Uncle Jeff's Wedding

Matt's brother, Jeff, got married yesterday. However, our camera battery died five minutes into the ceremony. Therefore, we only have a few minutes to share now.

Cecelia had fun at the rehearsal dinner and ceremony. There were two other kids there with birthdays within two days of her but she was more interested in the big kids who kept her entertained.

Matt and his mom, Lucy

Jeff, waiting for Sarah to come down the aisle

CeCe watching the wedding party come down the aisle

Refusing to face the front of church

She discovered bubble wrap and LOVED it

Cecelia and Aunt Sandy, who flew home from San Fran for the day

Last weekend, with Oma and Papa at the West Bend Farmer's Market

CeCe!
CeCe's new fall beret.
And her other hat . . . courtesy of Brian, the owner of Tastings.

On a recent cold day, Cecelia came home from daycare all bundled up.

Daddy and CeCe like to take naps together.

Mealtime has become increasingly messy. Daddy helped to create her hairstyle here.

All We Can Say Is: "We're Sorry"

To all of you who care about our little Web site and have been reminding us that it hasn't been updated in a long while, we're sorry.  Life has been crazy, but good at the Stark house.  A quick recap:

Cecelia is crawling!  This is the big news.  She's become our funny little girl.  Her personality has come out in full effect and she's a good mix of mom and dad.  She's also got a stubborn streak, though.  Not sure where that came from.  

What started as an army crawl has slowly progressed into the real deal so I can't really say when it all happened.  She's also become an independent little eater.  Baby food is, well, for babies, or so she seems to think.  She now gets vegetables, bits of chicken, bread and her favorite - cheerios.  For example, last night she enjoyed mushed bananas, cheerios, peppers, zucchini, cheerios, mushrooms, cheerios and chicken.  The bananas were in there just to make things interesting.

In family news, Matt started his new job as a district mentor with MPS.  He calls it his "dream job," which makes CeCe and me happy.  I also left the PR agency I was with to go off on my own as a public relations consultant.  What started out as an idea that was a mix of scary but exciting all the same has become a true business with real clients.  I'm enjoying the flexibility in my schedule.  Only downfall is that it's hard to turn off work.  Matt is having the same problem.  So at night after Cecelia has gone to bed, Matt and I sit next to one another with our laptops out - for hours.  Therefore, a weekly "date night" has become essential.

With all the job changes, Cate's house (CeCe's daycare) is now far out of our way.  We're each spending forty minutes in the car - me in the morning and Matt in the afternoon - driving there and back.  Therefore, we sadly decided that in October CeCe will be going to a new place close to our house.  It's a hard adjustment but one we know is best for our family.  She'll only be five minutes from home which means on my less busy days I can pick her up early for mom and CeCe fun.

During the past week we took advantage of all the end of season sales to buy CeCe her summer clothes for next year and stocked up on her wardrobe for fall and winter.  I can't believe our little peanut is nearly in 12 month clothes.  We're left wondering what happened to the time!  She'll be 10 months on Sunday.

I'm sure I'm missing a lot of developments but wanted to get something up quickly so I could dismiss the "blog guilt" I've been carrying around.  Matt had his guest post, oh, eight months ago.  I need to remind him it's time he start sharing his daddy observations with all of you.

I don't have all our photos on this computer and will therefore need to make another post to fill in July and August happenings.  But for the time being, here's a bit of September to hold you over. 

Thanks, as always, for reading!

Fishy Face

Out on a recent date with Jake and Shelly

Our little political activist . . . CeCe at the Obama rally on Labor Day. 

Catching herself in the mirror.

She loves using the legs of her jumper to help her stand up.

What? Doesn't every baby eat their pack-and-play?

Cecelia recently went to her first wedding shower.  Here is Aunt Emily posing in the toilet paper wedding gown we made her at Sarah's shower (Matt's brother's fiancee).  It was a fun time for all us Stark girls.

Sink bath!

She likes these best because she can splash water everywhere while pounding on the counter.

Yes, daddy wears clothing on his head while feeding CeCe.  Anything to keep her attention.

Breakfast before daycare.

We leave you with a CeCe smile.