This post is coming just a few days late.  Oh how the days go by so fast.  Life was busy before Annabelle but now days can go by and I have a hard time remembering what we did.  Some days we won’t do anything at all but it’ll seem like the busiest day of the week.  I think that’s how life goes with children.  This week did go fast though.  Work was busy, one of my busiest of the semester and then there were so many things we had going on at home.  I put up our Christmas trees (three to be exact) and then we were getting ready for a family trip to Florida (yes, I’m writing this post from the beach) as well as prepping for my annual holiday cookie exchange.  We’re getting really excited for Christmas (or maybe it’s just me) and Annabelle’s outfit this week is just the beginning of holiday attire we have to help get everyone in the holiday spirit.

This week Annabelle continued to go to bed early and wake up a couple of times during the middle of the night.  It was nice that she was going to bed at 7:30pm so I could get things done but waking up at midnight, then 3am, and then getting up for the day at 5am was a bit tiring.  Wednesday afternoon I even took a nap right along with Annabelle to catch up on some much needed sleep.

Annabelle loves our tomfoolery.  We stick out our tongues and make funny faces while she smiles and giggles.  We’ll do about anything to make her smile.  She also loves looking at herself in the mirror.  I’ve read that she won’t realize it’s her own face in the mirror until age two or three but right now she’s just fascinated by that smiling face looking at her.

We love that Annabelle gets to spend so much time with family and friends.  I can’t tell you enough how nice it is to have family close by.  In addition to Thanksgiving last week and having a lot of family around then, most weeks we see family at least once or twice.  She’s not afraid to go to anyone and she loves playing with anyone who’s willing (and I hope these things don’t change).

So this week I cried while reading a book to Annabelle.  I’ve always been an emotional person but to cry reading a children’s book!?!  It’s called Wherever You Are: My Love Will Find You.  This little lady has absolutely captured my heart and I can’t imagine my life without her!

And here are a few other weekly trends that continue.  Annabelle loves trying to “stand.”  She’ll stand on our laps, doing squats and building those leg muscles while we hold her.  We’re still working on rolling over.  She’s so close but not quite there.  She’s also continuing to gnaw on her hands.  I think this might be the very beginning of her teething phase 1.