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December 19, 2011

PlayDate with Lydia

We met Lydia and her mommy Katy at the mall and the girls had some fun in the play area then we headed to the food court for lunch where Stella encountered one very tall standing cow.  Next, off to go balls crazy on candles and load up on a 50 lb. bag of them from Bath and Body Works that nearly killed the Bugaboo when i attempted to hang it from the Mommy Hook.   Below Stella with her friend Lydia.  Reminder - she is the cute little one that we met at the mall when our babes were just 3 months old.  They almost share the same bday, just 2 days apart.  Hope to see you girls again, at least one more time before we head off to FL!

 Stella:  "Hey. Hey you Lydia.  Look at me and forget the Mama-razzi over there - besides she's always around snapping pics like crazy, if you hang out with me more you'll get over it like i am. 

 Cruisin' Chicas

 Stella:  "I can't wait till this is a real Jeep."

 Stella was going nuts over this slide

 Stella:  "Hmmmmm, I don't remember the cows in VT having on red coats.  Actually, just wait a minute here, is this SANTA!  Cuz if it is i'm gonna freak out right here, right now.  oh, oh, ok everything's cool.  It's just a cow pretending to be that terrible man with the big white beard - the one that made me cry. ok,  i'll need to let Lydia know it's just a cow, just a cow.  PHEW.

Stroller Babes just kickin' it at their local mall chowin' down on snacks.

PlayDates

Stella was invited by Ericka (Cayla) &Jill (Davis) for a lovely PlayDate with a couple other moms this week.  We went to Ericka's house in Sylvania where Stella enjoyed TOYS GALORE (you guys should buy stock in Toys R' Us Ericka!) decorating a paper christmas tree with sticker ornaments and mom here enjoyed Jill's very own Peppermint Mocha (yummmmmmm).  Thanks for the playdate guys; we had fun! 

 Stella:  "hmmmm....yes, i think i'll take that."

 Stella: " ok fine, fine....have your bowling pin.  I'll chew on this for awhile."

Stella:  "hey mom, hold on, i wanna see if i can ram Davis in the back of his legs with this car - then we can get going."

Stella:  "ok - i guess i couldn't.  and i'd try to get Cayla with it but she's busy in the dog cage.  You know come to think of it  wouldn't mind getting Jill with this either...but she's too busy snapping pics of me."

Stella:  "Here Cayla, have some of this...."  Cayla:  "ok, thanks"

Davis hard at work repairing the oven while Stella preps dinner.

Stella: "Here Davis, let me see if i can help."  

Teamwork - that's what it's all about.

Making our Sticker Christmas Tree

Stella Hits The Big Time!

Ok - well not really :)  But it's all very exciting.  Most of you have already gotten our email on this but I wanted to document this on her blog too.

If you all recall, Stella was selected back in the summer to participate in a photoshoot for the March of Dimes 2011 Marketing Campaign.  Thanks to a friend who told me I should submit photos of Stella for their call of entry for babies.  So we trekked to Connecticut in August for the shoot (on our way to Boston to see Aunt Hadley).

Welllllllll.......they have chosen to use one of her photos on the National March of Dimes March For Babies website!!!!  And other photos of her from the shoot have been put into a national photo bank to be used by all the various MOD Chapters across the U.S. and Puerto Rico for their individual campaigns. 

So needless to say, AGAIN....WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS!  This was done just for fun...and NO I am not going to become one of those crazy child pageant moms!

OK WELL HERE IT IS - CHECK OUT STELLA ON THE WEBSITE!  She is located at the bottom right of the home page in a square photo that says "Let Your Family and Friends Know You’re Walking!"  and you have to click on Stella to access that page!  Yay Stella!

http://marchforbabies.org/

XOXOXO,

Justin, Jen & Stella J. Clark

My Birthday - it was wonderful

Thanks for all my bday wishes and gifts!  The first pic was taken the morning of....the rest while we were out to dinner with the family where Stella decided to be quite the bear at Ciao.  Hmmmmm....not the best bday gift to her mommy, ha!  Hey, i can't complain she is great like 95% of time seriously!
Awwwww....but she did make up for it by cuddling with me which she rarely does because she's usually too busy wanting to play with me.  

Who Gave This To Stella?

This is a hand me down coat - adorable isn't it!  Who gave this to us - Emilee?  Whomever.....it's adorable and we'll return it some day safe and sound.

Loungin' With Daddy

 Can someone say tired?

Stella's 2nd Annual Xmas Tree Farm Outing

 

Stella's 2nd Annual Christmas Tree Outing and Our 5th...or 6th?  And it was butt ass cold out!  

Santa's Little Helper...ok Jen's Little Helper

This year Stella's ornament from us is the Big Bird with a Santa Hat on....as she does love Big Bird.

Road Trip...Stella Style