Technically Caroline is trying to get Anna to tell her what is different between the two pictures. When it became clear Anna wasn't going to play that game Caroline "read" her a story instead. It was pretty cute. Anna looked a little confused but entertained. :)
Anna has a hilarious new habit. While laying on her play mat she tries to figure out her hands. She has been waving them but clearly hasn't gotten it down. I walk away for 2 seconds and hear blood curdling screams. I rush back and can't figure out why she is all of a sudden crying. Lo and behold I figure out she is pulling her own hair in the back of her head. She has done it a couple of times and every time he fights me as I try to disentangle her hand. Too funny.
Read more...Anna is proving to be our more relaxed, laid back kid so far. But this is a rather extreme picture of that. She was pretty happy here with Daddy holding her.
For the week after Anna was born we were blessed to have my parents here. But the person who probably had the most fun was Caroline. Papa took her out to breakfast twice (one time letting her have carrot cake--which lets be honest has about the same nutritional value as a donut, so it seemed fair to me). They went to the zoo. They splashed in the pool. They got ice cream. Somewhere in there they also made dinner every night and did all my ironing and laundry. I miss Nana and Papa. :) We were so grateful to have them here.
Well, Anna is taking her first adventure in stride. We had a major storm come whipping through the region last night. We had thunder, lightening and 70 mile per hour winds. It was Anna's first trip to the basement in the middle of the night. I think I saw a report that 400,000 people in the area are without power. So...newborn+no power+100 degree temps forecast=hotel room. We are all hanging out at the Residence Inn. Caroline is watching a Winnie the Pooh video. Anna is cool. Mommy can lay on a comfy bed. There is free wifi for Daddy. Everyone is happy. God was gracious to us.
Anna Beatrice Koller joined our family on June 22, 2012 at 2:00 am on the dot. She was 6 lbs, 15 oz; 19 3/4 inches. She was kind to her mommy in labor, is healthy and as you can see below is particularly adorable. We are home now and adjusting to being a family of four. Caroline is enamored with her (though I think a little disappointed by the amount of sleeping). Caroline calls her "my Anna." Precious.
One of Jack's good friends from college was in town with his family today. So we met up with them on the mall and had a picnic. Afterwards we went and got two kites up in the air. They did pretty well flying even though it wasn't a super windy day. The family is from Alaska so when it is windy it is generally too cold for kites. So they didn't think their girls had ever had the chance to fly kites. Our last attempt (with a very cheap kite) had not gone super well. So this was really Caroline's first real kite flying experience. Caroline is the pink dot at the bottom of the picture (she is looking up).
There was an incident this morning at our building so no one could get in for a bit while that got cleared up. So Caroline and I decided it was the perfect time to go play at the Jefferson memorial. We saw the water, talked to the ducks and I tried to explain that Thomas Jefferson wasn't actually a giant it was just a big statue of him. (That conversation was hilarious). Here are some pictures of our little adventure. After an hour it was back to school and work, but it was a fun diversion.
