Lay Off Me, I'm Starving!!!

Starting to see a bit of a similarity here...

Are you my Father?

Geez, you look and sound an awful lot like my daddy....
let me grab at your face to find out for sure.

Felicia and Uncle Dan came to visit Anneliese!

Cuddle Time

0 to 6 in a Flash!

She has gotten so big and beautiful in just 6 months!

6 months old!!!

Yay!  We made it half a year and we still have all our fingers and toes!  Hooray!

Shopping Trip

So we took ALF shopping and told her she could pick out 1 thing...

I guess she has expensive taste.

Look What I Can Do!!!

Busy Day

ALF loves puppets!

ALF went to the Natural Family Festival and participated in the Great Cloth Diaper Change today.  We helped break a world record! Yay!  We bought a cloth swimmy diaper to swim in this summer. 

We also stopped by New York Toy and Hobby and bought a puppet.  ALF loves puppets.  We may need to buy this one next->

Our last stop of the day was prom.  You heard me, prom.  ALF wore her crown and made a royal appearance to appreciate her loyal subjects. 

Just a Girl and her Monkey

Anneliese has almost been able to roll over from her back to tummy and can make it about 3/4 of the way. She can also sit temporarily without support but is still a little weeble-wobbly. In one week she'll be 6 months old!! Holy moly!

Orange looks good on you, Mom

Squash is more fun when sprayed on the ones you love via raspberries and sneezes.

Barbie Anneliese

 

Since ALF's coronation as princess, she has been in the market for a new summer home, browsing the local realty listings. She also has been immortalized as a Barbie.

Because every girl needs a tutu...

ALF is royalty

ALF sporting her crown and amber teething necklace.

ALF's official coronation occurred today around 12:30pm.  The crown was handcrafted by an artisan from the land of etsy.  ALF's first act was a royal proclamation... she declared war on her pants.  The monarchy bombarded her enemy.  In the end, her pants were overwhelmed.  Victory!  Sadly, there were some casualties.  The royal couch needed a hard scrubbing and the royal nappy changer threw up in her own mouth. 

A walk in the park

Got Avocado?

Bargain Shopper

Anneliese went to her first garage sale today, and scooped up some great deals on outfits to wear next year. Our neighbor is having her 4th baby boy in a few months. She was given a few pink things in hopes of finally having a girl, but no such luck. Our neighbors adore Anneliese and we'll be sad to see them move soon. We'll be in the market for a new babysitter starting in September, so referrals are appreciated!

 Storytime with Daddy

CNY for Easter!

Easter basket!  Yay books!  Thanks Meemaw!  :)

 ALF went to CNY and spent time with all of her Grandparents!  She is so lucky to have so many people who love the heck out of her. 

Happy Easter!!

Easter Egg Fun!

She just is so cute I can't stand it!!!

Week in Review!

ALF passed out on her exersaucer!

It has been a few weeks since ALF rolled over on her own for the first time.  She hasn't really done it since.  That was until yesterday when she did it twice within five minutes.  Now she is a rollover champ (she can do belly to back, just not back to belly).  

ALF went to Baby Lap Time at our local library today!  She was fantastic.  She laughed hysterically the whole time.  We sang songs, listened to stories, and even watched a puppet show.  Looks like we will have to go every week. 

Raspberries!

Pure Joy

LOVES her daddy!!!

Baby Wearing!

We love our Boba baby carrier! It works perfect and can't wait to use it all the time this summer.

Baby and Puppy

Puppy love <3

Yay! Sweet Potatoes!

Baby and Cats

ALF as adorable as ever in an outfit daddy put together.  Notice how the clothes match. Booya!

The cats finally noticed a chair that wasn't covered in their fur.  They changed that real quick.

Wiggle Worm

Anneliese went to bed last night with her head down at the right end of the crib. When she woke up this morning, she had done a complete 360! Not sure what was going on in there... maybe a baby dance party??

This morning she shared her thoughts for the day: "raa raa, daa daa, blaaaah blaaaah"

Bananas!!

Anneliese tried pureed bananas today, her first solid food other than rice cereal. They were a big hit!! She scarfed down the whole bowl and still wanted more! After a few more days, we'll make her some organic sweet potatoes to try.

So much learned in 5 months!

 

She's not going to let that spoon get the best of her.

 

So beautiful!! <3

Holy crap 5 months!

Busy Baby

Yesterday, Anneliese had a visit from her Finnerty grandparents! They had a great time playing and napping together. We all went out to eat at East End and had a great lunch.

Today, Anneliese was finally able to get her big toe in her mouth!! She's been working on it for a while now but was finally successful!

ALF met her new BFF!

She also went to Sears and got her Easter pictures done. She was perfectly well behaved and smiled the whole time. Then we were also going to get pictures with the Easter Bunny but Mike thought he was too creepy, maybe next year...

She eats!

Grandma and Me

Grandma got to babysit Anneliese for 3 days, and they had a blast! They read lots of books, sang songs, went for walks to the river and other crazy shenanigans.

Gift of gab: Part 2

                                                It's hard to talk with all the spit in your mouth

Gift of gab

 

Girls just wanna have fun!

                                 Look who can almost sit up all by herself! Just a little weeble wobbly.