Happy Halloween!

Here is a little snapshot of our Halloween fun.

Here is Anna and I dressed up for pack meeting.

This is Anna and Matthew carving pumpkins. Actually this is as close as she got. I stripped her down to avoid any stains but I wouldn't have had to since she didn't get close to any pumpkin.

Happy Birthday Anna!

Anna turned one last Thursday (the 15th) but we celebrated on Sunday with family members who live in the area. Anna was a little overwhelmed by the 20+ people singing happy birthday to her and as you can see it brought her to tears.

She opened presents from family and had help from Mom and eager cousins to get it done.

But as you can see, by the end of the night she was our smiling little princess again!

Latest Tricks

As we approach Anna's 1st birthday here are some of her latest tricks.

Walking with help

When no one will help you walk you have to use toy containers to help you get around

Whenever the fridge opens Anna crawls as quick as she can to try to get there before we close the door and the light goes away.

It's Official!

Anna is always up on all fours doing the standard crawl. She has found you can move a lot quicker that way and get into more things. If she disappears she is good to respond when I call her name so it is easier to find her and see what she is into. She definately keeps me busy and on my toes.

She's moving

Anna is mobile. Actually she has been that way for a month or more but she is getting better and quicker. She isn't crawling but doing a half crawl. I call it her solider crawl. She uses her arms to drag her lower half around. The bad news is that her shirts get very dirty but it gives me more motivation to mop the floor often. :) Yesterday though I thought she was going to do a real crawl but no luck. She is also walking - if we have her hands. I get scared when I think of her walking on her own. It is only a matter of time. I guess we will have to break down and baby proof the house.

Anna goes to the fair!

We took Anna to the Utah County Fair last Saturday. We introduced her to the sheep which went well until one with a wet nose touched her hand and she flipped out. We may have ruined her relationship with sheep forever which would make her Dad sad. We will try a petting zoo next.

Girls Party!

Anna and I spent last week in Idaho Falls with the Shurtliff family (Matthew had to stay home and work). On Thursday we sent the boys off to the woods and the girls partied at Mom's. We spent Thursday, Friday, and Saturday watching the six grandkids (of course), making bread (Emily O taught), making freezer jam and canning raspberries. For fun we went swimming, watched a chick flick, Mom took us to dinner, we made fresh strawberry shakes (yummy - thanks Heidi), and had late night talks. We had four of my sister-in-laws (the two newbies didn't come), the six grandkids, plus Mom and I. It was a ton of fun. Anna and Jerika (Vance's baby) kept taking things from each other which was funny this year but next year it may get interesting when they are all in the "mine" stage.