Ups and Downs

On Saturday we went to Mary's parents place, Anika decided she didn't really want to nap. While it didn't seem to be a big deal at the time because she was pretty happy during the day. Well, we paid for it on Sunday. Again she wouldn't nap and she was quite crabby and cried for a good half hour before we could finally get her down at 2:00. That was the downs.

At about 4:00 the ups decided to make an appearance. Anika has been working on rolling over for weeks. We work on it during the changing of her diapers since it is easier to do while she is naked. Basically she could roll on her side and that was about it. Today she roller over all on her own. That was the ups!

As a side note, I came close to getting divorced. Mary made cookies for the neighbors and I told her to take them over by herself while I changed Anika. While she was gone I decided to do rolling time with Anika. Of course she rolled over while Mary was gone. Mary thinks I planned it that way, luckily she rolled over two more times when Mary got home.

How did you spend your presidents day...

I started my morning by meeting some friends for breakfast at the St. Clair Broiler in St. Paul. After that Mary, Anika and I met the McVays at the Minnesota Zoo. It was crazy when we got there, the line to get in was all the way out to the parking lot. They opened up a side door to let members in and get the lines moving so people didn't have to stay out in the cold. Needless to say it was crowded inside and it was hard to move, we almost had stroller grid lock.

I toted Anika around in the Baby Bjorn she apparently enjoyed it (I couldn't see her face, I was told she was having a good time )

Towards the end she was getting tired, but overall she did a great job and never fussed


Later on when we got home, we put her in her doorway jumper chair.

While Anika was great at the zoo, when she got home she wouldn't take her nap and was kind of cranky. So I took her to Rainbow to get some groceries and give Mary a break so she could catch up on some of her work. Amazingly while Anika was cranky at home, as soon as we got in the car and headed to the store, she was great.

Daycare photos

Julie, our daycare provider, takes picures of the kids everyday and e-mails them to the parents during the day. Here a just a few of them...


Oh yeah, lunch time
What a diva...

All set to go outside...

4 Months old

Months are just flying by. Here is her 4 month picture with Lamb


Last Thursday she had her 4 month Dr. Appt. She weighed in at 14lbs 14oz(%80) and was 25 1/2 inches long (%91). She really enjoyed her shots, and she made sure everyone knew it as well.