March Madness

Anyone who lives in Wisconsin (or anywhere in the midwest) will tell you that winter is long. Some make the best of it with skiing and sledding and cross country skiing. But even those people are starting to get squirmy right now. And those of us with small people in our homes may be even more itchy to get out. This mom definitely is. Annabelle will love to get outside...all kinds of new things to discover and touch and inevitably, put in her mouth. Oh, and the parks, so many, so little time.

But we did our best to make the best out of winter. One of the keys to our sanity in January and February was swim class. That's right...Annabelle took swim class at 6 months old. Through that class and Book Babies at the library, we made some new friends. Here is Annabelle with Kallyn and Sawyer (and mommys Denyal and Caitlyn).

We have had playdates and lunch dates and visitors. Recently, I agreed to do some subbing at a local private school where Annabelle will be at the childcare right in the building.

But between now (Annabelle is 8 months old) and the last time I posted, so much more has happened. I was able to pump until Annabelle was six months and she had milk until her 7th month. Though I wish she was still receiving milk...life is much less complicated now. Formula has one thing going for it - convenience. Not a selling point, but definitely a plus. Adding solids was a breeze with this little hungry monster...she loves to eat, and in particular loves to feed herself.

Annabelle has so much personality. She's clapping (well, really close), standing, pushing herself around, chatting, and so much more. Her personality is becoming more apparent the older she gets. She loves people! And that is an understatement. She loves to sleep, but wakes up with a smile. Bath time is the highlight of her day. Here is a video of her attempting patty cake with her Grandma L.


Hopefully as I keep up, my writing will be more eloquent or at least, interesting. For now, I just wanted to get an update on here.

The anniversary of my grandmother's death just passed. Here is what I had to say about that: http://www.carpentertradition.blogspot.com/.