8 - 9 months

Stella is growing up right before our very eyes!  She LOVES kids...anytime she sees kids, she just lights up and laughs!  And we don't have too many kids around very often, so anytime she gets to hang out with some, it makes her entire day!

Stella with adorable little Corbin

Cute cousins in their matching Halloween PJ's

This picture might fool you into thinking she is crawling....

 but she's definitely not!  She doesn't want to I guess, so instead she just rolls around like crazy to get where she wants to go!

  

 This girl loves to eat.  You might not think so since she is pretty small, but she devours her food at every meal!  And sometimes gets a bit messy in the process...

She is still a wonderful sleeper and loves her crib.

And when she gets tired, she sucks on her binkie and finds a corner of her blanket and rubs it on her nose... (Sounds like a couple of cousins I know!!)

She takes after her mama....

(Just kidding...I'm not a horrible mother I swear.  She does like to play with the bottles though!)

And she is still just the happiest baby I have ever seen!

 Stella went to the doctor this week for her 9-month checkup.  She is at 70% for her height, and about 30% for her weight - still tall and skinny!  Let's face it...she doesn't really stand a chance to be anything but that!

We can't believe how fast time is flying by...she is going to have a  birthday in just a few months and it makes us sad to think that my baby is growing up so fast!  But we are loving watching her learn and discover new things every day.