As you can see, I am definitely finding that our busy schedule is making blogging difficult.. and picture taking for that matter. Right after the last blog post, we enjoyed a splendid family vacation. We went with my parents, Aunts & Uncles, cousins, friends, and Jer's family. It was a great time. Unfortunately, I do not have a lot of pictures from that adventure. (We were busy swimming not a good place for a phone/camera.)
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| Anna did really well in the car. I caught her with her new obsession...Baby Elmo. Most of our stops revolved around fast food that had play areas (mostly Chick-fil-a). |
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| While we were there my dad and I went to the Titanic Museum. It was fantastic. This is the outside of the museum. Cool huh? |
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| Every morning, we were up bright and early. Jer and I took turns. This was my morning, and we were waiting for her medicine (for acid reflux) to go through the waiting period ( 30 min) before she could eat. So I let her watch a VeggieTales on the portable DVD player. She loved it! She did so well not injuring the player. |
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| We spent the day with Aunt Jill, Uncle Dawson, Nana, Papa, De, Val, & Bryant. Mommy caught them being silly with the princess! (Thanks Aunt Jill!!) |
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| One word to describe this picture... TEETHING! Oy! |
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| We got to meet up with Uncle Justin... and at first (during dinner) she was a little reluctant. But as you can tell, she warmed up to him. |
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| He even got some love (they were bonding over his phone, and keys! The way to a 19 month old's heart!!). |
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| When we got back, we watched the dogs for a few days. (yeah there's a story that goes with that.) |
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| Anna has gotten really good at playing at the playground. She does really well on the slides, and isn't scared!! She doesn't like getting her hands dirty, though. |
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| One day this week, Aunt Jill & Uncle Dawson brought the kids out the play and have lunch. This was the only picture I took. Hi Val!! |
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| We spent a few hours at Penitentiary Glen. They have a little play area. It's an action shot! |
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| And, we're back to the metroparks. What's a trip the metroparks without harassing the geese?! |
you will appreciate the video above. Her Aunt "Noani"
(Joanie) and Aunt Leah put their own twist on things
while we were in Tennessee. (It will come in handy for
our Thursday visits!)
Well that's a little bit of what we've been up to recently. Anna-Banana keeps us busy!! We love her so much!
Here are the current stats as we know them...
Sleep: Anna seems to have hopefully finally moved past her night wakings. Although some nights, she will wake up and cry/fuss for a little bit of time. Recently, she hasn't been waking, although the tradeoff seems to be that she's been going to bed a little later... later than we'd like. However, she's been sleeping in a little bit later too. She's been sleeping from 10/10:30- 8:30/9.
Acid Reflux: Since we got back from our vacation, on the advice of her pediatrician, we have been weaning her from her Prevacid. She has been getting it every other day for the last week and a half. Mid next week we'll go every 3rd day giving her, her medication. Hopefully she'll tolerate the weaning, and will do ok without the medication. If not, we'll start back up again, and try the weaning again in a few months.
Food: Anna is still hit or miss with meals. Some days she eats a ton, some days not so much. She still really likes baby food pouches, but isn't eating as much of those. I can occasionally get her to eat some veggies, but she does like fruit a lot. Her favorite fruits are bananas, blueberries, strawberries and apples. She enjoys some grilled cheese, pasta, kielbasa, yogurt, cheese, ham, turkey, chicken, bread, corn, carrots, popped corn, and her favorite: milk! Anna also loves to munch on Cherrios too!
Words: Anna does really well talking! She's good at communicating with us. Although, I'm starting to think that I just understand her really well too. She definitely has a boat-load of words. She amazes me with the words she tries to say. I find it silly that if she doesn't think she can say it, she'll just give you a little giggle and smile.
Activity: Anna likes to play with others, but can also play by herself when she needs to. She likes to play outside any time, any place!! She likes her push toys, balls, swings, slides, and especially rocks!! (She loves to collect them, move them or give them to people...ie daddy.) Sometimes she likes to do somersaults (especially on a bed, or something soft). Anna definitely likes to dance and shake her bum. Haha... I try to get a video of it... but she always stops before I can. She seems to know what I'm trying to do! Anna loves to run everywhere as well!
Favorite Things: Anna is definitely still in love with Bob and Larry! Anything VeggieTales is fine with her! When we (ie mom & dad) get tired of Bob and Larry, we switch over to Elmo. At bedtime she loves to have a stuffed animal, her glow worm, and her pillow pet that lights up, and a blanket. (It sounds like a lot... but it really isn't. Most of the toys stay at the end of her bed.)
Clothes/size: Anna usually wears 18 month clothes, although, can still wear 12 month dresses or shorts. She tends to be too tall for 12 month pants, but sometimes has a hard time holding up her 18 month pants/shorts. I put an 18 month dress on her this week, and it was only a little bit above her ankle. So I still prefer (for some dresses) her to wear 12 month. She hasn't been weighed recently, so I have no idea how much she weighs... or her height for that matter. She is still in size 3 diapers, and size 4 shoes.
Well our little girl keeps us busy! We thank the Lord every day for the brilliant, beautiful, healthy little girl that He gave us!
Thank you for checking in on us!!
