Soccer Sunday

Today was Matt's soccer game. It was VERY hot, but he played well and had a great time!

Matt in the goal

Anna watching Daddy and eating a snack

Walking with Grandpa

Practicing her dribbling skills

Soccer Star

Anna playing in her Daddy's soccer stuff. She knew exactly how to put on the goalie gloves and everything! Let's just hope her wearing them gives her Daddy good luck for his game on Sunday!

Having fun clapping her hands in the big gloves

Trying to master the art of holding a ball with them on

She got it! :)

Father's Day Zoo Trip

Matt wanted to take Anna to the zoo first thing on Father's Day morning so that's what we did! We had a great time and got out of there before it got to be too hot!

Look who wanted to walk around all by herself!


I'd like thank Matt for being the best "daddy" a girl could ask for. He does a great job of taking care of Anna and is always there when we need him. He isn't intimidated by the dirty stuff like changing diapers or cleaning up after spaghetti dinner nights. He doesn't mind changing the music in the car because the "girls" want to listen to something that we can dance to instead of his Pearl Jam (though they are okay every now and then). Matt is a spectacular husband and the BEST father! I know that Anna will turn out to be a wonderful person because she has him in her life.

Hello everyone! I wanted to let you know there will be some changes to the blog site over the next few weeks. I have sent the first year of Anna's life in blog form to be printed from a great company called www.blogs2print.com so that I will have a "book" of her first year in blog posts and pictures. I have kept up with her baby books but not in near the detail that I post here. So, it is a great way for me to save or scrapbook her events. For those of you who have a blog, I highly recommend this company. They were very user friendly and their costs are competitive with others on the market. They also let you customize your book.
All of that to say that I will be archiving the first year or so of my posts in a bit, so if you want to look back, please do so soon. Blogger only lets a user have so much space, and I am getting near my limit. It's about time to do some housekeeping so that I can continue to add on! :)

One of our favorite afternoon past times.... playing in the sprinkler!

Practicing the walk

Sumo pose!

Being sweet to Mommy

Anna is much like her father....when the TV is on, she is focused! Especially if it's Martha Speaks!

Anna and her Bumbo seat....she was never interested in this seat as an infant. She didn't like to sit in it and really never used it. But now, as a toddler, she plays and sits in it all the time!

Fun Times!

Hey everyone! This morning Anna went to class and her Gran came too! Gran got to seen Anna and the other children in action! Thanks so much for coming Gran and taking pictures too!

Look at me walking with little help!

Her favorite...she cried when she had to get off......taking turns is not quite a skill she has yet!

Mom helping me learn to do a forward roll

By the end of class Anna was tired! She had been awake since 6am and she was ready for a nap!

She was much more comfortable on the equipment this week than last time. :)

Summer time and the livin's easy!

I've had a couple other "moms" want to know what we are up to this summer and how our daily schedule is so I figured I'd just post it here for them to read. Right now the plan is just to keep Anna and I busy and have fun! Luckily, I am very much like a toddler and like to do lots of different activities throughout the day!

Here is a rough idea of what we will be doing throughout the summer days!
7-8 am - Wake up, get dressed, eat breakfast
9am to whenever - go to an outing (classes, zoo, visit family, shopping etc.) or outside play time/trip to the pond normally with a morning snack around 10am
11:30-12 ish - Return home/lunch time!
1pm - nap (Mom cleans up)
3 until - afternoon snack
puzzle/coloring time
song and dance time (her favorite!) Bubbles too!
Outside time - Pool/Sprinkler/Playground/big ball
Story time!
5ish - Clean up time and Independent play/ Daddy's home!!!!- Mom gets things ready for dinner!

Our days change but this is our "basic" plan. If any of you Moms have creative ideas to do with a 14 month old let me know. We have several playdates lined up as I am fortunate to have a few friends with young children too!

Today Anna went to her first "Music and Movement" class at the library. She had a great time. It was fun to see the variety of developmental stages in the class from 13 months to 24. Anna's favorite part was the parachute! The kids got to go underneath it while the parents made it go up and down. Of course that did a PE teacher's heart well to see! That is one of the items my kindergartners at school play with and love!

Anna sleeping after Music and Movement today!

Then after we finished her class, we drove to vote! Anna loved waving at the volunteers at the poll. She even got a "I voted" sticker!