
No doubt, another Halloween Euchre night full of great costumes and lots of laughing....keeping this "Euchreladies" group going strong, 10+ years now. Good job starting this up mom!
Beverly
Aunt Snookie....who did receive a winner prize that night, thank god for us all!
Mom IS Martha! Check out the vid - she does a better Martha than SNL
Disco Twin, Jen & Amy
Disco Twins meet The Hustle
P.S. Aunt Deb, I posted this video on Facebook and Linda McMahon commented...here's our correspondence - you were mentioned ;)
Linda McMahon Are you kidding? No way. I bet your Aunt Debbie might have some to show you, though. Hell, she could probably bust a move too!!hahaha...ask her about Dixie Electric Co.
Our host for the evening.....Linda
God's Gift to her husband....Joan
And Barb, Mr. Snuggles Mom, is Raggedy Ann in the group pic
October 20, 2011
"TAB"
Meet "Tab". Tab started coming around when I was 8 months pregnant. He is a sweetheart. And the perfect kind of cat - not mine and therefore no litter box to deal with....yet cuddly :) J/K, i sound like a cat hater but i am not.
Tab clearly has a home as he has grown in weight year after year as he visits with us. Trust me I have been evaluating his situation over time, just in case I needed to embark on another "Mr. Snuggles Rescue Project." But nope, he's all good. Oh - this reminds me, i need to put Kitty Treats on my grocery list. Hold on.... Ok. Check. Done.
Back to Tab - he's pretty cute. He even has his own nap area, he has for the last two years here now. It's right in front, up against our house, in my landscape bed between the house and the arborvitae....because when the sun is out the front of our house gets blasted by it all day and he loves to be warm. Once winter comes we won't see him until late Spring. So Stella is enjoying the end of the Tab Season :)
Tab clearly has a home as he has grown in weight year after year as he visits with us. Trust me I have been evaluating his situation over time, just in case I needed to embark on another "Mr. Snuggles Rescue Project." But nope, he's all good. Oh - this reminds me, i need to put Kitty Treats on my grocery list. Hold on.... Ok. Check. Done.
Back to Tab - he's pretty cute. He even has his own nap area, he has for the last two years here now. It's right in front, up against our house, in my landscape bed between the house and the arborvitae....because when the sun is out the front of our house gets blasted by it all day and he loves to be warm. Once winter comes we won't see him until late Spring. So Stella is enjoying the end of the Tab Season :)
Annual Gust Brothers Playdate
Stella and I had an impromptu visit to Gust Brothers. Just her and me.
It's really great to be able to do things like that - just on a whim. I
not only will cherish these days later down the line, but i really do
cherish them now and think how lucky i am, and fortunate. I do not take
them for granted and this was just one of those days, as many, where i
thought to myself - awesome.
Geez - i just made this post a little deep, huh :)
As Stella says "Uh-Mama" for the mama pig. For some reason this girl speaks with an Italian accent and it's adorable "Uh-Mama" - i need to teach her the hand gesture you see Italian chefs doing when they have cooked one their sauces to perfection....you know the one i'm talking about now right? Pinching the fingers and putting them up to their lips and then pulling away and kissing them as they do, imagine her doing that while saying "UH-mama". :)
Geez - i just made this post a little deep, huh :)
As Stella says "Uh-Mama" for the mama pig. For some reason this girl speaks with an Italian accent and it's adorable "Uh-Mama" - i need to teach her the hand gesture you see Italian chefs doing when they have cooked one their sauces to perfection....you know the one i'm talking about now right? Pinching the fingers and putting them up to their lips and then pulling away and kissing them as they do, imagine her doing that while saying "UH-mama". :)
Chapel Hill, NC - visit with Natalie!
Stella had the chance to tag along with her daddy while he headed to Charolette NC for one of his classic car auctions - and stay the week in Chapel Hill NC with her friend Natalie. Justin stayed two nights and we had a great time with Sarah & Z and then Stella and I stayed through the rest of the week. Natalie & Stella are so cute together - they had alot of fun jumping up and down on the couch like it was a trampoline (screaming at each other in delight just like they did when in Las Vegas). Stella also adored Daffeny & Clementine (the family pooches). Thank you you guys for welcoming us into your home....and for such a long time! It was wonderful, relaxing and FUN! And a Special Thank You to Sarah for driving Stella & I all the way to Charolette down the most random roads - that was really really nice of you Sarah and it was really appreciated. Hopefully we can do this again in April when Justin has his spring auction down there.
BONUS #1: We had a bonus during this stay in NC - Stella and I invited cousin Jodi, recently transplanted from Denver to Wilmington NC, to Chapel Hill where we spent the day catching up at the house and then went off play at the pumpkin patch. Jodi and I, thanks to Sarah & Z (they watched Stella for the evening), went and had dinner in Chapel Hill at a brewery where the Octoberfest Brew was pretty darn good....and then we headed over to a charming Italian restaurant for both of ours favorite dessert - Creme Brulée! Cousin Jodi - it was SOOOO good to see you! I really wish we could spend more time together....and i'm thinking just maybe it will be easier to do now that you are living closer to us! Looking so forward to seeing you guys at Christmas this year!
BONUS #2: We were able to see our good family friend of the Clark's, Mary Pat! Although a short visit with her...it was sweet :)
Video of our drive through the tunnel. Stella loved driving through the mountains like this.
Fall Color was peaking during our drive out there - West Virginia Scenic Pit Stop
Natalie & Stella in their matching pumpkin bibs. They also enjoyed pumpkin pancakes during their visit. Lately i've been on a baking and cooking kick (isn't Justin happy about that!) and i prepared all the dried ingredients and bagged it for both the pumpkin pancakes and my apple crisp - add some milk, maybe butter and wahlah - i felt like i contributed to our stay....at least a little bit!
The dinners that Sarah & Z made were so yummy. And our girls night out for Indian was deeelish! I can't believe i didn't get a pic of us Sarah - duh!
Natalie's Daddy, Z, comes home and hands her yummy hazlenut chocolates i gave him. This girl knows a good thing when she see it!
Story Time
Elmo Time
Helping Stella pick up her mess. Stella is notorious for throwing her snacks up in the air - if there is not a lid on them. But she eventually picks up her mess...with some mandating ;)
Loving on Daffeny
Coloring with Cousin Jodi
MaryPat visits
The pumkpin patch and fun fall activities galore outing
Jodi making goofy faces at Stella!
Stella really liked the hay ride....just not taking this photo!
Look you guys - Horses!
Aside for Stella transforming herself into HOUDINI and learning how to escape out of her pack-n-play, it was a Great Trip & we look forward to hopefully doing it again in April! Oh and bonus, their new baby girl will be 3 months old by then - yay!
SIDE NOTE: Ever since we got back home Stella has been sleeping like a gem. NOT escaping her crib (thank god - i really thought that was the road we were going to be traveling down) - i think she realizes the crib is much higher than the floor level travel crib. She also has started her "fall hours" and goes to bed, happily (yay!) at 9:30 and wakes up around 9. It's been nice.
BONUS #1: We had a bonus during this stay in NC - Stella and I invited cousin Jodi, recently transplanted from Denver to Wilmington NC, to Chapel Hill where we spent the day catching up at the house and then went off play at the pumpkin patch. Jodi and I, thanks to Sarah & Z (they watched Stella for the evening), went and had dinner in Chapel Hill at a brewery where the Octoberfest Brew was pretty darn good....and then we headed over to a charming Italian restaurant for both of ours favorite dessert - Creme Brulée! Cousin Jodi - it was SOOOO good to see you! I really wish we could spend more time together....and i'm thinking just maybe it will be easier to do now that you are living closer to us! Looking so forward to seeing you guys at Christmas this year!
BONUS #2: We were able to see our good family friend of the Clark's, Mary Pat! Although a short visit with her...it was sweet :)
Video of our drive through the tunnel. Stella loved driving through the mountains like this.
Fall Color was peaking during our drive out there - West Virginia Scenic Pit Stop
Natalie & Stella in their matching pumpkin bibs. They also enjoyed pumpkin pancakes during their visit. Lately i've been on a baking and cooking kick (isn't Justin happy about that!) and i prepared all the dried ingredients and bagged it for both the pumpkin pancakes and my apple crisp - add some milk, maybe butter and wahlah - i felt like i contributed to our stay....at least a little bit!
The dinners that Sarah & Z made were so yummy. And our girls night out for Indian was deeelish! I can't believe i didn't get a pic of us Sarah - duh!
Natalie's Daddy, Z, comes home and hands her yummy hazlenut chocolates i gave him. This girl knows a good thing when she see it!
Story Time
Elmo Time
Helping Stella pick up her mess. Stella is notorious for throwing her snacks up in the air - if there is not a lid on them. But she eventually picks up her mess...with some mandating ;)
Loving on Daffeny
Coloring with Cousin Jodi
MaryPat visits
The pumkpin patch and fun fall activities galore outing
Stella really liked the hay ride....just not taking this photo!
Look you guys - Horses!
Aside for Stella transforming herself into HOUDINI and learning how to escape out of her pack-n-play, it was a Great Trip & we look forward to hopefully doing it again in April! Oh and bonus, their new baby girl will be 3 months old by then - yay!
SIDE NOTE: Ever since we got back home Stella has been sleeping like a gem. NOT escaping her crib (thank god - i really thought that was the road we were going to be traveling down) - i think she realizes the crib is much higher than the floor level travel crib. She also has started her "fall hours" and goes to bed, happily (yay!) at 9:30 and wakes up around 9. It's been nice.
October 19, 2011
Meeting Caleb!
My dear friend Katherine, and her baby boy, Caleb, came over for a visit back in Sept. It was sooooo nice to meet the little copperhead ;) - he is so adorable... and BIG! Of course i couldn't help but noticed because naturally i was comparing him to what Stella was like when she was a baby...i think the two almost weigh the same right now (she's 2 and he's 4 MONTHS, ha!).
Katherine - it was so nice to meet your friend too. She was such a sweetheart. Please bring her over again when you stop by for another visit! And Stella LOVES babies and adores Caleb - so let's make plans for a playdate soon!
Katherine - it was so nice to meet your friend too. She was such a sweetheart. Please bring her over again when you stop by for another visit! And Stella LOVES babies and adores Caleb - so let's make plans for a playdate soon!
October 10, 2011
Fun With Aunt Amy, Uncle Todd & Poochies
Stella spend a few hours in the afternoon and back again for the evening at Aunt Amy & Uncle Todd's and HAD A BLAST! As Amy put it... "Just playing a little poker with the dogs." And I only wish that we could have snapped the pic of her in Amy's Detroit Tigers Jersey (down to the floor on Stella) and her baseball cap. When we arrived there to pick her up she SCREAMED in delight -- not so much because we were back again but more so because she was having so much fun and was so excited to show us how much fun she had been having with her aunt & uncle and the doggies.
Thanks again guys - we were in a pinch and you saved us!
October 9, 2011
She's All Smiles When...
when we approach the toll booths and she sees all the bright red and green lights
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