And She's Off...

About a month or so ago Stella took her first step.  No major walking, but a step.  Although with Brian and I's reaction one would have thought it was man's first step on the moon.  Since then she has taken little steps here or there but really wasn't interested too much in it.  Well last Friday I received a text from the Miss Robin that Stella was walking all over the place.  To be honest, I was a bit bummed that I had missed it but I knew that if she was indeed walking all over the place I would be able to see it that weekend.   When we got home that night, I enticed my daughter to walk with a lima bean.  Yes, you read that correctly she walked all over the kitchen chasing after a lima bean.  Again, Brian and I were so proud.  I then got out my FLIP video camera to document this milestone.  But do you think she would do it again?  No, not when the camera was on.  So for the past week, I have been seeing her walk but I was never able to get it on camera until tonight...

What's Stella Up To??

 I know, I know, it has been a while since I have made a post and wow has lots happened!!  To start with, Stella turned 1!!  We went back to Peoria to have her first birthday party with her grandparents, aunts and uncles and cousins.

Didn't Mimi do a great job on my cakes?

Stella loved that everyone was singing to her!!

She wasn't quite sure about the cake at first, but once daddy helped her dig in it was all over.

While we were home, we also celebrated Christmas... actually we celebrated it five times.  Stella received A LOT of toys, but her favorite part of Christmas was the wrapping paper.

Look what Santa brought me!!

I LOVE unwrapping the paper!

So once all the holidays and celebrations were over, we came home, found a place for all the toys, and played.

Oh, one last thing... She has learned to do laundry!