Thursday, May 31, 2007




John is officially a lady's man! Anna's going to have a little sister!!! We just found out (officially) today and are happy to know she is healthy and looks great according to all the measurements. Now the name search begins...




Will she be a thumb sucker like her big sister?


This picture is just of her feet- I love it! Do they look like monkey toes to you?

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!
You always make my day when I see you and I love how much fun we have together!! I hope you had a great day eventhough you had to share it with a holiday! Mommy and I love you very much!

Success in the pool! On our 2nd trip to the pool we remembered the camera and the float! Anna loves the pool! We schedule it into her day between lunch and afternoon nap and so far it's worked out well. She had so much fun kicking her legs in the float, putting her face in the water, and blowing bubbles. The baby pool is fun but she likes to climb out and throw the toys, so the bigger pool keeps her more contained! We learned the hard way that pool pavement is slippery for little feet. Now we have some cute Dora the Explorer water shoes that hopefully will help with that issue!






Anna tries out John's old rocking chair




This is Anna's favorite new thing. She loves to climb into the rocking chair with her baby and will even sit still to watch Sesame Street in the mornings. I'm impressed that this chair looks as beautiful as it does considering the torture it must've been through the past 37 years! :)






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Saturday, May 26, 2007





Pool Practice


Today we tried out the baby pool to see how Anna liked the water. It was cold at first, but she warmed up after a bit (it was 90+ degrees outside!) and splashed around. I foresee spending many summer days either in this pool or at Hermitage!








Yes, Anna does have a bathing suit, but why dirty it up when just a swim diaper will do? I promise she'll be properly dressed in public!

Not more than 12 hours before this picture was taken, I told my uncle how Anna wasn't climbing yet, and how I was glad she wasn't that active yet. Oh well. The lil stinker must've heard me. :) She followed with the adventure on the dishwasher- of course as soon as she climbed up there I snapped the pictures and quickly removed her from the safety hazard. :)

Me and My Monkey





Mimi knows how much Anna likes monkeys, and how she can say "ooo, ooo, ooo" like a monkey, so now Anna has her own lil monkey who now resides in the car! Everytime we go for a ride, she gets some special time with monkey! She loves to hug and kiss monkey, and he's the perfect size to lug around. I imagine monkey will get a lot of love.


Thursday, May 24, 2007

Our little girl is SO smart- she knows how to plug in the laptop computer's power cord!! I guess she's seen mommy do it a lot....yesterday, I was checking email and she came over and Pop! In goes the power cord. How funny is that. I had no idea she has that much dexterity!! She's a 90% walker now, with crawling only when necessary. This makes it tricky because now she can get to a lot more things that we were able to "hide" where she couldn't see them. Those days are over, I guess! I love being able to put her in dresses now, so we'll get great use out of her summer dresses!!

Sunday, May 13, 2007


My first haircut



Much to mommy's chagrin, we headed to Pigtails and Crewcuts to trim Anna's bangs yesterday. She was looking so scraggly and wouldn't keep a bow in hair, so this was it. I have to say I really don't like the way her hair looks now, but oh well. I know it will grow back.


Wednesday, May 09, 2007


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Anna is checking out John hammering down nails on the deck. I promise to post pictures once we get the old ones of the memory card!!