Bye Bye!

What can I say? The girl loves to wish others a farewell as they drive by.

Bye! Bye bye bye! Bye!!!

Busted!

The toddler that runs around my house has a way of getting into things, she loves to explore and likes to do the things that Mommy and Daddy do. While I was getting ready for breakfast (peaches & pancakes), she decided to pull out all the wipes. I usually stop her immediately, but this time I took pictures. How do you scold that face?

Big Eater

We are venturing into new territory with food; it is both fun and a challenge. I am already starting to miss nursing, but am also looking forward to an improved bedtime routine in the next toddler stage.

Anastasia eats often and has already established favorites she'll finish before she moves on to what she eats because she is hungry. Top favorites now are anything with cheese or noodles- best when mixed- and peaches. She will, however, pass up anything to eat Harvest Peach Yogurt all by herself. This must be followed by a bath, no question. She loves the tub though, so it's a great system.

Since she is now allowed into the kitchen, she has found she loves to stand with the refrigerator open so she can reorganize all the contents. I'm looking forward to letting her use some of them (lots of colorful baby food, mustard, yogurt, etc) in an art project when the summer sun hits. Imagine the bath after that!? She'll be able to eat and play- sounds like fun to me!







My baby is growing up, and just like everyone says, she is doing it fast!

Just like Mommy?

I don't know where she learned this...

Before Baby

I just found this little 'about me' from September 2008 and thought I would share...

"My husband and I are expecting our first on December 31, 2008. We have been together for nearly 7 years, but were just married 08-08-08... married life is great, I wish we wouldn't have waited so long- but God's plan always falls into place.


We plan to name our new little girl Anastasia Lea, and are so excited to have her join our simple life. I work at a bank and he installs solar panels. We live in Temecula, CA- just moved out of San Diego county when we found out we were pregnant... the pace is a little slower here and we can focus on growing our family and not the 'rat race' that is so often seen in San Diego.


Before getting pregnant my husband and I played softball about 3 times a week, he still gets to once or twice a week- I still like to watch him, and I do the scorebook- but there is nothing like playing. We have a simple, yet busy lifestyle. We enjoy the outdoors- things like going to the desert or river; and we go to church (Assembly of God- Christian) every week. We both find it keeps us 'in line' and focused on the important things in life. We would not be where we are today if it wasn't for our church family and wonderful Pastor- everyone should have a support group like that.


While we are thrilled to have Anastasia join us later this year, I have had to do lots and lots of research on everything baby... I feel at a total loss sometimes. I will start reading a review about some book or product or idea and find there are just so many point of views, it's hard to decide if I like something or not. . . I was lost with the registry- so many things seemed pointless, and I know I had to have left off some important things just not even knowing.


My husband, Blue, wants to have another baby as soon as my body can handle it- he asked my doctor and she told him to wait at least 6 weeks before trying, so he's all excited for Valentines Day- that's a first! I want to have more after Anastasia, I just don't want to overwhelm myslef with a child under 1 and another pregnancy. As good as this one has gone (well, after the first 3 months) I can't say that it would be horrible, I just know that I could easily feel overwhelmed with a new baby- and just that, not even pregnant.


We have 2 pets already, Duke (a 7 pound pomeranian) and Blaze (an orange cat). Duke has been our baby for a few years now and we are excited to see how he will react to a baby in the house. We keep hearing horror stories about cats and babies, so we are not quite sure about what to do with her- I do not want to have to give her away but will have no choice if I feel our baby is in danger. I need to do more research- I just keep thinking that we are responsible enough to keep the cat away from the baby.


Okay, wow, I just wrote a lot... didn't mean to do that!! I think I'll bring this to a close for now. Kudos to you if you read this all the way through!!"

It sure is crazy to read- and Oh how things change!

Blue still runs around shirtless & loves me - that will never change!  ; )

First Easter Egg Hunt

Easter Egg Hunt video won't upload!! errrr! - sorry
We went to the park today to collect eggs in our first family Easter Egg Hunt. The camera battery was only charged enough for a few minutes, so we tried to make the best of them. She did a great job collecting the eggs after watching the kids for a few minutes to see what they were all doing. She wasn't afraid of the bunny, but she wasn't running up to greet him either. She ventured into the 'big kids' area to claim a few eggs.