Fall Fashion

Stella's must have this fall...sunglasses. Tres chic.

Boo!

Halloween preview! Stella is going to be a cheeseburger for Halloween and her dad is going to be the hamburglar. Stella's cousin Sadie is going to be a cow and Stella is a cheeseburger so it's kind of like a Before and After costume. I still don't know what I'm going to be...any suggestions?

Shh! Shh!

For the past six months I wake up with Stella in the morning and we have a morning ritual. I come into her room and she looks at me and wiggles and points to her iPig. I turn on her music and she does her morning dance routine and then it's time to wake up daddy. I whisper, "Do you want to wake up daddy?" Stella wiggles, which means yes. Then we sneak up to the bedroom door and I look at her and say, "Shh! Shh!" Then Stella opens the door and we surprise daddy with a loud, "HEY!" However this morning after the dancing before I could ask her the same question I've been asking her for half of her life she looked at me and said, "Daddy, Daddy. Shh! Shh!" It was the perfect way to start the day.

Now if she could only learn how to fix her bottle and occupy herself until 9 a.m. so I can sleep in.

Puppy Love

Bye bye, Brobee. Stella's new obsession is dogs. Big dogs. Little dogs. Real dogs. Fake dogs. It doesn't matter. And everything is a dog. Cats are dogs. Cars are dogs. People are dogs. And she says dog with a slight southern twang, "dawwwg." So she was very excited when her Auntie Quinn gave her a dawwwg for her birthday. The only problem is that it looks very real. Almost too real. At night when you catch a glimpse of him out of the corner of your eye you jump up and cling to the chandelier thinking that either a real dog or an abnormally large rat has broken into the house. I think one day we'll have to get Stella a real dog. Is there really any other choice? Because I'm pretty sure we don't want an abnormally large rat in the house.

Bazillion Dollar Baby

My day started with a blow out at Dry Bar. If I was a bazillionaire I would never wash or blow dry my own hair again. Ever. Then we had a family photo shoot with Shoots and Giggles Photography. They are THE BEST photographers. Again- if I was a bazillionaire I would have them follow us around like paparazzi to document Stella's growth. She's growing like a weed. We finished the morning with brunch at Kings Road Cafe. I love their lattes! After brunch I demolished my husband's high score on Fruit Ninja. I don't think you heard me...DEMOLISHED! And I didn't have to be a bazillionaire to do it. I love this Saturday!

Sole-o

Stella may have left her heart in San Francisco, but she left her sole in Atlanta. We were in Target and she lost her favorite shoe. A size 3 jelly. We don't know where it went. Maybe it's sailing off into the sunset with a nice sock that disappeared in the dryer.

Look Who's Talking

Here's an oldie but a goodie from the Stella Ray archive. Enjoy!

Cousins!

Sneak peek of our visit to Atlanta!

Midnight Plane to Georgia

Stella and I are off to Atlanta to meet baby Emery tomorrow! We are so excited to see her and Liam, Aunt Moochie, Uncle Mike, Tutu, Granny Goose and Gia.

And Aaron figured out the Mommy Mathematics word problem. The correct answer was iPad. He was sweet enough to buy us one for the flight across the country. Fingers crossed that enough snacks, Yo Gabba Gabba, and what I hope is a kid friendly person in seat 29A, will get us to Atlanta without any drama. Hey Stella, in this case...please do NOT save the drama for your momma. Save it for daddy. When we get back. In a week.

Itchy Baby

Meet Stella's alter ego "Itchy Baby!" She's still having an allergic reaction to something. This is what Stella looks like...(artist rendering by daddy).

A Pox On You

Stella woke up this morning with a horrible rash everywhere. I think it's a reaction to her MMR vaccine. We're taking her to urgent care in the morning. The poor kid can't sleep and she keeps scratching. Unfortunately the baby Benadryl is not making her sleepy. She was acting fine all day (minus the giant welts that have taken over 75% of her body). We'll take her to the doctor's office on Tuesday when the reopen from the holiday weekend. I just hope it goes away before our flight on Wednesday.

ALERT! ALERT!

Today we had a fun family outing at the Long Beach Aquarium. Stella was very excited to see the fish, especially all the Nemos and the...

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ALERT! ALERT! We interrupt this blog to give you some breaking news. At 6:00 PM PST Stella Ray Horvath has been upgraded from a class 3 to a class 5 walker! Repeat: Stella Ray Horvath has been upgraded from a class 3 to a class 5 walker! No one is safe. Stella is expected to be hitting Atlanta by 7:45 PM EST on Wednesday.

This has been a public service announcement from the mom. We now rejoin your blog already in progress...
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Aaron and I did find it a bit odd that they serve fish tacos in the Cafe at the aquarium. I guess it would have been worse if they served sushi.

Put a Fork In It

Stella decided she wanted to impress her aunt and uncle next week so she started eating with a fork.

Mommy Mathematics

(Me (by myself) + Stella + airplane) * 5 hours= ?

Stella and I are headed to Atlanta to visit my sister and meet my new niece. I am very excited, but also a little worried about the flight across the country by myself with Stella. Please submit answers to the word problem above by Tuesday. Come on...you don't really want to start off the new school year by turning in your first homework assignment late. Chop, chop!