5 months!

Okay, this is by far the month that has gone by the fastest. Do they just keep going faster and faster? BUT she is sleeping through the night again! This has been consistant for the past week and I am not going to complain.


I'm starting my health kick now. It's easier to eat healthy when I can exercise. I'm not quite sure why, maybe because I don't want all that "work" to be for nothing. Maybe because it energizes me more and I don't feel like eating all day long. Either way, I am determined to keep it up! Stella and I took not one, but TWO walks today because it was so beautiful outside. The fresh air was much needed (in addition to the exercise).


Here is my little baby, growing up so fast:

love from nana

Stella loves her Nana!
And her Nana wrote her this beautiful poem:

Stella Mae by Nana Dianne

S is for Stella

Soft and sweet

Special to all

Who she gets to meet.

T for her teeny tiny

Tickly toes

And a turned up

Sweet button nose.

E tells you everyone

loves her enormously

And enjoys engaging

Her enthusiastically

We Love her double L

Lusciously loudly

We lean for a kiss

And laugh at her proudly

Amazing

Astonishing

Absolutely

The best

Our Stella Mae

Lays down to rest

May God Bless your sleep

And answer our prayers

That you will blessed

Exceptionally well

Angel absolutely

Adored

It is true

Exactly what we want

Stella Mae it is you.

Your name ends with an E

But nothing will end

the Joy that you bring

and the love that we send.

happy first easter, baby stella!

Waiting for spring to stay for longer than a day...

after much searching

and needing to find

this book:

i finally found where i put it.

just in time for an end to a crappy week.

can we please see some sunshine???

4 month check-up (already?!?!)

We had a rough day today, poor little girl must have had nightmares since her 2 month shots because the second I laid her on the examining table she looked at me, gave me the boo boo lip and started screaming. This was just before the nurse was going to measure her head. Bad start. And it didn't get much better.

The doctor came in and she gave him a little smile and then shyed away. And again, I put her on the table so he could examine her and as soon as her bare back hit the paper she started screaming. Then the doctor held her for a good 15 minutes just so she would know that he wasn't her enemy and she started sucking on his shoulder.

The shots were horrible. She bled a lot, and the nurse said sometimes that happens. Ugh. I am so glad it's over and she fell asleep right when I put her in the carseat. Her Dr. doesn't reccomend giving Tylenol unless she really needs it (and I agree) and she didn't need it with her 2 month shots or today. She's a tough kid. Here are stats:

Height: 25 1/4 inches- 75-90 percentile
Weight: 13lbs 11.5oz -50 percentile
Head: 41 cm- 50 percentile

The apple of her eye (or mouth)

Of all Stella's crazy toys, I just get a KICK out of this one she got from Nana on Saturday! If you can't tell, it's an apple with worms she can pull through on all sides and it is now her favorite toy.