Monday, June 29, 2009

Sunday, June 21, 2009

11 Months Old

We are so close so big changes! One month and Anni gets whole milk instead of formula and gets to ride in a front facing car seat. She loves cheese in all forms. String cheese is her favorite, and Mama's favorite for her to eat because it doesn't end up all over her like the grated cheese did here.
She's walks around furniture and will take a few steps with help, but doesn't like to. She jabbers and almost seems to have put words to people. Mama and Dada, of course, Papa for Grandpas, Nana for Grandmas, but those two aren't very reliable yet. It's hit or miss, so I don't think she's really figured it out completely.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Alaska!

I've been meaning to post this for a week, so sorry about that! It's been busy and Anni hasn't wanted to let Kelly or me out of her sight! When we first picked her up, she wasn't sure what to do. She just stared at us with a smile, then crawled back and forth between us for the rest of the day. Grandma LeAnn taught her to play patty cake, it's just darling.

Here is the Seattle coastline, taken as the ship was pulling out of the harbor.
Here's a great pic of Addison being shy before she got used to us. By the end of the trip she was dragging me and Kelly around everywhere.

Kelly and I on the first formal night.

Kelly and I coming into Juneau.

Downtown Juneau

Our ship, the Golden Princess, from the tram.

At the top of the tram.My hand in a cast of a brown bear paw. It's huge and it's not even a grizzly! A native totem carved into a tree.See? There is snow in Alaska!A caboose in Skagway, Alaska.This is the drill they used to drill through the mountain.Smuggler's Cove in SkagwaySailing through Endicott ArmKetchikan, AlaskaNot enough land to build a road? No problem. We'll just put one on the water.All the houses are up on the side of the mountain, so they have street signs on staircases. Crazy!This bald eagle just swooped in and perched 20 feet from us on the dock.Addison and Abigail love to dance!Grandma's 90th birthday celebration.Our last stop!Victoria, CanadaJust for Sid