18 Months

AnnaBeth had her 18 month appointment on Friday and she continues to impress the doctor :) She's 22.4 lbs (20%) and 32 in (55%) and essentially a 2 year old! On Saturday, I took her to her very first marching band festival so we could see Willow Canyon perform (my friend Julie is their director). AnnaBeth cheered when they came onto the field and cheered a few times throughout their performance. Kent's cousin Todd and his wife Jennifer came over today to watch the Cardinals game and we had a great time!!!

Going gangster style

 

 

Big belly laughs!

Laughing so hard it probably hurts

Loves to drink out of my water bottle

Apparently the kitchen sink is also a chair

Doing her own laundry

Selecting a few articles of clothing at a time

Gotta make sure to get it all in the machine

Excited to finally try out the vacuum!

AnnaBeth loves to open and close doors, as you can see

Doing her own laundry

Learning how to vacuum

A few quick videos

A little explanation for the above video. Rufus (the cat) sits on the back of the couch and chews on the leaves of the fake tree. AnnaBeth has taking a liking to imitating him and often climbs up there to do the same thing. Unfortunately, I'll probably never get video of them together because he takes off as soon as she climbs up there.

Bumble Bee!!

Here's a quick vid of AnnaBeth poking at Bondo's eyes (he was not harmed!). She seemed to think it was worth squealing about =)

I picked up AnnaBeth's Halloween costume off of Craigslist today for $10!! I'm now going to be searching for a pair of black tights (should be pretty cheap at Wally World) and hitting up the consignment shops for a pair of black shoes (flats, ballet, mary jane, etc in size 5 if anyone happens to be at one and doesn't mind looking for me). I'm so excited and can't wait for her to wear it! I anticipate that she will NOT want to wear the headband but maybe with enough exposure to it between now and Halloween, I hope that she'll wear it long enough for me to at least get a couple of pictures. 

Baseball, a Birthday, and Labor Day

This weekend we went to the Diamondbacks game with my family (lost to the Astros...haven't been to a winning game in at least the last 4 years). AnnaBeth had more fun running the concourse (and not watching where she was going) than sitting in our seats. It was a little stressful but we still had fun. The best part was watching her get into the "let's make some noise" stuff. She squealed and clapped nearly every time! We also celebrated Papa's 59th birthday this weekend. AnnaBeth had fun playing with her cousins and eating ice cream. Jacob even impressed us all with his Rubix cube solving skills. Not only does he solve them, he knows HOW he solves them. He told us he uses algorithms (which he learned from youtube) and even defined algorithm for us (none of us knew...we were out-smarted by a 7 (almost 8) year old).

Touchdown!

AnnaBeth is ready for football season :)

Lots o'pics

I was totally slacking in taking pictures and realized maybe a week or so ago, that I didn't have any pictures of AnnaBeth during her 16th month (which at the time, was quickly coming to an end). So I took a whole bunch of them in one weekend.

And here's a short little video of her getting the hang of talking on a cell phone while driving :)

 

She turned 17 months on Thursday and is just growing by leaps and bounds. Her latest words are outside, cup, baby, Emma, and Hailey (there may be more but I can't think of them now). 

Hugging Tigger, not choking him as it appears

Couldn't get enough of these little guys!

Here are a few short videos (sorry for the quality, they're from my cell phone).

Preciously Pretty

I've started crafting (jewelry and flower hair clips) and now have them up for sale (still don't have all the flower clips up) at Preciously Pretty. I also made this bracelet and set of earrings for a dear friend who requested them. This was my first go-around with beads and I think they turned out all right.