Master of Disaster

I've been meaning to post this for a couple days, but haven't gotten around to it until now. Anna wanted her Don Will to know how proud she is of his new job...and in honor of that, she'd like to say just one thing....

We love you, Don Will! Congrats!

Visitors, peek-a-boo, and other happenings

It feels as though, over the last week or so, Anna's had an explosion of learning. She's fully laughing now, not just sort of wheezing like she used to. She also enjoys peek-a-boo, "sings" along while you sing to her, and is now doing half circles in her crib (meaning when I lay her down, a few minutes later her head is where her feet used to be). Her Mimi was over earlier today, and she commented that Anna is even beginning to scoot so that she can play with something - evidently, she was working to get at a little squeaky toy on her playmat and was pushing as hard as she could to get over there. It never fails to amaze me how quickly she learns and picks up on things - she's just a little sponge!

This last week, Anna got to meet her Aunt Amy for the first time, which was so much fun. Of course, I didn't get any pictures, because I'm terribly forgetful - but she really was here, and it was wonderful to get to see her. Our friends Steven and Lindi also came to visit this weekend - we did get pictures of them (!), so they're posted below.

I'm also posting a video of tickle time, as well as some pictures of Anna in her new playroom. Jimmy and I spent most of our weekend last weekend working on getting the playroom ready - the best part about it is that it has magnetic paint on the bottom half! We're excited to start teaching her letters and numbers on her magnetic wall.

All About the Hands

The newest development for Anna over the last week have been all about her hands - she seems to have completely discovered how amazing they are, and so they are constantly reaching, grabbing (especially if you have long hair or hoop earrings!), and being gnawed on. A display of her new talents:

We had a wonderful trip this last weekend to Austin and Houston to visit friends and family. Anna was a great traveler, as usual, and we had such a blast seeing Will, Audrey, Keegan, Amy, Jacob, Nate, Zach, Mike, Julie, Chrissy, Emily and Uncle Ken. Unfortunately, Mom forgot to get new batteries for the camera, so we have zero pictures of the weekend! Nonetheless, we really enjoyed getting to see everyone.

More adorable pics of Anna below...have a great weekend!