Happy 1st Birthday Anna!!

Anna's first bit of cake on her actual birthday :)
The cake-topper from her birthday party cake... Given 30 minutes to create this, I know it could have been so much better, but she seemed to enjoy it.
Home made dark chocolate layer cake with chocolate ganache and cherry filling.
Not pleased with Daddy helping her unwrap...

Playing in her outdoor "Oasis" from her Aunt Helen :)

7/1/10 - Anna's 1st Birthday!!! I can't believe it's been a year already. And almost a year since the last time I posted on this blog about my darling Anna. I am a terrible mother. But despite that, I'm trying to catch up a bit, so here's the news. Anna Grace is 1 year old! She squeezes into 18-24 month size clothing and does not wear shoes. She loves shoes, but her little pudgey feet won't allow them. We have a little pair of sandels that fit her feet somewhat, but they are size 6 and look like clown shoes when they are on her feet. She eats anything she can and is constantly learning new words. She says Mama, Dada, night-night, bye bye, bottle, hi, Nana, Papa and so many others! She is the most lovey baby you'll ever meet. Ella was always a shy baby, never smiling much and if you attempted to cuddle her or hug her, she would push you away. Anna is the complete opposite. She is always rubbing her face against yours, always cuddling in for hugs and giving kisses. Smiling at anyone kind enough to give her a quick glance. She is a wonderfully happy baby. Ella loves her so much and surprisingly shares her things with her without a problem :) Anna hasn't started running around the house yet, but she will find anything that slides (chair, table, stool, etc) and push it while walking behind it like she's a little old lady with a walker :) I'm actually not in a rush to have her walking as I know she will be our last little baby and I want to get the most out of her in her "baby stage" :)

Rub-a-Dub-Dub Anna Grace in the Tub

9/17/09 - Alright, I'll admit it... I didn't want to give up giving Anna spongebaths on the counter, so even after her belly button fell off (when she was 8 days old) I never gave her a bath in her little tub. So 2 and a half months later, we finally broke down and brought out the big girl tub :'( My little baby is growing up... and she loves baths :)

A conversation Dan & Anna had after her bath :)

Pretty Little Girl

9/13/09 - I think Anna liked this dress just as much as I did :)

(I wish it came in a bigger size so I could wear it too :) )

Happy 2 Month Birthday!

9/1/09 - Anna is 2 Months old! I can't believe how quickly time goes by. It seems like just yesterday I was just bringing her home and now she's getting to be such a big girl.

She doesn't have another doctors appointment until the beginning of October so I don't have very up to date stats, but she's about 14lbs I would say and so long that she's grown out of the 0-3 month clothing and even some of the 3-6 month stuff. She eats just about every 3-4 hours during the day and SLEEPS ALL NIGHT... Yes, that's right. ALL night, every night. She usually goes to bed when we do around 10 or so, then sleeps like a rock until 6 or 7 in the morning :) I'm sure there are plenty of other babies who sleep all night at this age, but Ella wasn't one of them. She didn't sleep all night until just a few months ago, so as you can imagine, we're quite tickled with Anna's nighttime habits :) Other than that, she's starting to get a really nice little personality, smiling all the time at anyone willing to talk to her. She also enjoys gurgling and jabbering with her Mama :) Last night we had the most wonderful conversation at bedtime. I'll have to get one of them recorded and post them up here - she's such a cutie :)

Anna & her Bear

8/26/09 - Every little girl needs a nice bear to cuddle with and thanks to Aunt Joy, Anna is no exception :) She took a liking to "Mr. Bear" while we were laying on the floor playing. She reached out and wrapped her arm right around him :)

Bumbo Baby

Half smiling/half gurgling and having a good ol' time in the Bumbo seat :)

8/12/09 - So I thought we could give the "Bumbo" chair a try this afternoon and Anna really liked it. I think she enjoyed the new view from an upright position instead of on the floor or in her carseat. She lasted almost 5 minutes before getting bored, but for those few minutes she was busy smiling and gurgling and looking all around, taking it all in. Thanks to cousin Lydia for letting us borrow her very cool chair :)

Daddy & Me

7/31/09 - One of Anna's new favorite spots is right on her Daddy's lap. She'll sit there completely content, looking all around, snuggling with her Dada :)