Anna and Cart Cart

Wanted to share some recent times that Anna and her Cart Cart have had together... I see a lot of her in him and vice versa, so I thought it a good idea to post the below:



Two of my favorite people!

The Lounge

Once again, as promised, we'd like to present our daughter. Recently, she has begun crawling and is getting better and better by the minute. Her favorite stationary pose continues to be 'The Lounge' although sitting normally has begun to creep up on the favorites list. Here is a taste of said preferred pose:

scratch all that!

Nanner crawled at daycare today. She had that look of determination, stuck her tongue out of her mouth with intense focus, got up on all fours and before my very eyes it was left knee forward, right knee forward. Lyla did not stand a chance against the fierce pursuit of the Bo-Bo-Nanner. She reached her hand out and THERE! At last! Lyla's foot had been captured.

Anna also has a tooth now. It must have broken through sometime during the day yesterday, because as of last night, there was undoubtedly a tooth (bottom front, the left one - her left).

My baby is growing up waaaaay to fast.

The Almost Crawl

Anna is on the verge of her first legit crawl... currently, she can get to where she wants to go, but it's by rolling or 'stomaching' as I've just now coined it.  But mainly, she just gets on her hands and knees, then rocks back and forth several times before conking out.  So, as promised, below is such an occasion, as we try and lure her with her toy 'tambourine.'

She's so close!!

Going, Going, Gone!

Anna has been sitting up on her own for a little bit now.   This did not come without some missteps along the way, however, and we caught some of the previous 'learnings' in action via the camera... see below the progression of events on one of her first tries to sit up on her own:

Looking good so far....

Hold it, hold it.... hold it...

...and touchdown!

Her preferred pose is 'the lounge' which we will have video evidence of soon.  She's got quite the personality!

punishment

So. If you're baby spits up or gets her outfit dirty in "other ways" while at daycare, the teachers will change her into the spare outfit that you have supplied. If you have forgotten to bring said spare outfit, or your baby messes up both outfits, mommy and daddy are punished with lovely random outfits like this:

The above is yesterday's runway hit, and not shown here are the other prize winners: the Christmas outfit that had a collar like a doilie and today's size 2T ensemble.

Protesting Gustav

Omi and Grampallen came for a visit this weekend as a protest to our not making it down to Pensacola last weekend, thanks to Gustav. As usual, there was much cuteness to be found.



Oh, and Anna is very excited about her most recent donation from wee Carter - the musical table 'o' joy!

Catching Up!

So it's been a little while since we posted, so in true Ash and Park fashion (or at least Park only fashion), wanted to give you a smorgasbord or steady smattering of pics from recent weeks.

Anna is growing quickly and she just got the thumbs up on her 6-month doctor appt... still 75th percentile in height (projected to be 5'6") and normal on weight (16.04 pounds) and length (26 3/4").

We've been out and about visiting family, as well as hanging at home with some folks too... so here are some shots:

Anna with Aunt Linda in Sky Valley

Anna with Uncle Vic in Sky Valley

Anna with Cart Cart at home

Anna with Nino

And just because she is the cutest thing in the universe, Anna naked... yes, I've posted naked pictures of my daughter on the internet. Until she can talk and tell me to stop, I'm OK with it!

More posts coming soon, so stay tuned!