it's the little things: video

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6.20.2012

good gravy the girl can walk!!!

we have a walker over here and we can hardly believe it!!! who knew it was going to take a visit to the library to make it happen. for some reason this whole thing called walking just clicked, and miss stella decided that the library was for walkers only. sans shoes. and lots of shrieks from this proud mama.

here's how it all went down: this little cookie let it be known to the library world by her numerous hoots and hollers {sorry everyone trying to concentrate/read/sleep/"study"} that she was excited about taking some serious steps. after warming up her lungs, a walking warm up if you will, she took 13 whole steps in a row {the current number to beat}. she completed her trek with her infamous expression, lucky you for getting to see it in action! and lucky me for having my phone nearby. you should have heard her dada's reaction to the video. i know he was miles north tucked away in his office, but i swear i could see him smiling.

so what all does this mean? well, i am not quite sure. everyone keeps telling us to "watch out" *insert awkward laugh* once she will be able to walk. ...like all of a sudden she will be committing disastrous transgressions and ruining the home we have already baby-proofed??? i just knocked on our wood floor. whew. but in all seriousness, now that this girl of ours is on the go, i guess that means new and exciting things are on the horizon! for now, we will keep praising this little walker of ours in hopes that she will keep on going and perhaps turn it into a run!

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6.17.2012

dada's day

i love to watch them. picture this: me {every night} sitting in the corner of the room soaking it all in, watching him be so gentle with her, making her giggle, with this giddy grin on my face. the connection these two have is beyond words. it cannot help but make me fall completely, head-over-heels, in more love with this man. i love him.

and i love that the things he and stella do together are such "daddy" things. things that me, a mama, could never do just right or even get away with. but that's the way it should be.

baby girl, i want you to know some of these things that your proud dada does with you that makes him so special and your mama feel forever blessed.

- your dada always checks on you before we head to bed and most times comes back telling me, "you just have to go look at her. she is so beautiful." he insists we go in and stare at you for a few minutes. we always do.

- your dada styles your hair in a spiked euro-mullet after every. single. bath. without fail. we have pictures to document this.

- your dada gets up with you in the mornings on the weekend and lets mama sleep in after he has worked a long and hard week. he is so selfless.

- your dada almost always dresses you in thee only outfit i did not want you to wear that day. complete with wet hair and a hair bow. and usually, but not always, whatever you are wearing is too small because he does not want you to wear size 18 months yet.

- your dada takes you for long walks with leon so mama can cook and have some quiet time.
- your dada ballroom dances with you around our condo. you always through your head back and laugh uncontrollably as he sings, "la la la la laaaaaa!"

- your dada has so many little nick-names for you that you respond to. they are always random and quite adorable. he calls you "bonkers" about 100 times a day. i told you they were random. ;)

- your dada has a way of making you forget about everything else when he comes home. i become an afterthought and your beautiful eyes light up when he comes in to give you a big squeeze!

- your dada is so much better than me when it comes to putting you to sleep. you prefer him to do it, actually. it has become part of both of your routines, one that i don't think he will ever want to stop.

- your dada lets you, and only you, mess up his hair. we all know how much the man loves his hair...

- your dada always reads the title, author, AND illustrator when reading you books at night. i don't know why he does it, but it's so cute! i love all those cute little things he does.

these two. they are my people. and i love them.

also, happy father's day to my own wonderful father and father-in-law. andrew and i look up to both of you and admire each respectively in so many ways. we hope you have a special day and we are sending hugs your way!

xo, amanda

here is a video stella and i made for our main man as part of his father's day gift. he is the love of both of our lives and makes us the happiest gals in all the land.

enjoy!

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6.12.2012

a video // baby girl and her cake

i've been playing around with imovie and put a little something together for miss stella {and you all} to enjoy. her special day was full of so many wonderful things, one of them being cake! here is a peek at our sweet angel, stella vivienne, eating her birthday cake. enjoy!