Stella Turns One

Happy Birthday Dear Stella!

We had a small but memorable First Birthday Party for you.

Of course the best part was your cake that you got to devour.

You had no problem knowing how to eat it but keeping in true Stella Style you didn't eat too much and you ate it slowly.

So now you're one year old but this is still your favorite cupboard.

You've started watching, more dancing to Dora.

And you always have a "kracka" in at least one hand.

Happy Birthday Stella!

We love you!

One More Day

 

I love this darling little thing!

And I do mean little.  She's the smallest baby we've had and she still is.

This was her last day before she turned the big 1 year old.

I just can't get enough of that smile.

Nerds

When this school year started, I had a bunch of cute kids with bright eyes and white teeth.

 

Then somehow during the school year they all evolved into kids with braces and glasses.

 

But somehow they manage to pull it off and not look like nerds.

In fact they look adorable!

 

New Chicks

 

No matter how many times we get new chicks it never gets old watching them chirp around.

Merry Christmas!

It wasn't a big Christmas but it was Stella's first Christmas.

The most important part was that Papi made it home.

 

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Traditions Fa La La La La

Tis the season to be jolly, fa la la la la la la la la la!

Tis the season to make cute hot chocolate snowmen for teachers and friends.

fa la la la la la la la la

Now we get to see the Temple lights

fa la la la la la la la la

Papi even made it home

fa la la la la la la la la

 

Then there's the Nativity with the cousins

fa la la la la la la la la



 

Oh I wish the season would never end

fa la la la la la la la la!

Jingles

Can you believe the crazy things our elf, Jingles has been doing?

Yummy chocolate dipped Joe Joes he worked all night on

Selfies on all our phones and the computer

A early morning yoga

He even drew reindeer noses on the kids while they were sleeping,

wrapped their doorways to their rooms in wrapping paper so they couldn't get out

and came in on a wrecking ball!

 

He cracks me up!

Keep it up Jingles!

Last Christmas Sing

So bittersweet!

They are all growing up.  While I'm having such a blast with their big kid personalities it's hard to say goodbye to what was.  This year is the last Winter Sing where these four all get to be in it together. Isabel was the only one who wanted to go but I made them.  It was the last one!

We couldn't leave out the selfie on a big night like this, in the car, on the way to get ice cream.  Don't worry, I was at a red stoplight when we took it.

Nutcracker

Isabel had a blast in the Nutcracker this year.  She got to be a mouse in the battle scene.

It was fabulous!  You did wonderful, Isabel!!