Sunglasses

I was out running errands with Estelle one day when I saw these children's sunglasses for $1 and couldn't pass them up. She loves wearing them around the house and tries to put them on me and Keith.

 

Babies

Luckily for us, I have many friends who have also had babies in the past year. One of them has a 4 month old daughter and they came over for dinner recently. Estelle was fascinated with her and really wanted to play with her. It was a good learning/practice experience for us as we plan for the arrival of baby #2.

 

Estelle has a baby doll she's likes to play with. We gave her the baby doll to play with while our friends were visiting and she was so excited to put baby doll in the car seat and give her a pacifier. It was so cute to watch.

 

 

Bye Bye Bottles

Keith and I have been pretty reluctant to completely wean Estelle off her bottles. First it was because of her ear infections, then Thanksgiving and then Christmas. Well we finally put away all of her bottles this past weekend. She had been doing a combination of both bottle and sippy cup for the past few months, but she still preferred the bottle hands down. Here's our big girl being master of the sippy cup.

 

19 Weeks

I am officially 19 weeks pregnant, which means we are almost at the half-way point. It's amazing how fast this whole process goes by. I went to the doctor yesterday for my scheduled ultrasound and check-up. Everything looks good for baby girl (and for mama). She has all of her fingers and toes and is growing nicely. Seeing her up on the screen made me so excited to meet her. For those of you I don't get to see, here are some pregnancy "selfies."

 

 

Walking

Estelle is officially walking these days. She had been consistently taking 2-3 steps on her own for a couple of weeks, but she finally put it all together and can now walk across the house in one attempt. Keith and I are having so much fun watching her become more independent.

 

Knee Walking

Estelle has been walking on her knees for the past couple of weeks now. When new people see her do it, they say they have never seen a baby do that before. Keith and I thought it was a pretty normal thing, but I guess not. So here she is showing off her moves.

 

Swings

About a week ago, we had beautiful weather here in STL, so Keith and I took Estelle to the nearby park. We played on the swings and helped her climb on the playground and go down the slide. It's so much fun to see her growing and exploring.