A little of our month so far

Sorry for being MIA this month, Stella and I spent the past week visiting family and friends in Seattle. Heres a little of what went on there

Stella fell asleep while daddy was holding her like this...

So daddy decided to try to eat her... she's too big though :)

Auntie and grandma hangin' out with the little

Nap time with Auntie

Wide awake with Auntie

Meeting her great-grandma for the first time

Stella was one snuggly, happy baby with great grandma Grisham

A little bit of smiles...

Because she was getting some face time with grandma

My yummy birthday cake, I turned 28 on May 5th!

More cuddles with Auntie

Nappin' on the couch

Snugglin' with Grandpa

Brent, Pammy and Dane made us a wonderful Mothers day breakfast

Stella met my cousin Stacey and adored him 

More snuggles with grandma

One very happy baby

Oh happy day!

I am so excited that Spring is here. I realize it's officially been "Spring" for several weeks... but it hasn't really... it's been more of a lingering winter, nothing near what Spring should be like. Finally, we've started to have sunshine at least once a day, even if just for a few minutes, it's sun, and we love it! We also finally have blooms, my strawberry pots are growing like crazy!! I'm so excited for these delicious little red berries to grow so we can enjoy them all summer. 

Grow Berries Grow! Linking up with My3Boybarians for sweet shot Tuesday.

Look at all those blooms, I cant wait for the berries!

Stella has been awesome the last few days, she is sleeping more consistently, having regular nap times, eating more efficiently, and has just been more happy overall. She's such a great baby! Yes, she has her fussy moment's, but don't all babies? 

So adorable, I love milk drunk babies

and sleeping babies

and how could I not add a pic of Abby bringing me her pheasant?

Happy Easter!

 Hope you all had a wonderful Easter! We enjoyed a wonderful breakfast at our favorite spot, Big City Coffee in downtown Boise. Stella was kinda a cranky pants this morning, so we got a late start, but still got a great seat and had a good time. She also celebrated the holiday by letting mommy and daddy sleep for 6.5 hours straight last night! I couldn't believe it when I work up at 6am to her just starting to cry, I always get so nervous when she sleeps that long, but she did great and didn't seem to starved right away. Thank you baby girl, mommy definitely needed the good night sleep. 

The sweet onesie from Abuela Norris, "Somebunny loves me" 

Easter kisses from daddy

This was on Saturday, she seemed so bored at our efforts to get a smile out of her and then....

A smile!! (sorry it's blurry) She has started responding to us with smiles over the past few days! They are adorable, full cheeky grins! Brent seems to get the best reaction out of her, he can get her to smile repeatedly for several minutes, it's so adorable! I cant wait to capture even bigger and less blurry smiles soon.

a kinda smile, she does this a lot

and blurry again, but how could I not share that happy face! She's so stinkin' cute!

She's over it, no more smiles for us

Now were being completely ignored. Get the hint mom and dad huh.

Flashback Friday

I'm so excited to be linking up to my first Flashback Friday this week! I've been wanting to do this for some time now, but just haven't taken the big step and done it, so here goes. 

Circa 2009. Pyramid Alehouse in downtown Seattle, my sister, Brent and I decided to stop for a Pyramid sampler on our way home from Brunch with our families.

I'm not really a beer drinker, so the below photo is totally staged, although I do think I had half the tiny glass just to see if I liked it. Nope. Still not a beer fan.

sorry its blurry... but I think this picture is pretty funny. Easter doesn't usually drive us to drink this much, promise.

Pammy gettin' her Curveball on.

and deciding what to drink next

And now to take you way back, to 2003. My first Easter brunch with Brent's family.It was raining at this moment, and Brent's mom was snapping candid photos of us. I love how young we look in this Picture, and how awkward we both are, ha ha ha.

Happy Friday! 

Our Little Chunk-A-Monk

I have to admit it sooner or later... we may have a little chunk on our hands. Stella is getting to be so long and chubby, and she's starting to have little rolls on her thighs, its pretty adorable. She's also developed quite the little double chin, but a little neck pudge never hurt, it's quite cute actually.

Look at those thighs! and that belly! and those oh so kissable cheeks!

Now you may be wondering what a Chunk-A-Monk is... It's our nickname for the little chunky monkey that is our daughter, well more of my nick name for her, I just cant help tickling her tummy and giving her chubby cheeks a kiss and calling her my little Chunk-A-Monk very affectionately. and oh, those cheeks are so darn kissable, I love them.

And now, A photo dump from the past two weeks. I've been trying to get these posted since last week... but the little just wasn't having it when i'd put her down for more than a few minutes, she loves her snuggles.

Enjoying a little vitamin D. and Linking up with My3Boybarians for Sweet shot Tuesday...  On Thursday.

Playing Xbox with daddy... we'll at least he's trying to play, she kept wiggling and reaching out for him, which made things difficult.

Getting some loves from Auntie on her second visit last weekend

More snuggles with Auntie

And a little afternoon nap on the couch

It was pretty entertaining watching Pam try to juggle the plate with a wiggly Stella on her lap, but she did great.

Getting ready for bed with mom

I love me some bedtime baby kisses