Friday, April 26, 2013

11 months!



Ok My sweet baby girl this is the last official month that you are still a baby and not a toddler, this is very hard to wrap my head around and it's getting even closer now that I am 2 weeks late at posting this!!!!!! You are going to be the big ONE next month...yikes I'm not ready for that yet!  This month was just as fun if not more fun then the last. You have become quite the chatter box lately, you love to hear yourself jabber and squeal! You are also one social lil thing, you love to be out and about watching everything around you. You point at anything and everything and love to smile and wave at anyone whose looking! We still get comments everywhere we go about how happy, smiley, cute and blonde you are...I have to agree with them and it sure never gets old having strangers tell you this:)


Weight/Height~ Not sure maybe 21lb

 Loves~  I asked daddy what he thinks you love right now and his answer was everything ha! You kinda do you are one happy baby and everything seems to excite you lately. Some of your favorites are giving big open mouth kisses/ licks, reading books, dancing to music, rolling a ball back and fourth, snuggling your blanket, playing "where's Stella" aka peek a boo, clapping to patty cake, talking on the phone when we say ring ring who's there, eating puffs & cheerios! Oh and you love your baby Einstein take along tunes the thing goes everywhere with us because it always makes you happy

       
Using your take along tunes as a phone and snuggling your blanket 

Dislikes~ Getting you diaper changed, you hate it and freak out every time, getting into your car seat but once your buckled your usually fine,  and a new one is getting told no you have started to get a lil testy when you don't get what you want

Eating~ We are down to 2-3 bottles a day and the switch last month from soy formula to regular went pretty smoothly, so I'm crossing my fingers it will go well with whole milk too! You are getting less picky, you will pretty much eat anything I put in front of you, but your favorites right now are blueberry waffles, bananas and a chicken noodle veggie mix! Meal time is getting very messy now days, your new thing is to smash your food and wipe it all over and you still love dropping food on the floor for miss Chloe

Sleeping~  Night time 7:30-8pm to 7am. For naps you still mostly take two usually a shorter one in the morning and a longer one in the afternoon.  Still struggling to get you to nap in your crib though

Clothes~ Mostly 12 months, size 3 shoes and 3 diapers during the day and 4 at night


You are obsessed with pointing 

Fun Facts~ You took your third trip to Florida and again did awesome on the plane, you still copy anyone that coughs and you now have two teeth one on the bottom and one on top, you like to grind them (anyone know how to stop them from grinding their teeth??)

 


Firsts~ You celebrated your first St. Patty's day and Easter. You said dada for the first time, crawled the whole stair case, we took our first trip to the children's museum , you've tried lots of new foods, and you swam in the ocean for the first time
At the children's museum with auntie Ash and Mr.Max, you had so much fun at the water tables


Stelly there is not a day that goes by that I don't think how lucky we are to have you, you are one special baby girl and you mean the world to us! We love you to pieces


Love Always & Forever,
Mommy& Daddy

Friday, April 19, 2013

Snow snow go away

This is what my front yard looks like!!! We got a good 10 in if not more, YUCK! I like snow just not this time of year. Yesterday morning there was no snow on the ground, I could see green grass ok maybe brown but none the less it was grass and not snow! Hoping this is the last of it and spring will appear next week...fingers crossed!!!!


Crazy to think last year we had 70-80 degree weather for over a month already!!!


We had a play date this morning with miss Savannah, I decided to dress Stell in bright colors to pretend it's nice out side, and it was to funny that Libby had dressed Savannah in the same colors too! I had to take a picture of them posing like this, it was so cute we didn't pose them they were just sitting like this:)

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and I'm praying for all in Boston and anyone affected by this horrible tragedy!!! 

Friday, April 12, 2013

A much needed vacation!

Well to say I've had a crazy past few weeks is an understatement, I have not had great luck lately and I'm hoping we are on the turn around for that! It all started a few weeks ago when I got into a car accident, then our2 year old dishwasher broke, and this week my poor dog Chloe hurt her back badly no stairs for 4-6 weeks very limited activity and lets just say we've spent a small fortune for them to not be able to do anything but pain meds! With all this we are trying to finish our small kitchen remodel, I'm working on finishing stuff for bridal shower im cohosting next weekend, I'm helping throw a baby shower for my sil may 5th and I'm trying to work on stuff for Estella's 1st birthday which I'm so behind on it stresses me out! With so much on my plate, I've been looking forward to our family vacation for weeks and of course we get a winter storm warning the night before we leave, only to add to the stress of leaving my poor dog and putting a lot of responsibility on my brother to take care of her! Well we barely made it out, our plane was one of the last that got to leave before being canceled but we sat on the run way for 2 1/2 hours, our 3hr and 20 min plane ride turned into a 5+hr one! It was awful but Estella did amazing and at least we got out! So anyway we finally made it to sunny Fl yesterday and I could not be happier! I'm going to distress and enjoy the beach and warm weather!

Have a Happy weekend everyone, I'll leave you with a few pictures from last night... If you can't tell Stella is so excited to be here;) and it was the sweetest thing ever seeing stell hold Gg's hand as daddy pushed her on a walk, melt my heart!!!!

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Estella's 1st Easter

Although the weather didn't quite cooperate we still had a great 1st Easter with our lil miss! I couldn't believe that stell was so into her basket, she dove right in like a pro! It was fun to see her get so excited over her gifts, and I know next year is going to be even more fun with her running around:)
Not loving Mr.bunny

attacking her basket as soon as I set it down... she even knew which one was hers;)

Chloe joining the action too
Showing off her new bunny, she loved the thing( so glad I made the extra trip to mall of America just for it) 
With her favorite guy in the whole world
So Excited that the bunny came to Grandpa and Gg's house too


Trying on her new Wee squeaks sandals, my dog was going nuts over them! I have a feeling if we leave these out of our site my dog will have then ripped to shreds or my child's foot might be missing (might have to remove the squeaky part)
Attempting a few family pictures outside, it was a bit chilly for my
short sleeves but I didn't care I can't wear another sweater I'm so ready for the snow to be gone

We couldn't forget about chloe, she had to get in on one!

Mommy & Me  
 Love this lil girl so Much!