Little Girl Growing Up!

So many times I start these blogs by stating my total amazement at how quickly Stella is growing up and no surprise it hit me again. While Ryan and I clean up dinner Stella's favorite thing is to watch Baby Einstein Babies First Moves. This DVD is filled with babies dancing, jumping, clapping etc... (highly recommended by babies & mothers alike!) Well tonight after dinner it brought the biggest smile to my face to watch her actually interact with the video; clapping when the babies were clapping and dancing when the babies were dancing. Even when there is just music on the radio or I am playing my itunes it is so cute to see her light up and start dancing to whatever kind of music is on!

Reading has also become another favorite past time (a hobby I am sure Uncle Seth and both Grandmas will gladly support in the future!) I have read Five Little Pumpkins and Where's Babies Bellybutton about a MILLION times, and that was just yesterday! However I do have to share a great find that we have found with this new reading fascination; it is called Babybug!
Babybug is a magazine specially for kids 0-3 yrs. Stella started getting her subscription when she was around six months and she liked the first few magazines, but the last couple she loves! She will bring them to me to "read" to her multiple times a night. The nice thing is that the magazines are not flimsy magazine pages they are like the cover of a paperback book on every page. It doesn't matter how much Stella pulls and chews on the pages the don't end up in peices in her mouth! Anyway you can check it out for yourself at http://www.cricketmag.com/ there are lots of options for helping our kids of all ages enjoy reading everyday. ( Sorry I think I just sounded like the end of an infomercial!)