Object Permanence

What do you think they are looking for?

Let's play ball

Would anyone like to play?

Speaking of developmental milestones...Annie can sit!  She was a little slow with this one, mostly because she'd rather be on her tummy where she can get into the toys, and chase Bert.  But it turns out sitting is fun, too, especially since now we can play ball-ball.

Here you go Bert!  Now throw it back...

C'mon Bert, throw it back!  Hurry, before I...

Fall!   

Yeah, that's pretty much how the games go around here.  I think I need to work on motivation with Bert, and core strength with Annie.  Grandpa is coming to visit this weekend, hopefully he can help me out with the coaching.

Happy St Patrick's Day!

I forgot to get a picture of Annie in her green shirt on Saturday, but she came home from school today with this hat, so I snapped a quick picture during dinner.  I hope everyone had a great holiday!

Lazy Sunday morning

After a night of not much sleeping, I convinced Annabelle to hang out in mommy bed for a while this morning, so we could rest a little.  She claimed we didn't need any rest, but she was a good sport about hanging out and looking cute.

Random photos

There is no particular story to go with any of these pictures, but I hadn't blogged in a while and thought some of you might be in need of new Annie pics.  We are both doing great!  Annie is so happy these days and loves to smile at everyone we meet with her huge, open mouthed grin.  And she even has two teeth to show off with the grin.  We went to the pediatrician today for Annie's somewhat belated 6 month check up.  She weighs 16 lbs 11oz (51st percentile) and is 2 foot 2.75 inches tall (71st percentile).  As you can see from the pictures, she's been doing a lot of eating to maintain her weight.  Her thoughts so far: bananas and peaches are awesome! Apples,pears, carrots and sweet potatoes are also pretty good.  She's willing to eat spinach, green beans and blueberries, but does NOT care for peas.

Annie can't crawl yet, but she's close.  And she can get around pretty well with her rolling and pivoting.  We were at a birthday party last weekend where most of the other babies had stay at home moms or nannies.  Annie quickly showed off her daycare skills - she rolled all around the play area and stole all the other kids toys. Yeah!  I'm proud of you baby!

First time on the swings

I think the picture speaks for itself - she loved it!  

Up To No Good

Annie doesn't like napping in her crib.  She doesn't like it! She feels very strongly about this - the crib is fine for bedtime, but at nap time she'll cry if I put her in there.  I don't like her not napping. I feel pretty strongly about this, but I don't really care where she naps, so we compromised, and she now naps on the floor of her room without complaint, all snugly on a folded up blanket and with pillows all around her to keep her contained.  Here is a picture of her nice napping spot:

I was happy that we'd worked out a good compromise, and she's been napping peacefully in this spot for weeks.  So you can imagine my surprise when I peeked in to check on her today, and found this:

Whatcha up to, Annie?

You aren't eyeing those cords, or electrical outlets are you?

Sigh.  I guess maybe it's time to baby proof the baby room.