Getting Ready

As we enter the final weeks of our pregnancy we've been blessed by the presence of family and friends.  Family dropping by to clean, our friends next door dropping by with dinner, and family and friends showering us with diapers to name a few!  We sure are lucky and are so grateful to know that our children are surrounded by so much love.

Stella is continuing to thrive and has stepped things up in the area of 'relational' play.  She will now snuggle a baby doll, pretend to eat (with our kitchen utensils like measuring cups and spoons), and knew exactly what to do with the tea set and purse gifts that were given to her this weekend.  Amazingly, she still goes back to basics and reads her books at the end of the day which we are so happy about.  

Visiting the Library

This weekend Grammie invited Stella to the Morley Library for a children's story time activity.  Stella was a little too young for the activities, but she loves book so she really had a nice time at her first library visit!

All of the children sat on 'magic carpet squares' to hear the story.  Stella didn't want to sit with everyone, and she wanted to read to herself so we headed to another corner of the library on our own.  Once the children moved on to their craft project Stella was ready to sit on a 'magic carpet' like a big kid!

This week Stella had her second hair cut.  She watched Daddy get his cut first so when it was her turn she was more agreeable to it than last time.  Additionally, Stella went to her first wedding this weekend!  Congratualtions to family friends Jennifer and Chris Gollinger.  Stella had a fun time playing with the bubbles and running around with the other kids during the reception.  We continue to be amazed at her progress and are enjoying soaking up all of her love and attention.  She's such a sweet little girl and we just can't get enough of her snuggles.  She certainly makes us look forward to the weekends more than we ever have before!

Help from Family

This week Stella spent lots of time with family.  On Wednesday she had dinner at Aunt Mary Jane's, who then took her home and put her to bed and on Thursday night Grammie came over to help out.  This is the first time we've had to have help from others two nights in a row but Stella didn't seem to mind at all!  Thank you so much for helping out - we are very fortunate to have family close by!


Grammie also came to visit for an afternoon over the weekend to clean the floors and spend some time with Stella.  We are so grateful for the help around the house.


While Grammie was here we met Aunt Mary Jane at the Brookdale Orchard and picked apples for the first time this season.  Despite being over-tired Stella did have fun, she just became frustrated once the bag was too full for her to carry around by herself!

Monday feels like Sunday

The Labor Day holiday has us a little out of routine but it was so nice having an extra day with Stella and an entire weekend with family from out of town.  We spent most of our time in Canton at Grammie and Pa's house and enjoyed seeing lots of friends at the Goolden's annual pig roast.

yummy yummy!!

Enjoying mommy's and uncle dan's birthday cake!

 

We probably sound like a broken record but Stella has become such a big girl.  She's been wanting to help out with different things for quite some time now but the time has come where she is actually helping.  This past week she filled an entire laundry basket with sorted clothes, and she's also helped with the dishes.  She gets so sad when dish-time is over though - the poor thing doesn't realize the life-time of dishes that are probably ahead of her!