Touchdown

As I previously mentioned, Stella couldn't quite touch the floor from her bouncer.  Well, just a couple weeks later, she's put on the weight and the length to reach the floor.  She loves bouncing around with the vertical control this contraption gives here that she normally wouldn't have.

Stella and Ember

Stella is fascinated by Ember.  She will watch her walk back and forth in front of her with a big smile on her face.  Ember is very good around her so far, even with Stella pawing around her face.  Stella has even managed to treat Ember with what resembles some form of petting.  Today, we decided to give Stella a ride since she is growing so fast and will probably outweigh the 20lb Ember in no time.

Border War

This is the last year that the University of Missouri traitors are in the Big 12 conference.  Missouri and Kansas have been long time rivals with a history dating back to the Civil War, so the remaining games between Kansas and Missouri have been hyped up quite a bit.

Unfortunately, a lot of Megan's family are Missouri fans (or "Mizzou" fans as the illiterate prefer to refer to them as).  Megan's cousin, Brett, is an actual student at Missouri and gave us a gag gift of Missouri onesies when we went down to Missouri for a baby shower.  Today, since we are playing basketball at Missouri, Megan decided to put her own twist on the onesie shown in the picture to the left.

Unfortunately, we still lost :(.  There's always the home game coming up...

Not Quite Tall Enough

Today, we decided to put together Stella's bouncer she got from Grammy.  Although she was briefly entertained by all the stuff to play with in arm's reach, she still can't really enjoy it for what it's worth since her feet don't yet touch:

Kristin Visits

Kristin lives in Denver and we haven't seen her since Megan and I got married (~2.5 years ago).  Given everyone's schedule is always crazy, now is as good a time as any so she flew out to see us (especially Stella).  No catching up was required since Megan and Kristin will talk on the phone for hours.  It was nice to have her around in person though and we had a good time.

Future's so Bright

Megan has become quite a fan up dressing up Stella with various sunglasses.  Here she is chillin in her favorite corner sportin just one of the many pairs of shades she has:

Laugh and Learn (and Sleep)

Today, Grandma and Grandpa came to visit, so we thought we would bust out the Laugh and Learn puppy she got for Christmas.  Posted up in her Bumbo chair, she seems to enjoy it.  However, I think she's still too young for the "learn" part that the toy is supposed to offer.

Grandpa is quickly earning the nickname of "baby whisperer".  He'll walk around with Stella using his secret powers to quickly relax and soothe her to sleep.