Peek-A-Boo

Anna and Jenny play Peek-A-Boo, and then Anna gets excited...

ABCD or ACDC?

That's right - that's my darling baby rocking an ACDC onesie (a stocking stuffer for Jimmy this Christmas (that I gave him early because I thought it was so cute!)). I wanted to see if it fit Anna yet, and it did! She's getting so big ...

Here you can see her start to plot her escape from my elaborate photo-shoot prison:

I can hear her thinking either "Oh crap, I'm stuck" or "Are you catching this, Mom? I am so skilled!"

Success!

We played hard this morning, and Anna took a long nap, long enough for me to make and address all the invitations for my cousin Michele's baby "sprinkle" in a few weeks.

After her nap, I opened a new toy that my friend Lane gave me for Anna. It's an animal train that makes all kinds of cute sounds and moves on carpet - very cute. I have a few videos of our play time today, but they take forever to load --- this picture will have to suffice to show her happiness over the gift:

We miss you, Daddy! Come home soon and play with us!

It was a yucky day today in TN - really wet, dark, and cold. I couldn't stand not moving around, so Anna and I went to Target and walked some laps (and I did not spend anything, thank you very much!). It felt good to move, and Anna sang to everyone in the aisles ;-)

Home. Dinner. Bath.

Then, about an hour of this madness:

I was so glad to get this on video because when I tell people that Anna talks all the time, this is what I mean. There are hour-long stretches of the day where she just gabs away like this ... it cracks me up until I remember that she's probably imitating me ... I LOVE hearing her voice and can't wait to find out what all she's got on her mind!

Love and miss everyone ... especially you, Jimmy! Be safe and have fun and work hard ... see you Wednesday!

Big Picture Update - February!

Here's a big pile of pictures documenting Anna's sixth month ... she's getting so big (she's grown THREE inches since her four-month appointment!) but is still a little peanut (only weighing in at fourteen pounds and ten ounces). She's waving in three different ways - the open-and-closed fist, the arm flap, and the Miss America side-to-side - and greets me with at least one kind when I pick her up from day care each day. She can roll to get to whatever she wants (scary!) and is getting more and more independent with sitting on her own. She's also getting extremely vocal stringing together da-da's and blah-blah's (and blowing lots of raspberries) ... she's quite the singer, reader, and entertainer (wonder where she gets that from?!?!).

Here she is reading Valentine's cards from Grandma Patty and Aunt Jess:

Reading a Valentine's book with Daddy (thanks, Chad and Allison!).

Thanks for the cute bows, Mom ;-)

Helping Mommy cook dinner:

Getting curious about the camera:

I love this sweet grinning girl!

Thanks, Nis for this great Sesame Street toy. Funny story - the first time I put Anna under it, she screamed when the Elmo popped out and yelled, "Peekaboo, baby!" Like, she SCREAMED ... in holy terror. So I waited a few months until she could sit in front of it and play ... success! She loved it! Thanks for the fun gift!

We've finally had some nice days to get out and walk ... makes me excited for summer!

Goofy faces:

At the beginning of another walk:

And at the end:

Snoozing for a few minutes while Mommy got ready last week:

Lots of good play time with Daddy after his trip to St. Louis last week:

This last one makes me laugh - not only was her pacifier halfway out, but it was upside down. Anna was pooped after a busy day!

I'll try to be better about posting pictures more frequently ... it's been a busy month ;-)

In this video, Anna gets tired of the Daddy Paparazzi.


Anna says her first phrase