Thursday, January 11, 2007

Who's that? Gran? Grandad? AL?

Just this week she's started loving looking at pictures of people she knows. It's very fun. As is the caps lock key.

Disobedient, but a great kisser 1/4/07

She had just been saying "buh-bye" before I brought out the camera, and of course then all she'd say is hello. But we capture a smooch on film here - a spontaneous one, and I melt every time I watch that part.

First day on a new bike 1/4/07

This is moments after getting her first tricycle - she loves it. It doesn't have pedals, she just puts her feet up on the front part and gets pushed, and she thinks it's about the coolest thing around. When I ask if she wants to do it again, I get a great "da" every time.

8th grade boy dancing 12/29/06

It takes a while to get to it, but eventually she does show off her (to quote her aunt lindsay) "8th grade boy" dance moves.

Saturday, December 23, 2006

Thomas the Tank Engine (well, Percy that is)

Anna got this cool Percy train from her Papa Jan and Granma Shirley for Christmas. She's enamored with it and loves making it go herself.

Daddy's shoes this time 12/20/06

Really nothing is more fun than wearing grown up's shoes. She's gotten to the point where it's actually quite easy for her to walk in them.

No Grunts 12/19/06

Anna saw me open a bottle of nailpolish, and so she kept handing it to me, asking me to open it again. I didn't want her playing with it, so I pretended it was too tight to open (I grunted and pretended I couldn't open it). So before I got the video camera out, she was hilariously attempting to open it herself, grunting (faking it) with the effort. I got laughing so hard I wanted to immortalize it. Of course she stopped doing it when I filmed her, but her expressions were so funny in this one I had to post it.

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Pigtail 12/17/06

This is definitely where the term "pigtail" came from. Anna's first hairdo captured on film. Girls rock.

Lounging 12/17/06

Mute this one. It's really just a quick visual to show Anna in her bouncy seat 12 months after she used to use it all the time. I finally acknowledged it might be time to put it away, and so moved it from it's home next to our bed into the hallway, and Anna rediscovered it, and decided it'd make a great loungechair. Not a thrilling video, just a moment in time. I love how she kicks her legs in the recline position. And how big she is in comparision to last year.

Sunday, December 17, 2006

Dancing Mrs. Claus 12/16/06

What's better than standing on the ottoman and showing off your moves for the assembled masses?

Climbing Mrs. Claus 9/16/06

Another one where my voice is waaaay too loud - but enjoy the visuals of our cllimbing girl.

Mrs. Claus sans chapeau

No thanks to the hat. (Mute this one if you can, my voice is sooo loud.)

Big shoes are all the rage 12/12/06

This is the most fun thing she loves to do this week - wear grownups' shoes that she finds around the house. Her Dad helped her here by lacing them up so they stay on better. She loves it.

I urgently must bang 12/7/06

I love how quickly she's moving in this video. It looks like the camera speeded her up, but this is true to life.

Maniac runner 12/7/06

Pre-bath runaround. Always a necessity.

Sunday, December 03, 2006

HELLO - First word

I think we have first worditude. Hello. HeLLO! Hello. Nice. I am in love with the sound of this word coming out of her tiny mouth.

Fake laughing blueberry face

We have awareness of the video phone. You see in this video how she stares at the camera, and then laughs her little fake laugh as she eats her raisins (post-frozen blueberries, which adorn her face).

Fork Skeels

THis is the skill of the week - Anna's now REALLY good at using a fork. She insists on feeding herself, so all food must be soft and spear-able. This video's about a minute long, so call me crazy mama, I just couldn't stop filming.

Saturday, December 02, 2006

Kissing/Bopping Daddy's head 11/18/06

Anna's a very good kisser now, she loves giving kisses when requested. That and bopping her dad on the head.

Hilarious Daddy, Swinging Girl 11/18/06

I love this laugh. Nothing compares.