We've Moved!

Hi blog readers! Are you still there? It's been close to a month, which is a record for me not blogging since we began this sweet little record of our family. In that time, we have: celebrated a holiday, closed on a house, moved into said house, and have begun to feel at home. We are loving our new location and home, but it will probably be many weeks (or months?) before everything is "just so", and for now we are just enjoying finally being in Mooresville for the time being.

If you haven't seen Anna in a few weeks (or just one!) her development is going crazy! She has been talking for a few months now, but she is beginning to form short sentences and will copy most anything you say. My current favorite phrase she says is, "Minnie Mouse shirt", because A) it comes out as "Minnnnnie Mowwwwse Shirt" B) She does not own a Minnie Mouse shirt and C) she hardly knows who Minnie Mouse is- she has never seen Minnie on TV, and may have one random book, but besides that Minnie is on her disposable diapers and Gigi has a Minnie stuffed animal. She is starting to put together letters of the alphabet with items, due to her love of books and the many alphabet books we have. She very proudly tells you A is for Anna, and seems to recognize her name in written form. She has great fine motor skills, and is impressive when she kicks a ball. We won't be disappointed to have a soccer player! She is back and forth with separation anxiety now that we are back in the groove of going to the Y and our church where she has to be dropped off, but I hope with consistently going she will go back to loving it. She is still a pretty good little eater, although she is starting to express her opinions more clearly and per toddler-law we have no idea when she is going to like or not like something. Oh, and we are getting close to her male-induced anxiety leaving! I won't celebrate too soon, though...

We haven't only not been blogging... we haven't taken too many photos, either. I'll share some from my phone this week, but until then, here are some pictures of how Anna eats baked ziti from a few weeks ago. Everyone should try out the "finger trap" technique!

One finger at a time, you get both pointer fingers into the ends of the noodle...

Then you must eat it off of your fingers like so!