Annabelle playing shirt guitar

Annabelle 2009

Okay, okay... so I'm no better at blogging than Amy is. Who in the world has time to blog every day? Here is an update for anyone who still checks this page. We took a video at the Texas Capitol on Feb 1, 2009. Our little girl is hilarious!!

A Day at the Pool!

Is this a happy girl or what?






We've been spending a ridiculous amount of time indoors because it's so hot every day now, but we broke down and had a little pool fun today. Some of us had a BLAST! We also got to drive our car and play in our playhouse for a little while.




Annabelle would like to leave you with one last thought:

It's Summer Time!!

It's officially June, and that means we can't spend as much time outdoors as we have been. We had another good week, Annabelle's Nana came for the weekend and the little girl got to show off her walking for everyone. Here are some updated pictures!

Memorial Day Weekend!!

Okay everyone, after almost 6 months of hiatus, CHRIS is taking over the blog. I finished my last long workout before Ironman #2 yesterday, so I need to find something to do with all this extra time during my month-long taper. The Annabelle blog is the perfect solution. Sorry, Amy, but "you either in o yo out. You ah out."

Our beautiful little girl is growing like crazy. She turned 17 months on Saturday. She is a "late walker" by most people's standards, having only really picked it up in the last few weeks, but she mastered it quickly and keeps us on our toes more than ever.

We are having a great Memorial Day Weekend. We picked up a little playhouse and slide on Saturday and set them up in our yard, and Sunday we went to the Children's Museum to let Annabelle run around for a little while.

Hope you all enjoy the update!

Chris

Merry Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas today. Grandma and Grandpa came over first thing this morning, and once our sleepy princess woke up and ate her breakfast, we got to open some presents. And Annabelle got to wear her adorable santa monkey pjs that her Daddy bought her.

She had a fun morning, and managed to open about three things from her stocking and then lose interest. And her big brother Gatsby helped her a little too!

After Annabelle's morning nap, we got to go for a ride in her spiffy new red wagon that she got from Granddad and Anna. Boy, did she love it. Her favorite thing was being pulled on our bumpy street so she could listen to what it did to her voice. It was adorable to listen to her, and she was all smiles the whole time. It's a really cool wagon. It has seats and seatbelts, which are great!

After her afternoon nap, we went over to Grandma and Grandpa's house, where they had prepared a wonderful Christmas feast for us! We then opened MORE presents. Annabelle definitely found her favorite present ever waiting under the tree for her...a little doll. Once Chris got the paper off of her for Annabelle, she just started squealing in delight and wanted her out of her box RIGHT THEN! After pulling and twisting under Annabelle's supervision, Chris finally released her and Annabelle was oh so happy. She could not stop hugging and kissing the baby, and she had a huge smile on her face!

Guess who's ONE today!

It's unbelievable...Annabelle celebrated her first birthday today! This year has absolutely flown by, and it's been just amazingly terrific for us.

Today was pretty low-key. We played this morning, then nap, then we went for a jog and played some more, then another nap. Then Grandma and Grandpa came over for a small birthday celebration. Annabelle had many presents to open and managed to get a few unwrapped with some big help from her dad. She was really more interested in the wrapping paper than what was inside. I'm sure she'll eventually notice the toys though, and appreciate having some new things to play with.

We had dinner, then birthday cake that I made yesterday. By the time we had the cake, Annabelle was close to a meltdown, so she was absolutely not interested in digging into her piece. She maybe ate one bite, and didn't smear any icing on her face. Oh well! The evening did end with a meltdown. Annabelle pretty much skipped her naps yesterday, and I think it caught up with her today. By about 4:15, she was losing it. We finally gave in and she was bathed and sound asleep by 5:45.

So that's it for the big girl's birthday. I can't believe that a year ago right now, I was struggling to push that little baby out. It seems like just yesterday! Our love grows for our little girl each and every day, and she continues to amaze us. Our lives have been so full of love because of a tiny little baby girl.