{10 months or so}

I'm a little late on Stella's 10 month update.

It's been a bit hectic around here with

James Birthday, Valentine's Day, sickness,

and just life in general.

But, she's thriving, as you can see.

Her cute pictures are becoming harder to get

because she's begun giving me the "not again" face.

(as pictured above).

Stella is over 22 pounds,

now has 5 teeth (grew 3 in the past month),

wants to play all day,

and mostly adores her brothers.

She will smile for them...

Notice how she won't look at me,

but she's adoring them off to the side.

Stinker.

Her new trick is pulling up on everything...

She explores everything in this position now,

and then gets stuck and mad since she doesn't know

how to get down. It usually never ends well.

Her Dad begs her to walk...

But her mom insists she waits

a few more months for that.

No rush. I like her down and contained.

She needs to stay my baby while I can call her that.

I have a feeling she may walk sooner

rather than later because she tends

to listen to her dad and call for him.

We hear "dadadada" all day long

and mama is left in the dust.

She plays peekaboo with just about anything...

a blanket....her bath towel....her dress...

We're working on modesty.

Maybe next month...