After Nap Mohawk

When AnnaBeth woke up from a nap one day last weekend, she had a mini mohawk so of course, I had to take a bunch of pictures of it. I was even able to get some video of her talking to Bondo and Rufus :)

Loves to Play!

Playing piano is always much more fun with a turtle on your head
Mmmm...yummy pasta!

Using these cloth leaves as a teether

Da-da-da and Peek-A-Boo!!

Laundry Helper

AnnaBeth LOVES to help me load the machines when I'm doing laundry. Well, most of the time she's really trying to take the items out of the machines. She's always more than willing to stand and inspect the inside of each machine as I'm trying to take clothes out or put them in. Her favorite part seems to be looking through the doors to watch the clothes spin around.

Attempted Play Date

The first weekend in January, we attempted to have a play date with Casey and Carly since they haven't seen AnnaBeth since she was only a month or so old. Casey was super excited to us both but Carly was more interested in the playground. After Casey gave AnnaBeth a big hug, he started riding his scooter and 10 minutes into playing, he had a big crash which resulted in a nice sized gash near his eye. That quickly ended our play date as his mom took him to urgent care. A few hours later, we got word that after a trip to urgent care, then to the hospital, his gash was glued shut by the ER doctor (which made Casey very happy...he did NOT want stitches!) and he was going to be fine :) We will have to try again for a play date and this time, no scooters on a gravel filled sidewalk!

Christmas 2009

I'm so far behind in updating the blog that we're now nearly a month past Christmas but late is better than never. AnnaBeth had a WONDERFUL first Christmas!! She got plenty of presents to keep her busy for a long time and we enjoyed spending Christmas Day and the day after Christmas with family (4 gatherings in all). I've put together a slide show of the pictures I have...didn't get any of the pictures from the Fritz gathering :( I could always get them and add them later. As you can see in the pictures, AnnaBeth had a good time opening presents and was curious about what was in each package. It was so cute to watch her take the time to look at each present before opening the next one. Her favorites seem to be the shape sorting bucket and cookie jar, the push walker, the piano, and the kitchen. She's starting to use the xylophone now and I love to listen to her pound away on it! She's quite the musical little girl :)

Still a little short for the zebra but rides it like a pro

Groovin' to the music!

Dancing and playing at the same time-talk about being multi-talented!

Walking with her new toy from Grammy and Grampy

9 Months

AnnaBeth had her 9 month appointment this past Tuesday and all is well! Her stats were 17.6 lbs (25%), 27 in (25%), and her head was 17.5 in (50%). The doctor was very impressed with her verbal skills which including saying mama, dada, nana, baba and a few other sounds, as well as understanding the words milk, bath, boof (referring to Bondo), kitty and no (even though she doesn't always obey it). She was also impressed with her physical skills of pulling up for the last 2 months and cruising around. She said AnnaBeth is way ahead of where they want 9 month olds to be. I went to the appointment expecting her to get shots but she doesn't need anymore until her 12 month appointment. She did get the flu shot however (which I thought was going to be the 2nd dose but apparently she never got the 1st dose at her 6 month appointment like I thought she did). They also pricked her heel to check for anemia and she's got plenty of iron. I was a little displeased that the nurse said "it doesn't hurt-I think they just don't like having their foot squeezed." Boy was she WRONG!! AnnaBeth bled like a stuck pig and cried more from the heel stick than she did from the flu shot. AnnaBeth has also been enjoying cantaloupe and scrambled egg yolk this past week. Here's some pictures from Emma and Hailey's birthday party last weekend.