a few florida videos

anabelle and i are getting settled back here in san diego.  still need to finish unpacking.  you don’t realize how much work you actually do on your own until you’ve had 2 1/2 weeks of 24 hour help.

only one more week and chris will be home too, hooray!  i got to talk to him this morning which was a surprise.  things are going well.  he’s just trying to figure out what to do with the 4 day weekend he has since today and tomorrow are a japanese holiday.  more studying, i imagine.

ends up that the anabelle i took to florida is definitely not the anabelle i brought back.  she grew and learned so much while we were gone.  seems all that sunshine and salt water were mighty good for her!  she’s quite the expert at blowing raspberries, has her ‘da da’ down pretty great, scoots up to her knees quick, has a lovely kissy noise (grandpa’s fav!), will try to pull up on almost anything, and is getting more and more stable walking around holding your fingers.  i told chris he is going to have to sit and watch anabelle for 24 hours straight so he can catch up on all that she discovered since he left, not to mention all the new pretty white teeth.

one of the days that he got a chance to call,  i told him that anabelle was becoming such a big girl and asked him “what are we going to do?”  “raise a big girl, i suppose” was his response.  well put, muggy.  and so we will.

sweet kisses

 

i’m coming to get you, mommy!

we made a quick overnight trip to tallahassee to visit my sorority sister christie and her 9 week old, camden.  anabelle had fun checking out his room & his toys.  i wasn’t sure what she’d do in this elephant.  she’d never ridden on anything before.  i was pretty impressed . . . but the dismount could use a little work.

our visit with auntie christie and baby camden

 

that’s a big fish!

just checking in on anabelle

friend baby update:

my two friends who had babies last week are both doing great (hooray!) and have named their little girls.

caitlin mcnamara (in chicago)

amari selene (here in san diego)

also, my brother-in-law’s little sister (not sure what that makes her to me) just had her first baby yesterday – jubilee kate.  isn’t that such a delightful little name?!

blessings all around!