Anna is learning to sit up by herself. It's a big moment for a first time parent, trust me. Check it out!
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
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Monday, June 22, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Happy Father's Day
Happy Father's Day to everyone! I love any holiday but especially those ones where you get to celebrate the people that you love. Josh is a wonderful dad, and I'm glad that today got to be all about him. We started out with a little breakfast in bed. Then, Anna and I gave him our presents. We bought him a DVD stand that he's been wanting and some yummy munchies for movie nights. For dinner, we made him a special dinner with chocolate covered strawberries for dessert. It was a great day. 
I'm so grateful for Josh. He does so much for our family. He is a wonderful father to Anna. He really treats his girls right, always putting us first in his life. He's super helpful and very supportive of all I do. He always plays with Anna and helps her to learn just what she needs to know. I know I can always put my trust in him. I feel very blessed to have him as my husband. Anna and I both love him so much and are so grateful that he's ours.
Above is a picture of our yummy dinner. Below is a picture of his new DVD case. Yeah for Father's Day.
I am also really grateful for my dad. He is so wonderful to our family. He showers us with love and support. Josh and I are both constantly amazed with the goodness he shows to us. I don't think I could have even dreamed of a better dad to help me along the way. I may be moved out, married, and have started my own family, but I know that he will always be my dad and will always be there for me. I love you dad.
I also have a great father-in-law. From the first time I met him, he's been so nice to me. I can see a lot of love in his heart for his family. He's kind-hearted and fun loving. You can just expect a good time when you're with him. Josh and I are just so happy to have these wonderful dads in our lives. Happy Father's Day!
I'm so grateful for Josh. He does so much for our family. He is a wonderful father to Anna. He really treats his girls right, always putting us first in his life. He's super helpful and very supportive of all I do. He always plays with Anna and helps her to learn just what she needs to know. I know I can always put my trust in him. I feel very blessed to have him as my husband. Anna and I both love him so much and are so grateful that he's ours. 
Above is a picture of our yummy dinner. Below is a picture of his new DVD case. Yeah for Father's Day. 
I am also really grateful for my dad. He is so wonderful to our family. He showers us with love and support. Josh and I are both constantly amazed with the goodness he shows to us. I don't think I could have even dreamed of a better dad to help me along the way. I may be moved out, married, and have started my own family, but I know that he will always be my dad and will always be there for me. I love you dad. I also have a great father-in-law. From the first time I met him, he's been so nice to me. I can see a lot of love in his heart for his family. He's kind-hearted and fun loving. You can just expect a good time when you're with him. Josh and I are just so happy to have these wonderful dads in our lives. Happy Father's Day!
Post 100!! Yeah!!!
Welcome to our 100th post. Yeah!!! We bought Anna a bike seat so she can enjoy the fresh air with us. We took her on her very first spin yesterday. It was short lived but very fun. We're looking forward to some cooler weather so we can go on longer bike rides together. Doesn't she look darling?
So, we've been feeding Anna rice cereal everyday, and she's really getting pretty good at not making a mess. She understands that you have to open your mouth to get the food in, not grab it and smear it all over your face. It's been a work in progress, and she's doing great. However, she has yet to learn that her bumbo is not edible. Half of her feeding time is spent trying to pry her off of her seat so we can feed her. It's pretty hilarious.
We've been teaching her to sleep through the night. Um, can you say miracle? Life is great! The first night she cried for 30 minutes, the second night 15, then 6, then 4. Now she only cries for like a minute and is fast asleep. It's great! She goes to bed at 7:45 and wakes up a little before 7. It's really nice not to walk her for AT LEAST 10 minutes and then still wake up every 3-4 hours to feed her. I feel like we have a whole new life. I always tell brand new moms that their time will come and they'll love it. She's been really good at naps too. She usually takes two 2-hour naps. Josh and I love our evenings together. I was really dreading doing this because I didn't want her to cry, but it wasn't so bad. It was TOTALLY worth it!
OK, so craigslist has definitely been our best friend!! Moving to a furniture-less apartment on a college budget can be challenging without craigslist. However, with the internet, you can find just about anything. We've gotten some AMAZING deals. St. Louis has a great craigslist. My all time favorite piece that we purchased is this dining room table. I LOVE it! It was the most expensive thing we bought but definitely worth every penny. It was still relatively cheap too. It's very heavy duty and looks great in our dining room. It sure beats our last table that had a leg that would fall off if you even looked at it wrong.
It came with 6 chairs too which is great for company. What do you think?
So, we've been feeding Anna rice cereal everyday, and she's really getting pretty good at not making a mess. She understands that you have to open your mouth to get the food in, not grab it and smear it all over your face. It's been a work in progress, and she's doing great. However, she has yet to learn that her bumbo is not edible. Half of her feeding time is spent trying to pry her off of her seat so we can feed her. It's pretty hilarious. 
We've been teaching her to sleep through the night. Um, can you say miracle? Life is great! The first night she cried for 30 minutes, the second night 15, then 6, then 4. Now she only cries for like a minute and is fast asleep. It's great! She goes to bed at 7:45 and wakes up a little before 7. It's really nice not to walk her for AT LEAST 10 minutes and then still wake up every 3-4 hours to feed her. I feel like we have a whole new life. I always tell brand new moms that their time will come and they'll love it. She's been really good at naps too. She usually takes two 2-hour naps. Josh and I love our evenings together. I was really dreading doing this because I didn't want her to cry, but it wasn't so bad. It was TOTALLY worth it!
OK, so craigslist has definitely been our best friend!! Moving to a furniture-less apartment on a college budget can be challenging without craigslist. However, with the internet, you can find just about anything. We've gotten some AMAZING deals. St. Louis has a great craigslist. My all time favorite piece that we purchased is this dining room table. I LOVE it! It was the most expensive thing we bought but definitely worth every penny. It was still relatively cheap too. It's very heavy duty and looks great in our dining room. It sure beats our last table that had a leg that would fall off if you even looked at it wrong. 
It came with 6 chairs too which is great for company. What do you think?
Five Months Old
Anna is five months old as of last week. She's really growing up so fast. It seems like time is just flying by with her. I absolutely LOVE the fact that I can stay at home with her all day and not worry about school. It's great. We've been able to just play and laugh and have so much fun. She jabbers away all the time now. She's getting pretty strong too. She can scoot on her little tummy all over the place. Sometimes I'll put her on her tummy while I'm cooking and before long she's rolled over twice and made a 360 degree turn. I think that once she starts crawling, I'll be a lot busier. She's a really great baby. 
Thursday, June 18, 2009
We're Working On It
We've been trying to help Anna's muscles get stronger, so we're teaching her how to stand up holding on to things. She's getting pretty good. It's just amazing how big she's getting.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Welcome to St. Louis
We finally made it to St. Louis. We are so excited to be here. We found a great little townhouse.
Our ward is great here. Everyone has been super friendly, and we've already made some good friends.
Josh started school this week at WashU! He's really happy there. His summer courses are not too demanding which is kind of nice for him to be able to ease into things. Josh takes the Metrolink to get to campus which works great since we only have one car. It drops him off right on campus, so it's perfect. Plus, students get a pass for free, so it saves on gas money. Anna and I got to go visit the campus with him this week. It's beautiful! We walked all around and saw the beautiful architecture. We'll post some pictures later. It's nice that we've finally started this phase of our lives.
We don't have any Missouri pictures yet, but here are a couple of pictures we took on our last day in good ol' Georgia. This is my Grandma Stewart. We're really going to miss her.
This is my Granddaddy. He will always keep you laughing. He has a nick-name for Josh....."Curly Top". Can you see it?
So a few weeks ago we started feeding Anna rice cereal. She didn't know what to do with it at first, but she's getting better at it. Sometimes she gets so excited that she kicks her arms and legs and knocks the food right off the spoon. It's makes quite a mess, but it's really fun to feed her.
Our ward is great here. Everyone has been super friendly, and we've already made some good friends.
Josh started school this week at WashU! He's really happy there. His summer courses are not too demanding which is kind of nice for him to be able to ease into things. Josh takes the Metrolink to get to campus which works great since we only have one car. It drops him off right on campus, so it's perfect. Plus, students get a pass for free, so it saves on gas money. Anna and I got to go visit the campus with him this week. It's beautiful! We walked all around and saw the beautiful architecture. We'll post some pictures later. It's nice that we've finally started this phase of our lives.
We don't have any Missouri pictures yet, but here are a couple of pictures we took on our last day in good ol' Georgia. This is my Grandma Stewart. We're really going to miss her.
This is my Granddaddy. He will always keep you laughing. He has a nick-name for Josh....."Curly Top". Can you see it?
So a few weeks ago we started feeding Anna rice cereal. She didn't know what to do with it at first, but she's getting better at it. Sometimes she gets so excited that she kicks her arms and legs and knocks the food right off the spoon. It's makes quite a mess, but it's really fun to feed her.Anna has learned to roll over from back to tummy and tummy to back. So now when you put her down, she can be across the room in no time. She's really growing up. We're having so much fun with her. 
Monday, June 1, 2009
Greg and Karina's Wedding
My brother Greg and his wife Karina were married in the Atlanta Georgia Temple on Saturday. We are so happy for them. It's funny because Greg used to give Diana such a hard time for being from Georgia and now he's got a Georgia Peach of his very own! :)
Grandma Linda and Anna
This is at the Cheesecake Factory the night before the wedding. Greg and Karina did not stop smiling the whole night long.
We couldn't help but post these last two pictures of Anna at the beach in Florida. We had forgotten that we still had a few pictures on our other camera that we had not looked at and we found these. She loved that little bathing suit!
Grandma Linda and Anna
This is at the Cheesecake Factory the night before the wedding. Greg and Karina did not stop smiling the whole night long.
Jared, Greg, Gerry, Me and John
We couldn't help but post these last two pictures of Anna at the beach in Florida. We had forgotten that we still had a few pictures on our other camera that we had not looked at and we found these. She loved that little bathing suit!
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