Here comes trouble

Maybe it's Mommy amnesia, but I really don't remember Randi getting into this much trouble! My two girls are so different... both are handfuls, but in such different ways it's amazing. Annabella loves to be down and explore which leads to climbing and doing things she shouldn't. Even though she's only 8 months old I can already tell that she's going to be quite independent. I fully expect to hear "I can do it myself" a lot from Annabella. Thankfully I've learned LOTS & LOTS of patience (most of the time) over the years being Randi's mom!

 Annabella has learned to climb up her piano and onto the couch! We have the piano there to discourage her from crawling in between the couch and love seat. 

I'm trying to teach Annabella "what goes up, must come down". Is she too young to learn about natural consequences???

Annabella sees the cats in the kennel so it must be good enough for her too! She already eats cat food, so she's she might as well sleep with them right?

I had to help her out of this one ;)

Spring Training

We finally made it to one of the last spring training games of the season! Fun was had by all...Randi kept her nose in a book most of the time while James and I tried to minimize Annabella's eating of grass & leaves.

Beach day!

Last Friday Randi had the day off from school so we met up with some friends at the beach. For those non Floridians...the beaches on the gulf coast are pretty awesome (even for us non-beach people). White powdery sand and fairly calm waters make for a perfect day. Randi had a great time playing with friends (old & new), Annabella enjoyed eating sand and flirting with strangers and I was able to have a relaxing day and enjoy adult conversations!

 Here I am encouraging Annabella to eat actual food and not the sand...

Annabella exploring the sand at the shoreline.

 About 5 seconds after this picture a wave crashed over Annabella....she didn't think that was so funny and started crying.

 Happy Randi, but Annabella's still mad at the wave.

Amazingly enough Friday was NOT Annabella's first trip to the beach. We went when she was 2 weeks old....Her and I sat in the shade under the cabana while Randi & Oda played in the water & sand.

I need a cage!

Don't let Annabella angelic face fool you...she going to be a little trouble maker! James always tells her "No baby 4x4ing right now!" It's funny because the way she crawls and plows through any obstacle really does resemble some sort of ATV. Here are a few pics of some the trouble she likes to get into...

 Annabella climbed up on the shelf of the glass, stone & metal coffee table, this is actually probably more dangerous than it looks in the picture.

Annabella's first time at the pool

Even though our pool is heated and it was around 80 degrees I still thought it was a little cool! I must have been in Florida too long because I am accustomed to pool and ocean temps being closer to bath water. Annabella loved the pool and was very relaxed...

Lazy Saturday Morning

Family Literacy Night

Randi's school had a children's author Chris Rumble come and speak to the kids. There was an assembly during school hours as well as a Family Literacy Night. I have to say it was pretty awesome! Chris Rumble spoke about how much fun reading is, danced, sang & played guitar for the kids. Annabella thought it was pretty cool too. Unfortunately it's really hard to get good pictures on the stage at Randi's school...they are always really dark.