long update.

well, it's the middle of october and i'm just now getting around to posting pictures. better late than never.

on october 4 we took stella to Silver Dollar City for the very first time. we had tons of fun and can't wait to take her back.

our first stop was the ball treehouse. she LOVED it and threw a complete fit when we made her leave.

you can see the excitement on her face.

she is screaming in this picture.

after the ball treehouse we went to see the animals. there was a goose following us around and i stood stella in front of the goose and she couldn't get away from it fast enough! she LOVES ducks (mostly because she can say the word duck i think), but i think that goose was just a little too close for comfort for her!

michael took stella on her very first ride. she had to sit in her own seat, so michael was holding her from behind so she didn't fall over when it jerked. it just went in a circle and bounced up and down. she had this horrible look on her face the whole time. when they got off i asked her if she liked it and she shook her head no. then, we pointed to another ride and asked her if she wanted to go on another one and she wrinkled her forehead all up and violently shook her head NO. it was so funny!!!

our last stop before we left was to get some photos of stella with the pumpkin displays. she cooperated pretty well for a few shots!

after we drove back from Branson, we had dinner plans with our group of close friends. stella had a TOTAL nap of 20 minutes ALL DAY that day so i thought she was going to be a complete NIGHTMARE at dinner. she was really good though, all night long! she played really hard over at their house and by the time we got home, LATE that night, this is what she looked like.

she passed OUT in the car before we even got out of their neighborhood. she was DONE. it was a long and fun family day :)

this is a random october thursday night. on thursdays, my friend jess and i walk with our girls so our husbands can go mountain biking. when we got home stella needed a snack. you can faintly see reese's little baby arm in the picture and aunt jess's leg :)

this picture is from october 10. we were waiting on daddy to get home from work so we could go to dinner and decided it was so nice outside we needed to go to the park. so we walked to the park down the street from our house. stella loves to scoot around the play equipment by herself. she still isn't walking by herself yet, but she pulls up and stands up by herself constantly! she'll be running around before we know it!

this is from First Friday Art Walk, october 3. we usually go to the coffee ethic to visit with friends and people watch. stella gets excited because she knows she gets to climb around all over the tables.

more First Friday Art Walk.

more First Friday Art Walk. playing with mommy.

hopefully some people are still checking this blog! it's so hard to try to stay caught up. leave me a comment so i know you're still out there!!!