Toothy Grin

They are in!  Officially they popped through right as she turned seven months.  But you couldn't really see them until now.   They aren't all the way in, but we are sleeping much better!  Small steps. 

She is also starting to get up on all fours and rock.  I don't see that she will be crawling anytime soon and she has no interest in pulling up yet.  But she is a scooter.  And wow she talks a lot.  She babbles and complains, a lot.  She kind of just says 'uh' really loud, long and drawn out.  All the time.  I am a bit worried.  Jac is our silent child, Mia talks what I consider a lot, but this one - she could have some serious need for conversation. 

And yes, she is saying 'ma' and 'da'.  I am not sure which one came first, to be honest I think 'da' did.  She uses them both interchangeably as her distress call.  When she needs something she will use them, when she is upset, scared, poopy, needs picked up.  So I wouldn't necessarily say she is talking yet.  But she is starting to communicate.  Now we are working on what exactly 'ma' and 'da' mean, so soon she will understand. 

She is an eater!  She still doesn't gobble it up like Jac and Mia did.  But she loves food.  She really wants to eat what we are eating, which is so much easier than baby food.  She loves eggs, toast, cheese, fruit, veggies (especially peas) and yogurt.  We haven't started giving her meat yet.

Time Flies with a Seven Month Old

Stella is seven months old today. We are closer to one year than we are to birth at this point, that is something! Right now she is being a pill and not wanting to take her afternoon nap.

Some things she has learned in her seventh month: Sits by herself, feeds herself small table food and Cheerios, looks for toys that are dropped, complains if you take something from her, drinks water from a sippy cup. Very recent developments are she can roll from tummy to back, she does the ‘plank’ pose and has even pulled her knees up under herself once or twice and she is starting to wave ‘bye-bye’ and ‘hello’. Her first bottom tooth just appeared yesterday also! What a month.

She still isn’t a great eater. Just not consistent, sometimes she will eat a lot but sometimes she barely nibbles or will split her bottle up. It could be because of the teething, but I am sure that Jac and Mia never let a little thing like teething come between them and a meal.

She is sleeping okay. Not as great as last month or the month before. Her naps are more consistent and most days she is down to a morning nap and a longer afternoon nap (except for today, I guess). She goes down around 8 at night and then up to eat around 5am. Although there could be as many as three or four awakenings in the middle where you need to help her find a pacifier. (I must admit, after two thumb suckers this pacifier business is for the birds.) My big problem with little Miss Stella is she wants to be up and going after her bottle in the morning. Well, 5:45 is not a respectable time to get up! Although Jac was up at that time this morning, playing quietly in his room. Crazy kids, don’t they know they should sleep in while they can? I have been getting her back to sleep by bringing her to bed, which is a huge no-no. But mommy and daddy are tired!

Stella is a joy. We all love her and she lightens our hearts. She is a talker and loves to ‘trill’. I need to record that lovely sound she makes so she can listen to it when she is 16.

Of course with the third you stop taking pictures.  Hopefully, I can remember to take a picture of the sweet baby tomorrow!

New Seat

Mia and I fitted Stella for her big girl car seat.

We Now Have A First Grader

This picture doesn't show any of his excitement.  He was literally bouncing off the walls like it was Christmas Day and so happy. 

Last bus ride as a Kindergartner!

At the park to celebrate after school.

Sheesh!  A first grader.  It truly was a wonderful year.  I have to say Kindergarten is lovely.  We had a fanatastic teacher and she kept us all in line and organized.  Jac can read and loves to write.  He is constantly teaching himself things.  He made new friends and learned things like, kickball, rope climbing, how to punch in his pin number to pay for his lunch at school, how to ride the bus and so many other things.  I am proud of him for his accomplishments and how well he adjusted to a new class, new teacher, new school and new friends.  First grade, here we come!