All Things Annabelle

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

City Museum FUN...!!!

Well, I can officially say that today was the BEST play-day of Annabelle's life. She had SO SO SO much fun at the City Museum this morning-afternoon! She was non-stop playing, laughing, even squealing!! She loved everything...the ball pit, her friends, painting, watching a circus, riding the train (ALONE!!) going up and down the slide about a million times... I don't think I can explain how much fun she had today. I think she is now a certified KID.... no more baby.... and, it just keeps getting better and better!

She's starting to talk a lot more... today she took off her socks pointed to her feet and said "toes". Oh, I love her!

In the ball pit with Anya

Annabelle and Adi

climbing fun

Going down the slide

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

see-ya

she started going down backwards

haha

Riding the City Museum train with her friends....

Her and Liam were SO sad it closed for the circus... tough life...huh...

Waiting to ride the train again....

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Snow Day!

Eik...bad picture to lead off with!! She was having fun until she fell, went to wipe her eyes, then got covered in snow....!! This morning was Annabelle's FIRST snow experience. She gets a B+ for tolerating it long enough for pictures!! I think we'll need to build up to truly enjoying it!!

First steps in the snow....

By the look on her face I think she has her father's attitude about winter!

Climbing up the steps...a bit more difficult than normal

lol...in Emmersen's size 2T snow pants... they are wrapped around her entire body about 4 times.... the craziest part is underneath she's wearing a size 6 mo. onesie...She's incredibly resourceful.....

Trying to keep up with her dogs who LOVE the snow...

Once she discovered the fence that opens and closes, she was happy for a while!

awwwwwww

After we came in and warmed up, Annabelle realized it was time to feed baby.

She took baby and her highchair from her playroom and marched it into the living room!!

Getting baby ready to eat...

This may be a stretch, but I'm pretty sure that she put the high chair next to her kitchen so she could cook for her. More and more she's starting to copy what we do...so it makes sense!!

In other Annabelle news, last week she got SO excited when she saw the heart on my "I Heart NY" t-shirt. She was pointing and grabbing going Dat Dat Dat...I said "heart" and she repeated it right back, clear as day. Then all morning she was obsessed with the word heart. After I changed I forgot all about it....

So, yesterday, we were in the living room playing and she started saying "heart, heart, heart" and paging through her books. We found a heart and she was SO happy. I was telling Adam last night, and he said that over Christmas, Annabelle kept pointing to and looking at a print in Grandma Mary & Grandpa Chuck's house of hearts....and that's where she learned it. It was SO fun to realize that she truly made the connection of seeing the heart on my shirt to weeks earlier of the print at G&G Ole's, then just randomly thought of the word heart yesterday.

I realize this isn't ground breaking news...but, it's SO fun to watch her learn!!

xoxo

Friday, January 7, 2011

15 months old!

Today we went to Annabelle's 15 month check-up....I can't believe how old she's getting...and more and more fun each day! She weighed in at 18.4 pounds and is 30 1/4 inches long. The Dr. said she's very healthy and hitting all of her milestones right on time!

Last week we had some nice warm weather...in the 60's. Although super muddy, we spent the morning outside in the yard...then headed to the park. Halfway there the tornado sirens went off, so we spent the remainder of the morning in the basement with the dogs....not as fun...

Here are some photos from that day:

She really loves swinging now...

climbing is fun too..

Loving the sand table and NO COATS!!

Haha...the other morning while I was cleaning up breakfast I poked my head in the living room and found Annabelle sitting on the couch, watching Sesame Street and paging through Pottery Barn Kids...they grow up SO quick!! haha

City Garden on Wednesday...it was chilly, but still fun. We ran up and down the giant hill about a thousand times. At the top of the hill is a statue of a horse...Annabelle kept pointing and shouting NEEIIGH NEEIIGH...she knows her animal sounds really well!