Friday, July 10, 2009

Zoo Day

We met some friends at the zoo today, and Anna Christine was so excited. Below, as you can see, she cannot even contain her excitement.

Forrest had a good time too.

Taking everything in. . . .

Our future vet. . .

Both kids loved the penguins. . .


She loved the giraffes, and he seemed to really love her. She was talking to him and trying to pet him. She really wanted a kiss, but the zoo person asked her to take a step back.


Anna Christine really wanted to ride on the hippo. She was so very sad about not being able to, and I tried everything to help her understand that this was not possible. She told me that she just needed to sit down for a little while.

Playing in the water fountains. . .

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Quoting Anna Christine


Anna Christine was eating her lunch, and I told her that she had to finish all her banana before I gave her a cookie. Her response: "Mama, me don't want anymore of my banana. Me get a belly ache if me eat all my banana. Me need my cookie now."

Monday, July 6, 2009

Happy Independence Day


We hope everyone had a great Independence Day (probably my favorite holiday). We did here in Tampa. A couple of weeks ago, we checked a book out at the Library about Independence Day. Anna Christine seemed excited about the day finally arriving, but she was beside herself when she noticed the American flag outside the window (Our neighbor put it up for us and let us borrow it for the day. Actually, he ended up just letting us keep it because AC got so upset when we were giving it back to him at supper that night. Now, we have "our very own" American flag.)

I wanted to get a picture of Anna Christine this year in her Independence Day outfit. Please take note that she does in fact have jean shorts on. She was unsure of them at first since she is not familiar with the way they feel. It took her a little while to figure out how to unbutton them and unzip them to use the potty "all by herself." Samuel just could not get over how cute she looked. I attempted to take several different pictures of her, but it is so hard to get a good shot. And, here's the little guy.


I wanted to update everyone on his teeth. As you can see, he has one of the top and one on the bottom, both of which are probably completely in. It is just the funniest thing to see that one big tooth on top. He almost has the second top one in.

Anna Christine loves to pick out her clothes and dress herself. Here, she has put on her jammies with a dress on top. She was really proud of this outfit. Also, she has also just started saying, "thanks," and "that will be fine" and "that will make me feel so much better."

I just had to share this last photo. It's a new favorite of mine.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Quoting AC


Yesterday, Samuel got a haircut. When he came home and said goodnight to Anna Christine, she asked, "Dada, is your hair broken?"