Annette loves being outside and crawls all around our deck!
Uli helps bring Mommy's attention to a stinky diaper :-)
The princess is turning into such a big girl! She's outgrown her infant car seat and is now riding in her new big girl car seat :-)
Since she's pulling up on everything and starting to walk while holding onto something, she also went shopping for her first pair of shoes!
She got a brown pair with pink flowers and sparkly pink tennis shoes :-)
Since Annette will be turning one year old soon (!), we're weaning her off of her pureed baby food. Here she is with her new standard breakfast of turkey slices, whole wheat bread and strawberries.
The dogs gather around to wait for food to drop from the sky :-)
Last week Annette went to visit her Mommy's old office!
She liked seeing my former co-worker Crystal again, who has upgraded to her own office and my old job title :-)
All the office talk wore Annette out, so we went over to Mormor and Morfar's house (to see how it's holding up in their absence) and had a good nap! The princess always has wiener dogs around her, even when she's sleeping :-)
Happy 11 month birthday, Annette! In one month from today, she turns into a big girl :-)
We got a preview of the big day by going to her friend's first birthday party. The kids loved climbing in and out of this baby pool filled with balls,
and checking out all the birthday boy's toys!
Finn, the birthday boy, just moved here from England when he was 5 months old. We're looking forward to seeing whether or not he ends up talking with a British accent!
Annette loved the automatic bubble-blower :-)
Annette starts her mornings these days by taking her pack of wiener dogs for a walk :-)
Back inside, we've installed baby gates in her playroom. Now that she's crawling all over the place, nowhere is safe and we have to keep an eye on her at all times!
Yesterday we went to a splash pad with our old mom's group from the hospital. Annette loved climbing up the stairs to the water slide and sliding down with her Mommy - we must have done it about ten times!
After swimming we had lunch at a friend's house. Annette checked out their baby prison, which reminded her of hers at home.
She's awfully cute for a convict!
On Tuesday, Annette saw Mormor and Morfar off at the airport for their year-long trip to China. We will miss them!
Annette tried to cheer Mommy up by helping unload the dishwasher :-)
Annette, like all kids, has decided that she loves Cheerios! She steals a few from her Daddy's breakfast each morning :-)
This morning Daddy made a special breakfast of blueberry waffles with strawberries and whipped cream - yum! The princess enjoyed licking the whipped cream off the beaters, just like her Mommy!
On Sunday Kendall and Annette went over for dinner at Grandpa David and Susan's house.
Annette enjoyed playing with a dog that was slightly larger than her dachshunds at home :-)
Some parrots took up residence in their bird feeder outside, which was quite a sight!
Today we joined Allison and Sophia for story time at a library near their house. The girls heard stories about snakes,
and then went to play in a park nearby :-)
Last week we went to the Children's Museum with some friends. Annette took charge of the driver's seat,
and crawled up, over and in everything :-)
On Saturday we went over to Nils and Allison's house for dinner. The cousins enjoyed playing outside in the sprinkler...
and Annette helped fill up the baby pool!
Then we all sat down to a great meal :-)
Annette checked out a deep water scuba diving suit,
and learned about life on a rig :-)
On Saturday Nani, Frank and his grandchildren from France came to visit with some of their friends. Everyone had a good time relaxing in the pool,
and eating hot dogs for lunch (courtesy of Kendall the grill-master)!
Taking one last look at the beach before heading home on Sunday. We all came back a bit tan and very refreshed!
Taking in the view from our condo on the beach
On Thursday we visited the aquarium at Moody Gardens where Annette got a kick out of the penguins
(both real and stuffed),
and got to pet sea creatures in the touch tank!
On Friday Kendall fulfilled his dream of teaching his daughter about his former life working on a rig with a visit to the Offshore Oil Museum :-)
Happy 10 month birthday, Annette! We had a wonderful first family vacation in Galveston last week. We got there on Monday, and immediately got in the pool where Annette floated around with her Daddy :-)
We had a beach day on Tuesday,
where the princess discovered sand for the first time :-)
Mormor and Morfar came to visit on Wednesday. Annette showed off her crawling skills in the sand,
and we all took a nice walk on the beach!
