Eight Months!

Today, we celebrated 8 months!  After a hectic week/weekend with work, our office was closed to let everyone recover from all of the events.  I was glad to have the day off and get to take Anne to story time at the Westbank Library.  She usually goes with Mrs. Gladys and it was fun to see what they do each week and meet the friends that she has made. 

We sang songs, enjoyed the bubble machines, listened to the librarian read books and then checked out some new books for the week.  I wish I had more opportunities to do things like this with Anne, but I'm glad that her sweet grandmother takes her.

Matt lowered her baby bed today as well.  We've been talking about lowering it for a while and after Sarah mentioned having to lower Caroline's in the middle of the night, we decided we should take care of it now.  



At eight months, Anne is:

• happy when you help her stand so that she can walk or hold onto things
• banging things together to make noises
• squealing and blowing raspberries
• eating more foods including cheerios, puffs and food that isn't strictly pureed
• smiling and laughing more
• noticing more details in objects
• able to pick up tiny objects
• chewing on everything
• holding steady with two bottom teeth
• not napping as much as we would like her to, but still sleeping 12+ hours a night
• loving the water and bath time
• not crawling, but putting weight on her hands and bouncing on her knees

Her next check-up isn't until the first of December, but we did take her to the doctor a week ago and know that she weighs around 18 pounds. 

Matt and I tried to take some photos of Anne for her 8 month photo shoot.  We never really got a great shot of her, but we did get a few funny ones.

Pumpkin Patch

Today, Sarah and I took the girls to the pumpkin patch at Tarrytown United Methodist Church.  We had a great time taking photos of the girls surrounded by pumpkins.  In the process, I learned that it is also hip for sorority girls to take photos while sitting on pumpkins. 

Near the end of the photos, Anne got sick and we had to head home sans pumpkin, but we'll pick one up at the grocery store this week.

We look forward to taking them to Sweet Berry Farms next year so that they can enjoy the hay ride, petting zoo and other fun things there.  This year, it didn't seem worthwhile to make the drive to Marble Falls since they'd likely start screaming as soon as we go there. 

Here are a few photos from our trip:

Photos with Natalie

I'm pretty lucky to have such talented friends and family.  It helps to ease the process of finding florists, photographer and decorators when you know exactly who to call.

When it comes to photographers, I have two incredibly talented friends, Mary Margaret Rogoff and Natalie Seeboth. 

Living in Austin, I rely on Natalie to capture images of Anne as she grows.  Natalie took photos of Anne a week after she was born and now that Anne has passed the six month mark, I asked her to come back and take more pictures of our sweet girl.

Natalie came to the house last Sunday and spent an hour with us.  We also asked Matt's parents to join us as well because I wanted to get some photographs of Anne with her grandparents.

We woke up to a chilly morning and a fussy baby, but Natalie and Anne prevailed.  I know that she got some beautiful shots and I can't wait to see them very soon.

Until then, please enjoy this sneak peak that she shared with me.  Natalie, if you read this, my apologies for using this version!

Anne - October 7, 2012

A Tiny Democrat in the Making

Contrary to what my family thinks, I'm hoping that this sweet baby shares my political views one day.

Anne is posing with our new yard sign. She's a cute mini-Democrat.

Somebody loves her lovie

We had to capture a photo of this sweet, snuggly pose.