tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63943449407131090012024-02-21T02:06:20.959-06:00The Adventures of Cole & Stellanolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335503915893139794noreply@blogger.comBlogger214125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394344940713109001.post-525007190165928592013-10-15T15:33:00.002-05:002013-10-15T15:39:09.605-05:00Adventures in Gluten Free<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Recently we have undertaken a new adventure in our house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We have gone Gluten Free.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">More specifically: Cole has gone gluten free.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He has been having stomach problems and other symptoms</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">for quite some time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We finally narrowed down his symptoms and decided to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">do the elimination diet to see if this was the issue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It has been a bit of a learning curve for this ol' Mom</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">to figure out what he can and can't eat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">First of all, we know that gluten is the protein contained in wheat,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">so anything with wheat is out:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">breads and pastas are the major items.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But gluten is hidden all over the place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I was making a hash brown casserole this weekend and found that </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">my regular brand of frozen hash browns contain wheat - What?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I've begun to follow a few gluten free blogs, but as my adventure continues</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I may throw out recipes that work for us on here as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So here goes: my adventure into food blogging.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Who says gluten free has to taste icky?</span></div>
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I love fall & look forward to breaking out my crock pot.</div>
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I went yesterday to pick up our half-cow,</div>
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so now we've got a freezer full of meat baby!</div>
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This crock pot o' goodness is easy.</div>
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Toss the meat in with a little salt, pepper & chopped garlic.</div>
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Beef broth, about a cup</div>
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I use this Pacific brand because it's organic & gluten free.</div>
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Then I dump in a container of Pacific brand cream of whatever.</div>
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This time I used cream of chicken because it's what I had.</div>
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Mushroom is good too.</div>
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Then the veggies go in</div>
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1/2 onion, mushrooms & carrots.</div>
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I don't do potatoes because I think they get mushy.</div>
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Sometimes I toss celery in, but we didn't have any today.</div>
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8 hours on low</div>
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one work day...</div>
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swimming lessons....</div>
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and then we come home to dinner ready to eat.</div>
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Stella has always been a big fan of fun shoes.</div>
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About this time last year she had a pair</div>
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of shiny black mary janes that she insisted on wearing</div>
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with everything. </div>
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Dresses, yoga pants,</div>
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didn't matter.</div>
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Lately she has gotten into trying on other people's shoes.</div>
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Here are a few shots form the past couple of weeks.</div>
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Cole's shoes</div>
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2 different shoes</div>
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And Mom's shiny black shoes.</div>
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She stomps all around the house in these. </div>
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I'm thinking she's going to be "that girl...." </div>
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The one with all of the fantastic shoes.</div>
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This isn't so much a Cole & Stella post</div>
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as it is a Jim & Nola post.</div>
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So we bought our house in April 2011</div>
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and we've basically been living with the most</div>
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disgusting master bathroom on the face of the planet</div>
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since that time.</div>
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Other than the tile floor</div>
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it had not been updated since the house was built in 1988.</div>
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See that awesome gold shower door.</div>
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And the very nice peachy-tan counter top</div>
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and tile backsplash.</div>
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The previous owners were big fans of the peachy-tan.</div>
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Oh, and the sunken medicine cabinet.</div>
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And the lovely builder grade mirror.</div>
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Yeah, we couldn't take it anymore.</div>
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So we updated it. </div>
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Here's our new bathroom. </div>
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Much more comfy.</div>
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With a nice clean, white counter top</div>
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and cool glass tiles.</div>
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Jim and I are a pretty good home makeover team.</div>
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nolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335503915893139794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394344940713109001.post-51212406230055669422013-01-24T15:05:00.001-06:002013-01-24T15:05:15.396-06:00Oh, Hi- Yes I Still Have a Blog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It doesn't just read my mind and immediately</div>
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Hmmm.</div>
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Well, that's problematic because</div>
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these two</div>
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So what have we been up to?</div>
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Well, Cole is just wrapping up swimming season.</div>
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He has never swam (swum?) competitively before</div>
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talked him into joining the team. </div>
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He wasn't sure how he would like it at first</div>
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but he ended up really enjoying himself</div>
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and getting a lot of praise from the coaches for his great team spirit.</div>
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And Stella sits really good for about 3 races</div>
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Here we are at Cross Country Season again.</div>
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And it has been a great start to the Season for Cole.</div>
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He PR'ed at Time Trials</div>
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And has twice been selected to travel to out of town meets in Omaha-</div>
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an honor on a team of 90+ runners and one bus.</div>
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He has since beat his time trial time by almost a minute</div>
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We are proud of the boy- no doubt!</div>
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It's the decal....</div>
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Last year we did not decal our car.</div>
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It feels, I don't know, showy, braggy, look at me-ish.</div>
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Cole knows we support him, </div>
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without plastering his name on the back window.</div>
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But this year, in a moment of weakness I bought the decal.</div>
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Cole wanted one for his own car.</div>
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"All the cool kids have them Mom"</div>
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And Jim gave me a disapproving look as if to say:</div>
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So here I sit, another meet in 3 hours, decal in hand.</div>
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Do I show up like a lame-o Mom at the meet un-decal'd?</div>
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Other parents whispering and giving Cole supportive and empathetic looks.</div>
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"That poor boy's Mom doesn't have a decal, she must not <i>really</i> love him."</div>
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To decal, or not to decal.</div>
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Look at that dirty car.</div>
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I would have to wipe off a spot in order to put it on</div>
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and then I would look lame with just one little spot clean on my car,</div>
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Today Stella begins her transition from her very familiar</div>
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She has been in the same room since she started daycare</div>
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back in 2010 at 10 weeks old.</div>
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She has grown up in this room.</div>
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They say she's ready</div>
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My tears this morning as I dropped her off told me</div>
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Stella and Daddy chatted with Annie Oakley</div>
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Stella was listening intently to the tour.</div>
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Stella was a little antsy!</div>
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2 of the 4 of us look good.</div>
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Well, based on my lack of recent blog updates,</div>
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That is not the case, unfortunately.</div>
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But we have been gone for the past week.</div>
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We started off our trip by headed back</div>
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North Platte, and specifically, Fort Cody.</div>
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The kids loved it</div>
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Jim worked at Fort Cody as a teenager,</div>
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and I visited a few times myself over the years.</div>
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We liked trying out all of the gear.</div>
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Uh oh Stella, there's a buffalo chasing you!</div>
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Of course we had to embrace the kitsch.</div>
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And no outlaw was immmune!</div>
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Stella liked the tee-pee</div>
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Stella liked playing peek-a-boo</div>
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She loves to sing and read books,</div>
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"Please stop taking my picture Mom.</div>
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"See Mommy, I put my eggs in here."</div>
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Stella and her Daddy have quite an act going on.</div>
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Stella has always used a pacifier</div>
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Maybe not always correctly,</div>
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but she's always been a paci baby.</div>
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It seems that Miss Stella bit into the nipple on her</div>
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And it was not fit for further use.</div>
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Being the tough guy that I am, I said:</div>
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So bedtime came, and she was asking for her "Mommy"</div>
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because I played a game with her where I would pop it out of her </div>
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So for about an hour and a half</div>
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she cried and wailed and arched her back</div>
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and threw an all out fit</div>
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for her "Mommy"</div>
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I put my shoes on, grabbed my coat and </div>
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And she was asleep within 10 minutes.</div>
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Jim was succeeding in the fight against the "Mommy"</div>
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Our pediatrician cares.</div>
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She lets me know every time we're there.</div>
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I don't know what harm it's doing.</div>
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And it makes her so happy....</div>
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with her paci hanging out of her mouth-</div>
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I tried, </div>
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but I was weak.</div>
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Snow has also been MIA this winter,</div>
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This was Stella's first real opportunity to play in the snow.</div>
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She especially liked sledding down the driveway with Cole.</div>
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The damage it does to our trees.</div>
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They're usually a good 12 feet in the air.</div>
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We lost some limbs on the trees in our front yard.</div>
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Here is Cole trying to give our trees a little relief.</div>
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I think that shaking them off a bit probably saved them.</div>
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Whew- that branch found relief by resting on the trampoline.</div>
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Stella knows her baby cousins. </div>
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(Happy 1st Birthday Mason!!!!)</div>
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She carried around Mason's invitation </div>
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so I got out photos of Kyley and Calyn</div>
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16 months is a pretty fun age.</div>
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I think that Stella is about the luckiest girl in the world</div>
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to have a big brother who adores her</div>
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as much as she adores him.</div>
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A busy Mom will do pretty much</div>
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whatever she needs to do to keep</div>
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Stella seemed to enjoy the bubbles</div>
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Cole enjoyed his T-Shirt of the Month Club subscription.</div>
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It's like the gift that keeps on giving!</div>
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And she loves to do cheesy smiles.</div>
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She really didn't mess too much with the tree.</div>
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Mostly she just liked to sit near it.</div>
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Stella has been learning what sounds animals make.</div>
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Yeah- she's pretty much awesome!</div>
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She has an uncanny knack for finding a lap and plopping down</div>
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and then demanding that you read the same book over and over again.</div>
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She will sit and look at books by herself-</div>
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Her book basket overfloweth</div>
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Daddy even got her a new reading seat.</div>
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She's a little bit cheesy!</div>
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Well, it's the last day of the weekend</div>
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but, still, enjoy your day off.</div>
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And to help you enjoy- here are some silly faces</div>
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I really think it's amazing how big her personality is</div>
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What fun this girl is!</div>
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Well it took forever for Stella to finally walk,</div>
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she's ready for more action.</div>
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Jim taught her how to kick the ball</div>
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and it's cute, but a bit hazardous.</div>
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She loves to kick it around the house,</div>
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but has no real sense that she might be kicking it</div>
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under the feet of other walkers.</div>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, I tried to get a picture, but she threw it.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She looks like such a big girl.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh, and she also wants to climb things now.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Peek!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lemme see, if I tip this over then I can climb on it.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Or in it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Whew! I'm exhausted.</div>nolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335503915893139794noreply@blogger.com0