Almost One

Annalise is almost one. Her vocabulary is growing, she says "dada," "mama," "no," "duh" (she says this when she sees a dog) and sometimes she mimics or at least tries to mimic what we say.

Checking out whats going on outside.

Anna has become a very fast cruiser. I am sure she will let go any day now and take a step on her own. The question is are we ready. I know Jeremiah will love having her chase him but he probably wont love her ability to get into his stuff faster.

Cruising along the Japanese garden

Annalise loves playgrounds, she really loves to watch other kids and I know that if she could she would run after them. Her favorite thing is the slide. She also has a fascination with putting the smallest most disgusting thing she can find into her mouth. We were at a playground with friends and I prevented her from putting a piece of rubber in her mouth when all of a sudden we noticed she had something else in her mouth. It was a small snail shell. It was empty so I am not sure if Annalise had an unofficial introduction to escargot. Eww! (Pardon me if you do enjoy escargot) Anyway...the playground always keeps me on my toes with Annalise. I don't remember having this problem with Jeremiah.

"Can I do it again?"

Annalise has many a nickname in our family, Anna banana, Sugar girl, and the new one is Wrecker. She is a sweet mellow little girl until you put a book, train track, or any breakable toy in front of her. Jeremiah now keeps is favorite paper books in another place in our house. I am not sure if you are familiar with the lift the flap books but most of ours are taped backed together and I am sad to say 10 Little Ladybugs is no more. If anyone needs a book destroyed, I have a baby who can get the job done.