Crawling and Teething!

Those two words pretty much sum up what we've been up to the past few days! Anna Kate has finally started getting up onto her hands and knees to crawl instead of just doing her army crawl on her belly. Now, granted, she still opts for the army crawl most of the time, but here's proof that she can do it...(sorry about all the toys in the way!)



Today though, we found that an empty hallway will entertain Anna Kate for quite some time! I just shut all four doors in the back hallway while I was folding clothes and Anna Kate just roamed around as happy as can be! I think she liked having the freedom somewhere other than the living room where she normally gets to play!



The other news of the day is that I can finally see little white spots coming in through her gums. No teeth have popped through yet, but I can definitely see them! Poor baby was up much more than usual last night and now we know it's because her little gums hurt =( She was extremely cuddly all day today too. I guess snuggling mommy makes everything better!

Silly Girl!

As most of you who are parents probably know, sometimes the best toys are not actually toys. For example, Anna Kate loves to play with cups - sippy cups, water cups, coffee cups, paper cups, really any kind of cups! This morning she was playing with a big plastic cup and was being pretty silly, so I had to take some pictures!

Hmmmm...I wonder what this is for...


Should I eat it?


No, I think I should put it on my head....


Wait, I remember this one...I'm supposed to DRINK out of it!

The zoo again!

Luke's parents came to visit this past weekend, and they wanted to do something special with Anna Kate, so we all headed over to the zoo on Saturday! Anna Kate had a great time and was even more excited this time than she was when we went last month. Here are some pictures/videos of our day!

I just love her!

Watching the giraffes

This was supposed to be a family picture with an ostrich, but the ostrich put his head behind the palm tree at the last second...oh well!

Checking out the goats at the petting zoo

Hmmm, I think I'd like to see this one up close!

Anna Kate thought the lions were pretty funny!



And of course, our gorilla comparison shots so you can see how much Anna Kate has grown!

In keeping with the animal theme, Luke's mom brought Anna Kate some bunny pajamas. We thought they were too cute not to put up some pictures!

Pulling up!

Anna Kate pulled herself up to standing for the first time yesterday! I've been trying to teach/help her to do this in the living room on the couches, but they're not very easy to hold on to. So, I thought we would see if she could do it in her crib and she did! She can only do it from a sitting position (since she can't get from laying down up to sitting yet), but she is sure proud of herself! Here is a video so you can see. I didn't quite start it early enough, but you get the idea!

Pretty blonde hair!

Anna Kate's hair is finally starting to grow longer and thicker. So much so that no less than 7 or 8 people have commented on it in the last couple of days. Even she herself has started to rub her head to feel it and tug on it a little bit. (Side note: because of this, she has discovered her hairbows and now proceeds to pull them out every time I put them in - I guess we might have to take a little break from the hairbow thing!). Anyway, I thought I would take some up close pictures this afternoon so you could see it for yourself. So, I set AK on the floor in the living room with her toys and I ran to the bedroom to grab the camera. When I came back, this is what I saw (note who is not in the picture where I left her):


I heard sounds coming from this direction...


There she is!


She's become quite the fast crawler and will disappear in an instant. I've got to keep my eyes on this one!

Ok, back to the point of the blog. Here are some up close pictures so you can see our pretty little blonde-haired girl!



And last, I know this is a terrible picture, but you can see how her hair is now growing down over her ears! It's the little things!

Being silly with Daddy

Two of Anna Kate's favorite things to do are:

1) Play with Daddy
2) Blow raspberries (we call them "spit-kisses")

Put those two things together and this is what you get!

Go Tigers!

Anna Kate loves cheering on the Clemson Tigers! Now granted, neither Luke or I actually went to Clemson, but Luke's dad is a Clemson alum and his brother is currently there for grad school. Luke grew up going to all the Clemson home football games and I have been to many of them these past 6 years! So, all that to say, picking out an outfit for Anna Kate each Saturday is going to be pretty easy this fall! Here's the cute little cheerleader herself before kickoff on Saturday.

Hi everyone!

Go Tigers!

This is how I feel about Auburn...

P.S. She was pretty sad in the morning when we told her that Clemson lost 27-24 in overtime...she couldn't stay up til the end (actually, she only stayed up long enough to get her picture taken...)