Four months old!

Happy 4 months old today, Stephie!!! 1/3 of the way to 1 year! These pictures were taken tonight by the beautiful Lake Ellyn Park.

What a BIG girl!

The pictures from today illustrate two BIG things:

1. At 4 months old tomorrow, Stephie wore the first of her 9 month sized clothes today; the sleeper actually fits her pretty well! BIG baby!

2. Stephie now prefers to roll onto her side to sleep at night. What a BIG girl!

Little "Slimer"

Stephie's newest nickname (added to the list of Froggy, Baby Bear, Stephie Bear, Super Chunk, Chunky Monkey, etc) is Slimer due to the combination of her hands always being in her mouth and a definite increase in drooling over the past week. Grandma Julie thinks she might be teething; time will tell! In the mean time, Mommy has gotten used to a nice sheen of drool all over her forearms and t-shirts the majority of the time.

Stephie's new garden

Grandma Julie has done an absolutely amazing job rehabbing our yard over the past few weeks! Here are some pictures taken today in the beautiful new garden in the backyard.

Chunky monkey, part 2

I like posting pictures of how much Stephie has grown, so on that note, here is one from Stephie at 2 months old and a similar one taken today. Note the significant expansion of the Buddha and a few more rolls on each arm. Not much more in the hair department, though!

Stephie's new bibs

Stephie enjoyed hosting another BBQ today. Daddy put the BGE to the test by cooking an 8 pound BBQ pulled pork for 20 hours on the smoker! Stephie even got to wear new Osh Kosh b'Gosh overalls courtesy of Grandpa Roger. A great time was had by all!

Mmmmm...pizza!

Grandma Michelle and Grandpa Roger came up to visit for the weekend, and we took them out to Lou Malnati's for dinner tonight. Stephie was very interested in the fork; perhaps next time we'll bring her a more baby-friendly utensil! She fell asleep for the rest of dinner so she didn't get to try any of Lou's deluxe pizza like the rest of us. Yummy!