Getting Settled In

Stella is settled in pretty well here.

She's snug as a bug in her pack n play which has a separate organic plush mattress for long stays like this and her room is our walk in closet.  I like that she can be close to us rather than upstairs when we are downstairs.  it's huge & it's on the other side of the bathroom which is really big so it's like she's in her own room down the hallway.   and its just the perfect size for her bed, night stand/night lamp and iPod so she can drift off to her Ocean Waves as she has done every single night since she was a babe 

She's also right at home with all her toys & movies.

Watching Her Favorite Movie with Jeamma:  BABE:  Pig In The City

AND HOW DO YA LOVE THE FLORIDA COUCH - I think i will inquire on where the owner's bought this so i can get one in my house too - it's dynamite

Watering Some Lovely Fake Grasses Furnished By Our Rental House

 Indoor Slide, Thank You JoNana & Grampy

Helping Daddy Unpack Her Kitchen (Justin has been working 17-Hour Days so Ter-Bear Took Over This Project

We brought our Bike & Trailer this year

The house behind me is JoNana & Grampy's rental, just across from us - and we are on a private road which is really nice

 She barely made it around the corner - so i unstrapped her and laid her down for the rest of the short ride.

WE'VE ARRIVED! (...AND OUR HUGE WARDROBE!)

 
Hmmmm.....perhaps i've just gone a bit overboard on Stella's wardrobe.  Look at all of those clothes and this is just a smidgen of it from home!  So here we have arrived, Jeamma, Stella & I (Justin was ahead of us by one week)....and all her clothes ;)  This was taken actually about a week ago, we got here last Mon. 24th.

TO MY DEFENSE:  It's all a combination of:   outfits given as gifts, bought during her first year LAST YEAR when down here in Florida at the boutique outlets (too unique to pass up those deals!), made by her Jeamma (can never have enough of those), and from 2nd hand stores which i am totally not opposed to, how can you be when you get a dress that was barely worn orginally costing $90 for a fraction of the cost, you can't! 

Road Trip: Georgia Pit Stop

Well the drive both my mom and i were both dreading, Ohio to Florida, turned out to be a BREEZE!  And THANK YOU MOM for coming with me because i REALLY appreciated it!   Reason why:  Stella was awesome AND the pit stop in Georgia to visit Aunt Janice & Uncle Mark was a wonderful break!  Thank you for your hospitality you guys!  Janice, this post is for you....as i know you will enjoy especially while you have your Monday Morning Stella Blog ritual ;)

Dinner at the Cracker Barrel with dear friends from TN - Sharon & Jerry.  This was a few hours before we made it to Janice & Mark's - a perfect time and place to stop and take a break from driving as Stella had alot of fun with all the toys in this place.

Stella is in a phase where she doesn't like to be held by people she does not know well - this was the first time meeting Jerry and she adored him - leaning right over the table to be held by him & feeding him goldfish crackers.

Chillin' at G. Aunt Janice & G. Uncle Marks in Ft. Olgethorpe, Georgia.  Watching her very first Favorite Movie (yes, she's watched it now more than 11 times).  BABE:  Pig In The City (it's the 2nd film, both are adorable) and bringing you a very special encore of "The Human Woopi Cushion"  

 LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Drive Up

CHATTENOOGA, TN - Downtown (just over the line from Mark & Janice's home)

Stella was sleeping in the stroller

 Pizza Parlor where Stella enjoyed her new found love of walking up and down a ramp

Downtown Carousel! 

Janice, Mark, Stella & Me

Playing With Uncle Mark Dowtown Chattenooga

 Playing With Aunt Janice Dowtown Chattenooga 







Georgia Pecans

 

Our Farewells...and Florida Here We Come!

The last few weeks have been jam packed with Playdates, Lunch Dates, Visits with Great-Grandma's & Great-Grandpa's, and trips to Stella's favorite winter time get away Sylvania PlayLand....all to say our Farewell!  That is until Spring happily shows it's face around here again!  Stella will miss all her family and friends and can't wait to see those visiting us down in FL - like her Ter-Bear who will be arriving just a week after we do, her Aunt Amy & Aunt Hadley in Feb. and allllll our other friends & family who plan to visit us!

As for her Toledo pals - look forward to a Welcome Back Home Stella Playdate at our house in April!

P.S.  Jill, Stella was very bummed Davis has been sick these past few weeks and unable to play and say goodbye :(  

Playdate with Lydia

 Stella helping Katy with a diaper change.

 going in for the goodbye hug

Lunch Date with babysitter, Tonya

 Play Area In Mall

 Lunch at Olga's

Visit From Aunt Amy & Uncle Todd

Visit With Great Grandma Alice

Hi-Five'n It With G.G. 

Sylvania Playland - One Of Her Favorite Places 

Visit From Great Aunt Joyce A.K.A. The Bag Lady Wine-o

(seriously, look at her here, ha!)

MOM'S NIGHT OUT, Thanks Katy!  Will Miss You All!

Some QT With Daddy...Who Left For FL Before Us

 Stella's New Favorite Thing To Do With Daddy....Walk Over To This Rug & Lay Down & Look Up & Laugh

I LOVE YOU DADDY OH'SO MUCH!

Our Trusty Ol' BOOK OF ANSWERS

 We asked it if we were going to have a good road trip to Florida....

Stella Hits The Gym

Not really - more like Open Gym Play Time.  Toledo Gymnastics offers Open Gym for one hour on Thurs. for 5 bucks.  Well worth it as Stella HAD SO MUCH FUN.  Her favorite was the big trampoline and it was awesome because i could just throw her in there alone to gently bounce and not worry since they have the safety netted walls up or i could join her which i did - she couldn't get enough.

P.S.  Jill, thank you for the adorable elephant outfit she has on here!

Her next favorite was something not really gym related...the pool filled with plastic balls.   Check out what she and her new gym buddy, Zane, were doing....it was so funny when it all started