growing up

stelly ate with a spoon for the first time this morning! she loved being independent and feeding herself (although she still needed some help "scooping")! oatmeal was a great food to start with since it sticks to the spoon so well. can't believe she'll be 14 months tomorrow!

baby bling

stelly got her ears pierced this weekend. i'm not sure you can classify 3 mm diamond studs as real bling, so we'll call it baby bling. it was hard to photograph the earrings b/c they are so small and getting stelly to pose for a picture is impossible b/c she is such a mover! here's the best i could do. (the last pic doesn't even show the earrings but it was still a cute picture!)

pearly whites

stelly went almost a whole year with no teeth. now she has EIGHT that have popped

thru just in the past month and 1/2! here she is brushing away so she won't need

crest white strips down the road.

if i weren't a mom...

i would still think my favorite dessert in a springform pan is cheesecake,

and that strainers were used only to drain pasta.