Hey! Do I look like a boy to you?

I guess this outfit makes people think boy?? Today we went to Ukrop's and had 3 people refer to her as a boy. Not only did she have pink socks on, but she also had 2 pink blankets in the cart with her, as well as a big pink butterfly attached to the handle. Next time she wears this outfit I'll add a pink bow! Today was the first day she sat in the cart by herself. She's such a big girl now- and I LOVE not having to carry that car seat around anymore!

Just for clarification...

Mommy's little helper

I'm getting Anna started early on chores...It just happened that we were in the basement and the laundry was finished, so instead of going upstairs to put her somewhere, I decided she fit just fine in the laundry basket and she agreed!

Today was our first sick visit to the doctor, and I'm so glad we went. She's had a cough for over a week now, and last night it started getting wheezy, plus she woke up a lot. She woke up when Grey's Anatomy came on (she's a GA junkie like her mom) and only calmed down when she saw Alex (her favorite). But after she fell asleep nursing, she woke back up screaming the minute I put her in the crib, which just isn't like her. So this morning she didn't eat well, and I thought we'd better get it checked out before the weekend- turns out she has her first ear infection! She also received a breathing treatment for her wheezing. So now she's on an antibiotic and albuterol for her wheezing. She doesn't act too sick- just a little more fussy around naptime. As you can see in her picture below, she looks just fine!

This is my favorite new outfit (courtesy of Old Navy's baby sale!) Even the socks have squirrels on them- you can't really tell in the picture, but the top is the short sleeve look with the long sleeves underneath...so cute. Did I mention before that Anna is sitting up? Well, she isn't 100% yet, but is getting better everyday! You still have to watch her closely or she'll do a quick dive-bomb for a cat or Madeira!

The 6th month old! I'm having a hard time believing this kid is half a year old already! We are having so much fun with her the time is just zipping by! If you look closely in this picture you can see her two front teeth! This might be my favorite picture so far!!

She got to stay at home yesterday for her "birthday" with John and Grandma, so she had a great day until the evening when she vomited in her crib (prunes and bananas!) and proceed to cry for 2 hours straight. I rushed home from work to find her red-eyed, full of mucus, and half-gagging and coughing. She was so upset it was hard to figure out what to do! We suctioned out her nose and mouth which helped, gave her a teething tablet, thinking that maybe her teeth were bothering her, then I nursed her, and she seemed to calm down after that. At that point when we put her in the crib and she tried to go to sleep there was the issue of whether to suction out her nose again, because she couldn't breathe well with her thumb in her mouth! So we did that once more, and she settled down. She was so exhausted, poor thing. Not a great way to end her "birthday"! It was the worst thing that's happened to her so far- John and I checked on her multiple times during the night and she slept well, thank goodness.

This morning she is back to the normal Anna! We even think she said "bye" to John as he left for work!!! It was as clear as day- we'll see if she says it to me when I drop her off at daycare! Haha.

Great-Grandma and the 3 monkeys!

(7 mo Sean, 5 mo Braxton, and 6 mo Anna)

We had a fun weekend with the cousins. Grandma had beautiful weather for her cookout and her whole family made it to wish her a happy 94th birthday. She looks wonderful!! Sean and Braxton faired really well considering their routines were messed up by being in a new place, but both of them are little travelers so they hung in there! We just wished they lived closer so we could spend more time with them! They've all changed so much since the last time we saw them and we won't be together again until Christmas, so they'll be totally different babies again! Sean is crawling and can do a mean exersaucer bounce, and Braxton is a giggling wiggler who loves to hear funny noises (or maybe it's the crazy way we look when we make those noises??)

Anna had fun watching the babies and occasionally grabbing one of them. For some reason, she was the party pooper in all of the pictures...maybe she needs more personal space??? Hahaha. We'll have to work on that!

Her new favorite food is applesauce! OH! And she's officially cut her two front teeth, with the bottom left front leading the way!

Sean's on the move!

Braxton the happy boy

Braxton, Anna, and Sean

Anna the frog