LOVE this picture...

...this is such an accurate depiction of our family! At the dinner table...Ella still in her pjs (from the night before...gasp!) with her half eaten dinner plate, Anna expressing her annoyance at not getting my individual attention with carrots all over her face, Keith in the middle trying to pacify Anna, and me photographing it all. Now these are the moments I want to remember. :-)

Anna is 6 Months!

Wow...I can't believe it has been 1/2 of a year since Anna's birth. She has grown and changed so much! I figured I better go ahead and post her pic and write down some facts before I forget them!

Anna's 6th Month:
- Started sitting well unassisted
- Started eating solid foods - bananas seem to be a fave, but she really likes everything
- Slept GREAT - 12 hours at night...2 three hour naps a day
- Likes to sleep with her blankie...rolls on her side and rubs it against her face
- Loves to play with toys and sit on the floor and watch Ella dance around her
- Loves to look at your face and explore it when her hands
- Laughs out loud when you tickle under her chin or jiggle her belly
- Wears size 2 diapers and 6 month clothes
- Is a drool machine (as seen in the 6 month picture). No teeth yet, but they must be coming soon!

Anna is still just teeny tiny. We're going to the doctor tomorrow for her 6 month check-up so we'll see what he says about that. She's eating really well, especially the solids, so I don't see how she could possibly not be gaining weight. We'll see!

One more favorite Anna pic from this month...official 6 month pictures coming soon!

Happy Thanksgiving 2009

Gosh, we have so much to be thankful for this year! God has blessed us so richly. :-) I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Our two little turkeys...

This is Anna's - "mom, seriously, enough camera" face...







This is the 2nd year my parents have opened their home to Officer Trainees on Thanksgiving...we enjoyed Chris and Joel so much this year!

Anna enjoyed a delish dinner of cereal and apples for Thanksgiving...

Sitting Up!

I love a sitting baby...they're sitting up, which is adorable, they can't get away from me, and they like to smile. Perfect!

Breathing Treatments and Cereal...

Anna had cereal for the first time the other night...she wasn't quite too sure what to think about it. I should think that once we get into a little bit more tasty foods, she'll enjoy it more...

Ella's been spending a lot of time doing this lately, but it really seems to be helping!

Leaves!

CRAZY!

It's been kind of crazy around our house lately...I've been up to my eyeballs in sessions and proofing and Keith has been just as busy with work at Frazer. So, not too much time for personal photo taking. I did however snap this cutie of the girls the other day.

We spent two hours at the doctors office this morning because Ella has a constant re-occurring cough. We also went because Anna-Bear only weighs 13lbs. 12oz. at almost 6 months which was a concern to me (to compare, Ella was 15lbs. 15oz.). Result of the doctor's visit - Ella has asthma and is now going to be doing breathing treatments and inhalers on a daily basis. Hopefully this will cure that cough and get her back to normal. All the tests they did on Anna were perfect, so it appears she is just a tiny little girl. She's meeting all of her milestones on time or a little bit early, so nothing to worry about there. We did leave with some acid reflux medicine to test out and see if that helps anything. So, anyways, hopefully we're going to back to normal soon! A couple more weeks of busy holiday season for me and then I should be back to posting more family pictures. :-)