Recorder

I picked up a pink recorder for AnnaBeth yesterday and gave it to her to play with on our way home from Nana's. She LOVED it as you can see in this little video:

However, she hadn't had a nap yet by the time I picked her up which resulted in her falling asleep on our way home.

24 Weeks

It looks like my belly button is going to turn inside out this time instead of going so flat that it disappears :) And you can see my few stretch marks above my belly button that are from AnnaBeth that are getting just a tad worse with Mason. However, I'm not complaining because that's the ONLY spot I have them.

Hoppity balls have many uses

AnnaBeth got a hoppity ball for her birthday, very similar to this one:

And yesterday, this is how she was using it: 

"Playing" the mandolin and singing

Kent borrowed a friend's mandolin and was fiddling around with it tonight. AnnaBeth was absolutely fascinated and wanted to play it too. She also thought singing along with her playing was a splendid idea :)

Quick Scrap

Father's Day Gift

This morning I happily received an email from Shutterfly for a free 8x8 20 page photo book (not including shipping). I got one around this time last year and used it to create a Father's Day book for Kent. I'm using it for a Father's Day book again this year as well. It ends up giving me a $30 photo book for $8.26 ($7.99 plus tax for the shipping). I quite enjoy making the photo books and it allows me to give something that will be cherished without breaking the bank. This is the 3rd photo book I've gotten for free and honestly, I look forward to that email with the promo code!! It's been a really neat way for me to document some of the highlights of the last year and really allows us to see how much AnnaBeth has grown. And next year we will have pictures of Mason to include which I'm very excited about! Here's a digital version of the book that will be arriving just in the nick of time for Father's Day :)

Click here to view this photo book larger

Zoo June 3, 2011

Friday was my day off from work so AnnaBeth and I went to the zoo with my co-worker Retta and her daughter Kayla. AnnaBeth had been looking forward to going to see the animals since Thursday when I asked if she wanted to go see them. We spent about 3 hours there and she did really well with staying in her stroller. She  did stand up in it at each exhibit so she could see better. While at the petting zoo, one of the trouble maker goats stuck his head through the fence and grabbed our zip lock baggie of kettle corn right out of the stroller! With the help of a zoo worker we were able to get the bag away (he only ate a small piece of it) and the kettle corn spilled all over the ground. A few of the goats came running over as fast as they could to eat it all up before the zoo worker could sweep it up. The girls had a really great time but unfortunately, that may have been our last chance to visit the zoo until it cools down at bit in a few months. As a zoo member, I can get in at 6am but everyone in our house is still sleeping at the time so we may just have to visit the science center quite a few times this summer where we can have lots of fun inside where it's air conditioned. Anyway, enjoy our zoo pictures!