1 year 2 weeks (54)

Waiting patiently for me to get her toy out of the box

Hi Great-Grandma!

Nice picture of Anna and my grandma... (Great-grandma Surso)

Love this little face!

Merry Christmas!!

Smiles for Aunt Leah!

I just love when I catch a "serious look stare down."  LOVE IT!!

This dog sings, lights up, talks, and has labels on it that say things like
hand, foot, tummy, ear... it's great! 
Anna loves it!

Check it out! All 3 teeth in this photo!

Anna also got a rocking chair for Christmas... LOVE it too!
She loves to rock on it, play with it, walk with it... it's an
all around great item. (Thanks Leepers!)

Well, this week was similar to last week.  Anna was still on the mend. (We went tot he doctor's on Christmas Eve... the angel had her first ear infection.)  The 54th week included Christmas, and many other Christmas festivities!!  You would think that after so many Christmases this little angel would like to open presents... but she was still only slightly amused, and would much rather have the toy to play with than to open the next gift.  

Her basic stats are....

She is still under 19 pounds although the weight is a little iffy... hahaha... we had her weighed at the doctors office on Monday (Christmas Eve) but they didn't make us take off her clothes.  So, the ounces may be off.  a bit (4 or 5 ounces maybe?).  Even still, she weighed in at 18 pounds 15 ounces.  Anna is still rocking a lot of 12 month clothes.... although, every now and then we get a pair of pants that is just huge on her.  She does really well in the stretchy variety of pants at this point.  She can also wear some 6-9 month clothes, but those are getting fewer and fewer these days.  (mostly just undershirts still)  Anna is still in size 3 diapers.  Anna does, however, continue to have tiny feet.  She wears a size 2 (which the box at Stride Rite said 6-9 months).

Anna is doing well eating, although, being sick definitely set us back on the weaning process.  (UGH!)  I will still be plugging ahead though.  She seems to be far more finicky, and this week would rather eat more bland food than anything.  We did find out that she enjoys Ritz crackers.  So, that's kind of fun, and new!  (I like new!)  Anna now has 3 chompers... and she is starting to realize their usage (not just on me!) when she eats things like Ritz or her yogurt melts.  She tends to nibble them now.  It's kind of cute.

Our princess continues to be a chatterbox and not much of a walker.  Anna is a great crawler, and if you want to see her crawl really fast open a laptop OR open the fridge.  She sure will bolt toward either one.  (It's kind of hilarious, and yet very frustrating sometimes when you just want to open either appliance really quickly.) I'm not sure what her draw is to the fridge, but I do know her draw to the computer (she wants to skype!!)  Anna's current favorite words are: Dada, Mama, Baby, papa/pop... Sometimes we'll hear her say things that sound like: Anna, Nana, Katie, Please, and Oh.

Anna's sleep is still trying to rebound from being sick.  Although I think we're getting more toward only once a night.  However, I really, REALLY would love to get to not waking up at all.  But... I'm at a loss (no, the doesn't mean I want readership advice either....) I've read a lot of books on this subject, and I've come to the conclusion... it will happen when it happens.... and there really isn't a lot I can do about it.

Well that's it for now.  Hopefully life will slow down a little bit more, so i can begin posting closer to the day than almost a week late.

Thank you for checking in on us!!