We have enjoyed some nice sunny weather lately! A few days this week were over 70 degrees and boy did we love it. Annie got to play outside for long periods of time and gave her a break from being stuck indoors after being sick.


She was fascinated by the fence.
There was a man doing yard work across the alley.
I found some sidewalk chalk for Annie. I drew a few things for her and then she proceeded to add to them. Later on in the week she played with a drawing sketch pad and drew fish, horses, and monkeys. It looked like scribbles and lines so when she said the names of the animals I thought she wanted me to draw them for her on the pad, but Annie pointed to her scribbles and repeated the names. I was so proud of her! :)
We celebrated my sister Katie's birthday at the end of February. I had this wonderful idea for a cake, but the fondant refused to cooperate. I think it all went well in spite of it though. :)


Annie loves to flop on pillows and declare "Night night!" and the bounce back up again so she can flop on the pillow again.

Cockla?

Annie discovered the joy of chocolate today. I had some chocolate pudding I gave her after she finished lunch. She was in the process of playing outside, but she would walk back in the house every so often and ask for "cockla?".
Out in the sun!

Back for more. Notice her hat which she put on herself. It really is supposed to fit with the flaps over her ears, but she prefers it this way.

Her trusty Tigger takes a sun bath.

More Snow Pictures

Meet Rocky our snowman. :)
He was a lot more brown, but we added some white snow to help him look more snowmanish.
I liked how the snow was on the tree branches the best!








This is a little tiny snowman Josh and I made with Annie. She finally started getting interested in the snow and playing in it. She even put the snowman's head on. :)




Josh's foot...It was really deep snow! I heard that the DFW airport got 12 inches - a record for North Texas. It was quite a treat.

Snow!

We woke up this morning to see a blanket of white on the ground! It was a nice surprise. I didn't think it really would until later today, but it has been snowing non-stop all day! Annie enjoyed looking outside at the snow falling.


After breakfast we went outside to play. Annie didn't really like the cold snow very much, and refused to walk in it.
She liked playing with a stick to hit the snow, since her fingers didn't have to touch it. :) After we went inside the first thing she said was, "books?". She was glad to be inside and warm. I'll have to teach her the art of building a snowman later looks like. :)

Pictures from January

Annie likes to dance with her toys now. Her favorite is Tigger, but she will pick up her huge Pooh bear (see previous post) or a sheep, etc . and dance around with it. I love how she is such a girl. :)
This is the porch light...Josh replaced the light in January and we found these bugs in the light. Pretty gross, but Josh insisted on taking a picture to document the discovery.
Annie got a hand knit scarf from Aunt Esther which she loves. I put it on her and this is what she did as I took pictures. Super baby model. haha

Family picture! Thankfully it's too dark to see exactly how huge I am right now. ;) This boy is going to be bigger than Annie I'm pretty sure.
Annie loves shoes of all types. She found her aunt's high heels one day and went clomping around the kitchen in one.


Lately we have all be trying to stay healthy with the winter colds going around. Thankfully it looks like we are in the clear for now. It's kind of hard to take care of a sick baby and be sick yourself...Parenting demands sacrifice and it goes much easier if you are willing to give of yourself. It's a constant thing to learn, but I am grateful for a gracious God who helps in our weakness!!

Josh is at a week long computer training session in Dallas right now. He gets to come home at night, though. Yay!

I just keep waiting for this little one to be ready for his big appearance. I can't imagine my tummy getting any bigger, but I have 2 more months left! He likes to move around much more than Annie did. It's usually a nice thing, but if I eat something before bedtime he stays awake for 1 1/2 hrs. I need to time my snacks better. :)

We had my sister Katie come stay with us for about 2 weeks while her roommates were away. It's hard to be in a big house all alone, so we let her come over to our place. It was lots of fun! Poor thing did get sick, though, the last week of her visit. Thankfully she is doing better now and on the tail end of recovery.

That's pretty much all that is going on for us lately...maybe we'll get more pictures before our little one arrives. Annie moves so fast nowadays we have trouble getting good pictures of her!

Little Snippets About Annie

I can't believe how much Annie is growing and maturing. She's a little girl now, with a little baby left (for her mom's sake). Every day she is learning new words and coming up with hilarious games. I'm so thankful for her!

Last night it was almost bedtime and Annie was in her nightgown playing. We had some music going and she spotted her huge bear on the floor and started dancing with it in circles. That thing is almost as big as she is, so I'm quite impressed she could pick it up and hold it so long. She then proceeded to put the bear to bed saying, "night night bear" and bringing Tigger over to it so the bear could sleep properly. (Tigger is her favorite stuffed animal for bedtime)

She loves to take care of her stuffed animals like they were her babies. She never was really into baby dolls, but I guess her monkey makes up for it...

Annie likes to have us chase her and tickle her or toss her in the air. She will run by us and make sure we are following her, while she shrieks at the top of her lungs.

She is learning how to use a fork and spoon. For some reason she calls all utensils "bl-ah". She's got the fork figured out pretty well, but she can't quite get much on the spoon. She loves practicing though!

Annie loves bubbles and will try to pop them as they fall to the ground. She gets so excited and giggly that I have to make sure she doesn't fall over.

Once Annie had a bunch of books all over the floor. She was trying to walk to the other side of the room, but they were in the way, so she picked up her skirt (really!) and waded across. I wish so much we got video of the incident...

I love you little Annie!

Christmas Pictures!

On Christmas Eve it started to snow quite hard. (Can snow be hard? hmmm) Josh took some pictures to record the event since we figured it wouldn't stick. This is Texas after all...

Christmas morning we opened presents and just enjoyed each other's company.
Annie couldn't believe that some of the pretty things under the tree were for her. It was so fun to watch her reactions.
Manly present. :)
An alphabet puzzle for Annie. She loves letters, though she calls all of them A or B or E.
She got so overwhelmed at one point she just lay in the wrapping paper for a rest.

Later we played out in the snow (that did accumulate). This is the first white Christmas on record in like 80 plus years! It was a wonderful gift from the Lord. :)

Our snowman. Annie first asked if it was a duck. When I told her no she asked if it was a moose. :)
He threw too many snow balls at me. He is lucky I let him back in the house!
She just looks innocent...but behind that cute smile is a cold icy snowball with your name on it!
I fell in love with this adorable red trike while looking for Annie's gifts. There was only the display trike, though, and I looked at a few other stores before settling on this one. It's a little big, but hey it's not going anywhere and Annie tends to grow. ;)
She loved it! She kept standing next to it saying thank you and pushing her Tigger on it. She especially likes the bell. :)