No Batteries...

Sorry guys. Our batteries for the camera have tuckered out and we haven't had any to replace them! So I have not been able to post. Well, I guess I could still post..but it is not the same without pictures! You know me! Anyways, since we still do not have new batteries and people keep asking me where the heck I have been in the blog world...I guess I will just suck it up and post without pictures!
Okay....lets see....what's been going on.....oh! Annie has been standing on her own without holding on to anything lately! And she also took her first two steps two days ago! She has actually been letting go of the couch and coffee table and taking a step forward like she is gonna start walking away! But then she falls shortly after the initial step.
She has also said her first word! She said it while Katy, Lucy, Lindsey, and I were at Babies R Us last weekend. I was reading a story to Lucy and Annie and there were mirrors in the book. So I would tell Lucy to say "Hi" to herself and she would....and then I would tell Annie to say "Hi" and by my complete amazement..she said it! Five times in a row! Katy even got to witness the special moment! No if you come in the room and say "Hi" to her she will say it back. It sort of comes out like a "Heeey" in a high pitch little voice.
She hasn't said any other "real" words yet, but she does recognize certain words when we say them. She will point them out or look over at them when she hears them. Here are a few words she understands enough to acknowledge:
1. Mama
2. Dada
3. Puppies
4. Say "Hi"
5. Say "Bye Bye"
6. Bella...... (of course)
7. Grandma
8. Go Bye Bye
9. Hungry
10. Night Night
11. Tater-Tot
12. Come here
13. Go get it
14. No....(she understands it...but doesn't always listen to it)
15. Give Kisses (she will give kisses when you say this)
16. Dance
17. Clap

Those are just a few main ones that we have noticed her understanding. She also shakes her head side to side when she doesn't want something and even when she is dancing! Haha! Anyways...I am tired and ready to go to sleep! I will be getting those darn batteries tomorrow!

Disgusting!!!!

I saw this on "The Soup" today. It is so gross! You be the judge!

911, What's Your Emergency??

I usually NEVER give Annie my phone because I don't want her to ruin it by chewing on it, and I also don't like it when kids are allowed to play with cell phone because whenever you are trying to make a call they are trying to take the phone away....but anyways.....Annie loves loves loves my phone. Probably because it plays her favorite song, Damaged, on it. So the other day I let her play with it while the song was playing. I put the keys on lock and figured she wouldn't be able to make any calls. Well, apparently when your keys are locked and you are having an emergency, you only have to push one button and your keys automatically unlock and call 911. And that's just what Annie did. She called 911.....they called back, but I didn't hear them ring because Annie was playing with the phone so I guess she just sent them straight to voice mail. They left a message and when I finally took the phone away from her I looked at it to unlock the keys and there was a voice message. I checked it and it went something like this "Hi, this is the Police Department, someone called 911 from this phone, we are gonna need you to call us back immediately and let us know everything is okay before we send out the police." Crap! I called back real quick and the lady had to check if they were sending someone out and then told me that on cell phones, 911 can be dialed by pushing one button even while the keys are locked. Oops. I said sorry and she said it happens all the time! And I guess it does, because when I was little my brother and I were playing with the phone and we called 911 and they actually came to the house. And then Justin's mother told me that he called them when he was younger too! Haha!

I just thought this picture was funny. This is what the dogs do whenever Annie is eating.....probably because she gets more on the floor than in her mouth!

Next.....Justin built a book shelf for Annie's play room. I was needing one for all of her books and was just gonna go buy one, but I thought it would mean more if he built it. So he went to Home Depot and bought the supplies. On Saturday he was out in the garage for a couple of hours "designing" his masterpiece. I told him to make it her height so she wouldn't pull it down on top of her.....but he made it three times her height. Haha! He also got some decorative pieces to put on the book shelf. It was quite funny to see him being creative. So I took pictures! I didn't get a shot of the final outcome, but it looks good. Now he is gonna paint it black and I am gonna decorate it with paint pens! Woohoo!

Justin needed to work out on Sunday so we went to the park. Annie and I played on the swings while he ran.....in the 100 degree heat! No thank you! We put a little hat on her and her sunglasses and sat her little fanny in the swing! She loved it! And to our amazement....she even started swinging herself! She would lean back and then push forward! I got some of it on camera too!

You can see her swinging herself in the beginning and the middle of the video! Watch closely! Oh and sorry for my screaming....I tend to do that a lot...and I always forget how annoying it sounds on camera.....but I just get so excited for her! Haha!

I painted Annie's toes! I gave her a biter biscuit and she sat there while I painted each toe nail red. Just like mine! They look really cute!

On a crappy note....I woke up with a little cold and then shortly after could tell Annie had one too! Sucks! She hasn't been sick since she was a couple months old! Now she is sleeping. I should have known...I mean she woke up twice last night and slept in till 9:30 today. She usually wakes up for a bottle at 6:30! Here she is using Bella as a pillow!

Toofie Update!

Annie now has four teeth! The two on the bottom are getting pretty big! They are almost the same size! And now the fourth one on the top has popped out! The ones on the top are growing a wee bit slower than the two on the bottom...but they are there! So exciting!

Walking Walker

Today Annie walked with her walker, by herself, for the first time! I usually go along beside her so that the walker doesn't wheel away leaving her face first on the ground. But today I let her do it on her own....falling and all. But instead of saying "awww...baby did you fall???" I said, "Hahahaha." That way she would think it was a funny thing instead of a sad thing and then wouldn't cry. And it worked! Every time she would fall.....I would laugh....and then she would laugh! It was really funny! But she had a great time and walked back and fourth for 15 minutes! I got video of her doing it tonight, but you won't hear any laughing because she never fell, so I couldn't laugh! Oh, and I am going to apologize now for Justin being in his underwear. He freakin wouldn't get out of the shot! So gross....just look away!

I would talk about her first pair of "Real" shoes from Stride Rite. But my mother already talked about it! So I will just put a picture up! But they are really cute and they help her walk because they support her little ankles! And they were not cheap, but my mother bought them...and since I knew the guy in the store....we got a discount! But I still can't believe that a size 3 shoe is that expensive!!!?? What the heck!

Oh, and she also learned to "High Five!" However, she usually likes to be the one who gets "High Fived." So she will put her hand out after you put yours out and then wait for you to touch hers! Whatever! Enjoy!

Fourth of July!!!

This year for Annie's first Fourth of July, we went over to Jeremy and Erica's house for some good ol' fashion fun! We ate food, played Catch Phrase, The Hershey Bar Game, Water Balloon Volleyball, Frisbee, Wii, and I got attacked with water balloons! We had a really great time! Oh, yea, we also did fireworks! Annie loved watching the different colors and Justin, Kevin, and Jeremy set them all off and I helped with a few at the end! Well.....I wasn't very good at it due to the fact that the flame on the lighter kept burning me! Hahaha! I made some really good rice krispie treats! Yummmmmmmmy! Well, I have a lot of pictures so I better get to it..........trust me...this will be a looooooong post!

This is my "NNNNNNNNOOOO IT IS GONNA BURN HER!" face.

Doesn't she look like she is having so much fun!?

Also, I heard about a website that can make your blog into a book??!! Does anyone know anything about that?

Oh....and on another gross note.......Annie is able to take her diaper off! Now I am warning all readers .......what I am going to say may sound nasty....but trust me...the pictures that will follow are much much much worse. So if you are squeamish or don't believe that people should take pictures of poo....please stop reading now. Anyways......for all you excited people who want to hear and see the poo.......here it goes! Today we were at my parent's house hanging out while our house was being sprayed for red ants! EWWWWWWW! Annie was in my mother's room sleeping while we were all looking at the pictures from Fourth of July. She had been sleeping for a couple of hours when I thought....hmm...I haven't heard her....lets check the monitor.....Justin did.....then went in to get her because she was awake....and then when I went in after him he walked back towards me and told me I had a situation to deal with.......A long story short......My mother did not put her diaper on well enough and she was able to take it off.....after that she peed all over the pad she was laying on and then proceded to poo....then pick up the poo and play in it....put it all over the sides...all over Bella....all over the blanket. It was on her hands, feet, and face! NASTY! So anyways....me and Justin puts some gloves on and I gave her a bath while he cleaned the bassinet and poor little Bella! Here are some nasty pictures that you can bet will be in the baby book!

She thought it was funny.....

I am not about to put my naked daughter on here..so I made her some fashionable painted bloomers!

All Clean