this past weekend we went to indiana to visit michael's parents. we had tons of fun stuff planned and were completely worn out after our adventure!

it's a 6.5 hour drive that is really difficult for miss stella.

this is what we see behind us these days

and this is what we see behind us on weekend trips.

stella and meg have gotten to be good friends most of the time. some of the time they just tolerate each other. sometimes when stella gets cranky in the car she HATES anyone (or anything) touching her car seat. meg loves to lay her head on the arm of her car seat, so it's a constact battle to keep her from hitting meg. must be what it's like to have 2 kids!

saturday afternoon we went apple picking. i was so excited to take stella! this was actually my very first time picking apples too!

and this is what stella did the whole time we were there. she missed everything!

after apple picking we took stella to the park. it is a little park nestled back in a neighborhood that michael's mom used to take him to when he was little. she LOVE LOVE LOVES the park!

this is us swinging.

she LOVES to slide!

stella and her daddy after sliding over and over and over and over.

playing with daddy.

saturday night we had a bonfire with family and friends at michael's aunt sue's house. we ate and had smores and visited. stella got passed around of course and played REALLY hard!

swinging at aunt sue's with daddy.

watching the fire.

sunday on our way home we stopped to see some friends. this is my God-daughter and her brother (who was named after michael). they are always SO excited to see stella and we always have SO much fun seeing them! we wish they didn't live so far away!

this little clip was shot last night. STELLA WALKING! ignore my completely annoying voice and the fact that it's sideways. just tilt your head to the left and enjoy!

lots of new things going on around our house as you can see! we are taking stella trick-or-treating tomorrow night with some friends . . . can't wait to see how that goes . . . hopefully she has fun! then we will be going to their house for smores afterwards.

i'm trying REALLLLLLLY hard to post more regularly . . . so i'll try to get Halloween photos up soon too.