Some Recent Pictures

I just wanted to share some pictures from the past couple of weeks. We’ve really been enjoying the spring weather, and Anna just loves getting outside. She has been learning a lot of new words, and growing very fast again. (She just learned “choo-choo” and she says it really deliberately, it’s adorable.)

One challenge has been taking walks as a family. Anna doesn’t really like getting back into her stroller, after leaving it behind for the winter. In a couple of these pictures i’m wearing her like a backpack, which she actually didn’t mind.

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Snack Time

Anna was enjoying a delicious snack and I interrupted her to quiz her on her words:

Here’s her getting back to her snack:

Way too much fun

Anna’s favorite game right now is trying to sit on her ball and then slide off. She has a pretty good time. Oh, and she’s also a genius.

This second video is pretty unremarkable, but I wanted to share it because of the nice clear “Mama” caught about 27 seconds in.

Building Towers

Anna is really getting good at stacking things! This is her tallest tower yet, and she was really into building it. She cheered when she put pieces on, and then when it fell down she cried a little.

Sometimes it just isn’t Nap Time

Just because you can’t fall asleep doesn’t mean that nap time has to be a bore. Here Anna shows how to turn a blown nap into a party. The sound gets a little screwed up for the last thirty seconds when she’s yelling at her fan, but you get the idea.

Also, I think I may have captured Anna’s first whistle at the 1:43 mark.

Playing Pretend

It’s been really fun watching Anna play with her toys lately. She’s starting to have them interact with each other and pretend that they’re doing things. She’ll put her stuffed animals to sleep (then tell you “shhhh” and make snoring noises). She’ll also read to her animals or have them kiss things.

One of her newest games is pretending to pour water from her sippy cup into a plastic cup, then pretend to drink it. She was doing it this morning so I grabbed a quick video.

Spring Walk

Anna loves being outside, and on Saturday it was finally warm enough for a walk around the neighborhood. Lots of fresh puddles made it even better.

Waking up in the Car

I’ve never seen this before – Anna fell asleep on the ride home tonight, and she didn’t wake up when I came around to get her. So here is something very rarely seen: Anna sleeping.