Friday, May 25, 2012

Got her sassy pants on today




And so does porter.....






This is the pink dress and hairbow that all the boys fight over at daycare. It's hilarious. He would never wear "girls clothes" at home. He is always quick to point out girl things and boy things, but loves his little school dress. And apparently there is a purse that goes with the outfit too.
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Monday, May 21, 2012

5 months old!!

Stella turned 5 months old on Saturday. She just keeps getting better and better. She is a very content baby and so sweet and cuddly. She is rolling over both ways and some mornings I find her rolled over on her back talking to her feet. She is grabbing anything and everything you put in front of her and one thing in particular that is so cute is trying to "catch" the water I pour out in front of her in the bathtub.
She loves to eat!! She really prefers food over milk and eats a bowl of cereal at breakfast, a fruit and veggie at lunch, and cereal, veggie and fruit at supper. She does not like meat. She loves almost all veggies and all fruits.
She sucks her thumb when she's tired, laughs when you tickle her belly, and loves to talk to her daddy and brother.
She can barely wear any 3-6 month clothes. I still squeeze her in some of the things nannie and I made, but 6 month things fit the best.
She sleeps from 7:00 to 6:00 most nights and rarely gets up for a bottle.
This 5 months has flown by. It seems like this is going by so much faster with baby #2.





















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Porter-ese


Knocking bird--mocking bird
Snork-snorkel
Fruity petal bar--fruity pebble bar
Constructions--instructions
Corrections--directions
Grave--grab+have
Light saver--light saber
Red chips--Doritos
Bits--blanket that he wants to have in bed (it changes)
Tractor bits--John Deere blanket
Square cheese--Kraft cheese singles
Bed medicine--melatonin
Stick and sauce--fun dip





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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Product review: Ella's kitchen

One word--AWESOME!!! When we were at the beach last weekend I went to target and was gagging at the "flavors" of baby food produced by this company called Ella's kitchen. Seriously--puréed broccoli? There's no way if Stella will not eat green beans that she would eat that. I researched it a little more at home and was surprised to find that all of their products got great reviews and several reviewers reported that they gave them fl their toddlers as snacks and they loved them. I split an order with a friend that has a baby Stella's age because when you order them online they only come in 7 packs and I really didn't want to be stuck with 6 packs of broccoli if Stella didn't like it. But, she ate it up!! She ha broccoli, pears, and peas flavor tonight and ate it all. Porter looked in the box and wanted to pick one out himself and he got carrots, apples, and parsnips flavor. He tasted it and said it was good and sucked it down. Score!!! He did open the sweet potatoes, pumpkin, apples, and blueberries later and said he didn't like it, but he technically ate carrots tonight, so I consider this a huge success. We will be getting more.






Stella in her exersaucer. I didn't get a pic of her enjoying the broccoli. I was too busy shoving it in her mouth while she was eating it. ;)


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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Stella and the beanstalk

Stella had her 4 month checkup this week (a couple of weeks late due to getting off with her shots while she was in the hospital). It has been a totally different experience with Stella because she was what I thought was a normal sized baby. Comparing Stella to porter, she seems like a giant, but I just thought it was because porter was so tiny. Well, she measured 26 3/4" at her appointment, which is well above the 95th percentile for height and was 14 lb 10 oz (75th percentile). So it's obvious she got the harden genes--tall and skinny. I just didn't realize how tall. Bless porter's heart. His little sister is going to be taller than him.
In other news, she has found her feet, has rolled over from tummy to back, and rolls from her back to her side. All of this in the last week.
She sleeps pretty good--until about 3:00 or 4:00 every night, and has slept all night both times away from home this past week!! I'm a little jealous of that. We are trying a quilt in the bottom of her bed to lay on to see if that's the difference.
She gets herself to sleep easily by just laying her in her bed.
She takes two good naps a day--9:00-11:00 an 1:00-3:00--if we are following her schedule.
She eats cereal with fruit for breakfast, a vegetable and half of a fruit jar at lunch, and cereal, fruit, and vegetable for supper. She is a pig!!
She sucks her thumb at night and is starting to find it some during the day and I think it is super cute. She likes to hold on the a burp cloth (cloth diaper) with thumb sucking hand.
She is turning into a very happy and easy baby despite a rough start of lots of crying and a stay in the hospital. We are not on any breathing treatments and hope to stay that way!!








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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Where the wild things are

A couple of years ago (before Jared was educated on the sizing of children's clothing) we got porter a max costumes from the book "where the wild things are." He is just now getting big enough to wear it and he decided he wanted to put it on last night.
He was more into running around "roaring" and being monster-like with it on than posing for pictures, but I managed to get a few.












It was all too much excitement for Stella. She had to get a little nap after that...


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Tuesday, May 1, 2012