Friday, October 31, 2008

Birthday Gifts Galore!

For her birthday, Anna received so many wonderful gifts. Though we cannot post them all here, I wanted to share some highlights.



Aunt Robin sent a card where you can record a message with your own voice, then play it back. Anna Kate loves listening to this card over and over. It feels like Robin is here most of the day :)



Robin also sent a precious backpack. My baby is all ready for school. How cute!





Anna's great grandmother Freddie gave her a new sweater and hat. Bring on the cold weather!



Nana and Ab got her some very cute outfits and a precious pink chair (to be pictured soon).



GranJan and Grandpa gave her a whole set of musical instruments and a walk along toy that converts to a ride along toy. She is a regular music player.



Thank you so much for all your sweet gifts! More to be posted later...

Awesome Hair Day

The other morning Anna woke up with this too good to be true faux-hawk hairdo. I had to take a picture as she was eating breakfast. Then even after some serious smoothing with water, that little piece refused to go down. She is still sporting some awesome hair at Costco later that day. By the way, has anyone seen this pretend horse? It looks very real and acts like a real horse (except for the galloping part). Anna loved it...a natural equestrian at heart!

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Picking a Pumpkin

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Happy First Birthday, Anna Kate!

On Sunday, Anna Kate turned one year old! Both of her grandparents and a great grandmother came in town to celebrate with us. We had a cupcake party on Sunday afternoon where some of her friends and ours played a cake walk game, had a cupcake decorating contest, opened a cupcake pinata, ate cake, and opened presents. We had a great time! Anna loved her cake, though at first, she did not exactly know what to do and kept looking at me for guidance :) We are so thrilled to be parents of a one year old!

Here are some pictures of her big day! We will also try to post some more soon of our lives lately.

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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Pumpkins at Home

Anna Kate got a little pumpkin to bring home from our pumpkin patch adventure. Here are some pictures of her playing with it at our house. I love the ones where she starts reaching for the camera!

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Apple Farm

A few weeks ago we visited an apple farm in Julian, a city east of San Diego and up a mountain. It was chilly but we pushed through the cold to gather some apples from the trees. We had a great time picking fruit with our friend Abby. Anna Kate loved licking the apples to get the juice out. Once she had one, she was hooked, which is why you see with an apple in every single picture. They let you eat while you pick, so by the time we finished picking, we were done with apples for a while. I still have half a basket sitting in my kitchen awaiting consumption. What a fun fall activity!

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Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Pumpkin Patch

Last weekend we got to visit a small pumpkin patch out in the country. Here are some adorable pictures of Anna wandering around the pumpkins. Sorry there are so many, I couldn't decide which to post so I included all of them!

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Milk Mustache

So you must be wondering why Anna is sporting this too good to be true milk mustache...



Well the answer is that Anna Kate is a big girl now! Once she stopped nursing, she did not look back and made sure we knew that she was grown up. This girl won't take a bottle or a sippy cup of milk, so her milk comes to her in a bowl. Yes, you read right. The only way she will drink it is through a shallow bowl from IKEA. So after each feeding, she shows us her smile through the milky white on her upper lip. Hard to resist this little cutie!

Monday, October 6, 2008

Kleenex Exploration

When Anna had a cold a few weeks ago, we kept a kleenex box handy to wipe her nose when those big sneezes came. Apparently, she found the box too and had a ball taking all the kleenexes from the box. Though I knew we would have to clean up the mess, I had to capture a few photos first.

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Thursday, October 2, 2008

Changing of the Seasons



Time to put away the Padres gear...



And get ready to cheer on the Chargers!