31 Weeks Old

Anna is sleeping through the night really well lately, probably because she won't nap during the day. Getting her to bed at night is going much smoother too, again, probably because she's exhausted. She hasn't really even fussed the last three nights, just chattered to her puppy for a few minutes and fell asleep on her side cuddling him.

She likes books, and likes being read to, but doesn't quite have the patience to sit on our laps through a whole story without trying to eat the book.

Hi everyone!

30 Weeks Old

At the end of the week Anna will be 7 months old. It's gone by so fast. She takes in so much of what's going on, it amazes me sometimes. She'll watch us using something, set it down, and she'll reach for it either immediately or as soon as she thinks we won't notice. Such as our cell phones, TV remotes, clothes, and keys.

She can balance on her hands and knees for about 10 seconds, but hasn't started rocking on them yet. We went to breakfast with my mom, Grandma Sonia, and Grandpa Tom yesterday. She was an absolute angel. She sat in the high chair and ate her cinnamon, raisin granola baby food and then just watched all the people. She's a charmer, and just smiled at everyone.

We visited Kelly's parents on Saturday. Anni's afraid of her Grandpa Brent. She cried whenever he tried to hold her or came too close. I just think she needs to spend more time around him and she'll warm right up.

29 Weeks Old

Anni is sick. We've been very lucky that she's been so healthy so far. She's fevering off and on, peaking at about 102 last night. Now she's got a horrible runny nose and is tired, cranky, and has the chills.

Poor little thing, it just breaks my heart to see her miserable, but she's being a trooper. She's just oozing from every orifice. Her eyes are runny, her nose is beyond runny, I think it's gone to triathlon, and she's drooling like crazy.

We gave her one of the baby teething cookies the on Saturday. She really seemed to enjoy it, but halfway through a little piece broke off and we had to take it away from her. She's getting closer and closer to crawling. She bounces on her hands when she sits and can push herself backward a few inches on her tummy. If she's on our bed or a slick floor she can push herself around in a circle to get to her toys.

28 Weeks Old

Our little monkey has started laughing at funny faces and noises now, not just tickling. It's strange what she finds funny. She laughed at Kelly sneezing yesterday and at me laughing at her. Anna is so close to crawling! She gets her legs under her when she lies on her tummy and pushes forward with her feet, but just ends up pushing her face into the carpet. When she's sitting and her toys are out of reach she'll rock forward and reach as far as she can. Sometimes she reaches too far and falls on her face. She hasn't quite worked out all the mechanics of it, but it won't be long. I'm putting a poll on the sidebar for when everyone thinks she's going to crawl. Army crawling counts. I'm going to say that any kind of mobility counts.

She's started growling and grunting to let us know that she's annoyed rather than just crying. She learned to spit really well today.

27 Weeks Old

Anni's been a handful all week. Her vaccines must have made her feel horrible. She's finally starting to be herself again, but has gotten really clingy.

Naps are still a challenge, but it's getting easier. She fell asleep on her bear this afternoon. Don't worry, I took the bear away after I took the picture. She's not smothering herself, I promise.

The new baby foods are hit or miss. We're going to keep trying, of course, but she's definitely got an opinion about which ones she likes and which ones she doesn't. She doesn't seem to like the super sweet ones, which is a good thing, and is iffy on meat mixes. She loves cinnamon, raisin granola and turkey with sweet potatoes. She hated the chicken and apples and pulled some really funny faces at guava.

She loves her new jumperoo at great Grandma's but I'll let her take the pictures of that. It's just too cute.

26 Weeks

Anna has added "Dada" into her repertoire of babble. It's her new favorite, and Kelly's too. I'm trying to get "Mama" in there, but with no success.

According to Grandma Sonia, she's not enjoying green beans now either. I guess green equals gross. I mixed some peaches with a bowl of rice cereal tonight, and she really loved it. She stole the spoon from me on the last bite, so I just let her try to feed herself and play with it. There was a messy result, but she had fun, and that's the important part.

Her 6 month old check up in on Wednesday. She really seems to be putting on the pounds, so I'm hoping that she's gone from the 25th percentile to the 50th.

Her medicine is working more and more all the time, she barely spits up at all anymore. It may just be from the solids, or just because she's getting older, but I'm putting my money on the medicine.

No Peas Please!

Anna officially hates peas. Apparently that face that I pull when something tastes gross is hereditary. I didn't quite capture it, but it was spot on!