It's been a while!

Isn't this fur coat ridiculously awesome. This is the one time we wrestled Stella into it.


Brian and I celebrated our first date 5 years ago.


Stella was a zebra for Halloween.


We did a Halloween fun run out in West Seattle. I didn't set any records but I ran the whole way with that dang stroller while Brian manned the medical tent.


Trick or treating at the northwest school dorm with our friend Colin and his son Yitbarak.


Playing on Grandma Susanna's porch.














Mmmmmmm! Chocolate!


At the sculpture park with papa.


Stella's first fire truck!! It was a present from one of the families in our baby group. Most of the other babies are already one so we did a gift exchange.

Falling into fall

Well Stella May is walking like a champ! It's pretty crazy. Right about the time she turned 10 months she figured out how to stand up on her own and then she was off!

Unfortunately she's been taking some big tumbles too.





Go Seahawks!


Watching a friend's son play soccer in the rain.


Stella fell asleep in the middle of eating her string cheese on the way home from costco!


Stairs! Wee!





It's getting chilly here. Too bad mama can't figure out how to put that hat on the right way around.


Eating cookies with mama.


Hiking with Sarah and Anna along the Columbia river.

Busy busy busy

One last trip to the wading pool


Climbing around.


Checking out some art with Brian.





Sunny happy girl!


We went to the Puyallup Fair. I saw some mutton busting for the first time and about had a heart attack. Not sure if that's in Stella's future.


Brian and Stella's favorite game: going head first into the tree.


Tuckered out!


Who me?


Yes, yes I do have my foot on the table. So?

Stella Lately

She loves feeding herself!



At library story time with Papa.


Meeting baby Ivan.


Getting tickled by Papa.





Having lunch at Grandma Susanna's house!

Clapping & Waving & Signing!

Stella is blowing us away this week with all the new things she is doing. She has started signing back to me (I've been using baby sign language with her for a while) for milk. She is also waving and now clapping! These photos are terrible but you get the gist.








We had fun watching the Mariners beat the Brewers on Sunday. Stella even got a personalized certificate since it was her first ball game.








Stella is super lucky to be a few months younger than my friend Rachel' daughter Sophia. Every few weeks fun new things show up at our house like this toy piano. Stella loves all things musical.