14 1/2 months

Stella is so much fun these days. I wish she could stay this little for a long time, but I know better. She's growing up and changing every day. She loves making all of us laugh, and with her brothers and sister around she's always got an easy audience.

Stella's faves: Turning the light's and T.V. on and off, putting her shoes on, blowing kisses, the songs 'Copa Cabana' by Barry Manilow and 'Rock with you' by Michael Jackson, baths, playing hide-&-seek (she always hides in Mom & Pop's closet). She also loves to climb on anything, especially the boys bunk bed ladder. She can't get enough books, bike rides, the park, looking for birds in the sky, blueberries and Gerber graduate Cheetos. Oh, and she loves dogs and horses but only from a safe distance.

Stella's not so faves: Being told no, not being able to play outside whenever she wants, sitting still at church. She also hates taking showers.

I guess she had a lot on her agenda yesterday because she only had time to sit here for a second. I feel lucky I got even one picture of her.

She's got a real passion for toothbrushes these days. So after ripping the headband out of her hair and finding Lily's spiderman toothbrush, she was more then happy to park herself right back on that bed and let me snap away.