Baby in a basket!

Flying around in her toy basket after she took out all the toys turned out to be more fun than anything inside the basket :-)

On Monday we went for a walk in Memorial Park with our Mom's Group. The spring weather has officially arrived and it's been absolutely beautiful outside :-)

Today we joined our Mom's Group again for a picnic at Hermann Park.

Annette had sweet peas for lunch and then played with some of the other babies' toys (with their permission, of course!) :-)

Annette went to her first crawfish boil today! It was at a friend's house on Lake Livingston, and the weather was absolutely perfect :-)

Her Daddy taught her the art of shucking

Enjoying the outdoors

Annette played with her friend Rachel, who's exactly one day older than her. Both of them were sitting up nicely and putting everything in their mouths :-)

On Tuesday we went to the Children's Museum with our Mom's Group. Annette did some tummy time,

chewed on her favorite toy at the Tot Spot,

and hung out in the ball pit!

Yesterday we were on hand to see Mormor get an award from the University of Texas (her employer for one more month until she retires!) for mentoring women.

Here are two of the women she currently mentors :-)

This morning Annette had her 6 month check-up. She's 16 pounds 10 ounces (75%) and 27 1/2 inches (95%). She had to get 5 shots, so came home and went straight to bed to sleep them off :-)

Happy 6-month birthday, Annette!! She's all ready for summer in her watermelon hat :-)

Showing off her standing today after waking up from a nap

Look at those sturdy little legs!

On Tuesday we went to a get-together at our neighbor's house. Annette played very well with the older girls there.

The girls enjoyed showing her all the toys and dressing her up in a cowboy hat!

On St. Patrick's Day we went for a walk at Memorial Park, where Annette chilled in her stroller and showed her green.

We went out to lunch today after our Mom's Group meeting, and Annette sat in a high chair like a big girl!

The topic at last Thursday's Mom's Group meeting was "Leaving Your Baby With Someone Else" - Annette does well with her grandparents, but has had meltdowns when I've tried leaving her with someone she doesn't know very well...

She loves playing with the other babies at the Mom's Group meetings :-)

Yay for prunes!! The princess tends to get backed-up (poor girl!), so we've been feeding her prunes to help get things moving again. It's a messy business, though!

We all went to Nani's house on Sunday for brunch,

where Annette was looking pensive in her new summer bonnet :-)

The topic at our Mom's Group meeting last Thursday was "Things To Do In Houston With Babies"

One thing to do is to ride the train in Hermann Park,

which Annette did with her Daddy this weekend :-)

Another thing is to go to the Tot Spot at the Children's Museum, which Annette loves. Today she tried out the ball pit with her friend Trey - there's usually a line for it since it's everyone's favorite.

I think it might be her favorite now too :-)

Annette was all smiles yesterday when we went to visit my friend Michelle and her new baby Laila:

My brother Nils was in town from Chicago, so came over for dinner and to visit his niece.

The original four members of the Johnson/Persson family :-)

Annette making goofy faces today at the Children's Museum