4H Fair

So we went to the 4H Fair yesterday - and Anna LOVED IT
HOWEVER
as soon as we parked the car - I realized we forgot the camera
We took a few pictures with the phone... but it was just TOO HOT to stand in the sun - fiddle with the phone & take pictures of smelly farm animals...
just know - that she loved it
Maybe we will take better pics for the Hunterdon 4H..

Here is a pic of Anna LOVING the cow!

This is also very good practice on being nice...

How now brown cow....

if you look in the background of this pic... there is a cow that totally looks DEAD...

it was THAT HOT OUTSIDE

...laying down cow humidity...

Brown cow was a little bit bigger when she was close...
Anna is so smart this is her telling daddy... "Daddy - this is a cow!"

and once again.. COME BACK COW!

A few pics to brighten your Wednesday...

Here is Anna's new hat -
just like daddy's!!!
nice basket of laundry on the dining room table in the background

Anna has a hard time getting out of the tub -
so if you let her sit in there long enough - with no water..
she eventually gets cold..
and then she'll get out :)

Here is one of Anna saying 'Happy Birthday' to Heidi...

she's such a nice kid!

LATE BREAKING NEWS!

ELMO HAS BEEN FIXED!!
I repeat - Elmo has been cured of his emphysema and is now able to blow bubbles again!

Daddy kicks ass!

Hot fun in the summertime

Anna has finally mastered making her smooch face..

it pretty much consists of her sucking air in and out of her scrunched nose - but it makes a funny noise

and she thinks it is the funniest thing in the whole wide world

Here is Anna trying to be sneaky

she's not very good at it...

Here, she is sneaking cold cuts to the cat- quite sly

Every now and then, you take a picture and look back at it and say "Who is this kid?"

I don't know how messy she was - or how badly she needed a nap

but I don't think this is my girl

Maybe, I've never seen her as happy as she was on the Elmo Car...

Here, the girl is showing off her new found rocking skills.

Look, no hands!!

Sat. afternoon, we went to Cliffstock, a local fund raiser with Aunt Denise & Frankie...

and Anna got to sit on a pony - hot stuff

...eating eating and more eating..

instead of adding a whole new section -
I thought I'd just stick this one picture in...

I feel like the only pictures on this blog are of Anna in her car seat - or in her highchair
so here are some more

As for our garden - Anna totally loves it -
HOWEVER - we have a problem with the zucchini...
sometimes they have a tendancy to get out of control.
two days ago - it was a rainy mess, so we could not go harvest our crop...
yeah - so being a few hours late - the zucchini went wild.
this was one day of the stupid squash...
I've been begging co-workers for zucchini-bread recipies..

and Anna is a very good taster...
Anna is learning how to work the spoon..
we're getting there slowly

but getting there is half the fun? right? now the spoon... this is how it works:

- hold the spoon

- take a handful of dinner

- put it on the spoon

- eat

like I said before.. slowly

but we're getting there!!!

ps - spaghettios are her new favorite

here is her new butterfly dress one more in the car seat...

and here is one big fat picture of me... just so you can see the progress of numero dos

..a little time outside..

when we play in the garden - Anna insists on holding on to something...

today it was a sunflower

always so proud of her crop...

notice she's got a teeny tiny pepper there too...

\and now she's learning the fine art of blowing raspberries... and if this isn't the posterchild for sunscreen - I don't know who is!
notice how big mommy is getting in the background...

big teeth coming in to take my sleep

something has to be said about how adorable it is to see a little kid sleeping so peacefully.
HOWEVER
if this little girl is not sleeping peacefully at 3am on a Wednesday...
and refuses to go back to sleep for hours and hours-
and you finally give in and bring her into your own bed so you can be somewhat functional for work the next day...
In a way – she has forced you to turn Sesame Street on and have Elmo call to her in the wee hours of the morning..
But only because you don’t have the heart to wake her up yourself because, after all – she is painfully cute

and June turns into July..

It seems this morning - on the way to Nanny's house - we had a little trouble getting moving...

Anna was VERY excited to have her first 'real' 4th of July picnic..

she got to hang out with friends!

and it was exhausting!

....now we eat big pieces of apples...
it seems we have more & more pictures of this kid sleeping in the car -
but something about an open window.. a bottle... a little bit of sun...
this is Uncle Jonathan not listening to us when we tell him -
"if they are real Prada glasses - do not let her wear them!"
...but uncles will be uncles...

Anna and I were going for a ride the other day - and she put her own hat on - ALL BY HERSELF
needless to say - I was QUITE pleased!

and and and....

we went to the doctor yesterday -

Anna is going to have A BROTHER!!

Mid-June festivities...

Dan's SECOND Father's Day

it was quite festive...

Anna was sure to have her feet in her nose everytime a camera came around

we had a trying day this week...

and as soon as I turned around- I saw why the little girl was crabby...

Anna has learned how to talk on her cell phone in the car..

I see a problem in our future...

Nanny bought Anna a crown.. a PINK crown

the girlie was extra pleased

this was a day when Anna was in a GOOD huggie mood -

you can tell by the 900 billion toys in the background that all got a hug - and then tossed...

Two more...

We went out the other night - and Anna passed out on the ride home..

we could not wake her up - even to put some jammies on..

but when she got into such a big kid position - we just had to take a picture

and I figured that I didn't have ANY inappropriate pictures of her on this blog...

so here it is!

When we're in the garden - we must wear our shades...

.......now that we're one......

we're all - VERY SLOWLY - recovering from the big ONE

here is Anna - playing with some new toys on the kitchen floor... looking a little stunned

she is very pleased to be acquiring so many new toys - but she just doesn't understand WHY she is getting them...

Here she is in the back seat with her new birthday girl sneakers -

playing with her new birthday girl kitty

she has the kitten in a bear trap to read the tag...

like it might get away from her or something?!?

wait until we get pictures of her on her new quad.. WHOA BOY!

Here is the day after the big birthday party - and EVERYONE was pooped

Not too pooped to play with the toes

and not too pooped to sing!

the BIG ONE

Yesterday was the girl's BIG DAY!!

6/6/6

which is now -6/6/7

whoo hoo!!

we started off with our extra-special ELMO shirt that she has been ACHING to wear!!

and it was such a long day - but we wrapped it up with some cake!

it was her first taste of sugar - and SHE LOVED IT!

sadly, the cake was served around 9:30...

so there was A LOT of Happy Tapping with Elmo to try & tucker her out afterwards...