Christmas is near!

It's summer now so a lot of the pictures are outside, at the park or at the swimming pool. Stella has a new cheesy grin she does for the camera. She scrunches up her entire face, it's so cute but very hard to get a normal smiling picture (see photos).

We had a lovely Thanksgiving (hosted by our Irish friend Noel) and are getting ready for Christmas. I took Stella to see Santa. She was pretty excited looking at Santa, and at all the decorations behind him. But once I sat her on his lap she lost it. The photographer snapped a few photos and told me they would be great on her 21st birthday. Haha, classic.