Annabelle - Four Months Old!

Annie is four months old! The time has gone by so quickly! Below is a photo of Annie, hanging out and sucking her thumb, with her dad on October 1st!

Next is a photo from October 2nd of Annie napping on her play mat, after rolling over a bunch of times and pulling her frog...which makes him sing! She is constantly rolling from her back to her tummy. She can't yet roll right back onto her back, so after several minutes of trying, I'll roll her back for her. Then, I turn away for a second, turn back and realize she's already rolled back onto her tummy! She's quick!!

Playtime is awfully tiring! She spends a lot of time on her mat, as we are trying to get her to roll over from her tummy onto her back. She has done it twice, so far! In the next week or two, she'll start rolling that way a lot more consistently!

Here is a picture of Annie on the couch! I propped her up against some pillows...and she flopped right over! So, I ran and grabbed the camera! You can really see her red hair in this photo!

Here are two photos of Annie on October 3rd! She is just too cute!!

Here are three photos of Annie on October 5th - her 4 month birthday!! She loves it when her feet are bare and she can play with her toes!!

She also LOVES to look at fans!! Any kind of fan...it doesn't even need to be turned on! She will just stare and giggle at the fan!!

Arizona 2009

On September 11th, we took Annabelle on her first vacation! We went to Scottsdale for a week! It was a fantastic vacation! Annabelle rolled over for the first time in Arizona, and Mike and I were standing over her, watching in awe as she rolled from her back onto her tummy!


Above is a picture of Annie on the plane, on the way to Arizona! We were lucky...the plane wasn't full, so she got her own seat! On the way home, we weren't so lucky...the plane was full. So, Annie got to sit on our laps, while her car seat was stowed in the belly of the plane.

At night we would walk to the Kierland Commons, which has a bunch of restaurants and shopping...an outdoor mall basically. Annie spent most of her time outside in the morning and evening. In the middle of the day, we mostly hibernated inside!

We spent a lot of time in the hot tub in the morning! It was probably 80+ degrees outside, but the pool was a bit cool in the morning.

It was Mike's mission to see how many times he could go down the waterslide! He had some competition over the weekend from some little kids - who would cut in front of Mike in the waterslide line. They didn't take him seriously! During the week, he pretty much had the slide to himself!

Annie spent a lot of time poolside! She got splashed a few times when her dad decided to do cannonballs into the pool!

Annie got a new toy from "Peek...Aren't You Curious" in Scottsdale! The little duck, whom we have named "Mr. Quackers"! She likes to hold him, since he is extremely soft!


As soon as we got settled into our room, on the first day, we put our swimsuits on and headed to the hotel portion of the resort. The hotel's set of pools includes a lazy river (as well as a second waterslide - which Mike couldn't resist!). Annie enjoyed the lazy river. She would fall asleep on Mike after a few laps!