36 Weeks Old

Anni learned to click her tongue this week. It confused the heck out of me, I couldn't figure out where the noise was coming from at first. We introduced her to Bear a few days ago. (For those of you who don't know about Bear: my grandma Sonia gave me a teddy bear when I was born. Being the creative child I was, he was named "Bear." Bear went EVERYWHERE with me for years. Mom had to re-sew his nose and smile several times because I loved them, quite literally, to pieces. He had more frequent flyer miles than most people. He went with me to college and almost went to my wedding, I elected not to take him then because I was afraid he'd get lost.) We haven't given Bear to Anni because I didn't want her to puke on him or love him into any more pieces than he's already in. She smiled at him and laughed. She cuddled him up to her face and chewed on his ear. I guess any friend of Mommy's is a friend of hers.

Little Miss has handled the move like a champ. She was afraid of Ross the first day, but warmed up enough that they watched half of Robin Hood together. When I brought her home tonight she smiled and played with him for about a half hour before bedtime.

35 Weeks Old

Busy week! Moving with a baby is definitely a challenge. She's getting into everything, I can't imagine what it's going to be like when she can crawl.

34 Weeks Old

The hot discussion at Lowe's (and at Kelly's Grandma's) the other day was: "Who does the baby look like?" The new poll for the next few weeks will be just that. My answer is: Annika. However, depending on the angle and the circumstances, she does look a lot like the two of us.

I know I've given Kelly this particular look quite frequently.

People comment all the time that she's such a happy baby. The only baby I've really ever been around for an extended period of time is her, so I just assume all babies are like that.

At the moment she's being a sweet angel and watching her cartoons while we wind down for the night. DVR is a wonderful invention, right up there with TV on demand. We can watch her shows whenever we want. It's great.

33 Weeks Old

Anni is getting more and more personality every day. It seems like she learns something new every day too, usually some new way of manipulating us into doing what she wants. She knows what the camera is and pulls funny faces when she braces herself for the flash, so it's getting harder to get a cute picture of her. She knows exactly what her bottles and jars of baby food are and gets so excited when she sees them. Her hair is just growing like crazy, but it's still just as blond as can be, so it's hard to see.She adores her Daddy, and loves playing with him. He can make her laugh much better than I can, maybe because he plays rougher. She yells at him when she's had enough though. Anni's still not crawling, but she can get where ever she wants to on the bed. She rolls, squirms, and pushes with her feet until she gets what she wants. She won't do it on the floor, just on our bed. She must not like how hard the floor is.

32 Weeks Old

Our little chatterbox is the sweetest baby! I love coming home and watching her face light up when she sees me.

Stranger anxiety is starting to kick up, but only with men. She was fine with the girls in the apartment complex's office, but started crying as soon as the maintenance guy smiled at her. Sid came by on Saturday and she was ok with him from a distance, but cried when he held her. We went to see Sid's mom and sister on Wednesday last week and Anna sat on Kami's lap, just happy as a clam the whole time.

She's learning new tricks all the time, such as taking off her diaper. I don't think she means to do it, she just likes playing with the Velcro tabs and ends up opening them.

She's still working on mobility, but nothing within about a 3 foot radius is safe. She's learned how to get to her tummy from sitting and can wiggle and stretch to get what she wants from there.

She loves her feet and likes to suck on them and tries to hold her bottle with them.