Tag Archives: Life with Stella
The Monday Snapshot – Fake Sleeper Edition
Lately one of Stella’s favorite things to do is “fake sleep.” It started as a game with Daddy, because whenever he would he the one to go into her room to get her in the morning, she’d drop back to the crib mattress, pull her blanket over her body, and close her eyes and pretend […]
Nursing, the End
Written May 26th: Last week was yet another week of this pregnancy kicking my butt. By Thursday afternoon at work when my husband called to say he was sick again, I knew we needed help. There was just no way I could do another night of single parenting, so we called in for reinforcements. Nana […]
The Monday Snapshot – Road Rash
Well, we can now mark “falling face first into the cement & dirt off the side of the porch” off of Stella’s bucket list. Oops! She has a Melissa & Doug shopping cart (which she ADORES – seriously – go buy it now, it’s like a portable toy box), and usually it’s only allowed inside. […]
Semi-Wordless Wednesday
Courtney wrote a great post yesterday about how Everything is Temporary. She talked about her laid back parenting philosophy, and I’d have to say that I have somehow ended up the same way. I’m not an especially laid back person in general, but in parenting? Meh. We pretty much roll with the punches in our […]
The Monday Snapshot – Lasts
We usually celebrate the firsts that our children go through, but often times we forget about the lasts. I’d guess that’s probably because we simply don’t realize that what we’re witnessing will be a last. We often don’t get to laugh the last time they use a funny made up word before figuring out how […]
The Monday Snapshot – Hanging in There Ed.
As I mentioned in my post last Thursday, this pregnancy has been kicking my ass. Unfortunately, I’m not the only one in the house who has been feeling under the weather. Last Tuesday I had some daycare issues (SEVEN people couldn’t watch Stella!) so I decided it was the universe’s way of telling me to […]
The Monday Snapshot – Mother’s Day Edition
I love looking back at past years to see how much has changed. Three years ago, I was happily on the way to Norway with my Mom and sisters, but I was also starting to realize just how screwed up my cycles were, and I was vacillating between some crazy hope and confusion. That next […]
The Monday Snapshot – Laundry Day Edition
We just had an absolutely wonderful, perfect weekend. No joke, no exaggeration, it was perfect! Lots of time spent with good friends, a multitude of projects completed at the house, and perfect weather to do it all in. Yesterday afternoon, we capped it off by hanging out on our newly completed back desk and watching […]
The Monday Snapshot – House Project Edition
Charlie and I have been slowly working on the back deck at our house over the past six months. Last fall we bought and installed the support beams and joists, and then we ran out of money, so we covered the whole thing with some cast off plywood from a job Charlie had been working […]
The Monday Snapshot – A Girl & Her Dog
I realize that between my family blog and this blog I’ve been posting a lot of dog pictures lately, but it’s a pretty accurate reflection of life around here. Stella is obsessed with throwing the ball for Chief, so every night after work, we end up in the back yard for awhile while she throws the […]
Ready to Party!
After about 2 weeks of feeling off and a solid week of a 100-102 degree temp, ear infections on both sides, molars coming through, and the general snotty/coughing crud, the SECOND Rx of antibiotics finally kicked it to the curb, and our little girl is starting to feel better. Now it’s Friday, and with chapstick […]
The Monday Snapshot – Flashback Edition
It’s been a busy week, and I wasn’t sure if I’d get a chance to put up a snapshot today, but when I sat down at my computer after dinner while Charlie had Stella in the bath, I saw that my sister had just tagged me in a picture on Facebook. Wow – flashback city. […]
The Monday Snapshot – Sugar Rush Edition
Charlie’s parents stopped by on Saturday afternoon with a special little “gift” for Stella. She was sleeping at the time, so when she woke up from her nap, we FaceTimed with them so they could see her reaction. Um, ya – she crushed the entire cup of dippin dots! She is her father’s daughter… ***** […]
The Monday Snapshot – Birthday Edition
I’m writing this while coming off the high of spending an entire birthday weekend with my awesome family and great friends. On Friday after work, a few of my girlfriends randomly showed up in need of a drink, and the four of us ended up going out for an impromptu girls’ night after Stells was […]
Through Sickness & Health
As most of you are aware, 2 days/week Stella goes to an at-home daycare about three minutes from home with just a couple of other toddlers. For the most part, we absolutely LOVE this place and the provider and the kids, though the down side is that if the provider’s own children are home sick, the […]
The Monday Snapshot – Pantry Edition
We spent yesterday hanging out at the house of some good friends of ours, and they (sans children) have a TON of stuff for Stella to get into. Thankfully, she focused her efforts on their little pantry shelf, and she was able to move cans around from shelf to shelf and box to shelf to […]
What a Year
A lot of my bloggy friends did a 2012 recap post yesterday, and though I’m a day late, I thought it’d be a fun way to recap my favorite posts from the past year. Boy was it interesting to me to read back through my year and reminisce about how much has changed! I blabbed […]
One Year In
Courtney at All the Sun for You posted recently about the top 10 things she was surprised to realize about herself as a parent, and then she challenged us all to write our own lists and link back. Here is my contribution! The top 10 things I’ve learned about myself as a parent thus far… 1) […]
And She’s Off!!!
On November 30th at 51w1d, Stella started taking a few steps at time. The first time was that morning as I tried to sneak away to shower for work. She looked over at me from her box of stuffed animals, started doing her whiny/cry, and walked right over to me. Consider my jaw dropped. 🙂 […]
The Beginning of the End
Yesterday I forgot to pump when I was home on my lunch break, and I didn’t bring the pump to work as a backup. That means I went from 6am-6pm without pumping or nursing. EEK. Don’t get me wrong – it’s not that big of a deal – I was planning on stopping day nursing/pumping next […]
Kicking and Screaming
So yeah, I’m apparently one of the only people on the planet who isn’t in love with Halloween (thanks, Mom?!). I even refused to buy an exorbitantly priced outfit for my 10.5 month old, just to take a picture of her in it. THEN, my co-worker asked me yesterday if she could buy her an outfit […]
The Monday Snapshot – Fall Leaves Edition
Charlie was SO excited to rake up a pile of leaves for Stella to play in this fall. I think it was pretty much a highlight of the first year of fatherhood for him, and we’re pretty sure she loved it! 🙂 He is such a great Dad. This is part of a weekly feature called The […]
10 Month Outtakes
Stella turned 10 months old on Monday, but I hadn’t had a chance to take my monthly photo of her in the glider with her Stella doll until this morning. This photo project is definitely getting harder and harder as she gets more mobile. Here are a few of the outtake shots from this month! 🙂
The Monday Snapshot – Smartie Pants Edition
Stella is definitely starting to remember routines and put together cause and effect more and more, and it’s pretty amazing to see it extend into her movements lately. For example, when she is locked in a room with me and wants to get out, she crawls over to the door and bangs on it…and when […]
9 Months, That’s Right
HUGE thanks to my friend Nicky for stopping by to take such wonderful pictures!! We took these in about a 5 minute span two weeks ago when she stopped by on her way to the grocery store. LOVE them so much!!
