Arthritis Walk

Today, AnnaBeth and I participated in the Arthritis Walk at the Phoenix Zoo in support of my friend Tammi who was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis as a kid. We walked with Tammi and her boyfriend Rene, had a GREAT time and I got lots of pics at the zoo! Enjoy!

Giggles!

Growing Up

AnnaBeth is learning to do more and more things for herself. In the last week, she has been working on brushing her teeth, washing her hair and feeding herself with a spoon.

Sharing with Daddy

Sandals

A few weeks ago, AnnaBeth's Tia YaYa (Laura) went to the kids consignment store and picked up a few articles of clothing and two pairs of shoes. One pair was a pair of Gymboree sandals that appeared to have never been worn and they're super adorable! I had AnnaBeth try them last weekend to see if she'd be able to walk in them and she walked like a champ in them!

At the park with Bondo and Daddy Walking home like a big girl

Yoga Time!

13 Months

AnnaBeth is 13 months and just amazing us more and more each day! She's walking VERY well now...the days of crawling are long gone. She understands a lot of what we tell her as well. We seem to have entered the "I'm REALLY frustrated and I don't know how to express it so I'm going to scream often!!" stage. She's also gotten in the habit of saying "uh uh" while shaking her head no. She usually does this when she doesn't want to eat something and then proceeds to throw food on the floor. It's been frustrating for me and I'm trying to get better and just being happy that she's eaten SOMETHING rather than focus on what she's not eating (like vegetables).

She LOVES this kitty, which used to belong to her Great Grandma Locker. Sad thing is, we think she's allergic to the fur or the stuffing (or both) and we have stopped allowing her to take kitty to bed. Once we stopped that, her nightly/early morning coughing has nearly stopped and any coughing she does have, is short lived.

Educating herself on the cholesterol lowering benefits of Cheerios.
Loves to share goldfish crackers...with everyone.

Gets a big kick out of chasing Rufus with his feather toy. Rufus is NOT amused and continually runs away. AnnaBeth faithfully follows after him, giggling.

Waiting patiently (sort of) for Daddy to give her more goldfish crackers.

On the move!!

Learned to say "papa" today!