Annette started swimming lessons this week! She likes splashing her hands in the water and kicking her little legs, and even dunked her face in the pool a few times :-)
Yesterday we went to the zoo and visited the large animals - Annette smiled and laughed when she realized that there were animals in the world bigger than her wiener dogs!
The giraffes were her favorite :-)
Last weekend we celebrated our 4 year anniversary with a trip to Canyon of the Eagles, a resort outside of Burnet, Texas (about an hour northwest of Austin). We enjoyed the perfect spring weather, and sleeping in (the trip was a present from Mormor and Morfar, which included their babysitting services for the weekend)! Here we are on the Vanishing Texas River Cruise on Lake Buchanan.
We cruised by this picturesque waterfall, and also got to see a beaver building his dam on the side of the lake!
It was the perfect time to see bluebonnets, which were everywhere!
We also went on a tour of Longhorn Cavern, one of the few river-formed caverns in Texas. The bat guano in the cavern was used to make gunpowder during the Civil War, and part of the cavern was turned into an underground speakeasy during the 1920s.
It was wonderful for the two of us to get away for the weekend, but we sure did miss the princess (I think she missed us too)!
Happy 7 month birthday, Annette!
On Saturday we went to a family picnic at Memorial Park with Holy Strollers, the mom's group from our church (love their name!).
After the picnic Annette enjoyed some reading time in her new chair, a gift from Mormor and Morfar :-)
On Sunday we threw a birthday party for Mormor, who turned the big 6-0 last week!
The two birthday girls :-)
Baby in the bluebonnets! Yesterday we drove out to Chappell Hill with our Mom's Group to take the babies' first bluebonnet pictures.
Annette liked playing with the flowers, but was one of the few babies who didn't eat one :-)
Today we went for a picnic at Discovery Green, which was celebrating its 2nd birthday.
There was a free "Alice in Wonderland" puppet show for the kids, plus birthday cake!
Daddy walked over from his office to have lunch with us in the park :-)
Happy Easter! On Thursday Annette went to meet the Easter Bunny - she thought he was very soft and even pulled out a little tuft of his fur :-)
On Saturday she had her first Easter egg hunt at our church.
Daddy showed her how to pick up the eggs and put them in her basket.
Before we went to church this morning, Annette posed in her Easter dress next to her basket from her Mommy and tulips from her Daddy :-)
Her basket was filled with toys and books this year, but by next Easter she'll be able to have some candy in it!
