The washing machine=entertainment

What's one of the most entertaining things for a 10 month old wearing only a diaper to play with? Why, an empty washing machine, of course!

Pushing the door open
Inspecting the door latching system

Checking out the rubber flap Lots of little holes to poke at inside

This is oh so much fun!!

I think I can climb in here....

Oh hey!! The dryer!!

Nana's Birthday

This past Saturday (1/23) we got together at Wayne and Julie's to celebrate Nana's 58th birthday. Wayne grilled some delicious chicken (which AnnaBeth ate like it was going out of style) and REALLY enjoyed the ice cream cake that Laura made (1/2 chocolate chip with Andes mints on top and half rocky road with chocolate covered almonds on top). Nana got lots of different candy and a Valentine's turtle from Papa and flowers from her kids/grandkids. Dressed up all pretty just for Nana's special day
Emma dancing on the Boz puzzle after having lots of ice cream cake

Hailey with her belly full of ice cream cake

Nana with her girls! Hailey enjoyed the black licorice. Emma didn't like it...said it was spicy but then again, everything she doesn't like is spicy, so she enjoyed a peanut butter cup which AnnaBeth obviously wanted to sample.

10 Months

Last Tuesday AnnaBeth turned 10 months old! It's SO hard to believe that in 2 short months, we'll be celebrating her first birthday. Our little girl is growing up so fast! Here's a few pictures from last week. The turtle she has here is from the Baltimore Aquarium in Maryland. Papa had to fly back there last week to interview a suspect in one of his homicide cases and since the kid didn't want to talk, Papa had some free time before his flight home so he visited the aquarium. AnnaBeth got this turtle and a t-shirt for when she is bigger that has a turtle (among other sea animals) on it.

It looks like she's giving him a kiss but she's really biting him as hard as she can

Always chewing on something, no matter what it is!

Look at those lashes!!

After bath

Spaghetti!

AnnaBeth has had spaghetti before but last week she fed it to herself and boy did she have a good time!! As you can see, her skin was BRIGHT orange and it was so cute to watch her go to town on those noodles (she's a pasta girl like her mommy). Papa took a ton of pictures but here are my favorite ones.

I'll get you noodle!

Nom, nom, nom!

When Teething...

Anything is fair game. Including a bar of soap. A couple of weeks ago, AnnaBeth found the bar of soap on the tub in Nana and Papa's room and decided she wanted to take a bite out of it. Papa used his crime scene photos skills and took pictures of the evidence she left behind.

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