Ewww...poop!

Last Thursday, March 11th, Papa and I arrived home (well, his home) from work and just as we were coming in the house, AnnaBeth was hurrying out the open back door toward the sandbox. I stood on the patio with Nana and Papa and we all watched AnnaBeth as she crawled through the yard picking up leaves and grass and asking "wha-sis (what's this)?" Right before she reached the sandbox, she grabbed one more thing to ask what it was. What she held up was a piece of DOG POO! Yep, that's my girl...picking up poo and not even thinking twice about it! Fortunately it didn't go in her mouth (like most outside things) but she sure didn't like me whisking her inside to wash her hands.

11 Months and First Snow

AnnaBeth is 11 months (well, now just 8 days away from turning 1!!!) and is such a big girl! She still won't walk (although, I'm sure she could if she really wanted to) but she is getting a lot better at standing for longer periods of time. She loves to play in the sandbox at Nana's and read stories. She now dances and claps on command and frequently says: "uh oh", "wha-sis" (what's this), "wha-szat" (what's that), "ack-ooh" (thank you), and "i did it" (not sure how to type out how she actually says it). She occasionally will say "ah-duh" (all done) and "kee" (kitty).

On a play date with Taryn trying to convince her that playing in the sand is the cool thing to do Reading timeStanding all by herself!

AnnaBeth's great Aunt Beth sent her a snowsuit from Minnesota so a couple of weekends ago, we took her to play in the snow for the first time. She was a little unsure at first but then seemed to really enjoy herself!


Reading to herself

Crawling in the snow

"uh-oh"

Feet are funny apparently :)

The Rest of Month 10

It's time to finish up AnnaBeth's 10th month on here, especially since she will be turning 1 in less than two weeks!! Here she's practicing her xylophone playing skills.Here we have some pictures of a game she likes to play with us. She goes in to her room and opens and closes the door and has a blast playing peekaboo! Was told the game was over and was NOT happy about itI think I can climb thisLet me just get situated here....And here I go!! Celebrating "I Love You" Day

We have spent lots of time at the park lately since the weather has been absolutely gorgeous! Arizona is horrible for summers but we sure do have a REALLY nice winter (well, once we hit February-March). I've taken far too many pictures to post so here's the easy way to view them =)

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!