Annah's Baby

Christmas Eve Snow

Here the girls are playing in the snow. Annah in particular is not fazed by the cold weather in the least.

Just woke up

This is Annah when she crawls out of bed in the morning - or should I say more specifically - crawls out of our bed in the morning.

Winter Walk

Had a nice warm day in the 20's Friday so I set out for a lunch walk with Pudy. She had a hard time keeping herself from fussing with her gloves - it's hard to pick up Cheerios with gloves on.

Shopping

Notice Annah has replaced her dog hat with a very snazzy beret - she thinks it makes her look like an intellectual whereas the dog hat.... eh, not so much.

Snow

Annah is still not quite sure what to make of all this snow. She likes to look out the window and say, "snooooooow...."

Long day for Annah

Poor Annah had a long day - two basketball games, no nap... Here she is at Famous Dave's barely able to keep her eyes open. There was a lot of whining and fussing before we eventually got home.

Back at the library

Maya had basketball practice again last night so that meant Annah was back at the library.

First Snow

Maya took Annah out to re-intoduce her to snow. At first she didn't like it in the least and made a face similar to Zaheeda's when she is confronted with snow, but after a little while she took to it and was having fun getting rides from Maya in the sled







When it was time to come in this was her reaction.

In the car

Here she is playing in the backseat with Maya.

Shopaholic

Annah loves shopping, especially for clothes. Here she is at Target picking out some pajamas that caught her eye.

Pudy at the Library

While Maya was at basketball practice last night Annah and I spent some time at the library.

Pudy

Pudy in Wisconsin

The Pudy was in Wisconsin over the weekend and here she venturing outside to say hello to Jasper

Butt Massage

While at Kohls on Saturday Annah relieved a lot of pent up stress by sitting on the Sharper Image neck/butt massager.

Barbie Shopping

Looking at Barbies

Maya took Annah to the Barbie store tonight to see if there were any Barbies Annah might like for Christmas. She liked all of them.

Enjoying the sun

Fun waiting for the bus

Annah had fun watching Bell play fetch with Weber while waiting for the bus to arrive. Annah likes Weber and all, but prefers to keep her distance.

Being eaten by an Alligator

After lunch walk to the bank

Headed out on a walk to the bank this afternoon and oh was it ever a nice day.


On the way back we stopped on the bridge and watched the trains. The noise initially freaked Annah out a bit, but she eventually got used to it.


After the train left, we left.

Annah - Sleeping Heavy Metal Baby

Annah seems to go to sleep easily if you play really loud music. Tonight I cranked some Megadeth on iTunes and she went out like a light. Could it be the reason we can never get her to sleep is it's simply too quiet around here?

Afternoon Walk

Out with the Pudy for a nice sunny Fall afternoon walk.


She played on some rocks.


Posed for some pictures. Notice that she's starting to get that annoyed, 'Hey why don't you hurry up and take the picture' look on her face. Oh, they grow up so fast.




And she read a Dora The Explorer book on the way home. Unlike most kids who would face forward and remained strapped into the stroller she insists on reclining sideways.

Annah being uncooperative

Tried taking Annah for a walk yesterday but she wasn't behaving. Here she is repeatedly throwing her Banana Dog out of the stroller. When we got home I asked her if I should tell mom how she misbehaved and she said, "No..."

The Little Fairy

In the stroller

Leaves

Annah watching the leaves fall off the trees.

Tuesday afternoon walk

Headed out for and afternoon walk with The Pudy. Since she refused to take her nap (note previous post with her and her pear)I decided we'd head out and get a little fresh air and enjoy the leaves. You can tell she is pretty tired.


A couple blocks from the house, underneath a bench next to the bike path we came across Maya's stray cat friend. This nameless vagrant cat is always hanging around the house and hunting for squirels in the backyard. We don't know his name and haven't given him one because - well, quite frankly we're not that attached to him - but The Pudy was pretty excited to see him again!




After about thirty minutes of walking The Pudy drifted off to sleep. I like this picture because right before I snapped it that leaf fell and landed right on her lap.


We walked to the bus stop and waited for Maya to get dropped off. I was worried all the commotion with the bus would wake her but that wasn't the case.

After returning home I put her on our bed and she slept for about another two hours.

Tired but wont sleep

This is Annah refusing to take her nap and making a mess with a pear. Usually around nap time she pulls her hair tie off and looks for any other kind of distraction to deflect attention away from her not taking her nap. It is a never ending daily contest of wills.

Coffee Burn

This morning Annah pulled Zaheeda's coffee off the table and burned her leg. She's okay but she really did scream. It seems regardless how hard we try we cannot make this place Annah safe because she is into everything.

Annah's nightly routine

The girls' Grandpa bought a night vision, motion activated camera to take pictures and shoot video of deer, bears and anything else that happens to wander around rural Wisconsin. In order to test the camera out I set it up in Annah's crib to see exactly how much she moves around during the night. By the next day it had recorded 46 videos - meaning she moved around at least that many times during the night - she's very active, even in her sleep. Here are some of the clips:

9:28PM - Zaheeda puts her down.


10:01PM - She's sound asleep


6:36AM the next day - She wakes up and starts screaming.


6:37AM - Zaheeda gives her a bottle and tries putting her back down.


6:38AM - Annah doesn't want to go back down and attacks the camera.

Annah on a bench

Back in the Stroller

Annah getting antsy in the stroller. She likes to go for walks but feels she needs to be occupied and entertained the entire time. Now that it's fall she enjoys finding fancy leaves. She becoming more and more like Maya every day.

Mischievous

This is a face that cannot be trusted.

Coloring

Annah is so talented she can color with both hands at the same time.

Cold Walk

Went for our walk yesterday and the wind was cold!!! When we set out the sun was shining and all was rather pleasant, but after about ten minutes it turned ugly. Annah doesn't remember cold weather so this is all new to her. On the upside she is really enjoying her new fall and winter wardrobe which looks amazingly similar to Maya's old fall and winter wardrobe.

Waiting for Maya at the bus stop

Annah loves seeing Maya off to school and waiting for her to come home. Whenever she sees a bus now she starts pointing at it and saying, "Maya, Maya." She must think all the buses she sees rolling around town have Maya inside.

In the sand at Lake Elmo

This weekend we went to Lake Elmo and Annah made full use of the playground there.