16 Months

Anna is such a fun little spirit - full of smiles, hugs, kisses, words, curiosity, and energy!

Babbling Baby - Anna has a lot of baby babble going on these days.  It is fun to put together a few words + pointing + a little babble and make up stories.  Even Kate and Max are convinced they know what she is trying to say most of the time. She really seems to understand a lot of what we say to her and follows simple directives. She hollers for the kids especially "Bax".  

Our little teaser! She is constantly trying to play games with us - peek-a-boo, hide-n-seek, give/take away, "you can't get me" and other silliness that just makes us laugh.

Good Little Eater - Anna eats pretty much everything the kids eat in smaller pieces.  She loves black beans. 

Reader -  Anna has a few books that she will sit all the way through.  It's Time for Bed is definitely her favorite.  She absolutely loves the new guy at story time who is like Raffi in person!

Player - Anna easily entertains herself in the playroom for 30+minutes at a time and like our neighbor says, "she never stops at anything for more than a minute." She works her way through the playroom circuit, briefly exploring every little thing and emptying out all the bins. 

Mover - She gets around just fine on her own cruising, pushing things (like chairs, push toys and tables), crawling, and doing the "crab walk".  She loves climbing in and out of kid chairs.

Anna LOVES spending time outside exploring, getting dirty, drawing with chalk, pushing things around, climbing on top of the picnic table, trying to catch bubbles and chasing Kate & Max.

 

Peep

Mimi and Pop Pop brought little wind-up chicks for the kids.  Anna really got a kick playing with them. She puts them on her highchair tray and feeds them little bits of her food.  When Anna is napping, Kate keeps them in a chicken coop she made.

Doctor Visit

Kate & Max had their 4-year check-ups.  Everyone did great, can see and hear, answered all the questions, offered more random information/details than Dr. Best probably ever wanted to know, Max taught the Doctor how to write his name, they drew pictures and got all their shots updated.  Kate is 3' 3'' & 31lb 15.5oz.  Max is 3'4'' & 35lb 4.4oz.

We celebrated with a little lunch date to their favorite place, Panera, and went on a long walk, in the rain, singing songs and being silly.  I love these little moments with my sweet kiddos.

Downward Dog

Weird Weather

Yesterday it was 64 degrees today it is 33 and snowing...

Progress!

Anna decided to start standing on her own this week.

More Help...

...than I know what to do with.

Visions of Valentine's

Preschool Party

Valentine's for our friends thanks to ideas from pinterest!

Peter started a tradition last year of giving Kate a flower and Max a book....

 Anna's first flower (eatable just in case)

Quiet Quality Time with my Love

Update: Peter surprised me with a fabulous Date Night at An Friday! :)

Sending All Our Love!

A Day of Celebration

This has been the most marvelous day, filled with all the kids favorites and a few extra special surprises.

The kids started with their choice of breakfast - Kate wanted a mixture of all the cereals in our pantry and Max wanted Chex ONLY.

Then it was off to preschool...and we were excited about the fun surprises we had brought in for their classmates! Thanks to Uncle Matt, we had this really awesome pirate ship to play with and color.

Keeping with our Peter Pan theme, we made activity booklets, clothespin magnets, and mini puzzles for each student.

Play Time with Neighbors

Special Dinner Request Delivered by Dad

*Panera Mac&Cheese and Apple*

Cupcakes

Gifts

Special Presentation - Pocahontas

Story Time

We love you Kate and Max.

You fill our days and hearts with so much love and happiness.