Who is this man they call Santa???

Anna had her first experience with Santa last week and as you can tell... she's not a fan! But that's ok. Santa told me she's been a good girl all year and she will get lots of goodies. :)

23 Months

I haven't had a chance to blog in a while and we've done a lot of stuff in the last month so I thought I'd catch up. I hope you enjoy!

Anna just turned 23 months this past weekend. I can't believe she's almost 2! She's a talking machine these days. She's very good at telling you what she wants (and what she doesn't:) and she's very good at understanding what you're saying to her. She comprehends everything! She loves to sing, especially her ABC's and Itsy Bitsy Spider. She's spoiled rotten - everything is "mine" and she loves saying "no". Unfortunately Kevin and I really don't like hearing it. Even though she can be a little anry sometimes, she can also be the sweetest little girl. She loves to cuddle on the couch and she always tells us "i lav yu". Everytime I hear it it melts my heart. She's the best kid in the world and I know I say this all the time, but we are so lucky to have her.

We love you Pooter

Lindsey's 9th Birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LINDSEY!!!

Anna's cousin Lindsey just turned 9 and we celebrated her big day at Jump Zone. Anna had a lot of fun playing in the jump houses. At one point she almost knocked herself out! (I think it scared me and Kevin more than anything:)

Here's Lindsey waiting to blow out her candles.

Anna loves the birthday song. Her teacher told me that her and the other kids in her class sing Happy Birthday all day long. Soon we'll be singing it to Anna!!!

Anna's chowing down on some cake while her "future boyfriend" looks on. His name is Ryan and he's the grandson of MeMe's best friend Kathy. Everytime Anna walks by him, he always reaches out and touches her. It's very cute.

There was a big thrown for the birthday girl to sit in so Anna decided to warm up her seat. :)

Anna had so much fun at the Jump Zone. She loves her Lindsey!

Anna and I rode in this small little ice cream truck. Anna didn't want to ride by herself so I squeezed in. Getting out was interesting!

Happy Birthday Lindsey Lou! We Love You!

A Trip to the Zoo

My parents from Fort Smith came down for a quick visit and we decided to go to the zoo. We tried to do this last time they were in town but it was raining. This time, the weather was perfect and Anna is now old enough to really enjoy it.

We rented one of the zoo wagons to carry her around in but since she preferred to either walk or pull the wagon herself, it was better served as something to haul our purses. But by the end of the day, she was ready to ride.




Her favorite animal was the "elfant"

We also rode the Carousel, which Anna was NOT a fan of. It surprised me and Kevin because she's such a little dare devil that we thought she'd love this, but she didn't. Luckily she had Grammy to hold on to.

Christmas threw up in our house!

We got a head start on Christmas decorating this year and started a week before Thanksgiving. (I got antsy!) This year was fun decorating because Anna was old enough to get involved and help. And she was a pro! She knew exactly what she was doing. Me, Kevin and Anna all decorated the family tree together and we had a good time doing it.

 

I stole a family tradition from Kevin's mom where each year I will get Anna a new Christmas ornament and hopefully try to relate it to something she's been in to that year. This year, I got her a Shrek and Donkey ornament because she LOVES Shrek. She watches it all the time so I thought it was fitting.

Like I said, Anna did a great job decorating. She only br4oke one ornament, which happens to be the one pictured below. She dropped it right after I took this picture:)

And here's our family tree.

And here's our other tree... the tree I won't let anyone touch or decorate! :)

I love Christmas!!!

Jacie's 4th Birthday Party

Here's Miss Jacie getting ready to blow out her candles.

Anna enjoying some birthday cake... YUM!!!

Here's all the kiddos! Anna's at the bottom trying to pop a wheelie!

All the cousins

The Fabulous Downey Sisters!

The Yarbrough Clan

Happy 4th Birthday Jacie! We Love You!

22 Months

I just realized that I haven't done Anna's 22 month update. She's pretty much doing the same stuff. Her vocabulary has gotten bigger and she's starting to form sentences. It's so funny hearing her say words that she doesn't quite get right. Kevin and I are always entertained. I guess the biggest adventure in our house is getting ready to potty train. Several kids in Anna's class are potty training or trained so we've been introducing the potty to her at home. She hasn't made any "masterpieces" in the potty yet but we're practicing. Last night all she wanted to do was sit on the potty. It was kinda funny because she would even pretend to wipe! Who knows, maybe by the time she's 2, we can say bye bye to diapers.

Randoms

Kevin brought home some flowers for his girls the other night. Anna thought they were very pretty.

I put the flowers at her table so she could watch them while she colored on her etch-a-sketch.

I bought Anna some sunglasses and ever since, the girl doesn't want to take them off!

I'm not kidding... This was her eating dinner last night!

My Little Ladybug

Halloween 2009

 
 

 Mommy Ladybug and Little Ladybug. (Little Ladybug was not real happy in this picture.)




Little Ladybug with her Witch Cousin Lindsey (I say that nicely:)