And five months later... sadly, i guess that's how we roll

Wow! Anna looks so different now! She is a full blown toddler! So, what's new in the last 5 months? Well, "Second baby" is on the way. We will change this term of endearment to make it more specific on November 17 when we find out if its a boy or a girl!!!! Anna is talking up a storm... she loves airplanes, school buses, animals, perfume, shoes, elmo and abby cadabby and organizing things. Justin is doing AMAZING at work and will probably be mad i even said this:) He hates it when i make a big deal out of things (hence the exclamation marks). I can't exactly share what is going on since i don't know what is public info and what is on the down low so i will fill you in later:) SO, lets go back to 4 months ago and start recapping out latest escapades:)

June, 2008

In June, ANNA turned 1!!! She also had to go down for an impromptu nap in the MIDDLE of her party;) What a hostess! We had so much family in town and so much excitement, she refused to nap all day, until.... you guessed it... party time! It was still a great day! Thanks to all of the family who could come! Anna had a blast with Ape Grams, Grampa, Grandpa, Aunt Jess and Logan! Cousin time! Here's a picture of Logan and Anna, only 6 months apart. Later in June, we went down to Memphis... or more specifically Brighton, Tn for my Mom's birthday. Her liver is in pretty bad shape, so she couldn't make it to Anna's party so we came down to see her. Justin cancelled his trip for the opening at Niagara Falls so he could be there with us. It was a good time! We swam a lot (Anna didn't want to leave the pool) and had a Shrimp boil! Yum!! Also Anna enjoyed watching Thomas videos with Logan and chasing around my parents' dogs Brutus and She-ra. Have fun now, Anna... we will not have pets!!!

July 2008

We went to San Diego for our first family vacation in July and had a great time with the Stichter fam! Anna loved the beach, making sand castles with Dad, sunbathing with Aunt Megan and Ape Grams, playing in the waves with Unkie punkies and eating sand! Ape grams was happy to share those memories with Anna since she is a self-proclaimed beach bum:). We also had mexican food in Old Town, breadsticks at Oscars, ate at Islands and Claim Jumper and got to share our old faves with our bffs in STL Marc, Heidi and Avery Sikma:) Anna loved having her best friend on vacation with her. Heidi thought it was funny how the freeway names were all preceded by THE, ie: the 15, the 5, the 8 etc... They also loved churros, which they got to enjoy at Sea World! So fun!! Luckily they sell them here at the Costco snack bar for a dollar a piece! A little bit of home;) We also hit the zoo and In N Out burger and Anna got to share some ice cream and hugs with Grampa! Oh, and thanks Grampa for the cool turtle float! We will have to get one next summer for our house!