Just some pics

I made the last post without any pictures so I thought I would post some of everyday occurances here at the Linville house...

Anna LOVES to eat! Somehow she gets really messy when Daddy feeds her!
Still not crawling.

The rolly polly about to start action.

Have I mentioned how much fun I have with her everyday? I love it!

6 months!

I can't believe it, but our little girl is 6 months old!!!
She is growing up so fast I can't believe it. She is doing so many new things almost every day. Anna is quite lovable and cuddles up so sweet. She laughs a lot just like her mommy. She is also an incredibly great eater already after just a month. Her favorite food right now is avocado with pumpkin a close second! (I like making her baby food so she can get used to all kinds of different foods!) She is a professional roller and seems to be quite content to simply roll wherever she would like to go, although the coffee table often gets in her way! She is getting really good at sitting up and is getting pretty proficient at using both hands while sitting up, although she still falls eventually. We can't really get her to the crawling thing, she pulls her legs up and is looking pretty good, but then decides it is easier to roll over. She is such a talker, and she babbles all the time, mostly to herself. We haven't gotten mama or dada yet either, but she is getting close with mmmm!
Anna Kate is absolutely positively in love with her daddy, she just sits and stares at him, and I have to say that Jason is pretty content just to stare back.
Also, I am one of those moms that the AAP would string up, but Anna Kate now has a walker, and she loves it! Our house is all one level so it is not as bad as you may think and I am pretty sure it will save my back in the long run.
Anna also has the best lungs in town. We decided to leave her in the nursery for the 1st time on Sunday, and I made it through half of the sermon before they called me out. She was SCREAMING and did not want anything to do with that nursery- in her defense she didn't cry the whole time and only started after about 30 minutes. I felt bad for the sweet couple that was in there, but I decided to stay with her to try to at least get her used to the room. I think maybe they tried to hold her the whole time and my little independent one didn't like that idea one bit. We will try again this week, but I think I will stay for at least a while.

A Tooth!

We have a tooth! I am afraid there will be more soon, but we do know that they are really coming! The bottom left middle tooth finally pushed through and Anna is super cute as she is constantly feeling it with her lip. She has definitely been in a better mood, but the gnawing continues...

Teething...

Ok, I have said many times that I have been blessed with the happiest child ever. I mean she started sleeping through the night at 6 weeks, she has been a pro eater, and she laughs all the time. Well, I am missing my baby! Teething is the worst thing I have experienced so far as a mother. She gnaws on her hands all the time, she is fussy, she had about 10 bms the other day which led to our first diaper rash ever, and she wakes up at night because of pain. The worst part is that there isn't much I can do to help her with any of this. I guess this is what it is like to be a parent, there are just some things that they have to go through themselves. I can't wait for these teeth to make their appearance so that life can maybe get back to a little more "normal"!
By the way, she is still a pretty happy baby in spite of all of this...I think I am just really spoiled!

Forgotten Freebie

I thought I would share with you one of the things I have remembered as one of my favorite things to do as a child and that I have vowed that Anna and I will definitely do often...go to the library. With all the talk lately about how expensive everything has become, I have been trying to find "budget" entertainment that is also educational.
I remember going to "Story Hour" as a child and I LOVED it! I have just forgotten about the library in recent years and now I am thinking about how much money I have spent on books I read once and will sit on a shelf forever or get sold in a garage sale for 25 cents in several years. Now don't get me wrong, I think there are some books you just can't do without buying, but in general the library is an awesome benefit to all those taxes we pay- so why not take advantage of it? I mean, as long as you return your books on time, this is a totally free outing that also provides hours of entertainment when you get home!
I hope that Anna can look back in the years to come and have great memories of going to the library just like I do.
So for today, let me encourage you to support your local library, as I am afraid they may soon be all but forgotten.

5 month pictures

We just got Anna Kate's 5 month photos back. I can't believe how fast she is growing up! I haven't gotten to go through them all yet, but here are a couple that I liked.

She definitely has her daddy's eyes!

Future Olympian 2028, just haven't figured out which sport yet, swimming or gymnastics!

Already she has the attention of all the guys, and loves it! (Although somehow I don't mind that she gets so much attention from all these guys!)

She is actually wearing her dedication dress that was mine almost 28 years ago!