Stella's PhotoShoot in Connecticut!!!

Stella's A Star!  That is indeed is what "Stella" means too - Star  ;)

Thank you to my friend's suggestion on FB, back in July i submitted the "or more" number of photos from the "one or more" that they suggested you submit for the 2011 March of Dimes Campaign......to be exact, i submitted 16 photos of Stella.  Ha!   They called and told me she was one of the babies selected to take part in the photo shoot.  Oh and they also told me "....and that Stella, she sure does have quite the array of hats."

So we headed to New Canaan, Connecticut to Wavely Park on Aug. 3 for an outdoor photo shoot where Stella was primped by an on-set stylist (because apparently her in-house stylist A.K.A. her mama wasn't enough that day, hee hee), held by her model mommy, and walked hand-in-hand by her model daddy & mommy.  Both very nice people and Stella took a liking to both of them no problem. There were alot of balloons on the set - which was probably Stella's favorite part of all of this though.

And usually heading out to CT would be way out of our way but it was perfect as we had plans the very same week to head to Cambridge and Vermont to see Justin's family.  And added to that we also were able to make a stop at one of his very close East Coast business colleauges who happens to live in CT just 1/2 hour away from where we were shooting.  Simply meant to be! 

NOW - let's just hope they use "one or more" of her photos from the shoot!   They chose 11 babies to shoot for this campaign (i asked them out of curiousity how many submitted and they told me about 100!)  They pool together all the photos of these babies they shot and any chapter of March of Dimes across the nation can choose to use any of these photos at their liberty for any particular campaign they are working on, be it an Annual Report, specific fund raising event, website home page, etc..  So root for Stella - were shooting for a billboard placement (wishful thinking just a tad huh!). 

The photographer and crew was very nice and accomodating to us as they let the Mamma-rattzi and Papa-rattzi on set so we could shoot away ourselves of them shooting Stella.   What a very special occassion this was and one for the books - Stella's baby book that is.

I will of course keep the blog posted if any her photos are chosen to be used in any March of Dimes materials.

Grampy Visits Stella

 Grampy sure is one jet setter - and we were lucky to have a surprise visit from him at home while he was doing his round of business meetings. 

Stella seriously was so good for hours while he hung out with her - she didn't blurt out ONE WHINE! 

Stella's Bday Plate

So i've been wanting to start a tradition - paint a bday plate for Stella each year for her bday to use for her piece of cake.  Actually Jill - i've been wanting to ask you if you and Davis wanted to do this some day but there just never was a good time to plan it.  So spontaneously today, as i pulled into our Kroger's parking lot to pick up a few things for our road trip, i plopped stella in the cart still in her car seat and i thought you know what - she's in a good mood right now, i think i could bust some ass and paint this plate super fast.  so the funny thing is this place is WAY down away from Kroger's in the plaza area, and here i go trucking along the lot, into the store with my shopping cart.  i was like a bum with a baby.  hardly anyone was in there except for a few kids.  well anyway,  wahlah - her 1st Birthday Plate!  i did it in about 15 min. - they told me when i asked how long it could generally take to do "oh you could do it quick, in about an hour"  i was like - she doesn't have an hour in her and i still have to go to Kroger's - let's get this show on the road - where's your red, yellow, blue and white paint!? 

i can't wait to see it after they fire it - it should be fire engine red, aqua and and white with some hint of yellow - which are her "birthday colors" :)  TMI?  :)

oh - and it was funny - this place is called "Paint Your Own Masterpiece" but as you can see mine is no Masterpiece but man the few kids in there sure did think i was a DaVinci or something...they were surrounded by me watching me "create my masterpiece" - it was hilariously cute.  and Stella was a gem in the shopping cart for those 15 min.

Peaceful Asleep, Nap Time

Messy!

 Teething Bisquits = The MESSIEST baby food ever.  But - man they work like a charm when i need to get something done like clean up the kitchen.

The Shining!

  omg - crazy bath hair.  reminds me of Jack Nicholson in The Shining.  My scariest movie EVER, i hate it - the movie that is, not my darling girl's bath hair ;)

Mama-razzi Monday!

Stella Jane Clark was spotted on July 14 enjoying a dip in the shallow end of her lake in Northern Michigan.

Aunt Amy's Pancakes

 As our family knows, my mom and Amy make the best pancakes.  And now, Stella has discovered this as well.  Aunt Amy made her some of her specialty very own sour cream batter pancakes for breakfast when we were up north.  She can't wait till the next breakfast time with Aunt Amy!  She ate these right up.

Aunt Hadley's Baby Book

Over the last few weeks Stella has taken notice to the baby that is on the packaging of her Yo Baby Yogurt cup and always pointing to the baby and smiling.  So today when she was doing this i remembered the Global Babies Book that Aunt Hadley bought Stella which i haven't read to Stella yet.  When I showed her all the babies from around the world she got so excited to see them all.  She loves this book Aunt Hadley, Thank You!

Stella Turns 11 Months Today!

 Here she is - Stella is 11 months old today! 

Now if you ask her mama, i think SHE LOOKS TOTALLY LIKE A LESNIEWICZ!!!  At least in that first photo for sure! 

While up north at my parents cottage I got all crafty and painted this onesie for her.

Well - i've got 4 more weeks until her Big 1st Birthday Bash and i'm busy busy busy planning it!