Notice the new outfit?! Oh yeah ... it was her THIRD of the day. Thank you, explosive poo and spaghetti for lunch, I LOVE doing laundry!
Today Anna let me put her hair in pigtails for the first time - I about died, she looked so cute! Here she is eating her lunch, showing off her mad spoon-using skills. Listen closely and you'll hear her say applesauce (or her version of it), cup, Hi Baby, and bye-bye. She's also started saying bowl, ball, nose, and puppy, but those will have to wait for another video. Truth be told, she's also started saying the dreaded no, but I'm going to pretend she hasn't for a little while longer. Ignorance is bliss, right?!?! Where did our baby go? Who is this smart, spunky kid running around our house? She sure is a hoot!
Followed by play time. These days, play time consists of lots of "chasing" Mommy and Daddy!
Notice the new ponytail?!?! I'm trying my hardest to try and tame her mane!
We enjoyed a picnic lunch, followed by much swinging, sliding (by herself!), and climbing around on the jungle gym. Jimmy and I were following Anna around the whole playground ... she knew just what she wanted to do! It's so fun (and terribly frightening) to watch her feel brave and excited over the freedom her increased mobility gives her. She was EXHAUSTED by the time we left and took a second nap in the afternoon (giving Mommy and Daddy time to work on sealing the driveway --- something we'll share photos of in another post).
What could be a better way to end a fun day than with her first cookie?!?!
Here she is tossing back her milk at her picnic table this morning before church.
This is the pumpkin Anna painted at Nichole's house on Friday. Nichole had asked to keep Anna on Friday so Josiah could have someone to play with. They had so much fun! Nichole was so sweet to have planned a fun art project for the kids. Anna likes to point at the pumpkin's nose (which she knows how to say and identify now!).
Finally, here's a cute picture of Anna and Jimmy from this afternoon. She's been in the habit of taking Jimmy's hat off and putting it on herself. Today Jimmy got her Reds hat and put it on her; she thought it was so cool to match Daddy. She wore her hat during our trip to the grocery store and kept it on the whole time (that's unprecedented for our girl!). She got lots of smiles at the store ... pretty cute.
All that to say, we've been loving our low-key weekends. It's been so fun to really have some consecutive weeks of good, solid family time. I feel like Anna's blossoming into this really fun "kid" --- she's hilarious and loves to get laughs out of whatever crowd she's around. It's nice to have these quiet weekends to soak up every second of what I know will be another fast year!
