Basket Baby

Sorry we have been a little MIA from the blog. Most of you know our whereabouts, but for those that did not, we did a "tour de wedding" leaving Friday morning for Colombus, OH for Mark's cousin Ben's wedding, returning early Saturday morning to North Carolina for a rehearsal (Saturday) and wedding (Sunday) for one of Mark's oldest and closest friends, Anthony. We clocked in close to twenty hours driving, many outfit changes, two hotels, and four nights without sweet Anna. It is good to be home. Big thank you to Gigi and Ru for taking Anna Kate up to the lake, especially since she was a snotty barrel of fun with croup.

But, on to the cuteness. Before leaving, Anna found a new love for crawling into and sitting inside baskets. We try to keep our living room and other rooms not looking completely like the house has been taken over by a one year old by providing lots of baskets for books and small toys. Add this talent to her opening door talent, and I'm sure we will be introduced to all sorts of ways Anna can get into trouble that we can't even imagine right now...

Her first basket experience. I was too slow with the camera, as she was sitting criss-cross-applesauce drinking her water...

"Baskets are obviously for sitting in!"

"Where's your tongue?!"

You think I missed my girl?

And this would be Anna in her suitcase after I emptied it from her long trip. She put all of her stuffed animals and close by toys inside before climbing in to hang out.