This weekend we checked out a music class at Gymboree. Annette got to bang on a drum...
...and dance to music with her Daddy!
Yesterday we went to Moody Gardens' Palm Beach in Galveston with a new mom's group we've met. Annette played with Sofia, who is one month older than her. They both tasted sand and decided it wasn't to their liking :-)
Annette enjoyed swimming and playing with sand toys,
but was worn out after a day at the beach :-)
Happy 9 month birthday, Annette! Today we went to the grand opening of Sprinkles Cupcakes (the company that started the fancy cupcake craze) in Highland Village.
It was a bit crazy - we stood in line for half an hour just to get into the store, and there were TV crews and photographers everywhere!
Houston Rockets star Shane Battier was serving cupcakes and autographing cupcake boxes. I think Annette had a crush on him - she didn't take her eyes off him the whole time!
Happy Father's Day! Annette woke Daddy up this morning with a card she made for him at school :-)
Kendall shows off his presents - onion goggles from the wiener dogs (so his sensitive eyes don't water when he chops onions!), a shirt and tie from me (because what would Father's Day be without a tie?), and a coffee mug from Annette with her picture on it!
She's the best present of all :-)
We had a great brunch at Guadalajara downtown with Grandpa David and Susan. The princess tried watermelon for the first time - she decided that instead of eating it, it was more fun to squeeze it in her little fists until all the juice ran out :-)
Annette's been working on her scooting all week - at Gymboree class on Wednesday she went around the circle to visit all the other babies :-)
Enjoying broccoli at snack time!
She's become quite fascinated with the dogs and their toys, and chases them around the room. Here she's figuring out how to play tug-of-war with Uli.
Kendall had a busy week, so we all enjoyed being together for breakfast this morning. Annette thought Daddy's scrambled eggs were yummy!
Annette was busy last week! She started summer camp at Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, so is there two days a week for half the day. She must have been paying attention to the older babies, since this weekend she really started scooting forward across the floor! Last Monday we went to the Children's Museum where she tried scooting up the stairs :-)
Having upside-down time with Daddy before heading to school (notice Bella looking on with disdain - she's still a bit bitter about not being the only little girl in the house anymore!)
Every weekend Annette helps Daddy with the grocery shopping - she likes sitting in the cart and trying to grab things off the shelves :-)
Frank is one of the greeters at Kroger who stops by to say hi to Annette - Kendall says shopping takes a lot longer when you have a cute little baby in your cart!
Showing off her new tooth that's coming in on the top left-hand side - it was only a little nub last week, but it's getting longer every day!
Now that Annette is 8 months old, she's practicing feeding herself. Here she is with some of her finger foods. She likes biscuits and broccoli the best so far :-)
She's starting to stand while holding onto something very nicely - we got her a table toy with legs on it that she can stand and play with.
Yesterday we went to a barbecue at a neighbor's house. Annette enjoyed some time in the baby pool,
balanced on a beach ball,
and played inside with the big kids :-)
We're behind in our blog posts since everyone in the family except for Kendall has been sick since last week. Annette's better except for a bit of a stuffy nose, and her Mommy is slowly on the mend as well :-) Before we got sick, we went to the zoo last Monday with some friends and had a great time!
We got to see the new baby elephant - SO cute!!!
Annette enjoyed Memorial Day weekend with her Daddy, who borrowed the neighbor's toy car and drove her around. She'll have her driver's license before we know it!!
Annette turned 8 months old yesterday!! Happy birthday to our little princess :-)
On Tuesday we went to the Noah's Ark splash park with the mom's group from our church. The water was pretty cold, but Annette liked splashing her hands around in the mushroom waterfall :-)
She graduated from her swimming class at the Y on Wednesday by getting completely submerged in the water a few times. She looked surprised when she came up, but didn't even cry!
Today we went to the Empty Bowls fundraiser for the Houston Food Bank, which was held at the Center for Contemporary Craft. With our donation to the Food Bank, we got to pick out one of the many bowls donated by local artists, and have a cup of soup for lunch :-)
On Friday Annette went for a lakeside stroll with her friend Trey, and checked out the ducks.
Trey's mom Tanya did a photo shoot with us this weekend, to get some practice with her new camera. She's a very talented photographer already!
Annette was able to stand up and hold onto the bars on the fence all by herself!
Here she's getting some help standing from Mommy and Daddy :-)
She loves flying!
"Babies" - Annette stayed with Nani and Frank on Sunday afternoon so Kendall and I could go see the new babies movie. Babies all over the world are practicing their pouts just like she is :-)
We stopped to take a picture by the first flower on our magnolia tree on our way to swim class on Monday.
"When you're going to San Francisco..." The princess finally has enough hair to wear bows and barrettes like this crocheted flower one :-)
Playing with Daddy this morning in her toy basket
Annette's become quite the roly poly lately - she's started sleeping on her tummy, and is really thinking about crawling!!
Happy Mother's Day! We've had a busy weekend of celebrating...
Yesterday we went to visit our newest neighbor down the street, who's only 3 weeks old. We told Annette that she was that small not too long ago, but she didn't believe us :-)
This morning Annette gave me my first Mother's Day card, with a bit of slobber on it.
Then she posed for the new camera Kendall got me, in her going-out-to-brunch outfit!
We went out to brunch with Nani and Frank. Annette decided to be very well-behaved at the restaurant, which was a great Mother's Day present :-)
Annette has had a busy few days! On Friday we went to our friend Caroline's house for a playdate with her boy Asher, and another friend's son Finley. The babies had lots of fun playing together, and Annette got to be the center of attention since she was the only girl :-)
Uncle Nils, Aunt Allison and cousin Sophia were in town this weekend searching for a house, since they'll be moving here from Chicago in July! On Saturday we all went to the Urban Harvest Farmer's Market.
Sophia showed Annette how to play with her toys in ways other than chewing on them :-)
Everyone came over to our house for dinner, which featured fresh shrimp, cheese and produce from the farmer's market!
Annette was so inspired by her Daddy's good cooking that she helped him make breakfast this morning!
