09/25/2009 - September Update

September has been a very busy month for us!

Anna Claire has moved up to the next classroom at school (She's a redbird now). This room has more activities for her to get into (she was so exhausted the first week!) and all of the kids sit at a little table for lunch (no more highchairs).

Anna Claire's Aunt Angela and Uncle Brad came to visit from Austin and her Uncle Michael came home from New Mexico on Labor Day weekend. They all thought she had changed so much since April!

Eric and I went to an all-inclusive resort in Mexico for a couple of days with the Harper and the Beards. We thought they were brave for agreeing to travel to Mexico with us, given our track record, but fortunately the trip was uneventful in regard to hurricanes! :) We really enjoyed laying by the pool all day and eating LOTS (and LOTS) of really good food.

In addition to celebrating both of our mom's birthdays this month, we celebrated Eric (and Kathy's) birthday by having some friends over for the TN/FL game. Eric grilled some delicious chicken, burgers and hot dogs on the BGE and the kids had a great time playing together (even though they had all spent the last week inside from all of the rain!).

I took Anna Claire down to Coolidge Park today for her first carousel ride. I think she really enjoyed it, even though it was hard to tell from her facial expressions :)

Here is a slideshow of all of the Sept. pics so far.

09/04/2009 - Rosemary Beach

Last week we headed down to the beach for our first family vacation this year! After working an extra day this summer to meet a project deadline, I was in need of some relaxation and family time. This was Anna Claire's first trip to the beach since she's been walking but unfortunately she did not care much for the sand! I think her favorite part of the trip was pulling her wagon back and forth to the beach :)

Here is a little movie of our trip. I have been wanting to make one of these since I got the Mac and have finally taken the time! The other pictures from our trip are in the "Rosemary Beach" album on the right.

08/04/2009 - Picture Update

We've started an August album and finished off June/July!

07/17/2009 - Our chatty girl

Here's some footage that I took today of Anna Claire playing in her baby pool.

I think you can tell what her favorite response is!

07/04/2009 - Happy 4th of July!

We had a great 4th full of watermelon, a parade, good friends, good food and fireworks. To see more of our pictures click on the June/July 2009 pics link.

We don't have very many pictures from June...I was gone for work during the first week and then Eric joined me on a company trip during the second week. Anna Claire got to spend a week with her Nana and King Grandaddy so maybe Nana will share those pictures with me :)

05/29/2009 - May Update

We finally have a May Album! It has been such a busy month. The MacBook is still helping me to update things more easily but it doesn't give Anna Claire a bath or do the dishes, so it's still hard to find enough time to use it!
Anna Claire is starting to communicate with us more and more. She is now saying a couple of words (Daisy, Hi, Bye-Bye, Woah, Yay, Go, No). We walked into her classroom one day this week and she said "Hi!", it was so cute and unexpected! I think she's also understanding the things that we're telling her more. She knows how to walk over to her bookshelves, pick out a book and bring it over to the glider for us to read it to her. It's so fun to see her face when she's walking towards me with a book that she's excited about. We're so proud of her. Enjoy the pics!

04/28/2009 - Pictures from the Weekend

Here are some pictures from this weekend. On Friday, Anna Claire and I played with her bubbles and then Saturday we all went to the park and then dinner downtown. She's walking all over the place!



Thanks to Eric for my early Mother's Day present, a MacBook! It has made it much easier for me to add updates!