Stella 15 months

Stella has been 15 months for a couple of weeks. She has started listening to instructions and understands everything you say. She loves her snacks but still not drinking milk or eating much table food. She is recently eating more table food like chicken nuggets, pancakes etc. I have tried carnation instant breakfast to make her drink milk but she not like that. She does love water but everything has to be her idea. She is going to be strong willed. She is so sweet and has the biggest smile. She loves her sister but they do fight over toys. I am not sure who is stealing whos toys. It is a hard thing. Brooklyn wants whatever she has but Stella has to learn to share and take turns. She is starting swim lessons today so we will see how that goes. She is starting to pitch a fit every time you tell her "no" or she does not get what she wants. Eating is always going to be a challenge with my kids. Stella could eat all the baby food you would give her but she does not want to try new things.

When we are out everyone asks how old she is because she is walking but she looks smaller.

Weight - 18 lbs 12 oz, (5%)
Height - (35%) (did not get stat printout so do not know how many inches)

Things she says all the time - mama, dada, cracker, water, thank you, please, sh (shoes)
Things I have heard her say - pappy, boo (Nonna and Poppy's dog), sister,

Brooklyn's big girl bed

I could not decide what I was going to do about Brooklyn's big girl bed - convert to toddler or full. Her crib converts to a toddler bed and full bed. We decided to go ahead and start with toddler bed and then buy the mattress later and make it a full bed. So I got some cute but cheap bedding at Target that we can also use for Stella. She loves her big girl bed and she has not gotten out of it at night but she has been known to play a little at nap time before she goes to sleep.






Another big girl pic (Thanks to Ashlee)

Aunts, uncles, cousins, friends!

We went to Houston for 3 nights and saw every aunt, uncle, cousin and even some friends. We stayed with Katie for 2 nights without Laird and it was fun but crazy. It is hard to do it without Daddy when you have a clingy Stella. It always takes a night to get the sleeping arrangements down. The first night was not good. We stayed with the Duncans on Saturday night and got to play with Fiona.



Brooklyn, Stella, and Fiona



Stella, Brooklyn and Finn



Cute pic of Finn









Holding cousin Harrison

May 2009

Just some pics from May of Brooklyn. Not any of Stella for some reason but I have plenty from our weekend in Houston.



Another fire station visit



Mother's Tea at school







Summer is comin!

Stella walking

Stella is officially walking. She started officially around 14 months and now she is everywhere. I just love when they start walking because they are so cute and so proud of themselves.

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.