Stella's First Birthday

Well, it's already been a year. How crazy is that!?

Stella had a very nice birthday week. On the Saturday before her birthday, she had a lovely party with Nana and PopPop (i.e. Grandma and Grandpa Yakubik) and Uncle Nick. She opened some presents, got lots of balloons, wore a really cool little birthday tiara thing, and even ate cake. Check out this video:



On Wednesday (her actual birthday), the three of us went out to dinner at Chili's. Stella had a cheese quesadilla and some lovely steamed brocolli (which had a lot more butter than it does at home!).

Finally, Grandma and Grandpa Hallberg came for a visit the weekend after her birthday. We had a really great visit, and Stella enjoyed their company a lot. We were all very sad to see them head back to Boston on Sunday.

In other big news, Stella is expecting a little brother or sister! Our apologies to those of you whom we haven't managed to tell in person yet, but as you can imagine things have been a bit crazy. Chris is back in the throes of morning (read: all the time) sickness, and my work schedule has only recently returned to normal after an extended period of craziness. The estimated due date is August 16th, and we are both thrilled and nervous, as is probably to be expected. For those of you doing the math, Stella will be 18 months when the new one arrives. Craziness. Please keep us all in your thoughts and prayers!

-Stella, Chris, and Aaron