Time for an update...

I have so many things to tell you guys about, I’m just not sure where to start. So I guess I’ll just start with the first thing that comes to mind……

Anna’s walking!! She's been taking 5 or 6 steps, but in the past couple of days, she's walking across the room and back. It's so funny to me to see her walking around like a big girl. A lot of the time she still prefers to crawl because I guess she realizes that it's faster for her right now. But I think soon, she'll be walking everywhere.

Next, let me tell you about all of the teeth she just recently cut. Wow! She had a few coming in at one time (two of them being molars) and that was a rough few days. We survived, but there were times that I wondered. She was not a happy camper. Running a fever, she had no appetite most of the days, and she was waking up a lot at night. Thank goodness it only lasted a week. At least this way I’ll get a break before the next one’s come in hopefully.

Ok, next up...Anna doesn’t say many words, but she talks ALL THE TIME!! She just rambles on about any thing at all. When we put her to bed at night or for a nap, she will lay in her crib for 30 minutes or more just talking to herself. You can tell she’s just chit-chatting with her stuffed animals or somebody. We joke that she’s talking in complete sentences; we just don’t understand the language. However, she is saying a few noticeable words, including “cookie.” Her babysitter has a dog named Cookie so Anna has started calling all dogs “cookie.” It really is too cute. Of course, I guess this will lead to some confusion when we offer her a cookie and she wonders why we want her to eat the dog. We’ll just cross that bridge when we get to it.

And to end it all, here's some pictures.....Last weekend, for mom’s birthday, we had some family pictures taken. We had a blast doing it, and the pictures turned out AMAZING!! I’m so excited to share them with you.

This may be a long one...

I have a lot of updating to do, so I guess I'll just start at the beginning...

Remember how I said the first trip to see Santa did not go so well? Well, I have a picture to share...

See, I told you it did not go well. Poor girl.

Ok, moving on to something more pleasant....well, kind of. You see, Anna left some cookies for Santa...

Except, not all of them stayed on plate.

I guess she just wanted to make sure they were good. I mean, you don't want to leave Santa some bad-tasting cookies.

The next morning proved that the cookies were good. Santa left lots of presents, and not just at our house. He left her some at Grandma and Grandpa's and at Mamaw and Papaw's. Here's a sample:

This was first thing that morning.

I don't know how excited she was about the new clothes, but whatever. :)



Then it was on to Grandma and Grandpa's in North Little Rock. We had a very good time there having lunch and spending the afternoon.




However, the visiting did wear out little Miss Anna. She slept all the way to Mamaw and Papaw's.



Which was probably a good thing considering she had a lot of presents to open.



Needless to say, by the time we got home Christmas night, Anna was beyond tired and definitely ready for bed.


So the next day, mom, dad, Anna and I set out for Georgia so that Anna could meet her Great-Grandmother Cole. And before we go any further, I'm not good at remembering to take pictures. I almost always have my camera, but remembering to actually get it out and take pictures is somewhat challenging for me. Maybe I should make that one of my New Year's resolutions. But anyways, back on topic here... So I have only two pictures from our trip to Georgia, neither of which have anyone else in the picture except Anna. The first one was our first night travelling. We stayed in Birmingham, and I took a picture of Anna in the bathtub playing with plastic cups. I know, so exciting right?

And the next picture is our last night travelling. We stayed in Tupelo, and this picture was taken of Anna being silly playing with the curtains.I do apologize for not having any other pictures from our trip. I know there were lots of pictures being taken while we were there, so maybe I can get my hands on some to share here. If not, please know that we had a really great time seeing and visiting with everyone. And I have to say, it was definitely an interesting experience staying in one hotel room with my mom, dad and Anna.

Since the trip to Georgia, we have had Jason, Sandra and Katie over for dinner where I got the cutest picture of Anna and Cousin Katie (at least I think it's the cutest picture ever).

So that pretty much catches you up to date with us. Here's another possible New Year's resolution for me...I should start posting here more often. Just think, if I remember to take more pictures and post more often, you guys may not be able to keep up. :) Yeah, we'll see how that goes for me.

Anna tells Santa Claus what she wants for Christmas

I have to tell you guys, this was our second trip to see Santa this year. The first one did not go so well. But the Santa today got Anna's approval. I got some really cute pictures and I believe I owe it all to the fact that she recognized Santa's voice. Underneath the red suit and beard, it was Anna's babysitter's husband. :)

Merry Christmas!!

Check out these cute little girls...Upon my request, Mom made them matching Christmas dresses. :) I love how they turned out. Too bad I couldn't get a picture of them both looking up at the camera at the same time. Here's the only picture I have of Katie looking up...
Now if I could only crop the two pictures together, I would have a really good one. Oh well, maybe next year...

It's Christmas tree time!!!

This is Anna as I was telling her about the Christmas tree and how it's decorated with lots of lights and ornaments and stuff... You can tell she was very excited about it. Ok, maybe I'm stretching the truth a bit, but it makes for a better story for these cute pictures. :)

So she made a new friend. I didn't expect it, but she was much more interested in the snowman than the tree.

They were introducing themselves to each other, but I'm not sure what Mr. Snowman said that made Anna make this face...She looks a little concerned about something, but that feeling soon passed as she moved on to eating his leg.

I just love that child.

Happy Thanksgiving.....yesterday!!

I'm running a little behind I guess. But better late than never, right? Anyways, here's the Thanksgiving princess. :) If she could talk (in a language that we could understand), I believe that she would tell us that she is thankful that she was able to participate in the Thanksgiving dinner yesterday. She really enjoyed herself with all of the new foods. It was definitely more interesting this year than last. This is all she did last year...
Wow, things sure have changed. :)

It's a birthday party!!

Here comes the birthday girl!!

Opening presents is too much fun...

That worm has SOOOO many legs...
Wonder what's in this big box?
"Mom, are you sure it's ok if I rip this paper?"

"Is all of this mine!?!"

"No pictures, please."

This is definitely the way to go...

Two peas in a pod. Aren't they the cutest!?!

Aunt Sandra can come back anytime and push little miss Anna around.

I would have to say Anna's first birthday party was a big success. The little girl had so many friends over, got lots of awesome stuff, had lots and lots of cake, and played with her new toys until she couldn't hold her eyes open any longer.