Mommy and Annie Weekend

This past weekend, Daddy was away in NYC tearing it up with his college buddies so Mommy and Annie had lots of quality time together! On Friday, we had photos of Annie done for the first time. She turned into quite the ham as soon as she saw the camera....we might worry about this later in life :) All of the photos came out so well. Thank goodness Auntie Susan came with us and helped in deciding which ones to keep (thank you, Auntie Sus, I love you!)! It was a tough decision. I've posted the "finalists" here!
We also headed down the Cape on Saturday to meet some of our extended family members at a Kirwan family party. This is my Grandma Sullivan's family. We were sure to take lots of photos since gatherings like that do not happen very often! It was a nice time and great to meet everyone.
Pete returned alive with a liver that doesn't work like it used to :) Glad you're home! We missed you, Daddy!
This is Annie's last week as a Powder Puff (so funny) at day care. She moves into home care officially next week. I'm sure she'll miss Miss MaryBeth, Miss Linda, Miss Marge and her buddy, Mairin, very much! We will too...
See you after school and on the weekends, Mairin! xoxo

4.5 months/20 weeks

So, a friend of mine just recently started a blog about her adorable 6.5 month old daughter and, since I thought it was a great way for friends and family to keep up with the rapid rate at which Annie is growing, I copied her (and a few others) and now have a blog about Annie! I hope you enjoy it!

ps- I also can never seem to find the time to upload photos and figured this was an even better way to stay in touch.

Let me start by saying how happy and fun Annie is! I hate to sound cliche but she truly is the best baby. She is so easy-going and rarely cries. I wish her on every new parent.

Annie is really developing her little personality, too. We can tell she's going to be a chatterbox (where could she possibly get that from?) and a character (Daddy?). She doesn't stop with the sounds, screeches and, sometimes, yells that even scare her! She also has the best giggle and a deep laugh. It's too cute. We all love to be silly with one another.

She is also a BIG girl- she weighed 19 pounds, 10 ounces at her doctor's appt. last week and measured 27 inches. She is in the 100th (plus) percentile for both. I love this about her- she is so cuddly :) And, she loves to cuddle and be held.....

Annie does a great job with everything "developmental". She is scooching herself all over the place when on the floor, rolling all over the place, holding her bottle and putting it into her mouth, deciding what she does and doesn't want to do (this can't be good at such a young age), etc. Lately, she is also very interested in her feet- grabbing at them and trying to eat them whenever possible!

At night, Annie likes to take baths, sneak peeks of the Red Sox games on TV (don't tell her doctor this!) and try to turn the pages in her books. (That just sounded like a personal ad.....I like long walks on the beach, am an Aries.....). She also LOVES being outside and taking walks. They always make her sleepy! She has also turned into a very good shopping partner of Mommy's :) The two of them have fun planning her "outfits"- ha ha.

Everyone loves her and she has brought so much joy into all of our lives.

Until next time....