Hat Dance

Today was just another lazy Sunday at the Finnerty house, but we got a little bored so we decided to do a hat dance! Amazingly she can still fit in the hat she wore home from the hospital since it is really stretchy but she is already outgrowing some 3-6 month size hats! What is your favorite?

Hands? What are they for?

Fingers aren't just for eating? They are for clasping together and holding toys! Anneliese met these milestones right on time in the past 2 weeks.

Om Nom Nom

Fingers are delicious!

Tummy Time

Look at Anneliese's Tummy Time progress! From 3 weeks to 3 months old.

Week in Review! Anneliese can laugh!

Yesterday Anneliese Louise (ALF) turned three months old!  So that's how long it took us to start a blog.  I am going to update this everyday... maybe.  Saturdays I will do a week in review.

I guess I should do a quick three month in review first.  She was born October 27th, 6 lbs 15.8 ounces and 20 inches long.  She was born with a rockin' mullet.  She wears cloth diapers and drinks breast milk from the tap.  She had an awesome first Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas (I'll post pictures eventually).  She eats, poops, and sleeps through the night (eff yeah!).  

This week ALF started laughing out loud.  We have video evidence.  She laughs and smiles especially hard at the light switch next to her feeding station (the spot on the couch she gets the boob).    She also went into work with me at school.  She was a big hit.  They keep saying she has perfect features but then they say she looks like me... does that mean I have perfect features?

Check out the video!

3 Month Pictures

First Christmas!!

8 weeks old 3 days. Anneliese had so much fun and excitement leading up to the actual big day that she was just exhausted on Christmas morning! It was another wonderful day with family. Next year she'll be running around crazy, I'm sure. But it will be fun to watch her actually enjoying opening the presents and playing with her toys.

First Christmas Eve in CNY

Anneliese got to meet the rest of the Finnerty family on Christmas Eve when we went over to Sean & Melissa's for the annual get together. Everyone loved her, of course!! :) She got some great gifts! Then Anneliese met even more family at my mom's house when Em, Ant, Allison, Megan, Sara and JP came over. Just wait until Anneliese gets older, I think her and Allison will be great friends, they are so cute together! Special thanks to my mom for getting her the beautiful Santa dress.

First "Christmas" at Home

We had our Christmas on the morning of Christmas Eve at our home, as the first time as a mom and dad! Sounds weird to say that still... Anneliese got a wonderful play gym, some stuffed animals, a bunny puppet, books, a few interactive toys and some clothes. I know it sounds cheesy to say, but she honestly is the best gift of all. <3

Second Professional Photo Shoot

Anneliese, once again, was SO well behaved for her first Christmas pictures. We went to Sears and she was wide awake and alert, didn't fuss at all!!! We we very impressed. For being only 6 weeks old you would think the photographer would compliment her good behavior or even her dress, but nothing! Ugh, we were kind of annoyed that they couldn't even say how pretty she was, she was so pretty we couldn't stand it!

Met Santa!

Guess who was a perfect angel when she met Santa?? Anneliese, of course!! Such a good girl at 5 weeks old.

First Thanksgiving

Anneliese was 4 weeks old for her first Thanksgiving. We went to the Grandma's, so this was her first big trip! She did great and slept the whole time. Oscar had to squeeze into the seat next to her in the backseat but he was well behaved, but you could tell her sure didn't care for it. Anneliese got to meet some of her cousins for the first time, too. We are truly thankful for Anneliese!! She is a joy and a blessing.