Celebrations and Sadness

My wonderful grandpa, Leland Taft Teeples, passed away on August 25th after a long a tiresome battle with blood disease. He was an accomplished and loving man who worked tirelessly to improve the lives of others. He will be greatly missed. We celebrate his life and embrace our sorrow as it is a measure of our love for him.

We are also celebrating the one year anniversary of the new addition to our family. Stella turned one on 8/18/2009. It was a fun party and we want to thank all those who were able to attend and all of those who were thinking of our Stella Belle. Thank you for the adorable gifts.

Stella is growing at such a remarkable rate. She says new words all the time like, "ball", "bum", "bye-bye", "hi", "peas", and "baby". Not to mention her own little language of jibber jabber that goes on and on and on. She is running around all over the place and is fascinated by the world. She helps her mom pick tomatoes and loves to climb on the open dishwasher. She giggles whenever Frank gives her kisses and is becoming less stingy with giving mom and dad "loves". She is very emotional and knows how to throw fits like no bodies business. She sleeps well and eats really well.

At her one year well check she was in the 15 percentile for her weight at 18 lbs. and 14 oz. and 90th percentile for her height at 30 inches. We feel very blessed to have her in our lives and treasure each day with her. I marvel at her growth and the wonder she has for the world around her. Her wonderful Daddy is working a lot to make our life comfortable and we love him very much!