Baby of Mine

Anni is really getting the hang of walking. She gets faster and more coordinated every day. She walked all the way from the couch, across the living room, and down the hall into her room today, with out falling. It was impressive.

In a way it's kind of sad, but she's a toddler now. She looks like a toddler, not a baby, and she's acting like a toddler too. She throws tantrums, won't eat, and does things just because we told her not too. It's a good thing she's cute.

Baby Hazing

Anni has officially initiated Kelly and I into parenthood. She had a diaper blowout during her evening nap, and decided to paint her crib with it. It was smeared across her face, in her hair, and all over her feet.

I called Kelly in to come and see what she'd done. He took her clothes, bedding, and Woofie and put them in the wash while I did the same with her. She laughed through her whole bath.

If she weren't so cute most of the time, I'd have been really upset. She didn't know better, and I did the same at her age, so we'll just continue on and not feed her corn anymore.In other news, Kelly's doing great in school, work is going well, and Anni seems to do well at daycare.

13 Months Old

Anni is walking on her own now, not just when we coax her. She'll do it when she's carrying something or when she wants to get from one thing to another and there's nothing to hold on to.

She's screaming like a banshee right now, but normally goes to bed really well and is taking her naps without us cuddling her to sleep.She loves to eat grown up food with us and does really well with it. If she doesn't like it, she pulls it out of her mouth and hands it to me. It's frustrating sometimes.She loves our nightly walks and will just sit in her pack and watch everything go by. We walked through the Catholic Missionary Retreat/convent next to our apartment the other day and she was just jabbering up a storm. There was a little nun praying as we rounded a corner, so we tried to hush Anni, which of course, makes her louder. Poor lady, she didn't seem to notice though.

Our New Home

Bye-Bye Grandma and Grandpa

We have arrived. The trip was long and boring, but we made it without incident. We left at 9:30pm, drove through the night and arrived at our new apartment at about 1:30pm. We unloaded everything and just kind of crashed. We've been putting everything away through the week and just have a few clothes and odds and ends left. Kelly's parent's, Ross, Lesa, and Nate came up with us. We couldn't have done it without them, they were just awesome.

The view from our side balcony

Looking from our living room toward the kitchen and hallways Grandma and Anni in baby's room Our room and bathroom

Our living room

Lesa in our tiny kitchen

Anni is having a hard time adjusting, but it getting better now. She's finally figured out that she has free run of the house and can go where ever she wants.

We live right next door to a nature preserve, so we go walking there almost every night.

I got the job at the Lowe's in Portland, it's my same position, so I'm really happy about that. I start on Saturday.

Kelly had his orientation on Monday and got his uniforms. He starts class on Monday, he's really excited.

Kelly got me a webcam for my birthday, so we are set up on Skype. Video chats await!