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12.20.2012

Fun time with Hazel

Phew, almost done with blog posts for today--sorry, playing catch up! :) Hazel is about 6 months younger than Annabelle, but the girls sti...

We got to hang out with Andrew and Evie at the end of November. Annabelle has a great time playing with kids a little bit older than her, an...

We put up our Christmas decorations the weekend after Thanksgiving. It is so fun having a house that we can decorate this year!! So far Anna...

Annabelle loves to help me cook and bake. I let her do as much as she can...she had fun helping with the pumpkin pie that we made for Thanks...

We ordered a personalized doll from Baby Be Blessed dolls for Annabelle's birthday...in August. It came at the end of November. It took ...

We had the pleasure of babysitting Caleb a few weeks ago, and those two love to play together! It's so fun, since they are almost the sa...

Each morning, I try to have Annabelle help me out with some chores after breakfast, and before we start playing. She loves to help clean the...

We went to the park in November when it was super warm out, in only t-shirts! ...it was close to 70 degrees! We were totally enjoying the be...

In early November, we were honored to host our friends who were visiting from South Africa! Val and her two boys stayed with us for a weeken...

Annabelle accompanied me to vote in November. She liked peeking under the podium curtains to say hi to the other voters (oops). I hope we we...

12.18.2012

I had a coupon code for a discounted photo book at Shutterfly, so this is my Christmas gift to myself this year! I think it turned out great...

12.05.2012

Annabelle is exploding with language. She is repeating tons of words, can understand most simple questions or commands, and spontaneously sa...

11.27.2012

I am so thankful for how well Annabelle has been going to sleep. It's just so amazing that I can't help but be amazed every nig...

11.15.2012

Brad Leeb did Annabelle's 1-year photos at Carle Park. They were awesome! Here's a few:

Halloween was super fun this year, since Annabelle could interact with things more. We started off the holiday by joining Holly and a bunch ...