Table food, are you kidding me!?!?

Happy (9 month) birthday to you,

Happy (9 month) birthday to you,

Happy (9 month) birthday dear Annalee,

Happy (9 month) birthday to you!

Today Annalee turns 9 months old!! Wow, where has the time gone. Two of my friends have been able to grow and birth their babies in the amount of time that Annalee has been alive!! Unbelievable!

We went to the doctor this morning for her checkup. Thankfully, she only had to get one shot. She is still measuring long and lean! As tall as a 10 1/2 month old, but only as heavy as a 9 month old.

The doctor told me that she can start eating table food now for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! Are you kidding me?? I was not expecting to hear that. It's going to take me a few days to process that. You're talking to the lady who kept her baby in the bassinet for 5 months (and even then, I only gave it up because another baby in the family needed it-otherwise, she'd probably still be in it!!) Just kidding. :) We were going to work on transitioning from bathing in the kitchen sink to bathing in the tub this week. I can't do both at the same time. I'll be ok, I promise, I'm just having some growing pains this week. :)

On to the pictures!! I take her pic with the same bunny every month (thanks to "aunt" Summer)..this month she was more interested in trying to eat the bunny!

Can you feel the love tonight?

Oh, where to begin...

Last night Micah and I went to see Lion King the musical! I was so excited about going, I could hardly stand it. I bought our tickets back in March because I didn't want to miss it. It did NOT dissappoint! I wanted to cry during the first scene when all the amazing animals came down the aisles...so impressive. I am a little dorky when it comes to musicals! Sweet Micah endured very cramped quarters in order to make my day. He also had the prettiest roses sent to me. Thanks for a great date, hon...and thanks mom for babysitting!!

Not much to say...

I don't have much to say today, but I thought I better post some more pictures for your viewing pleasure!

Annalee loves her bookshelf, sometimes she takes all the books and throws them on the floor (after tasting them, of course!). She also likes having her hair brushed, but who doesn't?

Good Times

We had some great family time this weekend! (The pics are out of order, but you can figure it out, I think!) Saturday, Micah and Annalee had a little playtime in the front yard. It was really hard for me to get her picture in the grass because she kept wanting to eat it. Check out Annalee's new hairbow that I made her today!! I found step-by-step directions at http://bowdesigns.50webs.com/index.html So fun! Now we just need some hair to put them in--in the mean time we'll just use the headbands too.

Saturday night we headed to Grapefest. Annalee did so great! She was very happy riding around with daddy so that she could see everything. Micah played a dart throwing game and won her a stuffed duck. She carried it around the rest of the night, so cute! We also bought her a blinking pin that she wore on the front of her baby bjorn. Dinner was great with Eric and Erin at Tolbert's. Good times all around.

Martha, Martha, Martha

O.k. I'll admit, I have a love/hate relationship with Martha Stewart. Yes, I Tivo her show everyday for the great recipes, craft ideas, cleaning tips etc, but have you noticed how much she sticks her foot in her mouth? It happens at least once a show. She has some major awkward moments, not to mention she is somewhat vain.

Anywho...she is having a giveaway right now for a trip to NYC during Thanksgiving that includes airfare, hotel, a fancy meal, parade tickets, a $1,000 gift card to Macy's and tickets to her show for you and 3 guests. In case you didn't know, I have wanted to go to New York for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade for as long as I can remember. I actually started to plan the trip for last Thanksgiving, but I stopped because I had a funny feeling about it and then I became pregnant a couple of months later. I wouldn't have been able to go because I was about 35 weeks pregnant at Thanksgiving last year. Weird, huh? Sooo...I have been entering her contest online everyday because I really think I can win!!! :) From now until Sept. 30th you can enter once a day per e-mail address. If you're interested, just go to http://www.marthastewart.com/ to enter, but remember, if you win you better take me as one of your guests!!! :)

1st Illness...boo

Annalee experienced her first illness...a stomach bug. And 36 hours later, her mommy experienced her first illness with a baby to take care of!! Yikes. That was a new one. Now daddy is battling the same thing. I can't help but wonder if there was another baby in the nursery on Sunday that started this whole ride!! Oh well, we made it and are doing MUCH better now. I couldn't help but take her picture while she was in her "sicky" outfit. (I don't put her in sweetpeas anymore, but I couldn't resist.)

Mallory Kate

Here she is...Mallory Kate. Congrats to Karson and Scott!!

Babies, Babies, Babies!

I am jumping with joy tonight because 2 of my best friends have given birth to their babies within 48 hours of each other! Cassy welcomed Cohen David in the wee hours of the morning on Saturday and Karson met sweet Mallory Kate around 5 this afternoon. Both moms and babies are doing great. I will post pictures of them as soon as I go visit. Thank you God for safe deliveries and no C-sections!

As far as my baby is concerned, here's a funny pic of her. We spent the day with my mom yesterday and somehow Annalee crawled under the end table and got stuck! Don't worry, I rescued her right after I took the pic!!