This was supposed to be a mustache...
Anja hugs everything she likes. Hugging means putting it under your chin and rocking back and forth. She hugs her toys, her food, pictures. And then she gives it to you to hug.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Granona Beas!
We have a lot of conversations now. Mainly Anja tells us what she wants, which is actually pretty great. Now she tells us when she wants water or milk or food.
She babbles nonstop about all of her toys. "Elmo? Big Bird? Dollhouse? Big Teddy! Hugs, Big Teddy. Daddy hugs?"
Recent conversations around the house:
(While hiding under the high chair) "Daddy!? I see you! I see you Daddy! I see you Blue. Blue!"
(While reading Goodnight Moon) "Kitty. Bunny. Moon." (Then casually, as Blue walks by:) "Hi Blue." (and then back to the book) "Kitty. Shoes. Brush."
"Look at me!"
"Playground! Playground! Playground! Playground!"
"No Anja, not now, maybe later."
"Noooooo! Playground! Playground! Playground!"
"Anja, are you thirsty?"
"Anja water! Anja milk! Anja juice! Anja milk, water!"
She also says please after most things she asks for, which is incredibly cute:
"Granona bease!" (Granola please)
"Akee seem bease" (Ice cream please)
(While putting a puzzle piece down her shirt) "Anja, shirt. Daddy, shirt?"
"No, Daddy doesn't want a puzzle piece in his shirt."
"Blue, shirt"
"No, Blue doesn't want a puzzle piece in her shirt."
She also asks to use the potty. A recent typical scenario:
"Mommy, potty."
"Do you want to use the potty?"
"Nah" (yes)
"Okay"
Diaper is removed. Above child pees immediately on carpet, then runs to living room and pees on her chair, then pees in the potty, and again on the carpet.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Way behind
I'm way behind in blog posts, so here are a few cute pictures from the past several weeks. Here's a sweater from Great Grandma Spaulding that was made for one of Anja's aunts quite a long time ago. We have a large collection of Grandma sweaters that are equally cute that Anja will grow into over time.
We've been pretty busy lately. Last weekend we went to New York for the weekend for a friend's wedding. It was challenging. Traveling with a toddler is much harder than traveling with an infant. Luckily the airport folks are pretty accommodating. They let you skip to the front of the line for security checks and they let you bring any food you want. I was glad we didn't have to deal with a hungry baby waiting while waiting in long lines. We missed our connecting flight for the first long day of traveling and had to stay overnight in Atlanta - that was not fun at all. We stayed in a questionable hotel without a crib and had to go buy milk, diapers, and other baby items at a gas station. That night we didn't get any sleep because Anja tossed and turned and wrestled with us all night on the bed. And I mean ALL night. In the morning we took a shuttle, caught another flight, got our rental car and drove 1.5 hours to the wedding *just* in time. We had to run into a public restroom 10 minutes before the ceremony and throw on our nice clothes AND change a diaper and change Anja's clothes. It's funny now but wasn't at the time. Luckily we borrowed a crib that night for the cabin we stayed in. The ceremony was outdoors and very cold but luckily it didn't rain until after the ceremony. And mice only got into one thing in the cabin - her bag of formula.
A few weeks ago we went to Armstrong Redwoods State National Reserve, about an hour from here. It's a pretty impressive place with a lot of old growth redwoods and not a whole lot of people. Anja was really impressed with the trees. I didn't expect a 1.5 year old to be so excited. She kept pointing up and saying "Trees! Trees!"
Who wouldn't be impressed?
Anja was almost as impressed by the really low railings along some of the trails that she could sit on.
Anja continues to copy everything we do. She is particularly interested in yoga.
She has the general idea, but not the details:
I am continually amazed by this place where we live. We drove down to Muir Beach, a little town nearby this weekend. This was just a little scenic turnout off the highway:
You can see the beach we went to just on the other side of the trees. There are no pictures from the beach since it was way too windy. Not "blow your hair around" windy, but "cover the baby while we all get sandblasted" windy.
We've been pretty busy lately. Last weekend we went to New York for the weekend for a friend's wedding. It was challenging. Traveling with a toddler is much harder than traveling with an infant. Luckily the airport folks are pretty accommodating. They let you skip to the front of the line for security checks and they let you bring any food you want. I was glad we didn't have to deal with a hungry baby waiting while waiting in long lines. We missed our connecting flight for the first long day of traveling and had to stay overnight in Atlanta - that was not fun at all. We stayed in a questionable hotel without a crib and had to go buy milk, diapers, and other baby items at a gas station. That night we didn't get any sleep because Anja tossed and turned and wrestled with us all night on the bed. And I mean ALL night. In the morning we took a shuttle, caught another flight, got our rental car and drove 1.5 hours to the wedding *just* in time. We had to run into a public restroom 10 minutes before the ceremony and throw on our nice clothes AND change a diaper and change Anja's clothes. It's funny now but wasn't at the time. Luckily we borrowed a crib that night for the cabin we stayed in. The ceremony was outdoors and very cold but luckily it didn't rain until after the ceremony. And mice only got into one thing in the cabin - her bag of formula.
A few weeks ago we went to Armstrong Redwoods State National Reserve, about an hour from here. It's a pretty impressive place with a lot of old growth redwoods and not a whole lot of people. Anja was really impressed with the trees. I didn't expect a 1.5 year old to be so excited. She kept pointing up and saying "Trees! Trees!"
Who wouldn't be impressed?
Anja was almost as impressed by the really low railings along some of the trails that she could sit on.
Anja continues to copy everything we do. She is particularly interested in yoga.
She has the general idea, but not the details:
I am continually amazed by this place where we live. We drove down to Muir Beach, a little town nearby this weekend. This was just a little scenic turnout off the highway:
You can see the beach we went to just on the other side of the trees. There are no pictures from the beach since it was way too windy. Not "blow your hair around" windy, but "cover the baby while we all get sandblasted" windy.
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