Stella 14 months

Stella has been so happy the last month. She has been easier than Brooklyn lately. She finally broke 3 top teeth at the same time and we are much happier. The girl has been weaned for 8 or 9 weeks and she still will not drink any milk. She will drink some water now but she may not be a milk drinker. She still eats baby food and ever so slightly she is eating more table food. She is so skeptical of anything you try to give her. Her big breakthrough this week is that she picked up her cereal bar to eat it (she picks up everything else but some reason she wanted me to feed it to her), Brooklyn was so excited for her! She said "She is picking up her cereal bar!" I tell you what this girl has her mind made up. She sleeps really good and take sometimes 2 naps and sometimes just 1 nap. She says quite a few things. Here is the list: mama, dada, night night, thank you, cracker (loves crackers), shoes (sh)...those are just some I can think of.

We also officially have a walker! She has been taking steps and standing alone since 12 months but now she can take at least 10 steps so I guess I will call that walking.




Concentrating on walking face





More concentration

Saturday at the Arboretum

We met Kim at the Arboretum on Saturday. It was a beautiful and the Arboretum is always so pretty. We took some pics and Stella is at a much better age for picture taking. You just take what you can get with Brooklyn. Once you snap the pic she turns her head.

Little Gym playdate

We had a fun playdate with Mom's League today at Little Gym. Everytime we go there Brooklyn has a blast. It is good place for me to take both of them and not go too crazy. It is a contained space and Brooklyn pretty much does her own thing. Stella had a blast also.

Swimming videos

Here are a couple of recent videos of Brooklyn swimming and the debut of the "big slide".

Easter Festivities 2010

We had a week full of Easter activities including Mom's league easter party, easter party at school, and then we went to Fredericksburg for Easter weekend and Poppy's birthday. Brooklyn was talking big game about how excited she was to see the Easter bunny and then she backed down and clung to my leg. I got the stomach bug in Fredericksburg so I did not get to go to Easter church. I am wondering if it was a bug because no one else got it. The girls slept in the same room together the whole weekend and did pretty good. They were up early though! It was so funny they talked to each other and Brooklyn reassured Stella a couple of times and said "I think Mommy and Daddy are in the other room".

Stella and Finn's birthday party

We celebrated Stella and Finn's birthday in Houston on March 27th. We had it in the middle of their 2 birthdays. Stella's was the month before and Finn's is April 24th. We had it at Gymboree like we did for Miller and Brooklyn. We do cousin first birthdays together since they are so close in age. Everyone had fun especially Miller and Brooklyn. Stella has not enjoyed many first birthday festivities. She does not like cake we have figured out (sure that will change) and she is a Momma's girl right now. She will outgrow it but it is wearing momma out.




Trying to get that family pic



Momma and birthday girl



My birthday girl, Stella



The Fanning boys



Miss Fiona Duncan



My big girl, Brooklyn



Not a happy birthday girl



The birthday boy Finn enjoying his cake



Daddy and birthday girl

FLASHBACK below!



Flashback to Brooklyn and Miller's first birthday

Stella turns ONE!

Stella hit a milestone this last Saturday, February 27th. She is ONE! We have a survived a year with 2 kids. Yeah! Stella is so sweet these days. She is hardly fussy anymore except a little bit at night. I am trying to wean her from breastfeeding and she is not taking sippy cups yet. But she will! She is a little more feisty but has a smile that will melt your heart.

Weight: 18 lbs 3 oz - 10%
Height: 29 inches - 40%

Milestones:

She can clap, give kisses and high fives, and dance.

She is a pretty good sleeper although she wakes up sometimes to talk awhile or "crow" as we call it. She goes to sleep easily and wakes up happy. If she wakes up crying then it was not a good nap!

She is eating baby food good but still not a fan of much table food. I have tried bananas cut up and whole, cheese, cereal bars and random bites off my plate but she inspects it.

You did not like your birthday cake.

I think I hear her saying, "mama" to me, dada, night night, bye bye, thank you.

It is going to be so fun to see how her personality develops. It is always fun to see what will come out of their mouths.

Brooklyn and Stella love each other except when it comes to sharing toys. Brooklyn and Stella love their bathtime together. They love to get "nake" as Brooklyn says.




Newborn



3 months



6 months



9 months



1 year old



So happy before cake (don't you love how she cheeses, the eyes squint)



Not so happy!



Brooklyn enjoying Stella's cake