Stella*R Stories: Fall Fun!

Clearly, our lives are quite busy these days! Wanted to update the blog to reflect what we've been up to. Recently we took a trip to Ohio to celebrate the marriage of two close friends, Sam & Kara Mikolajewski. While there, Stella had the opportunity to spend some time at Indian Lake! Stella's Grandma Tessie & Papaw Keith have a "cottage" there, and it was the perfect weekend for her to visit as it was the annual Halloween Festival! She got to decorate pumpkins, dress up in her Ohio costume (a sock monkey!), participate in a costume contest/parade, AND go trick-or-treating for the first time. Also, this visit was Stella's FIRST night away from Mommy AND Daddy. (And Mommy's first night away from Stella). Okay, don't judge. It's not that I'm one of those super-obsessive parents who can't leave her child with anyone. It is just that the opportunity has honestly never presented itself. When you live at least 12 hrs from ANY family, it's hard to just up and leave for a night, weekend, etc! Anyway, I'm redeeming myself by going to Orlando, FL for THREE nights in November (but let's not think about that right now). Oops - I digress. So, Stella had a fantastically fun time at the lake, and from what I hear, she was super-sweet and well-behaved (not ALWAYS the case at home).