18 Month Appointment

Last week Anna had her 18 month appointment. She's stretched out - she grew two inches and lost 1 1/2 pounds since her 15 month appointment. That puts her in the 95% for height and 60% for weight for her age. I asked the doctor if it was normal for kids to lose weight like that and she looked at Anna and said, "Well, she certainly isn't starving." So guess we're okay - all that running around she does nowadays burns off a lot of energy!

We went to Fargo this fall and checked out the zoo.

They have a carousel at the zoo so I thought it would be fun to go on it with her. This was right before the ride started. As soon as it got going Anna freaked out - she was completely petrified. Her whole body was just shaking and she wailed the whole time. We were the only ones on there but the operator didn't stop it for a long time and those things move fast! I even got a little dizzy. So lesson learned: no more carousels for a long time.

Here she is going up the stairs by herself. She wanted us to put Bucky's jacket on her and she was very proud of it - she looked like she had a superhero cape on so we got a chuckle out of it.

Anna showing her daddy her computer skills.

Hanging out with her best friend Buck.