Strong Stander

Stella is now standing on her own next to the couch and other things. She will stand for well over a minute. She loves to stand on the couch cushions looking over the back of the couch outside. She just looks at the cars going by and the snow, how intriguing. She's still not the biggest fan of being on her tummy. If there is a toy in front of her, or she's facing the Christmas Tree she's a little bit better. I think she'll still crawl, but she might be walking sooner than we'd thought too. Although she hasn't tried to step or anything, I'm sure it's just a matter of time and she'll try it.

It's just crazy how fast they grow. In the last month or so she has developed so much and has a great personality. She's a wonderful sleeper too. She now sleeps from 8:30 or 9 to 8:30 or 9, a full 11 1/2-12 hours at night. She doesn't even wake up for her pacifier, or of she does, she finds it herself and goes back to sleep. In the morning when I am getting ready for work I peek in there to see her before I leave if John's home so that I don't have to wait until I get home after work. She's like a little angel sleeping and doesn't even notice I'm there. I have to wake her up to take her to my mom's if John's working.

I have 12 days off coming up starting on Christmas Eve. While I'm off we're going to work on a few finger foods and more tummy time to see if she'll start to scoot and crawl. I think that will be coming very soon.