10 Months Old

Annika is her mother's daughter. Our girl loves dirt, grass, and just generally being outside. She likes to feed herself and to eat with everyone at dinnertime, but isn't a big fan of mashed potatoes yet.

She loves her baby cheetoes!

Family Pictures

For my Mother's Day gift, I wanted family pictures. One of my good friends from high school, Lyndee, offered to take some for us. She did a great job, although Kelly doesn't like how he looks. These are a few of my favorites.

9 Month Pediatrician Visit

Annika is as healthy as a horse. She's 27 3/4 inches tall and weighs 17.4 pounds. She's totally average on her height and head size, but weighs less than 3/4 of the baby girls her age. We're allowed to start giving her eggs, cheese, and yogurt now.

She got another flu shot and only cried until Kelly picked her up, but we had to get her finger pricked to get her iron level tested and she cried for a long time over that one. We haven't heard anything back from that test, so her iron level is fine.

It always makes me smile when nurses and technicians that work with children every day stop and tell us that our baby is beautiful.

We have Anni's one year appointment and then we'll be in Portland and will have to find another pediatrician.

Good Java

Since Anni loves dogs so much, and Ross is tired of being alone while we're at work all day, we all pitched in and got a new family member. Java is a 3 month old, purebred chocolate lab. (Java comes from his color, of course, but is also a nod to Ross's computer programming.) He's a bit on the hyper side, but I guess that's just a normal puppy thing. The only dog I ever had was Poncho, and he was the same age as me. We're working on training. He knows sit, but doesn't always listen. Stay is coming along slowly (no pun intended), and heel is working pretty well. He still pulls a little when we go for walks, but no where near as much as he did at first. He whined and cried a lot the first few days, but he wasn't used to being alone. He's got a few good toys now and some bones to chew on and is doing better. He loves playing tug-o-war and chewing on his rawhide bones. Anni loves him, but we don't dare let him get too close yet because he still nips a little bit when he gets excited.

9 Months Old

Anni is 9 months old now. She talks constantly, and crawls very quickly when she wants something. She won't crawl if she thinks one of us will pick her up and carry her. She sleeps for about 11 hours every night, and only wakes up if her teeth bother her. She has her 2 front bottom teeth and is working on a third one, but we're not sure where yet.

She says a few words, like Mama, Dada, Baba, and Anna, but I don't think she knows what they mean yet. Her bouncer and her stuffed puppy are still her very favorite toys.

Cousins

Kelly, Sarah, Abigail, and Josh came to visit yesterday. Josh is huge! Sarah said he weighs about 24 pounds, we think Anni weighs about 18. Her 9 month appointment is on Monday the 4th. Abigail just loved Anna, and played with her quite a bit.

Josh is doing everything faster than our Anni. Crawling, standing, walking, you name it. That's okay though, we love our little monster no matter what. :)

New Friends

I spent my day yesterday visiting friends with Anni. First, we went to see Sharlott and baby Skye. She's about a month or so old now, but is still just tiny. Anni thought she was pretty cool, but didn't compare to the dogs. Anni loves dogs. Sharlott has a black lab and a black... something. Anna just squealed and bounced while they barked and ran around, but wouldn't pet them. They were just too big.Then we went to see my friend from work, Rachel. She has a cat and a little Pomeranian. Anni liked the cat, but adored the puppy. She tried to pet him and wasn't scared at all.

She's going to be a little animal lover.