daddy time

for chris' birthday i sent him a digital voice recorder so he could make recordings that i can play for anabelle (ok, so it was sort of a gift to me too). we're trying to think of everything we can do to make sure she 'knows' him when he gets home. this weekend chris sent us a recording of 'guess how much i love you.'

i had never read the book before bringing anabelle home and it took me a few readings before i didn't get choked up on the last line . . . "i love you right up to the moon - and back." i was doing fine until i heard chris reading it. the whole thing is just so sweet and anabelle definitely is listening when i play it for her. i've figured out how to loop it now and i make sure she has her 'daddy time' everyday.

chris left behind a shirt he had worn in the evenings for a couple weeks. i pulled it out today and laid it on anabelle when she was trying to take a nap. her pacifier kept falling out and it would wake her up, but as soon as i put the shirt on her i heard a peep or two and then she was out! (yes, the shirt he left was a neil diamond concert shirt)

it happened again for a nap later this afternoon.

anabelle has officially moved up to the next size of diapers and thanks to a huge diaper cake i received at my baby shower, we're pretty stocked for a little while. i've been looking back through some of the pictures of when she was first born (which i have a ton!) and she really has grown . . even her hair has grown!

here is one of my favs of anabelle with her aunt suzie. she was so tiny!