Rolling...rolling...rolling

OK....maybe just ROLL...Anna rolled over last night for the 1st time! ok...maybe she kinda fell over...but its the first time she completed the roll/fall. Everyother time she would get to her side and roll/fall the same direction she came from. But last night she kept going. I dont think she knows what she did but thats ok...I couldnt be prouder. Now we will wait to see when she rolls again!
Oh I forgot to mention about Anna's doctor appointment. She weighed 12lbs 10 ounces and was 24.4 inches long. The doctor said according to her growth chart she is going to be "tall". Not sure where she got that from...not sure if the doctor paid much attention to the gene pool in the room...but hey at least she seems to have a chance to be taller than Mommy!

16 weeks

Ohhhhh what a busy week we have had. On Oct 2 Anna officially turned 4 months!!!! Whooohooo happy 1/3 birthday! We celebrated by letting Anna try cereal for the first time....very milky baby cereal...and the results...SHE LOVED IT! She grabbed at the spoon and would pull it to her mouth. She ate the cereal so well. Only a little bit "slipped" out of her mouth but when that happened she would shove her fist up to her mouth like she was trying to push the cereal back in. It was so cute...then all of a sudden she started to cry. When I held her I could tell she wanted milk...I think she was scared she wasnt gonna get the milk anymore so she cried. Once she started to drink her milk she was happy again. We only tried the cereal once because she kinda had a little rash the next day...not sure if it was from the cereal or just her little random rash popping up again..So we decided to wait until the rash went completely away. I dont think she was allergic to it but better safe than sorry.


This weekend Anna got to spend time with a babysitter. Melissa did great with Anna...and from what Im told Anna did great too. She said she didnt cry or get fussy unless she was hungry or needed her diaper changed. Im proud of Anna because everytime I picked her up she was wearing the same clothes...which means she didnt have one of her infamous blowouts. Leaving your baby with someone new is rough. I was nervous. I trusted Melissa but its still a little rough just cause you miss her so much...you wonder what she is doing...how she is doing...you wonder if she misses you. Sadly I dont think she much missed me. But I would rather she did like she did than cry all day. It does make you feel good to know your baby is happy and well taken care of.

Anna is doing great with sleeping at night. She has gotten away (knock on wood) from the 4- 4:30 feeding. She now sleeps until about 6:30. We get up at 6:30 eat, get dressed and go running. She loves her new stroller. I think she really like the fact that she can see more. Although she still like to take a cat nap during the run. Im so paranoid...that everymorning I douse her with sunscreen to make sure she doesnt get burnt. She has such fair skin, I dont think I would forgive myself if she got burnt.

Anna is still as vocal as can be. She loves to scream and "talk" most of the time she is awake. I love "talking" with her. She seems to really enjoy the interaction and will scream louder if she doesnt think she is being paid the proper attention.

We are excited for this weekend. Daddy will have a four day weekend...and we are planning on soaking up some beach time.

week 15

I forgot to mention how my little girl is an amazing problem solver. I think it was last week we were riding in the car and she started to get fussy. I looked in the mirror and noticed her binkie was between her legs and she couldnt reach it. It was so cute watching her try to reach it. Since we were in traffic I couldnt pull over to give it to her. So she continued to be fussy (her fussiness is like she is yelling (but not loudly) at something). So I continued to watch her. I then saw her do what I thought was the most amazing thing. See we have one of those things that wraps into the binkie and you can attach it to the baby's clothes so the binkie doesnt fall on the floor. Well she grabbed the ribbon and pulled the pinkie to her other hand. She then grabbed the binkie with her other hand and proceeded to try to put the binkie in her mouth...a task she is working on as most of the time she tries to put it in backwards. But I thought that was so amazing. Such a problem solver.




This past week was a little busy for us. On Saturday we went to a baby shower and Anna was such a good baby. She ate...slept and tried to talk to everyone. She did really good when other people held her. I was so proud of her.




Yesterday we went to the grocery store...Anna talk for the first thirty minutes we were there then crashed. Its so cute...she will be talking, talking, talking and the next thing you know she is knocked out. She woke up for the last thirty minutes of shopping and just spent the whole time looking around. She loves the baby bjorn. She will look all around at everything and then look up at me and smile. I love her smile!

This week was the first time that Anna really reacted to Roxy (our dog). Roxy came up to her and Anna started to laugh. It was the cutest thing. She would squeal when roxy came close to her. She "noticed" the animals a couple weeks ago and even tried to "pet" them but this was her first time really reacting to one of them. Again so cute.

Sharing and Smiles

Oh...my little baby girl is the sweetest little thing. She loves to try to share...see she loves to chew on her fingers. She will chew, chew, chew...all the while babling on happily...if your lucky enough while your holding her she will look up at you and the next thing you know she is pushing her fingers to your mouth. How sweet is it that something she so enjoys she wants to share. If you take her fingers in your hand and pretend to stick them in your mouth and make the chewing sounds...she screams with giddiness. Its the cutest little thing. She will also share another of her most prized possessions...her binkie. If she is laying down and you bend over to talk to her, she sometimes takes her binkie out and pushes it towards your mouth. Such a little sweetie, so kind. (or could she be trying to place these things in my mouth to get me to stop talking...NAH...)
I often watch Anna in the morning as she sleeps. Just laying there so peaceful so angelic. I love the smile she has on her face. But I love even more as she wakes up and looks around... the big smile she gets on her face as she sees me. Oh how it makes my day. What a precious and sweet way to start your day...I thank God everymorning that I am blessed with seeing that sweet little smile.

14 weeks

We didnt get to stay at the beach long this weekend...after Anna got out of the water she started to cry...ALOT. She did not want to stay any longer. There have only been a very few times she has cried like that. Turns out she was just tired because the minute we took off in the car she stopped crying. (i tried uploading a video of her in the water...but it didnt work :+( )

Anna is getting a little better at putting her binkie in her mouth. However, I saw this and thought it was too cute. Notice how she put it in upside down. She slept like this for an hour. I guess she was too tired to care that it was in wrong or maybe she was just happy it was in her mouth. When I started to take pictures she woke up...I guess she was surprised that I was taking a picture.




We finally broke down and bought another running stroller...we broke the last one. The break liked to fall down on its own and the squeaking wheel not only drove us crazy but I am sure woke people up as we ran by their houses. Anna loves her new stroller the shade pulls down further so I dont have to put a sheet up and she can actually see outside as I run. She also sleeps alot longer in this one...probally because she doesnt have the squeaking wheel to wake her. Anna got to spend some one-on-one time with Daddy this past weekend because Mommy had to work. I think she loves spending time with Daddy because he feeds her everytime she gets fussy...and the fact that she loves to watch football with Daddy.

13 weeks

Oh...I forgot to mention that in Anna has or is trying to pick up another skill. Starting at about week 11 she started to try to hold her bottle. I was so amazed especially since she doesnt get bottle fed much. She is such a smart baby!
This past week was a very chill week. We really didnt do too much but stay at home, read some books, looked at flash cards and sang some songs. I found out that when Anna starts to get a little grumpy for no reason all I got to do is sing ABC's and she gets quite. Out of all the songs I sing to her it seems like she pays the most attention to the ABC song.
Oh yea...I caught Anna substituting her thumb for her binkie...




and while I think its so cute...I immediately took her thumb out of her mouth (ok not immediately, I had to take pictures first) and replaced it with her binkie. Some may wonder why I did this, I have long been told its harder to break the thumbsucking habit then the binkie habit. From personal experience (a family member who was a thumbsucker) I know thumbsucking is real hard to break plus its not good for their teeth.

My little Anna has started to break out in a rash again. I feel so bad for her. It looks so painful. Right now its a little bit on the right side of her face but mostly under her chin and on her upper chest. Hopefully it goes away soon...its starting to look really dry even though I put lotion on it...I just hope its not painful. You know...I think it is due to allergies. It started to flare up after this past weekend when it rained a ton. My allergies always act up when it rains...hopefully her body is building tolerance now so when she gets older she wont have bad allergies.

week 11 and 12

I have been a bad Mommy. My goal was to write on this blog every week for Anna...as you can tell I have missed a couple weeks. My computers internet stopped working and when I would try to load pictures on Williams computer it would often take so long that the pictures wouldnt load. Well...I finally figured out how to load them faster. I also had a hard time getting to this website...but now we are back. These past couple weeks have been pretty busy. Anna continues to amaze us. She is "talking" more and more everyday. I think she likes the sound of her voice...every once in awhile she lets a little scream escape.
We bought her a little walker that she loves. She will sit in it reaching for one little toy in particular, trying her hardest to make it spin (its a little ball like toy that has beads in it and rattles when it spins). It so adorable to see the concentration on her face. She also loves to play with her little blue horse toy. Her little legs are about 5 inches from the floor but she will smile like crazy if you push her around the house in the walker.

Anna continues to love the beach. We recently put her feet in the water for the first time...i think she was a little perplexed as she just stared down at her feet the whole time. We bought her a little hat and sunglasses so she could "style" at he beach...I think she likes them...yeah...i know she will get me back later for that picture. One day when Daddy was getting Anna dressed for the beach, she showed her excitement by getting really excited when she saw her bathing suit...she doesnt get that excited for her other clothes. Anna has also started to enjoy tummy time a lot more. She will lay on er tummy for about 5 minutes before she gets cranky. She really likes laying her back and kicking her feet...future soccer player? She is now sleeping from about 9ish to 530ish...wakes up eats and goes back to sleep until around 7ish...such a good baby. Oh she loves bath time! We give her a bath before bedtime and she loves the water. I think she spends the whole time seeing how much of the water she can kick out of her tub onto Daddy...she is going to be a mess when she gets bigger!