Woo-hoo!! Its Daddy's birthday!

Happy Birthday Daddy!! Anna did a little celebrating this morning in her crib...

Making new friends...

Anna spent Easter weekend making new friends! Above is my oldest and closest friend Emily with her adorable son Nicholas. He was born January 26th, so he and Anna are almost the same age! Anna was pretty impressed with Nicholas's NASA jumpsuit...

Anna enjoyed "brunching" with her new friend Kylie. Kylie will be 1 year old in March, so she's a "big kid" to Anna right now! Kylie is the beautiful daughter of my college roommate and dear friend Heather, and her very nice husband Scott.

A little behind...

Sorry its been a while since we updated the blog...we're a little behind...

Happy Birthday, Mommy!

A big happy birthday from Anna to Mommy! Anna promised a day of no fussing and to finish all 4oz of her bottle every time, and was doing great, but then kept Mommy up for a couple hours overnight just to hang out. It's probably because of the stories Daddy told her about how Mommy used to celebrate her birthday in her college days, when midnight to 4am were the prime hours! Different kinds of bottles, though.

Also, you'll notice Anna's kickin her bunny jams in celebration of Easter!

Happy Birthday Nana!!!

Anna wanted to send a very special birthday wish to her Nana today!! We love you very much!

Cousins Natalie and Sydney

Bathtime for Anna's cousins Natalie and Sydney! She's going to get to meet them for the first time this Easter weekend.

Anna's been trying to encourage them to get into the 21st century and get their own blog...she may try to teach them a thing or two about blogging this weekend! :-)

Visit with her great grandmother

Anna was blessed to get to meet her great grandmother (coined "Grandma Rosie" by Anna's cousin Sydney) on Sunday. Pictured here: Grandpa, Anna, Mommy, and Grandma Rosie. Anna also got to spend some quality time with Grammie outside the nursing home...

Tummy time!

We made our first attempt at "tummy time" today...it very quickly turned into "naptime". I guess we now know Anna's a fan of sleeping on her stomach! Silly American Academy of Pediatrics trying to force us to make her sleep on her back...

Comfy

If this isn't a ringing endorsement for the comfort of the oh-so-wonderful Baby Bjorn, I don't know what is...

Shop til you drop

Anna's first trip to the mall! She insisted on buying a few new summer outfits, and we indulged her. I mean, you're only "3 - 6 mo." old once, right? "Nanny Melanie" came with us on our mall adventure...she was such a sweetie and walked around with Anna while Mommy shopped for herself a little bit!

Working hard for a living...

Monday was Anna and my first day at home alone without Daddy...he had to go back to work :-(. My work colleagues were having a going-away lunch for our secretary, so we decided to venture out and join them for lunch. I was quite nervous, but it was a success! Anna was a perfect angel during all of lunch, and loved being held by some of my work friends. Pictured here: Jan, Carla, Vickie, and David.

Smooches

This is one of Anna's (and Mommy and Daddy's!) favorite faces...

Splat!

The result of dropping Anna off of a three-story building. I guess babies do always land on their tummies...

Flower Child

We're beginning to gain more confidence about being able to venture away from home with Anna. On Saturday, she accompanied us to Maas nursery to get some azaleas for outside her bedroom window. She was quite content strolling around the nursery and enjoying the fresh air!

Final Four

Daddy and Anna each enjoyed a bottle while watching the Final Four. Luckily, Daddy didn't require as much back-patting to burp after his as Anna did...