Stella Stats.

Stella is just over eleven months old now and I have one word for that:  NUTS!

Some things I want to remember about her at this age:

• She sucks her right thumb only and snuggles a lot on my left shoulder.
• She's maneuvering her way around furniture like a pro, but she hasn't yet taken her first steps unassisted.
• She sometimes lets go and stands in one place, until she realizes she has let go...and then she falls.
• Her favorite thing is to feed herself and I think she feels insulted when I try to feed her, because she rejects me nearly every time.
• She likes to take a bottle and I'm enjoying giving it to her, but she still nurses a few times a day.
• Weight - about 20 lbs.
• Height - about 29 inches.
• Teeth: 8 (4 top, 4bottom).
• Her facial expressions are endless...wonder where she gets that from...?

• She talks like it's going out of style, but her only intelligible words are "mama", "dada", "da" for dog, and "num-num" for milk.
• She mimics us if we do an extended blink...only it's way cuter when she does it.
• She dances when she hears music...primarily by head-banging, which is hilarious.
• She's always in a great mood in the morning (def. gets this from ME and not her father...) and she generally plays in her crib with a few books and her sheep toy for up to a half an hour.
• Sometimes she cries when we cough or sneeze unexpectedly, but she smiles whenever she sneezes.
• She plays her xylaphone like it's second nature.
• She's already a voracious reader, which is adorable; she holds books correctly and flips the pages while speaking out loud nearly the entire time, with lots of inflection.

Gosh, I love this kid so much!

On another note, HAPPY 35th BIRTHDAY to the best husband and father in the entire world, Timothy...I love YOU so much!