Anna

Anna is our little toddler now. She is walking so well and has some real speed on her when she goes down the hallway. She climbs up on our small trampoline that we keep in the breakfast area and loves to jump up and down. It is amazing to watch her swing back and forth as she gets on and off.

Anna is in love with Maddux and Tucker. We have to put Maddux out at dinner now because Anna has discovered how fun it is to feed Maddux. Maddux is no dumb dog, so he normally positions himself right under her seat. He knows she will eventually grow bored of eating. We usually have about a three to five minute window where we try to shovel as much food into her as we can. After that, she's too bored and starts playing with her food/feeding Maddux.


Anna can say quite a few words now. Last night, I discovered a new word she can say: pizza. Not sure what that says about how often I cook, but she says it perfectly nonetheless. :-o

She absolutely hates to have her hair tied back. Her "Pebbles" 'do normally doesn't last longer than about five minutes. If you tell her she looks pretty, she automatically reaches up to check to make sure that her hair isn't tied up. In most of her pictures, you'll see her eyes hanging in her face because of her refusal to keep any sort of hair tie or bow in her hair. Perhaps she'll be a tomboy. She certainly hits like a boy. One of the most common things I've had to say to her lately is, "Anna, no hitting."

In my defense, this Pebbles 'do is not some of my best work. I've gotten much better at it.

Last night, while I was getting Tylenol to give to Aidan (he has swimmer's ear), Anna walked down the hallway. I went to look to see where she was and found her in to the boys' room scaling up the side of Austin's bed to climb in bed with him. Luckily, she didn't wake him up. She's our little monkey, and we are constantly finding her on top of beds or in the pack 'n play where she has scaled the side of it. Anna is our little adventurer, and she fits in perfectly with her two rambunctious brothers!