Another Hot Week!

Well, it's gonna be a hot one this week which means Annabelle and I will be staying in doors. Boo hoo hoo. We do have Gymboree on Wednesday and birthday playgroups on Thursday and Friday to look forward to!

It's time to move Annabelle up in carseats. Our infant seat goes up to 22lbs and 30 inches. She is coming close to the 30 inch limit. We are debating between the evenflo and the Britax. Not sure which one we will go with. The Evenflo is cheaper and gets better safety ratings, but we hear it is a pain to install and use in the rear facing position. Britax still gets great safety ratings, though. Poundage wise, Annabelle is now around 20lbs.

Annabelle was a bit of a stinker today. A little grumpy and whiny. Threw a couple of temper tantrums. You wouldn't think that a 1 year old would be capable of that...but they are! The only person she would calm down for and have a smile for was daddy. When you stay at home all day with a baby, that can be very frustrating...let me just tell you!

I asked Annabelle where her cow was today. She walked right over to her Little People farmhouse and started rumaging around. It's obvious that she understood the cow was over there, but I don't think she could pick it out of a lineup. We are working on that along with animal sounds. I'm sure she will get it soon as she IS the smartest baby in the world. hehehe.......Other things we are working on...blowing kisses and dancing.

Fun with Family

We had a nice weekend full of visitors. On Saturday we took a nice long walk and had breakfast out. Later that day Carey, Eric, and Cailey came over. Cailey and Annabelle had a fun time playing together and swapping sippy cups. On Sunday, Cousins Todd, Blanka, and Julia came over. We cooked a lovely lunch of salad, summer tart with Arugula, Prosciutto, and carmelized onions. Todd made a tasty angel food cake for desert. Yummy Food! We ate so much that we didn't need dinner.

Annabelle is Miss Piggy these days. She is eating a TON!!! I think she is going through a growth spurt as a lot of her clothes that fit last week no longer fit. Time for another trip up to the attic to store some more clothes. There are already 4 HUGE boxes of clothes up there. Where does the time go? My baby isn't a baby anymore...she's definitely a toddler. Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....she's growing too fast.

Holding Hands...


Cousins...


Group Pic...

Father's Day and other things........

We had a lovely Father's Day. Goody and Poppy came over for dinner. We had steak, crabcakes, corn pudding, and coleslaw, with cheesecake for dessert. Paul got a micro brew kit which he started on right away. As we speak, there is a batch of lager in the basement fermenting. Yum!

It's been HOT here...YUCK!!! Today we went to lunch with Uncle Mike then proceeded to a birthday playgroup.

Annabelle has a new trick. It's quite cute, actually. If you tell her to "dance" she spins around in a circle. She is now using a straw-type sippy cup. We have purchased at least 5 different sippy cups and we finally found a winner. Additionally, we are starting to transition her to whole milk...something that isn't as easy as it sounds.

Here are some pictures from Father's Day:

Week with Sally

We just got home from our trip to Centralia, Wa (near Seattle) to see my sister Sally and her two kids, Abby and Jesse.

On Monday, we flew! Our flight was at 7pm. Annabelle didn't do too great. There was some crying and overall fussiness. I think it was the time of day that we were flying. It was a 5 hour flight (direct) and she managed to sleep about 3.5 hours of it. That was good...it just wasn't good what she was doing the other 1.5 hours of it! We arrived safely and Sally picked us up.

The next day we went to old town Tacoma and had lunch. We did a little walking around too. On Wednesday we went to Seattle and went to Pike's Place Market (home of the original Starbucks, among other things) and did the Space Needle. On Thursday we went back to Tacoma and had pictures of the cousins taken together. On Friday we went for Indian food then pretty much hung out at Sally's pad. I had to pack, too! That night at 11pm we took off for home. Annabelle did much better on this flight. I think that the red eye was great for this. She had been up most of the day so she conked out while in the terminal waiting to board. She slept the whole flight and even slept through the noise and banging around while exiting the plane. In fact, she really didn't wake up fully until we were home! We spent the day sleeping and recuperating from the flight.

On to normal business!!!

Fun Weekend

I had a lovely time with the girls over the weekend. As usual, Paul was wonderful with Annabelle. He is such an awesome daddy.
I am off to Seattle tonight with Annabelle. We are going to visit my sister. Annabelle will also get to meet her 2 cousins!

Here are some pictures that Paul took. I will post pics from the weekend soon.

Off for the weekend!

I'm off to a Mom's spa getaway weekend. I have some new pictures to download which I will do Sunday night!

Have a nice weekend.

Annabelle's New Tricks

Well...they aren't that new. I just forgot to put them down. Her new thing: Sharing and closing doors. If there is a door that is open, Annabelle will be sure to shut it, whether you are walking through it or not! Also, she loves to share her food. I have a new fondness for cheerios and puffs. It's actually quite cute. She'll give you her toys, food, paci, and teething toys. She is also starting to understand how to properly use her toys. They aren't just noise makers anymore. She loves banging on her leapfrog drum...and she also likes carrying it then banging it down on the floor as hard she can. That's pretty much the case with all of her electronic toys...throw them down as hard as you can onto the floor. eeeeek....

Annabelle and her drum:

Teething Again

Yes, it's that time again. Numbers 6 and 7 are popping through which has also meant that mom and dad are starting to run low on baby tylenonl and baby motrin.

We had a fun weekend. On Saturday I took Annabelle to the Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure (5k). Kathleen and I walked it. Later that day we went to a birthday party and on Sunday we went to a BBQ. It was raining hard on Sunday...luckily our friends had a screened in back porch which was actually really nice with the rain. Made me want to do it with our dining area in back.

Here are some pictures from the last few days.

Race for the Cure



Chillin with Dad