Stella is Two!!!

     It has been forever since I have written a blog post and I was just telling Ben how excited I was to write one for Stella's  second birthday. This girl. I tell you what. I'm a bit obsessed with her and who she is becoming. Her personality is starting to show more and more each day. She is all sorts of quirky. She is our "family clown." She does certain things that make us all laugh so hard and it only encourages her to do more.
     In some ways I can't believe Stella is two now. In other ways I feel like she has been in our family forever. Well, let's be honest...I did pretty much have her when Ruby was an infant. Ok, ok, Ruby was 15 months old when Stella was born. Stella has been a dream. Seriously. I can say that now because Ruby was much more difficult as an infant and toddler and she still is. I'm hoping that Stella keeps being an "easy" child and that baby number three follows in her footsteps. Let me brag on Stella a little bit. She eats pretty much whatever I put in front of her. This includes one of Ben and I's favorite meal of spicy sirracha shrimp noodles. She loves them. She says spicy and then asks for more. She doesn't really care for sweets, which I guess is just strange to me. I thought about taking her to get donuts tomorrow and then I thought, oh wait, that is just me who wants them. ha! If you ask her what she wants for her birthday, she will promptly tell you that she wants treats. I think this is something that Ruby told her she wanted. Argh. Stella goes with the flow. She sleeps great. In the morning and after her nap she will lay there talking to herself until we go in and pick her up. Seriously, we could leave her there for 30 minutes and she would be perfectly content. Stella also LOVES babies. I hope this is still true in four months. Wherever we go, she must say hi to all the babies and she will let us know that there is a baby.

Now I will just upload a bunch of pictures of this sweet girl. She is so much fun and I can't wait to see what the future holds for her!

This is her first birthday. 

I LOVE how much Stella loves Ruby and how much Ruby loves Stella. I pray their relationship will continue to grow into the best friendship! 

Remember when I said she didn't care for sweets? She will eat ice cream! 

She loves reading right now and she alway loves Daddy! 

Dairy Queen for the win! 

We had a blast going to the Como Zoo with my mom the other day! 

Oh sweet Stella Louise. We love you so much! I'm so thankful that God chose me to be your mom. You were fearfully and wonderfully made!  I hope you have the best day and that you have the best year as a two year old!