A day at the Lake

Neil and I are not big crowd people, so a day at the lake is not something we ever do! But Neil had a day off in the middle of the week a few weeks ago and I thought it sounded fun. It was way late in the swimming season, so I figured it wouldn't be that crowded. We drove out to Whiskeytown and down to Brandy Creek. We packed a whole bunch of snacks and our inner tube. Which mostly sat on the shore. There were maybe two other people out at the lake so it was perfect in that respect. The water was freezing though! Anna let me put her toes in and then she was done! So we mostly just sat on our blanket on the shore and played. It was nice to just be together as a little family for a while. Neil had been in Idaho for 11 days and Anna and I missed him very much! It was something I think both she and I needed! To just be with him for a little while.
We got some great pictures of Anna. It is so funny to me how much she actually likes being with Neil and I. I mean you hope your kid loves you, but when they prefer you, it is just kind of sweet and comforting. Most of the time. I am just so excited with how much she loves Neil. It is just the cutest thing when he comes home from work and she gets so animated about seeing him. She crawls around laughing trying to hide from him, but keeps looking back to make sure he is following her. I thought I would be sad when the baby "baby" stage was over, but I am loving where she is so much! I wouldn't want to go back at all. I am starting to really look forward to another baby (which is kind of unavoidable at this stage in the game!) I actually keep forgetting that I am pregnant. With Anna it always seemed to be on my mind, and I think I was showing a lot sooner with her. I know you are supposed to show sooner the more children you have, but I really think it was the other way around for me. Of course my mom pointed out that I was quite a bit heavier when I got pregnant with Anna. :) Which is very true. But I am 19 weeks today and still wearing my regular pants. They are getting a little snug though.

Oh we do have our first (and only!) sonogram on Nov 5th. We are going to try and find out what the baby is (boy? or girl?) but I will only be 21 weeks, so we might not get to! :( If we don't get to I might beg for another sonogram, but my doctor said she often doesn't do more than one. I am really liking her. The receptionist leaves much to be desired, but she doesn't catch the baby so I am not to worried about it. Every time I have gone in for any appt. the dr. has been so attentive and lets me just talk and ask whatever, she doesn't rush me out or make me feel like a bother. So . . . so far so good.

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Okay so I was just checking in on some Photography blogs and I was reading Jessica Hughes blog (click here) and she had to have surgery on her leg because her laptop caught on fire while it was sitting on her lap. (Mine is sitting on my lap while I am typing this, which has me a little freaked out) She has pictures on her blog. Isn't that the craziest thing!

Big Girl Hair Cut.

Anna went to her first appointment with Auntie Heather today. She was starting to look a little shabby! She was a very good girl and sat mostly still. Here are a few pictures of Anna before and during her hair cut.

She started to get a little fussy and wiggely so I dug a cookie out of her bag. She was very excited about that and sat still the whole rest of the time. It was a pretty quick appointment though since all she got was a trim. Maybe next time we will go for a color. :)

Here are her after pictures. Auntie Heather put a little moose in her hair and got it all curly. It was very cute. It was actually a lot of fun to get her hair cut. I didn't get as sappy as I thought I would. Seeing as my baby is getting so big .

It does seem like it is all of the sudden that she is getting so big. She has seemed so tiny to me for months and then two days ago Neil says that he thinks she weighs a lot more then she used to. At her 9 month appt. she weighed 17lbs 7 oz, at her 1 year appt. she weighed 17lbs 11 oz. So in three months she gained like 4 oz and grew only 1/4 of an inch. Well, I weighed her yesterday and she weighed 19 lbs. 4 oz. She gained like 2 pounds in 2 weeks. That is just crazy. I haven't measured her yet, but her pants are starting to look really short. And I think I missed the whole size 2 shoe thing. I went to put some on her yesterday and there was no way they were going on. And they were really cute shoes too!

Anna's Birthday

Well, as I am sure you all know Anna is a whole number now. Yep! She's ONE! I can not believe she has been living with us for a whole year. It is so bazaar, and it has been so fabulous!
Here is her CUTE one year picture. Neil took it for me while I got her to smile. It worked out pretty good. He got quite a few real cute pictures.

She didn't dig into her cake very much. I think she was a little weirded out that everyone was watching her.
She did have a lot of fun opening up her presents though. She loved to look at her books. And she got this one jogging suit from Tina and Shane that is so soft and Anna loves to feel it. It is so funny. Dave took a video of Anna opening her presents for me, it was so fun to watch the other day. I love taking videos of her because She will never be this small again. And I don't want to forget a single day! Although I don't film her every day. It is just nice to be able to look back and see how sweet she was. Because I am sure the day will come when I am going to wonder who has taken over my child's body! But I still have about 12 years before that happens. . .