Stella's VERY FIRST Easter Egg Hunt 2011!!

Stella LOVED hunting for easter eggs!!!  This little girl was on a mission as she would scan the yard like some programmed robot designed to excel in easter egg hunting.  It was hilarious and SUPER CUTE!  And nothing would stop her once she spotted an egg from like 40 feet away -- she would crawl under pine trees, maneuver around log piles, climb up on patio chairs or point adamantly to an egg that was too high for her to reach with clear intent of wanting one of us to grab it for her so she could then put it in her easter basket.

Easter Brunch at our house with her Grandparents, her Great Grandpa Shorty, Aunt Amy and G. Aunt Deb & G. Uncle Mike.   And now off to Aunt Joyce's for the big family get together -- and we're so happy to have the Clark's join us this year there :)  Thank you everyone for all the gifts!

P.S.  Take note at her dress this year....yep, it's the same one she wore when she was 8-months old....and it was NOT too big for her back then! 

Happy Easter 2011!!

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Easter Morning....or should we say Mid-Morning (11am) since she got up around 10  :)

This is the same dress she wore last year when she was just a baby, 8-months old  - fits her perfect now at 20-months, just a little shorter but width-wise perfect.  ha!

Ok - please excuse our mess of a yard but we are currently in the middle of cleaning it all up from excessive weeds & racoon damadge (grub hunting destroyed large areas of our yard).  And we FINALLY, after 7 years,  have had the area where that gross above ground pool was that we tore out all leveled out.  Now with a brand new sprinkler system in plac, a yard maintenance program & grass seed - we are really looking forward to a weed-free plush (hopefully!) green grassy yard to enjoy with Stella! 

BLAST TO THE PAST Feature

So I randomly received a comment today  in my email inbox regarding this video i posted on You Tube back in December 2009 (Stella was 4 months old).  The comment came from someone i do not know, but when i looked her up on youtube, she's just another mom and she was probably looking for youtube footage of the Nap Nanny and came across this vid of Stella.

Anyway - it's a great one for her Blast To The Past Feature.  The HILARIOUS thing about this is the background noise.  I'm watching it right now and i'm like "WHAT is that wierd noise in the background???"  Um, let's just say this is a prime display of a multi-tasking mommy.  I was pumping my breastmilk while playing with Stella in her Nap Nanny......WHILE videoing it all.  Ha!   TMI of ya'll?? 

REVISED, Again by Denny: See New Pick, "UP"....Stella's G. Grandpa Shorty all the way

First, i forgot to give props to my friend Denny for his fine photoshop skills.  He did this - and he just sent me a revised photo again, he added the silver hair on Shorty this time.  Ha!  Thanks for doing this Denny!

So we have been thoroughly enjoying our new Sony Internet TV where we can watch our Stella You Tube videos instantly on the large screen AND it has a built-in Netflix button right on the remote!  Stella enjoyed a streamed flick today "UP" which I have been wanting to see for years especially since a co-worker once told me the old man in this animated movie looks just like my Grandpa Shorty.  This film gets 5-stars and 2 thumbs up - it's wonderful.

LOVE

The title of this post says it all about this photo I took of Stella today.

The Hampton Inn Girl....Stella in 4 years?

Justin and I come across this billboard several times when heading out east to Vermont and it turns out it's all over parts of 75 South in Georgia as well (when on our way to Florida).  Even when Stella was just a little baby, about 5 months, I thought this was seeing into the future of what she would look like at 4 years old.  Replace this girl's blue eyes with hazel and hello Stella Jane Clark!

What do you all think?

It's the perky little nose, round face, full lips and now....most of you will not have noticed this yet but our little girl is also developing quite the set of strong eyebrows just like her mama! And the Hampton Inn girl has them too.   People used to always call me Brooke Shields - unfortunately not because of my stunning looks or hot bod (yuck, ok i was like 12 back then) but because of my bushy brows.  Thank got in my late 20's I discovered waxing and trimming.

Dancin' Dylan

Long Time No Play....with G. Grandpa Shorty!

We visited G. Grandpa Shorty - the last time was before we left for Florida.  Shorty is so cute - he always asks me "How is that little angel?"

Happy Birthday Ter-Bear!

Ter-Bear celebrated his bday in Mexico this year but Stella got him the Frank Stella book and signed "Happy Birthday Terry" by Mr. Stella himself.  Very cool.  Happy Bday dad, we love you! 

Welcome G. Aunt Deb - Our Newest Stella® Blog Follower!

O.M.G!

Wait.

Let me repeat that but with the use of much more needed explanation marks.

O.M.G.!!!!!!!!!

So my Aunt Deb, who will be otherwise referred to here in the Stella® blog as "G. Aunt Deb" (the "G." stands for Great as she is my aunt and Stella's Great Aunt), has made the big jump, taken the plunge, dove in, hmmmm how many other ways can i word this, oh yes - she has Crossed Over To The Other Side.......into the world of "the computer" as she explained to me in one of the greatest voice mail messages i have received since i myself crossed over into world of the cell phone (which was a long time ago of course, so that's alot of voice mail messages that she was up against!). 

So G. Aunt Deb - let me formally welcome you to the Stella® blog!  And let me LET YOU know how very excited i was to hear that you hunkered down, for god only knows how many HOURS ;) and embraced what you called the "Stella-thon".  A term of which i will be adopting btw into my vocabulary - it's FAB.   You went through each and every single post on Stella's blog since it launched well over a year ago.  You are awesome.  But more importantly here - i am seriously so happy you went out and got yourself that iPad (are you loving it?  do i need one?  did you get a good deal?  if so, please do share ;) )  Because you can now be in touch with us keeping up to date on all of her
Stella-ventures as there were so many times i would post something and think oh what a shame G.Aunt Deb can't see this because i know she would get such a kick out of this.  Like the Human Whoopie Cushion video that you said is now one of your favorites :)

So again, Welcome Fellow Stella® blogger, G. Aunt Deb!

And as i raise my glass and toast to you....this video post is for you.   Let me introduce to you Stella's "Old Lady Look".  ENJOY ;)

P.S.  If you ever feel the urge to comment on anything here in her blog all you do is click on the word "comment" which is right under the post at the bottom of each post and then click on Anonymous, then type your message and don't forget to say it's from you, then his Post - all the comments get directly sent to my email and i will see them as soon as they are posted.

xoxoxo

Chef Stella

A christmas gift from Jeamma - handmade kitchen apron, oven mitt, and adorable chef hat!  She likes to walk around and just wear the chef hat.  Now if only i could get her to cook up a real meal around here because god knows i'm not good for that.  ;)