Stella and the Christmas Pudding

Celeste just loves it when Stella pays her attention, here are some shots of the girls enjoying eachother's company. I have noticed Stella give Celeste the odd pinch but I can't blame her as Celeste is very pinchable! At her 5 month Plunket check she weighed 8.63kg (97th percentile) and was 64cm tall (5oth percentile) so she is a little Christmas pudding. At the same age Stella was only slightly heavier and 5.5cm taller! Thanks to Katrina, Jack and Guy for the super cute gingham dress Celeste is modelling in these pics.

Early Christmas Visit With Great Gran

Aunty Katherine came with us to visit Gran the other day and took these lovely photos. Although we took a few toys and books for Stella to play with, she was of course more interested in Gran's treasures and running up and down the hallway. Fortunately nothing got broken! It brought back memories when Gran got out the lolly jar (Katherine and I remember the lolly jar from our days visiting Gran and Poppa as kids), here is a pic of Stella carefully choosing a chocolate fish.

Icey Cream

Stella knows that Granny and Grandpa have a stash of "icey cream" at their house. She has her favourite teaspoon that she eats it with and puts her head down until it is all finished. I asked her what flavour it was, her reponse was "cold!"

Poor Grandpa has been under the weather lately, Stella loves to play with his "crouches." (crutches)

Dorothy and the Kewpie Doll

Here is Stella being very busy while carrying her Dorothy the Dinosaur puppet in the 'front pack' I made for her to wear. I got the Dorothy puppet off trademe after seeing Stella carrying around a Dorothy window sticker, talking to it and taking it places, I though she could do with something a bit more substantial as the sticker was getting a bit crushed and losing it's stickiness! Hopefully she'll still be into Dorothy and The Wiggles next year as we have tickets to their concert, I think Mark and I are more excited about it than we care to admit!! We haven't told Stella yet as March is a lifetime away for a little person who is struggling with the concept of when Christmas is coming.

Nana dressed Celeste up in Aunty Kath's 1st birthday outfit, we think she looks like a wee doll in this shot.