Weekend at Honey and Poppy's House

We spent this weekend in Danville for the wedding of a close family friend. Anna Claire had a great time visiting with family while in Danville. Below are some great shots and videos that sum it up. Anna Claire thinks her Great Granddaddy is a hoot and has fun dancing with Honey.

In the meantime Anna Claire is picking up speed and can go just about anywhere she chooses! Whew... we are beat, but this is such a fun time!

Four Generations! (please don't mind the just-woke-up style!

Snazzy Party Dress










R-E-S-P-E-C-T


Giggling for Granddaddy

Fun Stuff

Just a few fun pics from earlier this week. Joe, Meiko and Lyla came over to visit and Lyla enjoyed holding Anna Claire. Ha. Later, AC had fun splashing around in the bath and I took a cute video.

After a couple of weeks of crawling, she has become very efficient! Getting ready for work in the morning is tough as she is very mobile and much faster with each passing day. Baby proofing has begun. We need gates stat!

We are heading to Danville for the weekend to attend "Budger's" wedding.... aka, close family friend - Stephen Dexter. I am sure we will have cute photos to post Sunday or Monday. xoxo

Anna Claire, with her friend Lyla




Bath Time

Happy Memorial Day!

We have had a fun and relaxing weekend and hope the same for all of you. Today we are taking some time to remember those that have so faithfully served our country and better yet those that are currently serving our nation... best of all, Uncle Ally! We are so relieved and pleased to report that Uncle Alex is home from Iraq and back in Germany with Aunt MB as of late last week. This weekend we enjoyed a long Skype convo so he could see Anna Claire and catch up. It was so nice to see him at home relaxing! We are so excited about their visit in June and cannot wait for Anna Claire to meet Uncle Ally in person!

AC "Skyping" with Uncle Ally and Aunt MB this weekend!


Thank Goodness you are home Uncle Ally! We did miss you!

Uncle Ally in action! Thanks for all you do Alex!

Farmer's Market

Early this morning Anna Claire and I took a stroll downtown with Meiko and Lyla to the Farmer's Market. AC and I shared a cinnamon croissant and had fun looking around with our "girlfriends." We brought home some delicious peaches, watermelon and strawberries. I goofed and left the camera at home, but took a few of Anna Claire with the purchases! She tasted fresh peaches and watermelon for the first time and I think she loved it!

New Tricks Caught on Video

Anna Claire is on-the-go! She started crawling last Friday and while she isn't that quick, she sure can get to where she needs to go! We are rushing to baby proof the house as she is everywhere we don't want her to be all the sudden! Hard to believe that she has grown so much!


Another new trick... Anna Claire has figured out to feed herself finger foods! In fact, she quite prefers it so I need to start being more creative at meal time.
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YAY.... Anna Claire! She is learning to clap and usually does it if I say "YAY Anna Claire." She does it in this clip, although none too enthusiastically.

A Few Pictures

Just a few cute shots from this weekend. I hope to update again later today with more.

By the way... Our girl is on the move! She has develped her own method of mobility. I guess you could call it crawling, but it is really a lot more than that! She pulls her whole body off the ground onto her tippy toes and lunges forward. This has caused some face plants! I WILL have a video soon!

More Vacay Pics... courtesy of Ashley and Drew

Thank goodness someone did a better job of documenting our Destin trip last month! Thanks Drew and Ashley for being our vacay photogs! Jack and Anna were easy subjects and were so much fun together. We miss you Jack! Waiting on Poppy's photos now and will upload a few more when I get those together.

As of late...

Anna Claire has officially cut her first two teeth! She is also dangerously close to crawling and in the meantime has figured out creative ways to get around which include rolling and spinning on her belly using her arms to rotate. It is quite funny and I hope to post a video sometime this week. She is also sitting on her own and can stay in the sitting position for a few minutes now before toppling over. Between the crawl attempts and sitting - she has taken quite a few spills! Below are pics from the past few days. Note her precious Derby hat, her all four's position, and her teeth! She also is loving some educational TV. Just late last week I was desperate to dry my hair before work and could not keep her entertained. I sat her in her bumbo seat for some Sesame Street. It captured her attention just long enough! This morning she enjoyed some Mozart/Baby Einstein. See the picture below of her "TV Time."

We are all doing well... recovering from Anna Claire's first real illness. Last week she got a stomach bug and it was hard on all of us. After a doc appt and some Zofran (anti nauseau meds) the vomitting stopped and she was able to rest. After about 24 hours of clear liquids and lots of rest she was back to her giggly self. I am convinced it was much harder on us than it was on her! We may be working on tooth #3 so I see some sleepless nights ahead of us. Cross your fingers that this isn't the case! She has been sleeping MUCH better the past week or so since the last tooth came through.