Happy Birthday Jacie!

 My niece Jacie celebrated her 3rd birthday this weekend. She had a Princess Party! Last year, when we sang Happy Birthday to her, she broke out in tears. This year, she only quivered her lips a little. I guess we're making progress. The picture below is of her holding back her tears. :) Too cute!

Jacie and Avery

 Jacie with her toys and Christian trying to get in on the fun.

 Anna with her Grannanny

 Anna eating some birthday cake. This was practice for her Big Day coming soon.

 

Happy Birthday Jacie! We love you!

Two Major Accomplishments

It seems like overnight, Anna has made some major accomplishments. The first is pulling up. She's been trying to pull up for a week or so but now she's a pro. This morning I walked in to get her out of bed and she was standing up hanging onto the rail. I guess it's time to lower the mattress!

 Our second accomplishment is eating! We've progressed past the Cheerio diet and moved on to "real" food. We've been working on getting her to eat solid foods for a while and she always refused... until this week. I picked her up from daycare and they said she ate chicken strips, mashed potatoes and green beans all by herself. Oh My Goodness! So that night, we thought we'd try it. We gave her chicken ravioli, peas and carrots and apples and she ate it all! Woo-hoo! Mission Accomplished!

 With both of these accomplishments, it makes me realize how big she's getting. She learns something new everyday and I'm amazed by that. I love watching her grow and I love seeing that big smile on her face when she does something new. I love you Bananas!

Ten Months Old

Anna Baby is 10 months old now and she has a lot of new tricks. She's finally started feeding herself. She only likes dry things like Cheerios or toast, but it's a start. Unfortunately, she likes Cheerios so much that she never wants to eat anything else. Trying to feed her anything else is like World War III. She crawls everywhere, still the army crawl. She can now go from a crawl to sitting up. She recently started pulling up but hasn't made it all the way yet. She likes to go at her own pace, I guess. She loves to play patty-cake. She waves too and says "hi". Everywhere we go she's waving and saying hi to people. She's very friendly. Kevin and I look forward to the next few months celebrating her first major holidays, and then the big birthday is just right around the corner! We love you Banana!

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