Friday, April 8, 2011

eleven months old

Annabel is 11 months old today. It is hard to believe that she will be one year old soon.
I wouldn't say that she is officially a walker yet, but we have seen her take 1, 2, and even 3 steps at a time. She usually just resorts to crawling or creeping along furniture now though.
She is quite a dare devil and loves to climb. Jared (with help from our friends and my dad) brought the play set from our old house to our new(er) one and reassembled it. We figured that she would love the baby swing, but she also loves sliding and being in the "fort". She can even climb up the slide to get into the fort with out any help. This is actually a little scary to me. We can't take our eyes off her. She also climbs on top of Maddie's little wooden chairs that go with her table. I have repeatedly found her standing in them facing backwards.
My aunt and uncle passed on a lot of baby toys and furniture to us when Madison was born that we have gotten so much use out of. This little ride on car that they gave us has been one of Annabel's favorite modes of transportation.


Annabel also loves playing with (0r on) Wrigley. I am not sure that he loves it, but he tolerates it really well.
This is the first picture we have of her standing without assistance. She is getting more and more confident with it.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

A day at the ranch

Today, one of the owners of my company invited everyone to his ranch to play and enjoy a crawfish boil. We spent about five hours there and had a great time. Madison found a new favorite activity. We didn't get there in time for the hay ride, but we still had fun playing on the trailer with all of the hay bails.




There were three labradors that made the girls feel right at home.



Annabel crawled and cruised around the ranch, having a great time.



Fun on the swing



Madison got to ride the horse twice. I led her once on another horse, and after dinner she was begging to go again, so I got to take some pics as Jared led her around.



We spent a lot of time on this swing. It was under an awning and the shade was wonderful.




We also took a couple quick videos of Madison riding.






What a great afternoon!