Week 67 & 68

Posing with mama for a picture...
Simply because she's cute!

Sleeping... mommy couldn't resist snapping a picture.

Mommy got creative and tried to put a ponytail in my hair...
it lasted 2.7 seconds.

It was sunny, so we went out.

Cutie pie going for a walk up and down our drive.

We left for our vacation to Myrtle Beach on Wednesday, March 27. 
Our first stop was headed to Charlotte, NC to visit friends.
During our trip, I had to get creative to keep our little miss happy.

While we were visiting in Charlotte... I made friends.
I was napping & woke up early... mommy was outside reading
so I was rescued. 
After seeing mommy outside, I cuddled back in and took a longer nap.
Mommy found us like this.

At the condo, I found a new seat... perfect for my short legs.

While we were there, my Auntie tried to put pigtails in my hair!
She didn't hate them (but they didn't always stay in very long).
I also enjoyed looking at, and smiling to the baby in the mirror.
(Our one wall on our condo was a full length mirror.)

Getting silly with mommy.

Another smile for mommy, showing off my new found pigtails.

My two favorites combine!!
Having a book read to me AND Aunt Kimmee!!

Playing in the water with Miss Jess

In the video above, you can see how much fun Anna has with her Aunt Kimmee.
(This action was not prompted by any adult... just caught on video by one!)

Well we had a computer catastrophe.... thus the blog has been silent for a week or two.  I am back up and running with a new computer... so blog life is good again.  Unfortunately, I fell behind with my blog weeks, so instead of making to separate entries, I decided to make one entry.  So there are a lot of pictures!  :-)  Also the two weeks sort of merge together since we were on vacation most of it.

Leading up to our vacation, we were very busy.  Jeremy and I worked on the church musical the weekend before Easter.  It was a lot of work, but a lot of fun.  Anna got some extra time with some of her favorite people.  (THANKS!!)  Then, I had to work Monday through Wednesday... so she got a little more "extra" time.

  Anna and I (and our friend Jessica) left for vacation Wednesday after Jess was done teaching.  We went as far as Charleston, West Virginia.  I thought we had it made.... she had only slept 20 minutees for my father... and didn't fall asleep on our way to the school.  So I thought for sure she'd be good for a nap for an hour or two.  WRONG!!  That little stinker didn't sleep a wink!  Although, I can't complain too much, she was pretty well behaved (all things considered.).  She went to bed pretty quickly when we arrived at our hotel.  Then on Thursday we headed to Charlotte, NC to visit some friends.  (One of whom is pictured above.)  It was really sweet, as soon as the door was opened for us, Anna reached for "Mimi".  (It was determined we could call her "Mimi" since she doesn't have one of those already.  hahaha)  Granted it had been 9+ months since we last saw them... but she was very friendly with them.  And our trip was fun.  I always wish it were longer!!  We left on Saturday, and we were Myrtle Beach bound.  

We had pretty good weather!  So that  was a blessing.  Although, we did get progressively colder.   Anna had a lot of fun with her Aunties, and grandparents!  She also was spoiled watching "Bob"  (aka Veggies Tales).  It was a good way to keep her quiet in the morning!!

As far as the regular stats go...  She did pretty well on vacation sleeping.  Which those of you know I was super stressed about how she might sleep during this vacation because of the last vacation.  I'm happy to report that while it wasn't perfect... it wasn't bad either.  I usually did take advantage of taking a nap with her.  Anna usually went to sleep about 9:15, and then slept til about 7:30.  Although the longer we were there, the later she slept.  I think if we would have been there a week longer, she might have slept solidly til 9am.  But... we weren't.

Anna is still not walking, but she seems to be making progress.  I still believe that she is just a scardy cat.  She likes/loves to push things.  She found her love for pushing her stroller.  Too bad she can't see over it... although that does provide for some comic relief as she was bouncing from wall to wall running into it.  I don't think it will be long til she will walk, but I do think we won't meet our deadline.  So we may be therapy bound... which is ok.... I have come to terms with it.  But... we'll see.  Maybe the doctor will be pleased with her progress.

Anna ate well on vacation... and was even spoiled with some treats from her Grandma!  :-)

She is still in 12 month clothes... in fact I tried an 18 month shirt on her... and it was WAAAAY too big.  So, we'll probably wait to transition to those... or just go through a few and see how they work.  LIke all girl's clothes... different brands fit differently.  

I'm also very happy to report, that Anna is no longer drinking from a bottle.  She has been bottle free since the 21st of March!  Yayayay!!!  Sippy cups!!  So at least we hit one of our objectives from the doctor... and pretty quickly I might add!  It's kind of funny that she's a cold turkey kind of gal.  All or nothing!  (I"m hoping this will mean she'll be an easy potty train... although I have no disillusions of such!)

Anyway, thanks for checking in on us!

66 weeks

Celebrating St. Patrick's Day by dressing up in our shamrock dress.
She looked super cute all day!

Doing a little reading this morning

Singing the Itsy Bitsy Spider with daddy

Giggling, while playing with daddy
(She has a lot of fun with her daddy!)

Enjoying a little snack at Sams club

It may not seem like much... but we're trying to get away from bottles.
These cups were all full this morning (it was taken around 2pm).

My two favorite people!!
Smiling for me after Anna's bath

Well this week seemed to fly by!  Every day was pretty busy.  Monday & Wednesday, was our normal work day stuff.  Tuesday we had a morning doctor's appointment (more on that later), today (Thursday) we went to our church for my "mom's group"  (known as "Mastering Motherhood"), and we made up our swim class that we missed on Tuesday.  And tomorrow (Friday) we're going the library for story time and music-- as long as the weather cooperates.  (This is our first time doing this... so, we'll see if it's something we should do again, or wait a while...)

Well this week the big thing was our doctor's appointment on Tuesday.  It was just a routine well-check.  I wasn't expecting a whole bunch, and there really wasn't anything that I wasn't prepared for.  One of the biggest topics was getting rid of her bottle.  While we have been trying to adios those bottles... it has not come easy for us.  Anna is just not that interested.  So I went out and bought, yet another set of sippy cups.  These ones have a soft spout.  (They're very bottle like... but not a bottle... and apparently a good way to transition Anna to a real cup.  So we'll see.)  So far (and again, i'm writing this on Thursday evening because our weekend is jam packed....), today she did not have a single bottle.... and it wasn't that bad.  Another topic on the agenda was the fact that Anna is still not walking.  It was hard to read how much concern the doctor had for Anna's lack of walking... but, the bottom line is, she really should be walking soon.... so if we don't have a walker in our house in 3-4 weeks, then the doctor is going to recommend us for physical therapy.  I'm ok with it... she is healthy, and developing normally... she just is a scaredy cat.  So, why not let a PT give it a go... she can't crawl forever!!  (Nor do I think she will.)  Another thing that was talked about quite a bit at our visit was Anna's continued cough.  Her lungs still sound great, and her ears are fine!  The doctor thinks that maybe it's either a post-viral cough (from when she was sick the very end of January), OR it potentially it's her acid reflux becoming an issue again.  For now, the doctor increased her dosage from 1 mL to 1.2 mL.  While that doesn't seem like a lot... it's a 20% increase from what it was a few weeks back.   (She has been on 1.1 for a couple weeks.)  Other than that... she is healthy, and happy.  She did get 2 vaccines, and so was a little bit cranky on Tuesday and some of Wednesday... but she did well today.    Anna officially weighed 20 pounds 9 oz on Tuesday.  She was in the 41%.  She was 30 inches tall which puts her in the 33%.  She's on the "smaller end of things."  But the doctor isn't worried about that.  In general, I didn't get the feeling that the doctor was worried that she wasn't walking, but is ready for us to kind of give her a little experienced push with the help of some physical therapists.  Her doctor kept saying, "she just needs to build her confidence... then she'll walk."  And I agree.  So, we'll see what the Lord has in store for us.  We will also be championing advice from some friends who are also physical therapists.  I look forward to a new stage that will be coming soon.  :-)

This week Anna has slept pretty well.  She doesn't usually sleep straight through the night without a peep, but she is able to get herself back to sleep without a problem usually.  She is still going to bed between 8:30-9:30, but it is usually a little bit before 9.  As it is, this past week Anna has started giving us some verbal cues that she is ready for bed.  A lot of times it looks like her putting her head down on me, or Jeremy or on the couch.  Then when we ask her "Are you ready to go night-night?"  She usually responds with "teeth!"  And if she's on the couch, she will climb down off the couch, and go over to the baby gate and wait until we open it for her to climb the steps and go into the bathroom.  It's really cute that she loves to brush her teeth.  I've started brushing her teeth before her naptime, instead of in the morning, because some times I forgot, and also, I'd like to connect teeth brushing with sleep.  So we eat, we brush teeth, we pray, we sleep.  That's pretty much our routine. 

Anna continues to eat well.  I think her teeth were bothering her this week a little bit, because her appetite was a little lower than normal, but nothing to be alarmed by.  As mentioned above, we're working hard to get her to drink from a sippy cup and not a bottle.  Today was a good, and productive day as far as sippy cups.  So hopefully it will continue this way.  If this works, it seems like Anna is a "cold turkey" gal.  We stopped breastfeeding- cold turkey, and today we stopped bottles cold turkey.  So, if we can keep away from the bottles... then we're 2 for 2...and I may start seeing a trend.  :-)  Anna still does like those baby food pouches, as well, but cheese is still tops on her list!

Our princess continues to be a chatterbox.  She seems to add words daily.  Even if the word isn't said correctly, she definitely makes an attempt to say what we're saying... or at least give us a response.  I would love to know what is going on in her head when we have some of our "conversations."  :-)

The last week or so, Anna likes to help me unload the dishwasher.  So, I finally had Jeremy help me by taking a video of it.  For those of you wondering, I do try to make sure that her hands are clean, and that she's only touching the handles of the silverware she's helping me with.... she does a pretty good job!  :-)

Well, I think that's about it for now....thanks for checking in on us!

65 weeks

Cheese!!

She turned on her own dvd, and then sat down and watched it.
Hilarious and scary all at the same time.
She is currently obsessed with Veggie Tales,
mostly Bob the Tomato (she says  it "Bo" --short o sound-- Bob without the last "b" sound)

At the gym this day, she enjoyed playing in the ball tent.

a few weeks ago, she was eying this toy...this time she got it!!

Muscles!!

Well 65th week was good.  We were pretty good with sleep, routine, and visiting with friends.  I keep telling everyone she's a lot of fun!!  I love the new words that she adds to her vocabulary almost daily.  I also love how she watches everything, and tries new things... of course she still isn't "trying" to walk.  But... we'll get there.  :-)  It also reminds me a lot to be a good example, because her little eyes are watching everything I (we) do!  I've always known that, but a reminder is good.

So, Anna still has a little cough.  She is still on the children's Zyrtec, but, we haven't really seen any improvement.  I won't be surprised if it boils down to an acid reflux issue again.  So stay tuned with that. 

Sleep has been pretty good for all of us.  So, hopefully we'll keep up at this.  Anna does wake up at least once or twice at night, and cries a little bit... but she does go back to sleep.  We NEVER go on in there (it actually makes things worse if we go in, and try to lay her back down).  So, we are progressing.  She does a great job putting herself to sleep, although there are always tears!  ALWAYS tears.  However, they don't last too long.  She is also enjoying the few toys that she does have in her bed.  It's kind of nice, because if she wakes up early, she usually will play with her glow worm for a little bit, instead of waking up screaming.  So that is appreciated.  It usually is enough to get me up, and get going before she does start to cry.

Anna still is a pretty good eater.  There are definitely some things she likes, loves, and other things she does like.  Anna still seems to be deterred by the way things feel in her hand.  She's not always a big fan of slimy things... ie spaghetti.  And if she doesn't like the way it feels, she won't even attempt to put it in her mouth.  We are still working to get rid of bottles... but she really likes them.  So... hopefully we can continue to ease off of them, and use them for drinking as opposed to pure comfort.  :-)  She can drink from a cup, but she just prefers her bottles.... Anna continues to love baby food pouches.  In fact a lot of times that's what she has as a snack before she goes to bed.

Anna is still in 12 month clothes, although, I do think that we'll be looking in to some of the 18 month clothes soon.  I know it really depends on brand, but some of her pants are becoming a little too short.  So, while there are still a few stragglers of 9 month clothes, most are 12 month clothes.  There are a few 12 month clothes that are a little big, and a few that are becoming too small or short.  Sooo... I guess we'll just ease out of those, and into new clothes soon.  :-)  Anna still is in size 3 diapers, and I believe size 2/2.5 shoes.

I think that's the important stuff now.  Thanks for checking in on us.

***I know this post is a little skimpy on pictures.... I'm experiencing problems with the way I've been sending pictures from my phone to my computer... so I may need to figure out a new process.****

64 weeks

Hello, in there!!

She was afraid she would miss something... and didn't fall asleep
for the entire hour and a half car ride.

Fun, at Great Wolf Lodge!

I gave her a wipe, and let her play with it...

She cleaned a milk jug (that has water in it)

She waved it around....

 As a whole, she had a lot of fun with the wipe... and I got about a half hour of work (dishes, dinner, cleaning etc.) done!  It was great!!

After my Bible study on Thursday, the nursery workers gave me a thin mint cookie...
a certain little someone swiped it and took a bite.

She is actually wearing far more than she actually got!

But, she's so stinkin cute!

I find the video above hilarious!!  I turned out a lot funnier than I would have ever thought.  I wanted to take the video because this evening she actually figured out how to spin around (albeit slowly) on the sit and spin... hahaha... it makes me laugh, so I thought I'd share!

This past week was a pretty good one.  We started out the week going to Great Wolf Lodge on Saturday afternoon and staying the night til Sunday morning.  This was a Christmas gift from our Aunt Teresa.  Boy did we have fun!  We shared a room with Jill & Dawson and kids.  It was a blast, and I had fun seeing all the cousins, and catching up with Jill on our many trips around the lazy river with Anna hanging out with us.  There were many laughs to be had during this time!  (Especially when it comes to tandem tube water slides... and over zealous lifeguards!!)

I took Anna to the doctor on Monday just to make sure that this lingering cough isn't anything.  The doctor listened to her lungs for a long, long time, and then decided we should have a chest x-ray.  No need to worry... her lungs and heart look great!  The doctor put her on children's Zyrtec to see if the cough is more allergy related... if not, it may involve tweaking/upping her acid reflux medication.  We go back on the 19th for her well-baby check.  That also means that we got her weighed.  With her clothes on (add at least 5 or 6 oz I've been told), she was just over 21 pounds.

Anna's sleep improved this week, with the addition of adding a baby food pouch with her bottle.  Although there is a fine line between giving her some, and giving her a snack, and giving her too much... if she has too much... it comes out, in ginormous portions!  UGH!!  But, we've done a lot better with her NOT screaming her head off in the middle of the night for a few hours... so we'll take it for now!!

I tried some 18 month clothes on her this week, and it was pretty big.  The pants were too long, and the long sleeves were way too long... but, I assume it will be like most girl clothes, and we'll just have to play around with it.  :-)  For now, she's still mostly in 12 month clothes... I may try to add to her more summery clothes soon, for our beach trip... but, we'll see how that goes!

Anna hasn't really had anything new this week to eat... but, she is eating pretty well.  I'm noticing that she's really good at eating when she wants, and not eating when she either doesn't want or I assume she is full.  Cheese continues to be her favorite, along with baby food pouches and pretzels.  I do like that she is at least willing to try most things, although some items take her a few tries before she'll actually eat it.  I guess that's the way it is, though, no?

One of Anna's favorite things to do is to brush her teeth.  She loves it when we open the gate, let her climb the steps on her own, sit her on the bathroom counter, and brush her teeth.  The rule is that we (Jer or I) brush he teeth first, and then she gets a chance to do it when we are done.  That usually means she plays with, sucks on and/or bites the toothbrush... it is nice that she likes it!  Oh, and fair warning to anyone, she is also obsessed with everyone else's teeth too!  She'll say "teeth" when she sees yours, and attempt to put her finger in your mouth.  More awkward is when she tries to shove her little burrowing finger in your mouth through your pressed lips!  hahaha

Anna continues to be a talker!  She seems to add words almost every day.  Her favorite word is still "Mimmee" (Kimmee).  She will often greet me in the morning with "Mimmee?" and will look for the picture I have of my mom, dad and Kimmee.  It's really sweet.  She rode around the mall in her stroller with her picture in her hand!  When I would ask her what she had she would respond with "Mimmee."  That included when a mall worker asked her what she had.  :-)  It's so nice to see how much she loves Kimmee.  Children are so sweet and precious!!

I think that's about all for now.

K

63 weeks

We started off the 63rd week seeing our favorite Uncle Todd
(to be fair, he's our only Uncle Todd)

Who's holding me?  Oh, yeah, it's you!

Good morning princess!!
Can you smile for me?
Give me some cheese!!

Cheeeese!!

Teeth!!
Cheeeeeeese!

Mommy gave me some spinach & feta pizza!!

Then she gave me some yogurt, which I insisted on feeding myself!

Ta da!!  This is the final look!!  Yes, some of it did make it in my mouth!!

Tryin' on my shades for my beach trip!

Peek a boo!

I like to pull my glasses down, like Grandma Corbett's

Wishing Miss Chrissy a happy birthday!
(And our cousin Chrissy also a happy birthday!!)

Eating a snack

Give me some cheese!!
(as you can see she's getting really good at smiling for the camera!)

                                                  (Video above: features her saying "Grandma")

We had a great time with week 63, for the most part.  We enjoyed a few meals with Uncle Todd while he was in town for work.  This week also brought about some interesting sleep issues... so we spent many nights trying to tweak things here and there... but finally we got back to a decent sleep routine.  Also, this week I could finally say, that while Anna still has a lingering cough, she seems to be back to her old self.  She's eating well, playing hard, laughing, and enjoying life all around!!

As you can see, Anna is doing well eating.  She really does like the spinach and feta pizza that she is shown above eating.  Which is funny because she's never really taken to pizza before when I tried giving it to her.  (but a few weeks ago, she swiped it from my hand as I was eating it at a friends house... and now, it's love!)  She tries a few things new each week, I think.  I have to keep reminding myself to keep giving it to her, even if it wasn't a hit the first time around.  :-)  Most of the time breakfast is her best/biggest meal.

As I mentioned, sleep this week wasn't the greatest.  In fact a few times this week, it was downright miserable.  But, with a little bit of tweaking and brainstorming....Anna now wears a nighttime diaper, gets a snack & a bottle before bed, and gets 1.1 mL of her pepcid.  The combination of which seems to help her... at least at this moment.  So that's good.  Hopefully we'll keep up with this!  She usually goes to bed around 9, and will sleep til 7:30/8am sometimes later (if the conditions are right!).

Anna still isn't walking, but she's becoming more daring!  She is still pretty cautious about falling though.  She will fall on the couch, and she will fall on her bed or our bed... but she prefers not to fall on her butt on the floor.  (It makes her sad!)   Anna will push anything that will push, and walk behind it.  So, she's definitely showing signs that maybe in the next few weeks she'll be walking.  Again, it's not that she doesn't ahve the ability to walk... she just doesn't walk.  She doesn't like to fall!

This week, I officially weeded out all the 6-9 month clothes, except for 2 outfits (that are still large.. maybe mislabeled?).  So, she's in 12 month clothes only!  It's amazing how many outfits were still 6-9 month clothes.  There may be some consignment shopping in my future to get her some spring-like clothes for our beach trip at the end of the month.  Anna is still in size 3 diapers, but I think it won't be too long before she's in size 4.  Even though, size 3 goes up to 27 pounds, size 4 starts at 22... so we're almost there. :-)

Anna continues to be a chatter box, she mimics many words, and will give a lot of words a try, even if it doesn't quite come out the same.  It's super cute!  She adds so many words each week, I don't think I can keep track of them now.  Although, it's interesting to note that some words she does not "complete".  Example?  Duck and Dog are pretty much the same word (distinguished by pointing to either a duck or a dog).... but both come out "duh".  So, I keep working on her to encourage her to say the whole word, not just the beginning.  She also does this with "Bob" (the tomato from Veggie Tales) and says "Buh" when it comes on.

Anyway... that's about it for now!

Thanks for checking in on us!!

62 weeks!

Hello!!

Mommy stuck this foam 3 on my head....and laughed.
(Bad mommy!)

Good morning!!

Eating Breakfast!

On Thursday, Mommy & Grandpa went to a hockey game.

I got to spend the night with daddy.
(He took this picture.)
I always have fun with daddy!

(Above)
I went to play with a friend on Tuesday.  It was cute, because
I watched her jump on the trampoline, and then I went and jumped on the trampoline.
Unfortunately, Mommy couldn't quite get it on the camera.

I love to dance to Jeopardy's Think Music!

Mommy says I'm "super smart" since every time she goes on her computer
I assume I may get to talk to my Auntie Katie... here's a good example.

This past week was very good!  Anna was definitely feeling better and better.  We were pretty busy this week.  We got to go to our swim class on Tuesday and then on Saturday (which technically isn't part of this post... but I'm make an exception...haha).    Anna LOVES to swim!!  Loves it!  She is improving her skills.  And while, she is still young, she does do very well at climbing out of the pool, and she will sit on the edge and fall into me.  She still isn't a big fan of going under the water (usually that induces tears), and she doesn't like to stand by herself and jump in yet.. mostly because she isn't good at (read: doesn't) stand by herself really.  I love it when we go to her gym and swim class because she gets to socialize with kids close to her age, and  it's a good skill to learn.  :-)  Not to mention it's fun!!

This week, sleep has been hit or miss. Jeremy and I are doing well holding back and letting her try to "figure it out" on her own.  Usually she does well with this.  Although, on the rare nights that we decide to go in, and lay her back down, it usually makes it worse, and drawn out quite a bit longer.    But most of the time she is doing well.

Anna, now that she is feeling better, is definitely eating a lot more these days.  This past week she even swiped the little bit of pizza I had in my hand and finished it off.  She likes pizza!  (That's her new food.)  We've tried giving it to her before, but she never really liked it, or even gave it much of a chance.  But this week, she took my spinach and feta pizza right out of my hand.  I liked it too, because there was genuine spinach on it, and she still liked it and ate it!!  Yay!  She continues to eat her "regulars".... chicken, turkey, cheese, bread, babyfood pouches, yogurt, goldfish crackers, eggs, turkey hot dogs and cheerios... just to name a few.

She also continues to be a chatterbox.  Anna seems to add new words almost daily but definitely weekly.  This week, she said "avocado" pretty clearly... also, she has added a form of "Katie" to her list.  (See the video above.)  

Anna loves, loves, loves music!  She likes to dance to it, sing to it, giggle over it, and listen to it!  It calms her, makes her laugh, or even puts her to sleep.  This past week, she learned that I can YouTube Veggie Tales on my phone.  So, she likes that because sometimes when we're out to eat, and she gets antsy, I pull out my phone, and this keeps her happy for a while.  So, we can usually buy ourselves some time.

Well, that's about it... apparently I'm running behind on my blogs.... so, hopefully I'll catch up soon!  I'm still ahead since the week hasn't flipped over, but I think the last 3 weeks I've blogged on a Thursday... NOT GOOD!

Anyway, thanks for your patience, and thanks for checking in on us!!

61 weeks old

Auntie Katie & Uncle Todders after they finished this race

With their race finishing shirts!!
Great job guys!!

Where's Anna?

Peekaboo!! There she is!!

She fell asleep as we were landing...
This is Anna after we deplaned.

Snuggling with her daddy!

She's such a cheeseball!  I love her!

(I know I said I would do the other set up, but right now, I don't have the time to fiddle with it.... so, the old set up it is... sorry!)

So week 61 started out in Virginia.  As we mentioned last week, we went down there to cheer on her Auntie & Uncle.  They did a GREAT job!  We were so proud!

We stayed there until Monday... then we headed back.  Anna did really well on the plane rides coming back.  I was impressed.  I didn't expect her to do as well as she did.... especially since our flights were delayed and we didn't land until 11pm.  Boy was that a late night!!  But, she was quite charming to the passengers we sat next to!

Anna has continued to get over her cough/cold.  She seems to only be coughing more when she's asleep and not so much during the day.  We keep praying that we'll see good health, because so far 2013 has not been so good for us in the Flatt household.

Sleep this week was still bouncing back from last week.  She didn't sleep as well as we would have liked, but she slept ok.  We're still not where we were... so that's a blessing.  I think we'll be back to where we were previous to our trip.

Anna continues to eat well.  I'm finding now, that she is becoming more and more willing to try food... but still, will only try it if she can feed it to herself.  I like to offer her a variety of foods.  :-)  She still really likes baby food pouches, and can easily down one if she wants to.  She also is still a cheese lover!  Those are her current favorites.  In other food, she still likes the following as well:  eggs, cheerios, bread, goldfish crackers, ritz crackers, bananas, apple slices, chicken, turkey, nutrigrain bars... and I'm sure there is more I'm forgetting.  She's still not so keen on eating veggies straight up, but I am able to get them in her via the pouches.

Anna crawls like a maniac, but still isn't walking.  I guess she feels she is so fast at crawling, why bother?  We'll get there when she's good and ready... I'm not worried.  Instead of walking, she continues to add words to her vocabulary.  She can say:  mama, dada, baby, baba, Mimmee, Nana (for Jeremy's mom) or nana (for banana), bye bye, teeth, keys, this, duck (duh), dog (also duh), and please (peas). She will point a lot at other things too.  Anna has also become very animated with things she's excited about, and her little legs get a-kickin' and she starts bouncing/jumping when she's excited, and sometimes that is accompanied by a ridiculously cute squeal!  I LOVE HER!!

She never ceases to amaze me!  I count her as such a blessing.  Even though we've been battling colds and the flu for months now, I am so thankful to the Lord for blessing us with such a healthy baby.  Thank you, Jesus!  Anna continues to make me laugh... daily!  (Probably hourly, really!)  So blessed by her!

Thank you Lord!

Thanks for checking in on us!