Sister is 10 Months Old!

I took these pictures a few weeks ago, around the 10 month mark for Little Miss Anna Banana.  It is so wild to me that she is 10 months old already!  How did we get here?  It feels like time is flying by!  Well, at least, it seems that the months fly by.  Most Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays do not fly by . . . and most days 3pm-7pm does not fly by.  But the months, yes, they fly by.  The week that I took these pictures, the boys were sick, so we were staying close to home and sister was playing with my lens cap in the big blue chair while the brothers were splashing in the pool next to her.  She is so fun to watch!

Anna has mastered sitting, rolling, and even scooting her little self back onto her rear into a sitting position.  When she first began to sit, she would do it in her crib and then cry because she couldn’t figure out how to lay back down again!  In this set of pictures, Little Miss has a boo boo on her lip because she fell trying to crawl.  Being a big baby is hard work, you know!

Today, Sister began to crawl.  I held out some snacks and she followed my hand across the room until she could grab them!  So far, food has been the only thing that has motivated her to move! 

Anna lights up when she sees her brothers, her Daddy, and her cousin Charlie.  It is so sweet!  Hudson has a special voice he uses when he talks to her, and everytime she gets up from a nap, he says in his deep-Anna-only voice with his head cocked to the side:  “Hi Booo-teee!” (hi beauty) or “Hi fweet Ting!”  (hi sweet thing) or “Hi fweet peas!”  It is absolutely precious.  Hudson will sing to Anna if she is sad, and most of the time, when I walk into the den to see who is doing what, Hudson is playing on the quilt next to Anna.  Oh, my heart!

 

This past week, we went to the Children’s Museum with friends, and Hudson was behind me wanting to play in the sand box.  He climbed up on the bench, and while taking his shoes off, he looked over at the mom who was sitting beside him with a baby in her sling and said:  “What your baby called?”  She told him (I couldn’t hear what she said), and he said “Why?” (of course!)  Then, he turned to her, and he said:  “My baby is Anna.”  It was just so dear!  Oh, how I love these boys of mine! 

Sissy loves to eat and will munch on just about anything we put in front of her.  She takes 3 bottles a day, and snuggles her lovie and plays with my hair while I feed her.  It is such a sweet time.  I don’t want her to stop taking her bottles when she turns one—I just love that time with her!   Sister LOVES her lovie—she giggles when we give it to her, and she also giggles when we cover her with her blankie.  It is so sweet!

Annabug’s hair is coming in thicker, and I’m eager to see what color it will be in the end.  I still say she will be blonde like William, but who knows!  Only time will tell!

Anna has a tad of a dramatic side as well.  She may throw her cup across the room when done eating, or scream as loud as she possibly can if you try to change her diaper.  It seems to me that she has no problem “asking” for attention, and I feel certain that her squeals are the loudest things I have ever heard.  Watch out brothers, Little Sister is going to rule the roost (at least in volume, if nothing else!)

 

Anna Kathryn is starting to chit-chat more now, too.  She will repeat sounds that we make, and at least twice a week she begs for us to put her to bed (bless her heart!)  “Ni Ni, NI NI NI NIIIII(ght)”  She has said “all done” in her own little language a few times, too.  She makes a little panting noise when she sees Dog-Dog!  And she loves to shake her head no and dance to the boys’ “tractor song” in the car—it is adorable!

Hey, beauty!

Anna chomps on everything in her path these days!  She has her top two middle teeth, her bottom two middle teeth, and I think she is working on two more bottom teeth.  This teething thing is a wild time.  She tends to cut teeth at night, and when she wakes up screaming at 2am, there are often little toothies to be seen in the morning!

Anna loves to laugh and giggle, and she is quite ticklish!  She is such a fun little love to be around.  She smiles and grins and talks and waves—it is just so much fun!  I think I say it every month, but this baby is such a JOY.  If I could have three more of her, I think I would (but don’t tell my husband I said that!)

Sister, we love you, love you, love you!

 

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In other news, I was reminded today of the verse in the Bible that says that God won’t give you more than you can bear (1 Cor 10:13) . . . within 24 hours of my power being turned back on (my parents and sister are still in the dark!) William spiked a fever and started throwing up.  I am so grateful that we are not having to care for a sick boy in the dark!  One step at a time.  One. Step. At. A. Time.