S is for Silly

With the exception of teething and sippy-cup drama, our house has been pretty mellow since Christmas. I don't even have much to blog about, but Annie has been hilarious the past week (since she got over some teething issues and made a stand about sippy-cups!), so I wanted to post some pictures and a couple videos of her.

She has two paci's and one day, she got ahold of both of them. Apparently, she couldn't decide which one was the right one...

Her new favorite thing to do is to run around the house with Kris. She giggles every time...and it's the surest way to make her stop crying!

And my favorite pictures of the week...

Fish Face

One day we were eating lunch when Annie - all on her own, with no encouragement from anybody - started making fish faces. She does it spontaneously, while she's playing and toddling around the furniture. It's hysterical and she's so proud of herself. We got video of the first time she was doing it (sorry its wobbly...I was cracking up!) She still won't do it long enough for me to take a picture of her, though!

Christmas, Part 2

We had a great Christmas at our house! I was the only one to get up early (I was too excited to sleep any longer!) so I had to lounge around and wait for Kris and Annie to get up. Kris had to work till late the night before, so he was pretty tired. And Annie...well, she didn't know there was anything different about Christmas day, than any other day.:)
Here's Annie in her (last-minute) Christmas jammies. I had a hard time finding her size...so these are about 2 sizes too big. She can't crawl in them, or her legs end up coming out of the leg of the pajamas.

Annie got lots of fun things. She got a Ball Popper from Santa, and then some Little People, a V-Tech ball (it's crazy...it rolls by itself), and another ball (she LOVES balls!). Grandma Hunter sent her a Winnie the Pooh Christmas ornament. Of course, the wrapping paper and bows were the greatest part of Christmas for Miss Annie...but that's to be expected!

Kris got a Boise State Football shirt, which he has proudly worn just about every day since Christmas. Bring on the Fiesta Bowl!

Christmas, Part 1

Since we got our tree out of the box and ready to put up, I'm suprised at how helpful Annie is! She wanted to help put up the tree with Mom and Dad. Okay, maybe not help. But she was right in the middle of it all!


She does love to help wrap presents. I'm really looking forward to Christmas morning when I don't have to take the wrapping paper away from her. Guess how many rolls of it she's destroyed...:)



We had our Ward Christmas Party 2 weekends ago. Unfortunately, Kris had to work, so Annie and I were flying solo! Annie was excited to go. She got to play at Grandma Vesta's house while I went to the church to help set up (Hail the Conquering Activities Committee!). She had lots of fun there, she helped to un-decorate the Christmas tree (okay, maybe that wasn't so much "help" as just being a nuisance), taking out the trash (again with the nuisance...), and folding laundry (that's help!).


This year, we had a soup dinner (yum!) and a short program, followed by Santa, of course! Annie loved to watch the Primary kids up on the stage. I was suprised at how well-behaved she was for the whole program! Unfortunately...she did not love Santa.

One of our favorite Christmas activities is to decorate cookies and take plates of treats to our neighbors. Annie helped with that, too!

This is my favorite picture...after a long afternoon of frosting cookies (note that we had to change her shirt...pink frosting on yellow? Thank you Oxyclean!), Annie was exhausted.

9 Months

Annie had her 9 month visit to the doctor this month. She weighed in at 21 lbs. 8 oz. and is 28 inches long. She's in the 80th percentile for her height and 90th for her weight. She's going to be tall just like her Dad (6'4", thank you)! So far, she's got 4 teeth and she's doing lots of fun tricks now, like crawling and rolling around and laughing and she's even started pulling herself up on the furniture.

Annie is such a happy baby...we're really lucky. Oh, and she's freakin' adorable...

San Diego, CA

The first week of November, we packed up our car and headed to San Diego! Kris and Annie had never been there, and I haven't been there for years, so we thought it would be a fun little family vacation. We packed Grandpa in the car, too, to help entertain Annie.

We got to San Diego on Monday afternoon, after stopping in Yuma to see Aunt Mervie. After we got settled, Kris drove us down to Mission Beach...the scenic route! It was too cold to go very far in, but I took Annie and we splashed (okay, I splashed) for a little bit. It was great to feel the sand in my toes...I miss our annual family vacation to San Diego!

Tuesday we spent the day in Sea World. Annie's favorites were the penguins, the beluga whale, and the Sea Lion Show. She clapped right along with everybody (I think she thought they were clapping with her, though!) and smiled and laughed at the silly sea lions. She was a real trooper, getting in and out of her stroller all day. Kris and I rode Shipwreck Rapids twice...we were soaked! Thankfully we brought jackets and it was a sunny day. He also convinced me to go on Journey to Atlantis...which I did not love!

On Wednesday we drove to La Jolla to see the temple, and then to Coronado Island. Kris was dying to see the bridge! We spent most of the afternoon at Seaport Village. We didn't buy much, but it sure was fun to walk around and see all the people.

By Wednesday night, Annie and Grandpa were bushed! This is my favorite picture!

We came home on Thursday. Kris has been talking about all the vacations he wants to take, going back to SD included! We just got involved in this timeshare deal, so hopefully that makes it a little more convenient for us to head out for some more road trips! We had so much fun!

Halloween

For Annie's first Halloween, she was a bumblebee! And boy, did she make a cute one!:) Aunt Sara gave her this super cute onesie that she wore all day till it was time to get dressed up in her costume.

After Kris went to work, Annie and I went down to the Stake Center to meet our friends for Trunk-or-Treat. Annie had lots of fun giving out candy to all her friends!