Happy Birthday Stella Rose

The cutest birthday girl ever, (ok kind of partial) she loved her birthday sofa and even her hat!

The most beautiful birthday cake ever! Red Velvet inside

Thanks to my friend and client Rachel Folkman, we had a beautiful "Rose" party, to see more of her work, visit her blog alittlecuppatea.blogspot.com

She loved the frosting, too overwhelmed to really eat any cake

Her favorite present was this dumptruck, she immediately went racing down the pavilion with it and then fell flat on her face, got back up and did it again.

First Camping Trip!!

Stella's first camping trip was @ Potter's Pond up Huntington canyon. My mom's family does a camping trip every two years and we got to go! Brent wasn't able to come because he was also on a camping trip @ the very same time with the scouts. So Stella and I and I went with my family. She loved the outdoors, but was a little frustrated with crawling and walking on such uncertain terrain (so therefore was held most of the time). Sleeping in the same sleeping bag with her was awful....up every couple of hours, the whole camp heard her. It was so fun to see the family and introduce little miss Stella! We are glad we went and had a great time!

Just chillin in the wildflowers....

Stella LOVES other babies and small "people"

Stella kissing Ilyssa

Stella's prize from the fish pond

First time meeting her Great Grandpa Hanson!

Playing with the truck in the dirt

We survived!

walking and popsicles

Off to church in our black dresses...

Stella can walk without this little cart, however w/ this cart she is a speed-demon!

It is so funny to watch her push this down the side-walk, life comes full circle, she looks like a very little old lady...perhaps even more stable!
Ok, so I had to let her have some popsicles this summer, not a regular thing, but she loves them!! I just let her get really messy and hose her off later.

9 months!

Liesl took this photo (stole it from her blog too) We are going to miss the Probasco's! If only Ryan weren't so talented.... it will be a great adventure in San Francisco! *bittersweet*

Stella loves to play with her shoes

Brent's first Fathers Day!

Fathers Day was 55 degrees this year!

We also celebrated the twins 5th b-days on Father's Day, Stella loved all the new toys!

Stats and Milestones (9 month check-up)

Weight: 20 lbs. 1 oz (75%)

Height: 27.5 in (65%)

Head circ: 17 3/4 in (90%)

She is growing and thinning out a little! Stella broke her first teeth Memorial Day (8 months) She now has 4 teeth that have broken through. She can stand for 15-20 seconds without holding on to anything...we are just waiting for those first steps! She LOVES to play outside and is obsessed with rocks. She collects as many as possible and has discovered that if she crams one hand full of rocks, then she can put more into the other hand! Stella is becoming really independent and prefers to do things herself.... we are in for trouble!

*can crawl a full flight of stairs

*can walk down couches or anything that supports her

*knows her name!

*smiles for everyone!

*cutest baby ever!