Thursdays

It's Christmas Eve, and Stella is 27 weeks old. She's doing an admirable job of sitting up on her own ... for short periods of time, and of teething. Nothing has broken through her gums yet, but she's had those red, teething cheeks a few times in the past weeks, chews furiously on anything she can get in her mouth, and drools.

Photos taken, by Luke and me, 12/24/09