Pictures from July

We haven't been too great about taking pictures recently, but here are a few from July. I bit late, but still...

The weekend of July 4th we went to Evansville to visit my good friend, Miranda. Annabelle had a great time exploring a new place, but I think the trip to the Children's Museum was definitely her favorite. What a great addition to Evansville!



Annabelle loves to play in the water as we fill her tub. A lot of times she likes to hold a cup underneath the flow of water and dumps it out all over herself. Then, repeat...



She also loves to go to the playground. And, although she likes to play on the equipment, she seems to get more enjoyment from exploring everything around her. Unfortunately, lately she's taken to trying to find every little piece of trash to bring to me to throw away. Although I appreciate her enthusiasm for a clean environment, it's a bit gross... Another favorite playground pastime is playing with the wood chips, especially if she can find a stick to dig with!

Crazy Spinning Baby

Annabelle LOVES to spin in circles these days. Usually, she is prompted by music, but this evening she started spinning for no particular reason. Check it out...

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!