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I don't want to think about the teenage years... but so far, it just keeps getting more and more fun with Annika. She's a funny & fun loving little girl who loves her pretties, enjoys laughing and making everyone around her laugh, will do anything to get her parents to read her as many books as possible, runs around like a crazy kid after a bath before the jammies go on, and likes to boss the dog and cat around - because it doesn't work when she tries it on her parents.
Baby J... 30 weeks down, 10 more to go (with 8 more weeks of busy season in the studio!)
I really do enjoy my pregnancies. It's an exciting time, reading about what's happening each week... anticipating getting to meet this new little person who has been such a big (and getting bigger) part of me, feeling those movements and enjoying the peace before any crying begins... although I am able to love each stage, no matter how painful (with a psychotic sciatic nerve making it difficult to walk or even roll over in bed) or the sleep deprivation that comes later.
I couldn't enjoy it so much as I do, without the awesome husband I have, who loves and supports me, and takes every chance he gets, to be the greatest husband and dad he can be. He is happy to take Annika out to play... or do an oil change, or tinker in the garage, or make a grocery run with her, to give me some down time when he is not working. My parents are also so helpful to watch Annika when I am with appointments in the studio - which is a lot right now, with seniors in full swing and Christmas coming! I've been blessed in SO MANY ways with all of my family, near and far away.  Annika has a pretty good vocabulary now. She says small sentences like "Daddy at home, Daddy at work, Daddy a boy (don't know where this comes from, or if she has any clue either), Doggie outside, up please, down please... Common words at this point: Mom, MOM, MOMMY, MOM, MOM ... Honey= hungry Eat!= eat right now :p Beb= bed Juice= anything to drink Go! ...that one is quite clear - we're learning about green lights and red lights Pots= stop, said backwards Dits= sit boddy= potty buup= book Mawma= Grandma Bappaw= Grandpa Beeby= baby Dath= bath Yet= light Goggie= dog Osie= Sophie - our dog Bob= our cat Kate & Booey= my parent's cats names Bedgie= her favorite cartoon, Veggie Tales Kids ...she loves to see kids, at church or on u-tube Abby & Aussie= two of her favorite cousins Abby in NE and Oscar in TX MESS! ... this one is one of her favorites. She can't stand a mess Orse= horse Cow / mooo Guck= duck -wak-quack Boat Bubbles Piggy= her pet guinea pig - "Piggy-Pig" Ursie= her pacifier Wuvee= Love You Moeee= more Oooy= just how we greet each other Meein= Amen after prayer Ac-i-ee= outside Ankuh= Annika C C C= A B C's Yes / NO! Bow-bow= hair bow Bub= bread (or bib) Mouf= mouth Ayes= eyes Map= nap YEP! - one of her new favorite words If you ask her how old she is, she will hold up one finger and say "Old" ...Sometimes she will tell you "One"  This little video is Annika's first attempt at singing. I read through the list of words for Annika to say. They are otherwise words she says without prompting, just her daily vocab + a lot more that she surprises us with.
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This girl gets it from her dad... He is quite proud of such things!   In the first picture, you can see Annika's fat lip from where she fell a couple days ago. She was so excited to get her evening bath, that she took off running excitedly and tripped. She fell on a chair and almost put her two bottom teeth through her lip. (she never did get any more teeth when I thought they were coming.) Poor little thing - that realllly hurt. She continued on to her bath and we washed all the blood off her little belly. I rocked her to sleep and since then, she doesn't even notice the fat lip - or at least she doesn't complain.Annika and J's room just got a bit nicer looking.
We had some flooring left over from the foyer, which looks quite nice in their room.
She's sitting on her bed reading one of her books. 
I don't have to work until later today, so Annika and I had a fun morning together. Annika enjoyed drawing. She didn't adjust her clock for the time change, so she was up early this morning. I got up with JG at 5:00, so it didn't cause me less sleep. For some reason, since we went to TX last month, she hasn't slept through the night. She wakes up screaming or crying 2-6 times a night. I hope it's a short phase because I will get enough sleepless nights when J comes. Not that I'm sleeping super well anyway, being slightly uncomfortable at night, but getting out of bed doesn't help. Annika loves to brush her teeth. She also loves the little suction cups on the bottom of her tooth brush. It sticks quite well to the shower.    | | |
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