Kelly Girls Road Trip

I have been back at work since early November, and Nana has been back in Mountain View watching Annie.  But I had some time off for the Thanksgiving holiday, so the three of us went on our first overnight trip!  (Annie's first - Nana and I have both traveled before).  We had a great time!  We went to Monterey, which is about an hour and a half south of here.  Monterey is super pretty, and we took lots of walks by the ocean and watched the surfers, sea otters, and waves.  In the morning we watched the sun rise over the bay, and laughed at the sea lions fighting for sleeping space on the docks.  We went to the aquarium both days, which Annie LOVED!  She loves watching movement and light, which is pretty much what the aquarium is all about.  The Monterey one is especially nice and has huge tanks with lots of fancy lighting.  Here is a picture of Annie and Nana watching the sea otter tank.

I don't seem to have taken any pictures on Thanksgiving day itself, but you will have to take my word for it that we had a lovely time that day, too.  We were in Mountain View, and had coffee in the morning with Thomas and Amy, then dinner at Uncle Dan and Aunt Michelle's house with the cousins, and Nana, and Michelle's parents.  Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Who is that good looking baby??

That's a happy looking baby! Maybe she'd like to play?

First Laugh

It was a while ago now, but Annie's first laugh happened the first time I lifted her up like this to play the flying game. She LOVES flying, and we play it now every night. It almost always gets a giggle. Her favorite part is trying to get drool in my eye - she's pretty good, but I'm getting better at dodging.
Look how big! Sitting up in the recliner all by herself.
Tummy time is getting more fun and less frustrating these days. Actually, so are just about all of our activities. Annie is a much happier baby since turning 3 months old, and spends much of the day smiling and babbling and wiggling with delight if you smile or babble back at her.

Belated Halloween Pictures

It took a while for Annabelle to warm up to the whole idea of Halloween.  Turns out getting dressed up isn't her favorite activity.

This is the super nice pumpkin hat that Nana knitted.  We wore it around town a lot in October. Annie doesn't mind wearing her hat, I think she was sad about something else in this picture.  She probably had just found out that she's too young to eat chocolate this year.

Here is Annie (in her ladybug costume), at my moms group playdate in the park.  Annie is one of the cutest ladybugs I've ever seen, but this picture sums up how she felt about wearing her costume.  I've included a zoomed in version below, so you can appreciate the true look of horror on her face. Perhaps she would have been happier on her stomach?  Everyone knows that bugs hate getting stuck on their backs.

Finally we found a Halloween activity that she approved of - pumpkin carving!  Who's my cutest little pumpkin?!