Who's Afraid of the Dark?

Not Annabelle! I often find Annabelle playing in her room all by herself with all the lights off. How she can even see what she's doing (with room darkening shades/blanket over the window), have no idea! But, not only is she not afraid of playing in her room in the dark; check this out...

So She Thinks She Can Dance

Today, during a music segment on TV, Annabelle started doing this "dance" and "singing". She's been practicing all day!

T-I-double-grrrrr

Somehow I always manage to catch these crazy "grrrr" faces that Annabelle makes rather than the oh-so-cute smile that comes just before...

Another Walking Video

As per my mom's request, here is another, more recent, video of Annabelle walking. It's amazing how quick she is now!

She's Walking!

On her first birthday, Annabelle took seven slow, deliberate steps while at the playground with Mommy and Grandma Dube. From then on, she's been getting progressively better. It's now official...she's a walker! In fact, she seems to prefer walking to crawling at this point. She also likes to pick things up (like her stuffed Lorax) and carry them around with her. Although, I think she's a little overconfident about her strength as she tries to carry two or three things at one, some of which are bigger than her! Here's a video of our little walker from one week ago. We'll have to get another one posted soon. It's amazing how much better she gets every day!

One Year Ago Today

I can't believe a year has already flown by!

Annabelle's first birthday has been quite eventful so far.
She had her 12 month appointment this morning (complete with three vaccines and two vials of blood!). After a wonderful nap, we ate some lunch and went to the playground with grandma. Annabelle had a wonderful time climbing, swinging, crawling, and watching the older kids.
Now, we're back home and she's taking another nap. Then, we're going for a walk and eating at Steak and Shake for dinner...yum!
We're saving all the celebrations (cake, presents, etc.) for tomorrow when Kris will be able to spend more time with us.

Update on her stats:
length/height: 28 3/4" (25%)
weight: 16lbs 8 oz (3%)
Healthy little girl!

Vacation Part 4: Virginia Beach

We spent the final few days of vacation in Virginia Beach. One of Kris' good friends from high school got married on the beach, right outside an awesome beach house that they rented for the week. Annabelle almost made it through the ceremony. Afterwards, she had a great time playing with the other kids (always watching and learning from the older ones!)

and entertaining the adults.



We also got some quality beach time in and found out that Annabelle loves the beach!
At first she was a bit afraid of the ocean (don't blamer her, I still am!) and didn't want her feet to touch the water.

But, she loved playing in the sand (and, later, the water too).