surfing

Some different websites to view:

http://www.dianesbiggreenpurse.com/

http://www.girlsoloinarabia.typepad.com/

Water fun!

Hint: If you ever go to a water park with your almost a year old and with another mother with a year old make sure you guys have the key to the locker!


Really wish we took pictures. It was a blast as we laughed at ourselves the whole time. But I'm not taking Penelope back until she's 5.

"da-da ba ee aa ba" I don't want to eat that right now

My daughter has gotten to a point where she has decided that although she might like apple sause she doesn't feel like apple sause today. This might be okay on occasion if my daughter could verbalize what she would like instead, but at 11 months that isn't close to happening. So this morning she was having prunes for breakfast because she has had a lot of rice, apples and bananas lately. She proceeded to through a tanturm because of the prunes and stuck her hand in the way of the spoon and spread it all over the place (including her face), arch her back, and cry as if she is in horrible pain. Well, in the end mommy kept her ground. After eating the prunes then the peaches for eating the prunes, it is now bath time.

The wild and crazy adventures of the Stade's

Here are some of the pictures we took on our trip to Whidbey Island and Seattle, Washington.

I'm back

I know that I haven't posted in a long time so I just thought I would cetch everyone up to date. After coming back from Nevada to visit my grandparents I had a week back home till Russell and I went on a planned vacation to Seattle, Washington to visit some of my family. It was a really fun time. I will update soon with fun photos--as soon as I can put all the suitcases away.