Beach Photos

Anna loved the beach. She still asks every once in a while, "Mommy, want go bye-bye beach?" And if we see anything resembling a horse or carousel, she asks, "Mommy, want go bye-bye car horsey?"

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Been A While

Oh my it's been a while since I've written on here!

So much has been going on.

The school year is done. Paul did very well in his studies. I got a 4.0... but I was only taking 6 credits, so it wasn't huge. We're finally done babysitting the boy we were watching. We're glad for that. He didn't like being away from his mommy, Paul hated watching him, he cried so much, Anna wanted to be babied extra when he was around, we were only paid 130 dollars in the whole semester... it was a real mess. So that stress is off from our backs, aside from the fact that my student loans were sent into collections WRONGFULLY. Ugh. The stress.

On the bright side of things, Anna is growing so tall. 2T is out of the window. She's fully in 3T and she wears some 4T. Her hair is growing longer and it's curly! She's so bright. She counted to 8 randomly the other day. She loves to pretend to count most of the time, "One, two, three, six, seven, eight!" hahaha. So she hasn't counted all the way to eight since, but I'm proud nonetheless!

With potty training, she's doing SO WELL! She's been going potty on her own for several days now, telling me when she needs to go potty (both pee and poop) and even when I put her in a diaper, she wants to go in the potty. :D I'm so proud!

I'll add a picture of her that I really loved. (Of course I love them all, but this one I love as well!)

I should also add that I'm done breastfeeding. Anna still asks, but now it's getting painful and unenjoyable. Her teeth dig into me and she sucks until it hurts then she pulls my hair. And it really isn't a painful decision, either. We lasted 2 1/2 years. That's no small feat. Anna is healthy and growing. I'm sure she's getting her vitamins (she gets Nemo gummies). So, I'm proud of how long we nursed. I still get my cuddles at night when we cosleep. =)

Anna and the Potty!

Anna has been so good at potty training--I HAVE NOT! I have been pretty lazy on the potty training thing, but she has been so good and so motivated! For the past three days, she has come to me holding her pee-pee and saying "Potty!" and we go to the potty and she goes potty! She just did that a few seconds ago and she went poop! It's so awesome! I had no idea that she would be so easily potty trained! It's really good! :D I'm happy about that!!!

Trip to the Zoo

MORE PICS

Since I really don't have too much to say, maybe this will end up being a photo blog lol. XD Well... what can I say? Besdies the fact that it's four in the morning and I can't sleep. I tore a muscle, dislocated a rib, or broke a rib, so it's very hard to find a comfortable position. Anyhow, Anna is getting so tall! It's kind of crazy. She was as tall as a 3 year old that we met at a birthday party this weekend. We're officially outing the 2T clothing. Thankfully 3T/4T summer clothing is quite cheap. So we bought a ton of short outfits on sale at Target. 2.80 a per piece! What a deal. What a blessing! And Target's clothing is always so cute! She's always talking and says the most hilarious things... such as, when Paul is flirting with me Anna will say, "Daddy, what are you doing to mommy?" hahaha She's quite the chatter, risk-taker, and monkey. And such a girly girl, too! Enjoy the photos. Some are of Anna playing with a bubble blower wand we bought for her and others are of Anna at a birthday party this weekend.

Easter Photos

We had a great time with family this weekend. I think Anna has enjoyed it. She's basically been living on candy ever since. *sigh* I can't get her to eat anything else. At last, the candy had to be tossed in the trash! No more candy. No more gummies. It's getting way out of hand. Sweet-tooth baby girl... just like her mommy!

Poem

Where Boyhood Meets Manhood
by Sarah Pemberton

This is where the river meets the sunset.
The stream bends and twists,
falling over rapids and rocks,
tumbling over stones and debris.
This is where tall yellow weeds stretch toward a mango sky,
blanched by a hot summer sun.
This is where a boy stomps in the shallow end,
where brownish still waters soak his shorts
and weigh down his tee shirt,
where tawny skin is kissed by freckles,
and autumn eyes are rimmed with July,
and brushed with August.
This is where his father stands.
Hands on hips, lips at half mast.
Where boyhood meets manhood,
and everything between is whipped in meringue
and forgotten like a peeling sunburn.

April is Autism Awareness Month

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More Pics

Photos!!!

She's fearless.

Mommy & Anna

Family Pic.

Bubble Bath Fun. She loves her baths. She has on average three a day.

She's a total monkey. If only I could afford baby gymnastics. I think she'd love it! xD

She loves her piggy tails!

Love this photo. She did this herself. I had to laugh since it reminds me of Victoria's Secret ads.

Looking innocent...

Where's Anna???

You OK?

I have a zit on my cheek. Anna just leaned over my shoulder, put her finger to it and said, "What's that?" I said, "It's a zit." She said, "You OK?" "Yeah, I'm OK." Then she kissed it. ♥

Paul's B-Day

Today my hubby is 25!!! A quarter of a century.. I'd tease him about that one, but I'm turning 25 in October! I cant' believe how fast the years have gone by. We met when we were sixteen and seventeen! Lots has changed since then!!!

Pioneer Woman Rocks

OK, this site, if you haven't found it before, thepioneerwoman.com has so many awesome Photoshop techniques...

Check it...

Before:


And After:


And BTW, I am loving my hair at this length. I feel so girly.

ETA:
Before:


And After:

Another version:


PS: How is this little girl my daughter? She's so gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!
PPS: That wasn't supposed to sound so negative. Sorry. I hate it when people fish for compliments like that.

Mind Reading

This is the way my hubby and I read each other's minds... (A conversation we just had a second ago about the shower head being broken... we have two bathrooms, one for our little daughter, one for us. The shower head in our bathroom is broken.)

(Earlier Paul suggested that I take a shower in Anna's bathroom.)

(Just a minute ago...)

Me: I just realized Anna doesn't even have a shower curtain. Oh, you know what we should do--?
Paul: Oh, I just realized that! Derrr...
Me: I know. It's like the obvious answer!
Paul: I can't believe we didn't think of that in the first place.

(If you don't know what we're talking about, we're talking about taking the shower head out of Anna's bathroom and putting it into ours until we buy a new shower head.)

Flickr Pics

We finally got our card for our new digital camera. I'm happy with it. It's beautiful and the quality is fantastic.

Here's the link to my Flickr account. HERE. Enjoy the new pics of Anna. :D

And thank you all for the comments on my blog. Anna is grabbing underwear after her baths in the morning and taking them to us, wanting to wear them. I think she must be ready. It's great. :)