My little lady!

Stella is getting so big! I am so sad I don't have more time to blog. I really need to make time! She does so many things every day. The other night I was rocking her for bed and I don't remember why, but she laughed and rolled her eyes! She is doing pretty good eating regular food, we've been doing that for about a month or two. She refuses to eat ANY vegetables, I have tried everything! I have found two ways to get her to, making spinach nuggets & putting mustard on the veggies. She loves mustard, she gets that from me! She really likes things that are sour like lemons and pickles. She has also does something really cute when I play Words With Friends. If you shake the phone the letters rearrange, and make a bubbly sound, Stella will shake her head back and forth.

She still LOVES books, and she is saying quite a few words now. I am making up a list and will post it soon! She is so smart, she will get my keys and go to the door, she even knows which key goes to the door and puts it up to the handle. She is 15 months now, so its only been a month since she started walking, but she is a pro at it! She is even really good with stairs.She can do itsy bitsy spider hand motions when I sing the song. She has such a great personality, and she is so funny!

She loves books, her favorites are:

The Lion's Paw, Wherever You Are, On The Night You Were Born, Knuffle Bunny, Little Blue Truck, Time For Bed, Where The Wild Things Are

Knuffle Bunny is a really good book, it's so cute! There is a part in the book where the 2 year old is mad because she lost her bunny. So, Trixie (the girl in the book), is yelling at her daddy in toddler babble. She says, AGGLE PLAGGLE FLABBLE! Wumpy Flappy! Snurp! Everytime I read that part Stella says "Yea!". It's so cute and funny, like she totally agrees with Trixie. Ahh I love her so much!

Here are some recent pictures!

Practicing our Fish Faces!

CHEESE!

Stella & Daddy!

Fun in the Pool!

Mmmm Watermelon!

May Photos

Photos from 4/30/11

First Baseball Game!!

Amazing Toddler!

Stella does something really cute when she's playing by herself.  She finds really simple things keep herself entertained for a long time. Yesterday she played with a little jar and spoon all by herself at least 10 minutes. she also has a little tool and piece of plastic that she plays with on the porch. She will pick up the tool and sit it on the side, then take the plastic thing and put it on the ground. Back & forth! She hasn't really done much walking since I claimed she was walking. But this weekend she has really started doing it more. Mostly just 5 or 6 steps at a time, but it's progress! She had a couple of fun trips to the park this weekend! Saturday was one of the most beautiful days ever, the weather couldn't have been more perfect! Pics to follow!

Happy Easter!

Here we are, we made it to Stella's second Easter! She is so much bigger, and she has changed a million times since last Easter. All for the better :) She got an Easter basket it was a little lamb, with some peeps, a chocolate duck, some candy covered pretzels a fuzzy sheep and a rubber duck.


Eye Malfunction!



She is signing "More", she loves candy!





Looking gorgeous in her Easter Dress!



Hanging out with her cousin Ellie!


Here are a couple good pictures from a trip to the park!



Stella & Daddy sliding!



She just loves the slide!

She has a new phrase she likes to say, hard to describe, Booka, Booka, Booka! lol I have no clue what it means, but it's so cute! She is the best thing ever & I love her more than any words could describe. We had a fantastic Easter, so thankful for our Lord who died for our sins!

Slides are Fun!

We walked to George Rogers Park a few nights ago and Stella got to go down some small slides. She loved it! She hasn't been too thrilled with the swings at the park lately, so I am glad she at least likes the slide! Got some good video of that.



She is saying more words and doing new stuff every day! She is very good at signing "more", and I am working on a few other signs too! She has done the sign for please a couple times, and she picked up on "all done" really quick too. I have a video of her signing more, will try to get it up soon. She had her first stomach virus last week, she was throwing up starting at 2 a.m. all the way til 11 a.m. the next day. She did a LOT of sleeping. Then Jack caught it, then Jeff, then me & mom. I will have to post more later, can't remember what else I wanted to write!

Wish I knew!

Stella is so awesome, she is babbling so much lately. Except she really means what she is saying, even though it's not English. She will also talk and point her finger with a really serious look on her face. I really want to know what she is saying! A couple nights ago she was in the bath tub and she started doing something with the water. She would put both hands under water and pull them out and look at them. Then she'd clap them together, she did that over and over. Almost like she was trying to pick the water up, but when she clapped them it was like she was trying to get the water off.... I have no clue, but I wish I did! She is so smart and inquisitive! She also has more teeth coming in next to the top two! Here is a shot from yesterday, she was being extra super sweet & adorable!