The 6 Month Break

Well... I obviously am not a blogger. But this blog still exists.. and maybe people will read it? IDK it doesn't matter. Nothing matters.

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Stella is six months old now! YAY! She is super amazing at sitting up finally -but really- sitting up is not good enough for her. She is upset unless she can be standing/walking in some form. She likes going to the movies. I tried to cover her eyes during some scary ghost scenes but she wasn't having it.

 LET ME SEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Needless to say, she (thinks she) is independent. We had it coming since my main response to my mother was "I DO WHAT I WANT" and Kaio can often be heard saying "LET ME LIVE MY LIFE"
She is happy little cheeser, but let's see how she got here!

Visual Adventuretime! 

(A crap-ton of pictures with some explanations? If I feel like it.. so there.)

Itty bitty 0month old Stella.
Those eyebrows still working it to this day.

Doggie/baby cuddles. Aka the only reason to have both of these barnacles at the same time is so they can be cute together and love on each other.

I looked over at church one day and saw their hands were making a little heart....

awwwwwwwwwwww

(1 mo)

1-2 months

You got some fat on you! YAAAY!
We moved apartments and Gma Deidre came to visit again (bringing Gpa this time! :)

 

 

 At 2 months we went on a trip! First flight!
We saw allllll the lovely Great Grandmas!!! (and a few ggps too!)

Stella meeting her "Crazy Grandma"(my wonderful MIL... looking AMAZING right after surgery! Thank goodness she is feeling better now! )

So much many thanks to Gma Deidre who drove us to see Crazy Gma!!!

ha. butt.

Stickers! Cousin Rowan got a billion stickers put on him... that had to be soaked off later (sorry Lauren....)

Baby cuddles :))))))))))

Looks like a freshly hatched chicky, don't you think?

Either that, or very concerned about the toast gma is about to burn...

We saw so many/much friends and family on this trip!
Syd and her precious little Aspen! with me and my dumb face, and Stella.

Auntie Lala loving on wee little Stella.

Uncle Bern!
I had to go to a different store and so I told him that I could take her and he said, NO! I'm keeping her!
Haha

Shop til you drop Stella, shop til you drop.

Ready to go to her first wedding! (as a guest.. not a bride, silly!)

Cousins! (Second? Idk. Related.)

Great Aunt! Cuteness!

Carly! She will give birth to your future husband Stella... that's just that.

(Also, Stella made Carly feel like the family that she is by promptly pooping on her  >_< )

Stella doing a Gus impersonation on the flight home!

"I carry my own purse (diaper bag) to church!"

Kiss your second apartment goodbye Stella! Onto the next one!

(about 3 mo)

I haven't uploaded her baby blessing pictures yet so this cute little sleeper one will have to do.

(3 mo)

 
 

4 month old cuteness. She started smiling at the camera when she saw herself.

Hangin' with Daddy is the best.

Trying out adventure mode in the K'tan because of the next big trip around to see all the Warden side Aunts and Uncles. (without daddy though :(   )

Meeting Uncle David and Cousin Macy! <3

Our knight won a flower for this little heartbreaker at Medieval Times

Grandpa and Stella nap while David and I work on the crazy "all assembly required" swing set/monkey bar/fort/slide/picnic bench/time machine monstrosity

O_o

Double fan swaddle baby. She slept 93% of the time we were at Disney World.

Next time, don't make the baby costume out of scratchy burlap.

Baby will cry scream.

Uncle Brian being cute with Stella!

There aren't a lot of pictures at Brian and Anna's bc we just cuddled in their bedroom and watched tv.

It was great.

4 mo yawn face

Cousin Rowan!

... Is anybody still here.
This post is stupid long. You can leave and just pretend you finished. I'll never know.

Or stick it out? Maybe it will finish well...

The following four pictures I am labeling as "First Foods" although only 

one of them is actually from the night we gave her solids. (5mo)

I'm all out of love, I'm so lost without you!!!!

A quick trip to Idaho (again!) for an interview!

oh no!  :( being a baby is so rough!

A little acorn, Happy Thanksgiving!

"Mommy and I kidnapped Daddy!"

San Antonio River walk

Little cheeser

Dallas Stars hockey game

Soooo having this little cutie around is pretty fun! Somedays I wake up feeling like "I just can't mommy today" but then Stella usually does something adorable to make me forget that I feel totally incapable of being a functional human being, let alone a good mother.

Good news is, just like everything else, it's not really my strength that is worth anything. 

Yeah, it's not easy being a mommy but it is wonderful. And AWESOME.

Merry Christmas!