Today was the first day of Kindergarten for Evan.  It has been a crazy and stressful last couple of weeks since we found out who his teacher was and realized that all of the other kids around here were in the same class except for Evan.  But after all of the back and forth and questioning of what to do, we finally decided to leave everything as is knowing that Evan could definitely handle being in a class without knowing anyone and hopefully grow as an individual instead of with the same kids he has always been around.  That being said, he had a great day.

He woke up this morning at 7:30 and Andrew had made his favorite, swedish pancakes.  He gobbled those down, got dressed, brushed his teeth and had video and picture time.  I don’t have time to post the video right now so pictures will have to do.  We waited at the bus stop for a long, long time and finally the bus came.  He got on and I quickly jumped in our car so I could follow behind.  (more…)

Well, this week was much better than the last but not quite back to normal yet.  Anna was still not feeling great, which prompted several calls to the doctor’s office.  She is now much, much better today but it has been a long couple weeks.  Despite not feeling great, Anna managed to start clapping and waving to herself.  She claps constantly but especially when she hears music.  She really loves music, just like Evan.  Actually, Evan and I were at Sesame Place tonight and he was rocking out on main street to the music playing.  I guess they both get their love of music from their mommy.  (more…)

This week has been crazy.  That’s the only way to describe it.  I will just list some of the things that have happened this week.

-Staying up way too late watching the Olympics

-Anna having a cold and soiling her clothes day after day after day.  She went through four outfits today.  Ugh.

-New neighbors in our building that have eight kids.  No that wasn’t a typo.

-The air conditioner in our living room leaking therefore our whole living room is in an upheaval while the floor dries out.

-Some concerns and anxiety about Evan starting Kindergarten which begins Sept. 4th.

-Taking Anna to the doctor today and finding she has an ear infection.

-And finally, tripping on the carpet that is somewhat rolled up because our air conditioner leaked which led to a possible broken toe.

Well, that’s about it.  I hope next week is better.

This video didn’t turn out that great but I knew the grandparents would still like to see it.  So here it is.  Actually the funny part of this video is in the end where she spins the thing again to hear a new song and it plays pop goes the weasel.  Notice she stops dancing and looks up at the camera.  She is not fond of the Jack in the Box so when she hears this song play she gets a little nervous.

Anna turned 8 months yesterday.  Time is flying by.  She is so much fun.  She is quite the crazy girl with the crazy hair.  I know it will lay down eventually but not yet.  She is saying all kinds of things these days and still loves to squeal in delight.  She occasionally makes dinosaur roars like Evan or daddy.  Something I told them not to teach her but oh well.  She loves books and all of her toys and loves to sit up and scoot backwards and in circles, always getting her legs stuck between the leg of the coffee table or something else.  She wants desperately to move forward but can’t quite grasp the idea yet.  (more…)

This video shows Anna when she is tired of doing whatever she is doing and wants me to come get her.  I call it, Anna in distress.  She knows she wants her momma to get her out of whatever predicament she is in.  It also shows her starting to think about getting on all fours.  She is scooting backwards and turning around a lot and is finally rolling over a bit more.  Anyway, enjoy the video.

Last summer Evan grew a bean plant all on his own and much to my surprise it grew and grew and sprouted beans.  He was so excited!  So this year, our neighbors who were moving brought their little bean plants over that they planted in a cup for their daughter’s birthday and planted them in our flower garden for Evan to take care of.  They grew a little and were doing fine but when we came back from our trip to Oregon they were huge and sprouting many beans.  Evan was so excited!   He likes to pick them and give them away to people as they pass by.  He is always bringing me three or four beans and asking me to cook them.  I told him if he waited we could have a whole bunch of beans to cook at once but he’s having too much fun doing it this way.

There isn’t a whole lot to say about Anna’s hair other than the pictures.  Her hair just sticks straight up no matter what.  Even when she wears a hat, it will lay down for about 30 minutes after taking it off and then it’s straight up again.  So I found bows to put in her hair to make it look a little cuter.  Although I do get quite a few comments about how cute her sticky up hair is.  In fact, Evan has made up a song with all of her nicknames, it goes like this: “honey bunny puppy bear, honey bunny with sticky up hair.”  He sang this multiple times a day while we were in Oregon.  Anna’s main nickname is bunny, but Evan throws a few more in occasionally.  She actually turns her head when you call her by Anna or bunny.  Either one will do.  (more…)

I cannot even believe that Anna is already 7 months old.  She actually turned 7 months a week ago but Andrew was in Singapore with our camera until last night so I couldn’t take any pictures.  And we were in Oregon until just a few days ago.  So now we’re home and tired and trying to get back on Eastern time instead of Pacific.

So what is Anna doing now that she is 7 months old.  Well, as you can see in the last post, she is talking, talking, talking.  She talks about everything and to anyone.  I swear she has said, hi, mama, dada, and all done.  But for now I’m still waiting for that real first word.  We’ll see.  She is also sitting up extremely well.  She loves to sit up and play with her toys instead of always laying on the floor.  (more…)