My girl

Stella has had the same babysitter, Betsey, since she was 9 months old. Betsey has been absolutely wonderful the last 3 and half years I actually get teary eyed thinking of how wonderful she has been to Stella and I. She has been a constant and support for the both of us when things or situations in our life were not always certain or consistent. And you might say well shes just a babysitter...but she has been so much more. Every mom dreams of leaving their child, if they have to work, with someone that loves them like they do and that would do anything to make sure they are not scared, fed, happy, and learning all at the same time. Well Betsey went above and beyond all of that and I am more then grateful to have had this beautiful woman in our lives. But now Stella will be 4 in November and she is DYING to go to school. I have been trying to avoid this point in her life for about....her whole life :) But every time we drive by school she cries and I tell her "you can go to school when you get bigger". I cant even tell you how many times we have had that conversation. Since she will probably be starting kindergarten next fall I figured her starting preschool this fall will be a sufficient amount of time to get her prepared as much as possible.

I looked into preschools and found one thats right by my house and the hours gel with mine and her dads work schedule so I went by to talk to the director at the school. She was great and I really liked the set up of the school. Like every other school Stella had to get a physical and get caught up on her shots in order to attend. Naturally Stella adopted the belief that once she went to the doctor she would be "bigger"...literally "bigger", like inches, taller, bigger feet, and bigger hands. So we went to the doctor this last friday...

She was a champ. So pumped and ready for the shots. She said she was not gonna cry she was just so so excited that she was gonna be able to go to school after this appointment,
Then the big burly man comes in to give her the shots, and she gets a little scared. She lays down and he administers the shot. A look of disbelief comes over her face and she bursts into tears.

4 seconds later


So as the doctor is getting all the paperwork together for us to leave she looks at Carynn and says "am I taller?" "am I bigger?". Carynn says that she didn't think so. Stella looks at her hands and at her feet and she says "mommy my hands are still small" at this point I realize that Stella thinks that she would literally grow "bigger". She is so funny. But who can blame her? I've been drilling it into her little head that she would go to school when she get "big". And boy oh boy is she BIG! She is growing so very fast and I cant even believe that I have a 3 1/2 year old. Im excited to see her learn and how much she changes after being around so many new and different kids.

Catching up on Summer '09

Apparently I am terrible at keeping up my blog so here are a few highlights from the summer thus far...

My wonderful friend Faith came out to visit from Texas at the end of June and Stella and I were able to get out to OC to spend the day with her and Ruby. I was awesome to be able to "catch up" and just hang out with out really having plans or having to be somewhere. I love them and miss them so very much, especially because Stella and Ruby got along SO well. Must be an only child thing :)


I have come to realize that the 4th of July happens to be one my absolute favorite holidays. I love that there's no presents involved, it doesnt HAVE to be spent with family (dont get me wrong, I love my family but the 4th ain't no 25 of Dec you know what Im saying?) Anyways the fact that the whole day can be spent in the pool while consuming much food and adult beverage is FINE BY ME! And the night ends in fireworks...I rest my case.



We spent the day at Carynn's grandparents and ended the evening at the U of R. It was fantastic!

Jess's birthday was that same week and Derek surprised her with a sushi party with all of our friends. I enjoyed myself :)


Another really good friend of mine, Lauren Beck, lives in Arizona with her husband Dan and their beautiful little girl Eden who just turned one. Lauren is from California so all of her and Dans family still lives here. Naturally they celebrated Edens first birhtday out here. Stella and I were able to attend her birthday and it was awesome. I absolutely LOVE Laurens family. They might be loud but they know how to have a good time and they know how to love,



Last Sunday Carynn, Kevy, Ryan and I went to the OC fair. Carynn and I went to see Blondie and Pat Benatar. Blondie RULED and Pat KILLED it! Her voice was incredible! The show was AMAZING!!!! Ryan and Kevy ate a whole bunch fried stuff while Carynn and I were at the show then we all rode some rides together afterwards.

P.S. The margaritas were pretty great too

Carynn is on summer break so we've been hanging out quite a bit. Plus we have a new found love for cooking and swimming so its been quite a productive pass few days. Today we went to Toby Fishers 2nd birthday party. I cant believe that he is 2 already. I watched that little boy come into this world!!! I cant believe he is a little man already!!!! I love him so so much.


Oh and shes big now in case you were wondering....