The New Smile

Yesterday just before we headed to church, Anna was playing with Baby Daniel's new Eeyore... I pulled out the camera and right away, she made this face. I love it! :)We tried again later and as soon as she saw the red eye light, she grinned again. heehee

Cabinet Robber

This morning, Anna was playing on the kitchen floor while JuJu made pancakes. She figured out how to open the cabinet and get herself a tea kettle. She was so proud!

Christmas in Louisiana

Today we went to Louisiana to have Christmas with my mom's family. Anna really enjoyed playing with her cousins. Here she is with Katie and Jacey. Anna and Jacey are both having a little snack of a foam letter.

And apparently we were all supposed to wear black and white stripes, but only Auntie, Anna and Stacey remembered!
Here's Anna with Katie and Kellie.

Here's a cute one of Auntie and Jacey.

Anna and Chayce

And Time for Cheer....

Anna had a wonderful Christmas... this was a book she got on Christmas Eve.And here she is opening her presents on Christmas morning.She, of course, enjoyed the paper the most!

Here, she needed a couple more hands to play with all her new stuff, but she made do.

Christmas Day night, we opened some more presents and this was a dress her JuJu made.This is something I gave Baby Daniel. Stephen is saying, 'Oh, bother...'.

Time for Joy....

Last night, we went to the Christmas Eve candlelight service. Anna was mesmerized by the candlelight :)

Hello, Baby Daniel!

Here's my new nephew, Baby Daniel! He was a little bored during the sonogram and here is a shot of him yawning. :) Isn't he sweet?!?

Christmas, Christmas time is here...

Today we went to have a little Christmas get together with some of my high school friends and their kids. My friend Melanie made this cute dress for Anna!Anna had crazy naps all day and finally crashed in Auntie Ang's lap. :) Marley crashed for a little bit in Amy's lap. Caden decided she looked cold, so he covered her up with some wrapping paper. heehee
Nathan and Caden had a bit of fun on the computer.They were very intent, but stopped to smile for a picture.Amy got Anna and Marley these cute bracelets!!

Anna sure had fun playing with everyone and her Mom had fun visiting!

Three Cheers!

Anna started this yesterday... and yes, right after I took this video, I took off her outfit and used the stain remover! Guess I shouldn't have taken off her bib!! :)

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More Motivation

Anna has found the Christmas tree and presents...

I'll have a laptop, please!

Anna has been able to kinda scoot backwards for awhile, but we hadn't seen her be able to move in a forward motion... until today when she wanted Mark's laptop. I guess she just wasn't motivated until that. Even the sparkly tree and newly wrapped presents under it don't tempt her like the laptop. Pretty soon, the three of us will be upstairs in our recliners, each with a laptop on our laps. :)

Christmas Fun!

Tonight we went out with our friends to eat and to the Frisco town square to look at their lights and see what was going on. We had fun! Anna had fun hanging out with her friend Rachel, too... Here, you can see they are holding hands in the car. We loaded Anna's seat into their Suburban and it was a good test run for them, since they'll be having their 2nd baby on Monday. YEA!

7 Months... really?!?

No, I can't believe it's been 7 months... and I've seen her every day! :) It seems like her signature smile is now the very big open-mouthed one... heehee

Wascally Wabbit

Tonight, Auntie Ang came over to babysit so Mark and I could see our first movie together since Anna was born. We saw Australia and it was pretty good. Anna had a fun time... Auntie Ang took some pictures and this one was humorous... first of all, cause I hadn't gotten all the sweet potatoes off of poor Anna's nose and Ang didn't notice til after she took a bunch of pics. Second, because it appears as though she has some nice bunny rabbit teeth here... ?? heehee I love my little wascally wabbit!

Still Thankful!

I don't think I mentioned them in my Thanksgiving post, but I am thankful for so many things! Maybe that's why... because there were too many to name!! But this picture I took of the decorated Christmas tree and Anna reminded me that I am thankful for sweet, crafty friends who make cute things for my daughter! :) Her bow was made by my friend, Amanda (it has fun snowflakes on it) and the dress was made by my friend, Melanie. Melanie even has a website where you can check out her stuff and place an order -

Made by MelAs you can tell by her expression, Anna loves her new dress. Thanks, Mel!

It's Beginning to look alot like...

Anna is getting in to the Christmas spirit. When I just had the bottom layer on the tree, she had already rolled under it and was touching branches. Here are a couple before the ornaments were on... Oh, and that is her John Deere outfit... some of you may can guess where she got that!

P.S. No, despite how it looks in the picture, I have not dyed her hair red! heehee