Anna Played Hard Today!

Here is a clip I thought you all might enjoy!

Anna just LOVES to play in her room! We actually hang out in there a lot. Today I was working on my computer and she was just cracking Neil and I up while she was playing on the floor. I thought it would be a great time to film her. She was making Neil and I laugh so much! She usually HATES to be on her tummy, but she was in such a good mood this afternoon, I thought we should try it. She doesn't get that much tummy time any more. While she was laying there eating her hands, she was rocking back and forth from one side to the other. She was trying to get her Little People in front of her. She loves her Little People. I guess they just fit in her little hands perfectly. She will chew on them for a long time and when she sees one she will reach out for it. So I put one out in front of her to see what she would do. She was wiggling around so much, I thought she might just find a way to get to it! And she did! She rolled! She does get sidetracked pretty easy, but eventually she did grab hold of it and chew on it.
It was so adorable to see how proud she got of herself. Although this is not the first time Anna has rolled over (I think the 7th of this month was) this is the first time she seemed to understand what she did. Well, she sure rolled this afternoon. She rolled all the way around her room until she ran into her giraffe. So I moved her and she rolled some more! SO CUTE!
I guess this means my tiny little baby is now mobile! Although I do wonder if she will remember how tomorrow. We will see! I can hardly wait to see what she will do!

How do you think?

So I had this conversation with Neil and his parents a few weeks back and I have been thinking about it ever since. And I was wondering what other people thought. Or to be more specific, how other people thought.

So here is the story. . .

We were sitting at the table and Anna was just "talking" up a storm and we were all watching her and laughing and enjoying her antics, when Pops (Neil's dad) said, "Do you think she (Anna) thinks she is saying all those words right?" So we asked what he meant and this is the jest from my own point of view. It is like when you hear someone speaking Chinese and you start to make the sounds and you think to yourself, "Wow I actually sound pretty close, I wonder if I said anything?" When you know in real life you sound like an idiot and no real words can out of your mouth in any language. Pops was wondering if babies were kind of like that. In that they hear us talking all the time and they don't "understand" the word, they just hear the sound. So when they start "talking" maybe they think they are pretty close to the real thing (of talking).
So that got us going on how babies think. And Neil said to his dad, "Do you think in words?" And his dad said well yeah.
So the next day we got in to the "How do you think?" conversation with James and Erica. We were talking about how to get to a restaurant and we were telling what we "saw" in our head when we hear the restaurants name (which was El Mariachi's on Churn Creek)(because I know you are going to want to know!)
So I think I have discovered that I don't see my thoughts, I actually just hear them, like someone (myself, I suppose) is talking in my head. (No need for jokes on that last comment thank you!) But Neil said he can see is thoughts.
So really I was wondering "HOW" do you think. Do you see pictures of the item or place? Is it in color or black and white? Do you see words or hear words? You know, whatever it is. I was just curious, because I am weird like that, my family will tell you. But really since I have been thinking about it for so long, I thought maybe other people would think it is interesting too.
So let me know not what you think of this, but how you think. Thanks!

Kissing Grandma!

Anna loves to kiss her grandma. It is the funniest thing because Dixie is the only one that Anna kisses on. They will just be sitting there or Dixie will be holding her and Anna will grab hold of Grandma's face with both hands and just plant one (or five) on her. She wiggles her little head around like she is making sure the kiss really sticks! It is so cute and just cracks us up! I was excited to finally get some pictures of it. They will even go back and forth. Anna will kiss Grandma and then Dixie will kiss Anna, then it is Anna's turn again. I think part of the funny part is that is actually tickles Dixie a little bit, so Anna can really get her laughing.

And because I had a few people tell me
they would like to see this picture bigger,
I am putting it on here again. Enjoy!

Not 30, Nope Not Yet!

But oh so close! Neil had his 29th birthday this last weekend. We had a ton of fun. There were so many people we wanted to invite, we had to spread it out over more than one night. And we still didn't get to fit everyone. I guess our new home isn't as big as we hoped! :) It was nice to have a nice kitchen to cook in and I love the bar, because people can sit and talk to you while I am getting stuff ready. We really need some taller bar stools though. The ones we have are a might bit short. But better than nothing.

I made Neil a camo cake for his birthday and put a turkey feather on a arrow going through his candles. It turned out really cute. 
I am really looking forward to doing bar-be-ques this summer.(On a side note I think I figured out how I want to theme Anna's first birthday party, but it is still under construction in my head. Is it too early to be thinking about that?)            

Anna got to meet her Aunt Martha for the first time this weekend too. She is Neil's dad's sister and she lives in Arkansas. It was so nice to finally get together with her. She loves to love on the babies in the family and it is so cute to see her loving on Anna. Apparently Anna even has her feet.

We also got to take a cousin picture. Almost all of Anna's cousins were here. We were just missing Curtiss and Craig, they live in Arkansas too. We had them all pile on our new bed and I just snapped away. I love little Anna's face in this picture. And lets admit it she is the one I am most interested in. I mean isn't everyone? 

So I know that you want to see pictures of the house so here you go. Here is one of the kitchen and the dining room. A view of the living room from the front door and of course the cutest room in our house, Anna's room. It is not done yet,  I still want to do some painting in there, but the bedding is all done (thanks to Dixie!) And then there is a cute picture of Anna just to finish things off nicely. Enjoy!

I mean look at how cute she is! She is loving her new room! 

It is so much fun to watch her play in there. She is sitting pretty good now.

Still a little wobbly!

What A Mess!!!

Have you ever heard a baby laugh? Just out and out chuckle? I think it is the best sound ever! Neil can get Anna really going some times. It is so sweet.
Well, I know that you have all been wondering at my lack of posts, and I am sorry. I am actually using Dixie's internet right now. We still don't have ours set up. We do have phone now though, which is nice. We got such crappy cell service at our house!
So we are moved into our house and there are boxes everywhere right now. I am hoping to get it some what cleaned up by this weekend for Neil's birthday! He is going to be 29 on Saturday. It is so strange to think I have known him for 13 years. And I love him more today than I ever thought possible. He is such a great husband.
It has been fun watching him be a Dad. When Anna was first born I think he had a hard time relating to her, because all she did was sleep and eat (and that was all me.) But know that she is babbling and laughing and playing, he has really starting enjoying her. It is so cute to she her light up when he walks by. And it is even cuter for me to see him smile back.
Well, I will post pictures of our cute house when I get interenet again. Hopefully that will only be a few days.

Tata for now.