california visit

over the last few weeks there was a lot of the above going on ... introducing baby stella to her cousins (and her aunts and uncles too)!  we are very blessed people and spent 24 days in California visiting friends and family.   its a 13+ hour drive (the plus is for the unplanned stops for baby care).  but baby stella did awesome on the drive down!  sleeping pretty much the entire time waking up to take a bottle (that i pumped in anticipation for her).  we didn't make any special baby stops!

this was the typical view on the way down and in between bakersfield and irvine

it seems that California agrees with baby girl because she has really bulked up between two and three months old.  she has chubby cheeks and arms that look like rubber bands are around her wrists ... i love love love to kiss those cheeks.  she also is a very smiley girl ... which we love!

happy girl in her car seat (we spent a lot of time in the car unfortunately)

this face did come out sometimes ... and the double chin stuck around

baby girl loved all the attention and all her fun christmas gifts!  unfortunately some of her cute outfits won't fit for too long since she has had a big growth spurt on vacation and has only been in 0-3 month clothes for a few weeks.  we decided she needed to wear all her cute outfits as much as possible before it was too late!

grandma soelberg bought this fun little velvet outfit with a super cute hoodie! 

baby girl is holding her head up so well now and is looking forward to sitting on her own!  she also loves to stand on our laps.  overall it was a super fun visit getting spoiled by our parents and spending time with our siblings ... can't wait to see them again!

wearing our duck outfit to represent our allegiance to the UofO ducks