Jelly Belly

Jelly Belly is one of the several nick names we have for Stella recently since she is quite the little porker! Some of the other ones are football and bull frog belly, all in good fun of course, we love our little chub. She was two months a few weeks ago and she already weighs 14 lbs! What an oinker, I know! I think she has just gone through a major growth spurt and I have noticed that she has started eating less and I have not had to increase her food much lately so I'm sure she will slow down a bit now. She really is developing her own personality as well. She is the best baby, so smiley all the time, and really good natured. She gets fussy at night for a few hours, but other than that, she is such a mild manored baby. We really are so lucky to have a good tempered daughter since our first is a little high maintence (sorry Emme but it's true! :) )

A Big Girl Bed

It's official, I have a big girl on my hands. Emme is no longer a baby in my book and she seems to assert that fact every day more and more. Recently, we had to move her into a big girl toddler bed since the crib was no longer an option. Every night she would scream bloody murder if she woke up in the crib and we weren't in there. She really put her foot down that she was not taking the crib thing anymore and I was kind of at a loss at what to do. It was either she sleeps with us or her own little bed so I thought I didn't have anything to lose on trying out the toddler bed. It's actually turned out to be the best decision. I kind of fretted over it for a bit because she is still young and they say not to rush your kid out of the crib but since she wasn't cooperating with the crib, I said what the heck, we haven't anything to lose and we will give it a shot.

She has slept really good in her new bed and when she wakes up, we usually just go in there and she goes right back to sleep. She comes in our room here and there but if we just walk her back into her bed, she is usually very good about it. It just goes to show you that when your kid is ready for something, they will let you know and there really isn't any strick guideline you should follow on anything. Every child is different and you should just do what you think is right for your little one. We are on to potty training next because she is telling me now on a daily basis when she has gone potty in her diaper, what a little grown up I have already!

The Children's Museum

Recently we went to The Children's Museum and I must say, it's an awesome place. I had never gone before but it's a huge building with tons to do for kids of all ages. There is a play area for kids three and under which Emme loved. She even met a little boy there that wanted to give her kisses first and was being all sweet and then decided to hall off and smack her in the face, haha. He was too cute so it was hard to be mad at him.

Emme loved the little air vent you stand over and then it blows a bunch of air up for a few seconds. They have the cutest little fake flowers you can pick and pretend plant in the ground. We will be going back there often I'm sure since Emme really had a blast.