Thursday, July 8, 2010

Month of Milestones

What a whirlwind month it has been! And to think that I was worried that we would get bored this summer! Piper has grown up so much it the past couple of weeks. We kicked off the craziness with staying bye-bye to the pacifier. Stephen & I carefully planned the farewell to coincide with Stella's well check appointment with the pediatrician. Piper proudly walked in with a ziploc baggie filled with pacifiers, and with a grin, she handed them over to the doctor-she was "a big girl now"! She has only asked for a pacifier once since! With that awesome adjustment, we decided to just rip that baby bandaid right off-that weekend we converted her crib to a toddler bed & the following Thursday we had her first haircut.
Skylar (right) ,with cousin Callie, had a wonderful week at Nana & Papa camp! She stayed 3 nights along with a few of her cousins at Stephen's parents' house. We had been apart from her for a week when we've traveled, but this camp was piggybacked with our Chicago trip so we were apart from her for roughly 9 days! Whew! I think it was harder for me than her :) Skylar will be 5 in less than a week & will start kindergarten this fall...sigh!Oh-Stella Bell! The sweetest & most easy going baby I've ever known (We're in for it when she's 15!) Stella went on her first airplane ride to Chicago & would you believe it-didn't make a peep! We were able to truly enjoy our trip to Chi-town to see our much loved friends the Coles.
Stella now can support herself for an exersaucer-she loves it!
We were given the go ahead for solids. Skylar & Piper were SO excited & loved taking turns feeding Stella.
As normal, Stella was pretty happy about this new substance being shoved into her mouth-no complaints from her!