Anna's First Christmas

Anna had a great Christmas! My parents and uncle came to our house for a few days and the Jacobson clan joined us on Christmas Eve. Anna continues to enjoy new foods - she's tried a few more foods and her favorites are squash, peas, and a peas/spinich/brown rice combo. She's still unsure about green beans and is definitely not a fan of pureed turkey and chicken. Can't say I blame her on that one. I think we'll have to try tofu in some broth pretty soon!

Anna has also found out that it's really fun to stand up - she can't sit up or stand on her own but if we set her on her feet she'll grab on to the recliner and gets very excited about seeing the world from that view! Martin has taught her to shake her booty and bounce up and down. I wonder what she'll learn when they spend the entire summer together while I'm at work!!!!

6 Month Check-Up

Anna had her 6-month appointment today and she handled the four vaccinations (OUCH!) very well. Better than her parents did, actually. Afterwards we took a nap together under the glow of the Christmas tree lights - it was relaxing! She weighs in at a whopping 19 pounds, 2 ounces and is 27 inches long. Both are at the 95% for her age so she's growing growing growing. The pediatrician was very impressed with the size of her thighs. They'll be very sturdy when she starts walking!

We've ventured into the world of solid foods - she's okay with rice cereal, loves peas, and is undecided about green beans. We'll try sweet potatoes soon.

Anna!

Even though it doesn't look like it, Buck loved hanging out with Anna.

Smiley Anna!

Two of a kind!

Anna loves Grandma time, especially Uncle Tubby's garage!

I know - Martin looks so happy.....

The girls!

Cowgirl Anna

Is this hat too big on me?

I don't think that's how the headband is supposed to look.....

It's been a busy few weeks! We spent Thanksgiving at Tubby's house and then my dad and I left for San Francisco because my great-uncle Ted passed away. We will miss him. On the up-side it was wonderful to see my family and fill up on Japanese food. And I discoved how much my dad enjoyed persimmons - he stole as many as he could from the tables at the memorial service. Yah, nothing like stuffing your coat pockets and filling your purse with the centerpieces to show everyone how classy we are, don't cha know..... :)

Anna is working on crawling - tonight she managed to get up on her hands and knees for a few seconds. Pretty soon she'll be mobile - scary!!!! She goes in for her 6-month appointment tomorrow and will get another round of immunizations. She's been pulling on her ear and been a bit fussy every few days - I keep saying it and it hasn't happened yet but I think she's close to getting her first tooth!

Christmas Picture Previews

October and November

The past month has flown by! We visited with Roshan, Carol, and William, and were able to meet Niece Violet, saw Grandma and Grandpa over Halloween, and have ventured into the new world of eating rice cereal! She did pretty well with the cereal but we held off for a week because we thought she might have had an allergic reaction to it (red cheeks and splotchy spots on her body). We tried it out again this week and no reaction - thinking it might've been teething and just dry skin. Martin and I keep waiting for a tooth to sprout because she's been giving us all the signs that one is about to erupt but nothing so far!

Anna loves spending time with Grandma and Grandpa!

Thank you Auntie Laura for the coolest Halloween costume EVER!!!!

Do I have anything on my face?

Pugs and Bottles Don't Mix....

It's been a busy few weeks! Anna had her 4-month appointment in the beginning of the month and she grew 3 1/4 inches in 2 months! She's at the ninetieth percentile for height and seventy-fifth for weight so she's doing really well. We'll be starting her on rice cereal in the next week so that will be fun to cross that milestone.

Anna loves her new exersaucer!

Our obedient dog managed to get a bottle and this is the end result. I discovered him hauling the bottle around in his mouth and by the time I took the it away from him he had swallowed the nipple.
We read books and the newspaper together every day!

Tummy Time!

Anna has discovered that rolling over onto her tummy is pretty fun so now she does it CONSTANTLY. When I got home from the gym this morning I found Anna and Martin reading the Sunday paper together!

Well, it's been over a month since our last posting - I've been slacking! We spent this past weekend in New Rockford and had a great time. It was the annual steamthresher's festival so we were able to take in that as well as spend Saturday night out at the Skaar farm with Tubby, my parents, and the "Skaar Girls" (Irene, Ina, and Inez). We finished the weekend off by going to Grandfield Lutheran Church, a small country church where the Bymoens of years past attended.

Anna has been wonderful - she's quite the socializer and loves to talk and laugh with people. I call her my little drool monkey as she's like a faucet sometimes. We wonder if there might be some teeth coming in sometime soon.

Here's some pictures from our weekend!

Anna and her grandparents!

The Skaar Girls wanted to celebrate my parent's 40th wedding anniversary so they had this great dessert for us!

Grilled chicken wings along with seafood and veggies served in my great-grandma's roasting pan - delicious!

Anna enjoying the mid-September sunshine.

She and Daddy have many great conversations. She usually laughs with him...or maybe at him?

Grandpa ALWAYS makes Anna laugh.

Grandma, Anna, and Mommy!

Anna!

Dad playing with the camera.

Grunting and Rolling

Anna had a very adventurous day today with two big "firsts"! She went to daycare for the first time and rolled over from her back to her tummy for the first time! Daycare went well - Martin just dropped her off for a few hours so he could run some errands and she liked it a lot. They had her in a swing so she just hung out and watched the other kids play. Martin said she wasn't all that excited to go back home so that's a good sign that she'll be happy there! She's very social so I think she'll like the interaction with the other kids and our daycare provider.

I was making supper and Martin was in the kitchen talking to me and we could hear Anna grunting and grunting in the living room. I had put her on her back on the floor and when we went out there to check on her, she was on her side and was MAD that she couldn't roll over on her tummy. Anna was swinging her arms, kicking her legs, grunting, and threw in a few screams for fun. Then all of the sudden she rolled over on her tummy! Yea Anna! She was very content to be there, which was surprising because she is typically not a fan of tummy time at all. Anna had rolled from her tummy to her back at 7 weeks so it'll be interesting to see if she starts rolling a little more consistently.

We'll post some more pictures soon! And Happy Birthday to Kyra today!!!

Anna Anna Anna!

Anna after her bath!
She does pretty well with baths - the only part she doesn't like is when we rinse off the shampoo

One thing I will miss most about maternity leave is morning naps with Miss Anna!

Anna has a new ride! Martin bought her a Jeep Liberty jogger (who knew Jeep made strollers?) and Anna loves it. I think it'll be a lot more fun for her as she gets older and can observe more of what's going on around her.

Anna and her mama.

Butkus thinks that Anna is a great pillow.

Meiko LOVES Anna and always wants to help out! Here she is on babysitting duty :)