Awesome Quote - Stella

"I wish God would turn me into a girl who could jump into books and stuff."

Band Aid

Stella has had a runny nose and has been licking her lips a lot. I told he she should stop or she would get chapped lips again. Tonight she said, Mommy my lips hurt. I think I need a lip band-aid. It was so hard not to laugh out loud.

Raising sweethearts

Sometimes I am sure I am raising the sweetest girls in the world! Stella is at that age where it can go either way, but she deep down she is a true kind heart. She constantly tells me she loves me and gives me hugs. We had Hannah's birthday party to go to on February 1st. She also had gymnastics that day. A week before the party I asked her which thing she wanted to do since they were both at the same time. She said she wanted to do both, and I explained to her she would be late to the party and she agreed. On Friday we were getting ready for school and she said, "Mommy, I changed my mind I don't want to do both. I want to go to Hannah's party." I said, "Ok honey, are you sure?" She said, "Yes because I love Hannah more than I love gymnastics." It was so sweet.

Vivian is so sweet herself. She is THE BEST hugger. I can't get over how good her hugs are. She has been doing it for the last month or so. I will pick her up and she just grabs me around the neck and squeezes. She is almost always happy and smiley. She loves her sister and she loves laughing. She is also very into climbing. I am afraid she is going to be my daredevil. She is still very into nursing and snuggles with mommy to sleep. She LOVES to eat, like it's crazy how much. She will just eat and eat and eat. She has been standing straight up without holding onto anything but no steps yet. She's so close. She is also getting in her top tooth.

Prayers & Blessings

Tonight when she was saying her prayers this is what Stella said, "God bless Mommy because she is sweet. And let her live for lots of years because I love her." I was in tears it was so incredibly sweet. I love that girl so much.

Vivian's First Sign

I am so excited! Vivian signed milk over the weekend. I am so happy! :) She is so sweet. She also has her 1 bottom tooth in and the second one is so close it will be here within a week. Love her!

Holiday Times

Vivian said her first intentional word today! And I got it on video!! :D So excited. Bye Bye was the word. She is getting so big. I was video taping her because she waves so adorably cute and I was trying to get that on video. 



We all had a really great Christmas. Stella had a little trouble with being satisfied I guess you could say. She opened one present that was clothes and said “This isn’t a present!!” then after she had had 3 different times of opening presents she had a meltdown because she was only getting 2 more to open. Hopefully she grows out of that because I want to teach her to be greatful.

After Stella's Christmas program

Stella got gold coins in her stocking. Then she realized they were chocolate. She was SO excited!

 She has been on break from school for 2 weeks. She is still a huge sweetheart though. At bedtime I go in and lay with her while she says her prayers and give her lotion. Then she likes to talk. She asks me questions about stuff, God, princesses, normal stuff like that! I love her so much. She is so funny and brilliant. She also did not want to get her picture taken with Santa this year. We introduced the Elf on the Shelf and Stella LOVED IT! She named our elf Luly Gisselle. Gisselle is the name of the main character in Enchanted. Jeff and I took Stella to see Frozen the day after Thanksgiving. She LOVED it, but I did too. It’s so cute. 

Vivian is mastering her pinscer grasp with puffs. She is still a horrible sleeper. Techincally she has a tooth, but it’s only about ¾ of the way through. I think there are 3 more on their way behind it too.

Vivian is so big!

Vivian is tackling so many milestones lately! It's crazy. Just in the last week she's started waving, clapping and cruising. She loves her hands. She will just look at them in amazement. It's so cute. About two weeks ago she started really babbling. Buh buh buh sounds first. Now she's doing Bye bye sounds, dah dah, ma ma, she's not intentionally saying anything yet though. She also really started getting a bottom tooth a couple weeks ago. It's so close I can't believe it's not through yet. She's so active, she's great at crawling and standing up/sitting down. She's doing great at baby led weaning. Her favorite food is penne pasta and sauce. She also loves apples and carrots. She is so awesome and I love her so much. And we're 8 months nursing! :)