Today Stella is 4 months. In some ways I feel like I literally just walked into the Doctors office to be told, "Hey, want to go upstairs and have a baby?" Other ways I feel like Stella has been in our family forever. We all love her so much. She is so much more different than Ruby both in personality and in looks. That's what I think any way.
Stella:
*She has been rolling over from front to back for probably the last 3ish weeks. I think she did this faster than Ruby did. Must be that long Harvey torso.
*She went 14 days without pooping. :/ I took her into the doctor and she had a soft belly and everything sounded great. I gave her 2 ounces of prune juice mixed with a bottle and had an explosion of poop about an hour later. She then went 8 days without pooping again, so now I have her taking prune juice every couple of days to keep her regular. Ben and I's deal over the summer was that Ben would change Ruby and I would change Stella. I think I got the benefit here.
*She LOVES Ruby. Ruby will come walking by and Stella will give her the biggest grin.
*She giggles a lot more than Ruby did and it is absolutely adorable. Of course she never does it when I try recording her.
*She is so mellow. If you all recall, Ruby absolutely hated riding in the car. Stella has no problem with it and usually falls asleep within the first 10 minutes....even with Ruby gabbing away next to her.
*She pretty much sleeps through the night. She will wake up around 4 or 5, eat, and then go back to sleep until her sister wakes her up around 8. I'm waiting for the 4 month sleep regression to hit her though.
Ruby:
*She is battling a cold right now. (Lame) I took her in to the Doctor because I was positive she had an ear infection. She was tugging at both ears. She does this sometimes anyway, but I took her in and no ear infection. Just inflamed gums and pressure by her ears. Thank you teething. I feel like Ruby will be 17 years old and I will still blame any fussiness or cold on teething. She just cut a new tooth yesterday, so hopefully the last 3 hurry up and come and cut fast.
*She is such a great big sister. She loves Stella so much and often refers to her as sissy. She loves just looking at her, bringing her blanket over and laying by her, and giving her lots of hugs and kisses. Surprisingly, Ruby hasn't gotten Stella sick yet. Praise God for breastmilk.
*She loves being as active as possible and would stay outside playing all day if she could. The mosquitos have been awful lately though, so we've been chilling inside for the last couple of days.
*She has transitioned to taking one nap. This is great, but her one nap instead of two only lasts an hour, maybe a little over. I thought kids were supposed to take like 2/3 hour naps. Bummer dude. Oh well.
*She loves fruit and is starting to be less picky with food now that she gets to sit with us at the big table. Her favorite vegetable right now is cucumbers.
*She talks so much now! It's incredible the things she picks up. It is very cool listening to her.
Anne:
*I'm still surving. I'm loving these two together. Ruby keeps me on my toes all day everyday. She doesn't sit still. Ever. She is always into something or climbing something.
* I haven't been to many moms club events lately. It's been hard with Ruby being sick and Ruby transitioning down to 1 nap. Right now she goes down anywhere between 10-12. I'm trying to make it a little bit later each day. When both girls nap at the same time...well, it's a miracle! :)
*I've been eating a lot healthier the last two weeks and exercising every day. It feels great and I can't wait to get back to my pre-pregnancy size. I'm pretty sure Ben and I are done having babies, so now it is time to take care of myself, so that I can take care of them. They are worth it.
Ben:
*Ben hasn't really had much of a summer at all. He is always working on something. He has been working on the basement and we can't wait for it to be finished!
*He is still teaching drivers ed and will continue to teach it through the school year.
*He starts inservice stuff next week. Boo.
*He turns 30 in about a week!
*We had a bonfire tonight and it was a lot of fun just the two of us. It was fun until the bats came out. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE that we have bats by our house because that means that they are eating the mosquitos. I just would rather be inside while they munch out.
Helping Momma make Zucchini chips.
Rolling all over the place.
We had a cool fall like day. It was awesome!
Both at 4 months old.
