12-31-11

Had a marvelous day today! Went to Ichiban--she kept wanting to get out her chair. Dad told her to sit down in a firm voice. When she didn't he tried to swat her little hand...to which she grinned at him with her little wrinkled up nose and that was all he could take....you can't help but grin back!

Didn't like Ichiban.  Don't plan to return anytime soon.  Expensive and mediocre.  Nice atmosphere though.  Almost like something in Vegas.

After lunch, Anna Claire ran all around Barnes and Noble and we went into a few more stores just to kill time. She's a doll!

12-30-11

Playing at the playground with Daddy.

12-29-11

Anna Claire is playing a new game - she will say "uh" then we respond in kind and then she gets a bit louder, and then one of us will yell "UH!" The loud surprise is what she likes, I think!  Then the game starts over again!

12-29-11

Listening to Andy play dolls with AC is worth a million bucks!  I'm tired and in bed right now and I love hearing them play together. Apparently Brobee, Foofa, Elmo and Cookie Monster are having a party! I am very tired. Hoping I'm pregnant! Keep my fingers crossed! ;-)

12-28-11

Oh man, how expressive Anna Claire is!!

She can say "somefing wong"

She makes a LOT of faces and wrinkles her nose mischievously!!  (Adorable, even when she's causing trouble!)

Also, she will tell you to "shhh!" When she does it she puts her little finger right up against the front of her nose and says it more like "ssss" (like a snake!)  The first time she did this, Andy had taken her out of church for being noisy and she was running in the vestibule - he started to scold her and she spun on her heels to face him and said "shhh!"

What do you do?!!  ;)

Christmas in Jax

We decided to go back to Jacksonville for Christmas and spend it with our families.  Always an interesting experience.  Love for Anna Claire to get to spend time with them though.  Sometimes it's just easier on "their turf" so-to-speak. :)

Spent a good bit of time with Nana and Pawpaw!  They had a cardboard tunnel for her and she LOVED it!  Such a little roughneck - the rougher you play, the better she likes it!

 

 The on Christmas Day we had the privilege of getting to go to the ER for Andy - he got choked while eating dinner on Christmas Eve.  Fun, fun, fun. :)  He got to be put to sleep and have it removed.  Made his Christmas, I'm sure! He was sweet about it though!  Listening to him talk to the nurses after being wheeled out of the operating room while he was still dopey was priceless!

 One night during our visit we went to Adventure Landing with Nana Laurie, Aunt Leslie, Uncle Nate, Dylan, Emily and Chandler.  Wasn't a whole lot for the little ones to do, and there were a TON of people running around, but it was fun just to be together for a little bit.  Anna Claire enjoyed being around Emily and Dylan----Chandler is still too much of a "baby" for her taste!  We stopped by McDonalds afterwards.

Another night during our visit, we went to St. Augustine to see the lights.  She was pretty unimpressed, but Andy and I always enjoy taking a stroll through the Old City.  Lots of memories there.  Happy times!

The harder she plays, the harder she falls...

12-21-11

Me and my sweet, crazy-haired girl!

12-20-11

Baby girl just went to Andy and said "hey, Dada" and kissed him!! :-)

12-18-11

Nana came to visit this weekend - always a wonderful time together!

See the pretty stocking that Granny Jones made for Anna Claire!

Played outside for a long time with Nana!

Cookie Monster is a valued friend...

12-15-11

Last night after church she wanted to play the drums (which she wants to do EVERY Wednesday night!!) Noisy child!!

12-11-11

AC didn't stay in nursery well today--her number flashed up in both services.  I didn't mind though....my baby needed her mama today. Such precious time. Daddy said when she saw him she said "Hey!" so he knew she was really okay! Haha!

Check out the set prop that was tribute to Andy in the children's musical:

Each one of the staff had their own "shop" - very cool!  I thought they did a GREAT job!!

12-10-11

Anna Claire loves to take items out of one container and put them in another. It's so cute--she's so industrious! Mrs. Gail Christensen says this is a normal developmental phase. :)

Playing with Daddy...

12-9-11

Helped w a bridge party tonight--Sarah Smith spoke and was such an inspiration. She comes from a family with a Christian legacy and it was amazing to hear! I am so thankful that we can start a family legacy of our own, but boy do I wish that I had that to draw from! She talked about having everything "in order" for our children so that they would know their legacy and I liked that.

12-7-11

Anna Claire is growing so much and is such a blessing to our family! She is a little wild girl and loves to rough play with us. She wears me out!! Sometimes she gets carried away and will hurt me! She doesn't mean to though--just doesn't know her own strength.

She woke up one morning last week and got bored in her crib and threw absolutely everything out into the floor!

She's so beautiful though--such a pretty little girl, inside and out!

She loves to meet people and play with other kids. Today at Michaels she saw three children, probably between 3-4 years old, walked up and said, "Hey!" she says it so cute--almost breathless--almost shy, which she is NOT!!

12-3-11

Went to a downtown festival today.  A bit of a dud, but they did have fake snow!

12-2-11

Our regular Doctor's Office picture - we always take one!