Thursday June 4th
Stella popped her bottom tooth. At first it looked as though both bottom teeth had come in, but then the swelling went crazy and only one tooth remained. The front right. But oh glory! Now, both her...
View ArticleArmy Training
While I was sure Stella was on the verge of crawling, she hasn’t yet started with the traditional hands and knee locomotion. She does, however, move with a very nice combination of “commando crawl” and...
View ArticleOff To the Races
Ladies and Gentlemen we have a new runner. Miss Stella Madeline is up on her knees and crawling. She’s giving her sister a run for the money and running through the house end to end. Also. She might be...
View ArticleMorning Kisses
Stella is a snuggle baby and I love love love to kiss kiss kiss her. I love to kiss her under her chubby chin and on her sweet neck. And because I’m the mom I always make a big production out of it:...
View ArticleHello Standing Stella, So Glad to See You
At our 12-month checkup last month, Dr. Rose expressed some concern that Elise was standing and Stella was not. She casually mentioned that if Stella wasn’t up on her feet we might want to consider...
View ArticlePark Date
We did something today that I have been remiss in doing lately. We went to the park. My favorite park for little crawlers and just standers and the big sister that travels with them. It was a beautiful...
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The “new”, outgoing Stella
Stella has become quite the little ham in front of the camera. Maybe, just maybe, it has something to do with her Daddy being there too. Not that she isn’t equally fond of Mommy, but lately she’s been...
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Peek-a-boo
If you ask Stella to play peak-a-boo, she gets a coy smile on her face, and happily starts the game. Peek-a-boo NIKON D70, ISO 640, ƒ/2.8, 1/30sec, 50mm focal L. And she’ll wait for you to ask,...
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Stella says “feed me”
Stella popped into the bedroom this morning while I was getting dressed for work. I think she made her point quite succinctly. Stella does her best Snoopy impersonation NIKON D200, ISO 800, ƒ/2.8,...
View ArticleOn Being Two
Stella is now just about the age Maia was when the twins were born…and everyday I am amazed we got through the toddler/infant days (years) to this golden time of two. Yes, golden. Stella is developing...
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