Pictures to Tide You Over

A few pictures to satisfy you and to balance out all of the text-only posts of late.

Anne is doing much better with her gross motor things. She can cruise around the coffee table and along the couch with reasonable speed. She HATES to fall, so she is extra careful. Sometimes, though, she takes a tumble and is quite dramatic about it. Buck up, Baby! She can stand on her own (as evidenced in this first picture) but you have to wrestle your fingers out of her hands first. She doesn't want you to let go!
Anne continues to talk and explore. As part of her assessment, her language, fine motor skills, and "cognitive abilities" were tested. She rocked all of those areas. Her language is fabulous, and her fine motor/problem solving skills were also beyond her age. The teacher kept saying "I wouldn't expect her to be able to do this" and then Anne would do it. She can unscrew the cap to a bottle or toothpaste and put pegs in holes. She can also do the "Rock-a-Stack" toy pretty well, though the wooden one she has works better (you can see the Fisher-Price on in this picture on the shelf if you don't know what I'm talking about.)

Look at her: "I'm being naughty, but I'm so darn cute!"

"Mom, you're so funny!" Here's a nice shot of her teeth. She has some bottom molars coming right now, and the top ones are about ready to push through. She has a knack for biting you right on the cuticle when you put your finger in there to check, so watch out.
Anne woke up sick this morning, so we are debating a doctor visit this afternoon or tomorrow. It seems like we are there all the time, and I don't really want to go again if there's nothing he can do for her. On a happier note, we have a Snow Day today, so Mommy doesn't have to work! Sam is home, I am home, and we are being a snuggly family in the snow. Sam is out now getting a new snow shovel. I had to laugh, because I've shoveled the snow this year up until today, and the first time Sam does it BAM! we need a new shovel. "That one is terrible!" he says. Uh, I know. I've been using it. I guess the free shovel that came with our house is not good enough for him :)