Annie's First Christmas!

We had such a wonderful first Christmas with Annie this year! It was so fun getting all of her presents from Santa ready on Christmas Eve night! I think Mitch and I were more excited on Christmas morning than we have been in years! Annie was more interested in playing with her Santa toys and didn't really care to open the ones we had wrapped for her! Oh well!

We spent Christmas morning at our house and then went to my parents on Christmas night. Santa had visited her there too! We are going to Kentucky next weekend to see Mitch's family and celebrate Christmas with them! We hope everyone had a great Christmas!

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11 months and counting!

We can't believe that Christmas is almost here and Annie will be a year old in a week and a half! Where does all the time go? It seems like every time we turn around she is doing something new!

She loves to chase Mitch and I around the house! She is such a fast crawler we don't know if she will every want to walk! She giggles and laughs the whole time! She also loves it when we chase her. She turns her head to make sure we are still coming and then cracks up as she heads to another room! Annie also thinks our dog Biscuit likes to play chase. Unfourtunately for Biscuit she doesn't! Annie crawls towards Biscuit's bed and Biscuit gets up off of it to go to another room. When she walks by Annie, Annie thinks Biscuit is chasing her and she laughs and turns to go to another room too. Then, poor Biscuit turns back around to go to her bed and the cycle continues! It is really funny to watch because Annie has no idea that the dog is trying to get away from her!

All Annie wants for Christmas is her two front teeth to come all the way in! They are there, you can see them but, they are still tiny! We can't wait to see what she will look like with top teeth! We have gotten so used to just the bottom two!

We are looking forward to spending Christmas with our sweet little girl this year! We hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!

Christmas Fun!

Annie met Santa for the first time last week! She did so good! She checked him out at first; I think she was wondering what was on his face! Then, she just sat with him and giggled at the camera!

Annie waved at people on their floats during the Christmas parade! I really think she was trying to shake her big mitten off her hand! Either way it was still cute!

Mitch's Skydive!!

If you can't tell by his face, he loved it! He already wants to go again!

Yah, he landed on his feet! I filmed the jump and fall so, I only have pictures of him safely on the ground!

All geared up and waiting to get on the plane.

Mitch and Annie before the big jump!

Halloween 2008

Annie trick-or-treating at Nana and Papa's house.

The prettiest flower I've ever seen!


We gave our pumpkin the same two bottom teeth as Annie!

The easiest way to carve a pumpkin! Seriously, it took two minutes!

Annie liked touching the mushy pumpkin. She wanted to eat it!

A Day at the Pumpkin Patch!

Last Sunday we went to a pumpkin patch and corn maze. We took a hayride out to the corn maze which was pretty big and confusing but, we made it out! Then, we took the hayride back and picked some pumpkins from the patch. They had all kinds of farm animals to see and we even witnessed a pig race. That's right, I said a pig race! It was a great day and the weather was beautiful! Happy Fall!

If you look close in the top picture you can see Annie's two teeth!

Recent Pics of Annie

We've been super busy lately and I haven't been able to find time to blog so here it goes. Annie is all over the place these days. She is a super speedy crawler and will pull up on just about anything. These things include furniture, cabinets, our legs, the dog and just about anything else she can get her little hands on! She is also quite the chatterbox. She says "Dada" all the time and talks VERY loudly especially on quiet Sunday afternoons when Mitch and I are trying to relax on the couch! She has the custest giggle and sometimes she even snorts! Which makes it even cuter! The other day she was giggling and fell over sideways from laughing so hard!

We went to see Dr. Johnson last week and Annie weighed in at 18lbs. and 8 oz. Not quite the 20 we were hoping for so that we could put her in the "big girl" car seat but, she will be there in no time. Especially with all the carbs she likes to eat! We have started on table foods recently and since she only has one tooth we weren't sure what all she could eat. We've really only been giving her breads and crackers and she loves them!

Here are some pictures from the past month. I can't believe how fast she has grown!