The girls--Anna with Melanie (aka "Nanny Mel") and Emily (Matthew's sister)
Anna with the birthday boy himself and Joey (Matthew's proud papa)
The "Super Fly Hoochie Mamas"....now pretty much just "mamas"! Mandy with her adorable little ones--Matthew and Emily...Anna and me...Whitney with her new beautiful bundle of joy, Owen!
Anna had her first meal in a highchair today! She's starting sitting up on her own for short periods of time, and sitting with a little assistance really well, so we decided it was time to graduate from having dinner in the swing to the highchair! The first picture is from when Clint first built the chair and let Anna try it out...she thought it was the neatest thing ever! And, the second picture is her first meal in the highchair. She seems to like the chair, and definitely has room to grow into it!
"...if I have a daughter, sir, I'll dress her in white and gold. Bring her on the campus, to cheer the brave and bold..."
To ensure that Anna shares our undying love of Mexican food, we decided we should introduce her to "baby guacamole" at an early age. It was really just mushed up avocados...we decided we should wait to add the jalapenos and tomatoes til she's a few months older.
We think next week we'll try some picante sauce...
Yesterday was Anna's first day of "school" (ok, ok...its really just child care, but calling it "school" somehow makes me feeling better about it...:-) ). Here she is in her new dress, with her first lunch box (fully stocked with bottles and pureed pears!) and backpack (aka diaper bag).
Anna is a girl of simple requests...I mean, what baby doesn't need to be cooled with a little portable fan while she naps in the back of the car?
Anna is turning into a bit of a "diva" these days! She definitely is much more aware of when people are paying attention to her, and she'll coo and make noise just to get your attention. She, of course, rewards the subsequent attention with an adorable smile and sometimes a giggle, so we're not complaining too much!
Sorry its been so long since we posted anything...we finally have our ducks in a row now and are updating the blog...:-).jpg)
My entire family was in town this weekend...it was so fun to have everyone here, and to see all of the little girls together! Here's a shot of them (in matching swimsuits, of course...thanks Grammie!) with my dad, Clint, and Roger (my brother-in-law). We had a great time just hanging out by the pool all weekend...
We introduced Anna to the playground for the first time this last week. Even though the swing is still a little big for her, she seemed to really like it! Or, at least be intrigued by it...we couldn't quite tell if her waving her arms was her way of saying "whee! this is great fun!", or "are you people kidding me? get me the heck out of here!"
A baby's life is such hard work that sometimes they just have to unwind and take a little siesta while their "people" bathe them...
Our new evening routine with Anna involves a walk (some days), then some relaxing pool time and bathtime, followed by a little dinner before bedtime. Its been working great to get her "unwound" from the day. I guess this day she was a little too unwound...she beat us to the punch in the whole "putting her to bed" part of the routine, and fell asleep in the tub!
We had a wonderful time last weekend when Nana (Clint's mom) came to visit! We went to a local winery for a tour/wine-tasting/picnic (see pic above), hung out in the pool (when the weather cooperated), and just spent a lot of time chatting and playing with Anna. Thanks for coming to see us, Nana!
Anna had her first "taste" of solid foods on Monday...rice cereal and pears! She actually took really well to it...she's still working on the whole "swallowing" thing, but she gets more than half of it down everytime, so not bad for her first week!.jpg)
Happy 4th of July!!
Anna celebrated Independence Day by exerting her own independence in starting to eat solid foods! (More pics of that to come soon.) She's taken to pears and rice cereal quite well...we may have a little eater on our hands after all! As many of you know, we've struggled with her eating from day one...she doesn't have much of an appetite, and we've been battling reflux and esophogitis recently. We're hoping that this new transition to solid foods may help her little esophogus and tummy feel better...
As a side note--Clint and I realized that it was this weekend last year that we found out that we were expecting little Anna! What a great weekend (but so hard to keep it a secret...we were having a 4th of July party, but didn't want to tell any of our friends until we were a little further along)...
