Anna has such a playful personality and cute sense of humor. She loves playing peek-a-boo, hiding, and trying to get you to chase her and tickle her. Anna loves climbing into and sitting in "kid" chairs and climbing up on Jacob's bed. She thinks it is super fun to stand on Jacob's bed, jump in the air and land on her bottom boucing on the mattress. I put a stop to that REAL QUICK! She's now learned to enjoying crawling around his bed and "sliding" down the mattress to the floor. Anna is very agreeable and listens when I tell her no....for now.
Anna loves, loves, loves baby dolls! She loves hugging them, pushing them in strollers, and carrying them around. Every time we drop Jacob off at school she runs over to the babies and brings them to me. She is so cute with her babies and especially loves the one we gave her for her first birthday. Anna also loves balls, riding on cars, push toys, and taking things out of containers and putting a few things back. Here Anna is riding on the car with her baby!
Anna loves being outside and often walks to the back door to "request" that we go outside . She loves to swing, slide, explore, and be on stroller or trike rides . She has recently discovered sidewalk chauk and bubbles and thinks both are super fun!
Anna's not too into books these days as she'd much rather be exploring. About half the time she enjoys books before bed and especially likes "Mirror Me", her books with one word and picture, "touch and feel" books, and those with peek-a-boo flaps.
Anna is happy to give kisses when requested and in response to all the kisses we give her. She's also starting to initiate giving kisses first especially when I'm taking her to bed. Here she is giving Jacob a kiss! She's such a sweet girl!
Anna continues to be a "Mommy's Girl" but also loves her Daddy, Jacob, and Nana. She's also really warmed up to Gramps and Uncle David in the past month and is doing much better at the church nursery. She screams like crazy when we drop her off but they assure us that she stops after a few minutes and has a good time playing until she sees parents coming in to pick up their little ones.
Anna thinks it is so funny to offer a piece of food to me and then right before I chomp on it, take it away, stick it in her mouth, and laugh. She's a great eater and enjoys most veggies and fruits but especially loves her carbs. Her favorites are Cinnamon Oatmeal Squares, cinnamon raisin english muffins, pasta, and the occassional sweet treat.
Anna sleeps 12-13 hours at night and takes one nap lasting 1.5-3 hours. She sleeps with a paci in her mouth, a paci in her hand and her baby beside her. She also has her bear, piggy, T-Bone, and Cheer Bear in her crib. When she wakes in the morning she loves to lay around for awhile or sit up and play with her baby and animals. We've learned she likes having her alone time and does not want to us to get her until she stands up in her crib and starts "talking" to us.
Anna is becoming quite the communicator! She says Mommy, Daddy, Jacob (well, something I know is Jacob), Nana, baby, ball, boy, and mine. She shakes her head no, walks to the refrigerator and calls to me when she wants her milk, waves bye-bye if she is ready to go to sleep and we're still playing, and takes me to the diaper wipes if she has a really stinky diaper. Anna also loves gabbing gibberish and I'm pretty confident she is going to be quite chatty once she gets talking down.
Our sweet Anna is so much fun and we are so excited about getting to know more of her personality as she grows. We love, love, love our Anna!!!
Oh sweet Anna is growing up so fast! Evie used to be the same way - loving her alone time in the crib. She still likes for us to wait until she calls for us. I love how little girls love their baby dolls. I like carbs too - that might be a girl thing! Anna is so adorable!
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