Repeat

We were just upstairs and Annika wanted me to get a game down off the closet shelf for her. All of the games that are up there are not really games that she can play. I said to her lets go down stairs and we will play blocks or candy land. She looks at me and uses her serious voice. (she uses it when she is trying to parent) and she said "Repeat after me" I want to play with that game up there that you used to play when I was a baby. I think she was trying to say listen to me. But it made me laugh that she said repeat after me. So then I asked her if she knew what that meant. she said no, and then preceded to tell me why she needed the game. In the end she got a game and I am still laughing...."REPEAT AFTER ME!"

8 Months

Ady is now 8 months old! Really.... where did the time go? It is just crazy to me.
*She is mobile. Crawling all over
*She picks up cheerios and puffs, and eats them.
*She has started eating more food. Her favorite so far, is Apples & Cinnamon with Oatmeal.
*She signs milk
*She wants to be playing with whatever Annika is playing with.
*She wants to be right by other people.
*Lately Annika will crawl underneath Ady's chair and Ady watches Annika go from side to side and just laughs every time Annika peaks out on the other side.
*She pulls herself up to stand next to anything she can. The other day she was standing up holding on to my legs, while I was sitting on the ground, and she let go of my legs and stood up for a couple seconds.
*She doesn't like falling over even if she does land right on her bum.
*She is such a cute kid and I am so glad she is mine!

Sunbeams

I just have to post this because it is crazy to me. But Annika is now in Sunbeams. I no longer have a baby in Nursery, she is a big girl and goes to sunbeams. She has done such a good job being reverent in Primary, and has transitioned really well. It is just so weird that I have a kid that goes to Primary.
This last week I did Sharing time, and I was really afraid that she would want to come stand by me or something while I was trying to teach. But she stayed in her seat and participated really well in the lesson. I just hope she is good for her teachers when we aren't around. But she is growing up so fast!

New Year

On New Years Eve we went to Brian's parents house and enjoyed the wonderful fondue night. It is a wonderful tradition, and what better meal to kick off the new year of eating healthy than making yourself sick on fried food. Mmmmm.... it was so good. I had seen some sparklers in walmart when I was there, and thought Annika would love them. So at 9:30 we went outside and played with the sparklers and said Happy New Year. It was lots of fun. Gavin was holding his between his toes. It was lots of fun! Not to long after we went out and did sparklers Annika fell asleep on the couch. It was great! Happy New Year!