Stella & Daddy watching TV

Laughter

Tonight before I gave Stella her bath, she did some decent laughing. It was such a wonderful moment to experience with her. We were both laughing and laughing. It was so cute! I was acting like I was smelling her booty, and saying "SHHHHEEWWWWW, that's a stinky butt!" Then she would crack up! I had been waiting for some good belly laughs for a long time. She had been doing a lot more of her cough laughing lately. I have been given such an amazing gift, Stella is the most wonderful blessing.

She also likes to slap her hands down, as well as flap her arms up and down like she is trying to fly. Haha! We also got her new convertible car seat today, a Britax. It's very nice looking, and Stella likes it ok. I am also working on weaning from pumping. I started about a week ago, and have dropped to two pumps and I will try to only do one pump tomorrow.

Amazing Milestones

Stella is so smart and learning things so quickly! She totally said Mama last night. Unfortunately I was the only one who heard. She is really getting around quick on the floor, still not quite a crawl. A couple days ago I sat her in front of the exersaucer and she pulled up to standing all by herself. Not sure if I mentioned she is sitting unassisted, but she is. She loves food, she had some grapes last night in her mesh feeder. People are calling her "Healthy" now, a nice way of saying big. LOL So much better than "Oh, she's so little." She really does still seem to be gaining a lot. Finally posting the rest of the August Photos and September Photos.

Also have a cute video of her babbling, as well as chasing the cat that I will add soon!

My Adorable 6 Month Old

Wow, I cannot believe my baby girl is going to be 6 months on Saturday! That is so crazy. But she is one amazing little girl. She is sitting up on her own, army crawling/scooting, if you put your hands out she will pull herself up, loves solid food, does a good job with her sippy cup. It's hard to remember all the amazing things she does EVERY day! I wish I could blog every second! Maybe soon if I get a new cell phone I will be able to do that! She still hasn't really laughed yet, just a couple small cough sounding chuckles. She loves the jumperoo, she also really likes the lamb mobile above her bed. The mobile doesn't put her to sleep, but it does make her happy! She is such a well behaved baby, and almost always happy. She has now had Bananas, Pears, Sweet Potatoes, Squash, Peaches, Avocados, Peas, Dill Pickle (not baby food style), Apple, Carrots and Mangos. She has liked every single one!
She is almost out of 6m size clothes, 6-9m are fitting pretty good. She loves it when I sing She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain, and Skinamarkiny Dinky Dink!

Date Day!

Jeff and I had our first alone time since Stella was born Sunday. My parents kept her, and we went to lunch and saw a movie! We had a good time. We ate at Cafe Mimosa, and saw Dinner for Schmucks! The movie was pretty funny. Steve Carrel is so hilarious. It was nice to spend some time with just the two of us, it's been a while!

Mmmm Squash!

Stella had squash tonight. She liked it, I was kind of surprised! So far she has had Bananas, Pears, Sweet Potatoes, and Squash! She's liked it all, nervous about the green veggies!

July/August Photos

Here are some pictures of Stella

There are more here & here!