5 months old!

Here is Annabelle's "5-month mug shot"--we call it that because she is a bit camera shy and it is hard to get her to smile for a posed picture! She has been spontaneously breaking out in this little sputtering routine on this video randomly too--so cute!

Ridin in Style

So we are officially grown ups now since we bought a new vehicle this weekend--a family hauler!!! I think Heather is having some commitment problems:-) Annabelle was in her snowsuit and looked pretty comfy in that front seat!

Annabelle's first laughs!

So we've been the worst bloggers ever, but here we are to catch up. Annabelle officially laughed for the first time today...and we got it on video! She loves Mommy kissing her tummy!

Daddy sleeping

So I went in Annabelle's room to see if Lee was able to rock her to sleep and this is what I found. How cute is it that both of their heads are tilted the same way? By the way, she's sleeping around 6-7 hours at night...yeah!!!

Thanksgiving

Lee, Annabelle and I had a very quiet Thanksgiving at our house. I made my first attempt at dressing...not bad, I must say, and the turkey was quite good! Annabelle wore her Thanksgiving dress that Juju made her. We put up Christmas decorations and enjoyed our time together. I am thankful for a beautiful, healthy baby girl, my wonderful husband, and family and friends that love me so much. Happy Thanksgiving!

Dessert and New Activities

Annabelle has found her hand in the past couple of days and it proves to be a pretty good dessert. She spends a good few minutes after most meals munching on her hand and getting ready for whatever the next activity is going to be. We have been on several little drives lately too--she likes going to the grocery store. Since the flooring is tile in part of the store, it lulls her to sleep and she just snoozes through the rest of the trip. We walked downtown yesterday too and Annabelle was nice and comfy inside of Daddy's jacket despite the 30 degree weather. These two pictures show you how much she likes her carseat and that she is ready for Thanksgiving!

Post-meal

One of our favorite times with Annabelle is right after she eats. In this video she is more awake than she usually is after eating. We get a few good stretches, a few licks of the tongue, and then an occassional fuss after she is done. As opposed to this video, the alternate is a total food coma with curling up on Daddy's shoulder to get burped and then (maybe) take a nap. She is six weeks old today!