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I am blessed to have such a great daughter. She is truly wonderful. She brightens my day and makes things so much better. I love her silly faces and her spunky personality even if it seems to get her in trouble sometimes. She is so smart and loving. I love her to death :)

I actually got some sleep last night, it was amazing! Anabel who has been waking me up 2-4 times a night and drinking two bottles, let me sleep all night with no interruptions! It was fantastic! Then when she did wake up at 6:30ish i brought her into bed with me, since Bob was already up getting ready for school. She drank a bottle and then slept next to me on Bob's pillow until almost 9am. I couldn't believe it, lol. Thank you God for letting me have some sleep! I needed it badly. Now i'm hoping to get this house done better.

A cute picture from the other day. I was doing some sewing and looked over to find that she had brought a pillow and blanket from the other room, set herself up, laid down and was watching 'Lost' with my while i sewed. Cutest thing. She was sleepy, you can see it in her eyes in this pic, hehe

Anabel just fell asleep playing in the cloths basket! It's uber cute! I wish i could take a picture but Bob took the camera with him today, bummer. This is the kinda moment you want to capture. Oh well.

Baby is moving a ton. I don't know if it cause i ate dinner not to long ago or if it's the glass of caffeine free pepsi i just had o.0 hmm. I indulge myself over dinner. I make myself only have water through out the day but dinner i get a treat. Usually it is just sweet decaf tea but Bob bought me some decaf pepsi for when we had Jess over for her birthday, so i still got some of that left.

Game night at our friends house was a lot of fun, although baby decided to cause me a lot of pain >_< Moving so much my belly would get all pointed, felt like he was trying to rip through my belly button, or my side and ribs, everywhere. He must have been turning or something, i don't know but it didn't feel good in the least! I got my first rib kicks and pushes last night, a sign of what is to come. He definitely didn't want to be forgotten last night. Funny that he starts doing new stuff on the eve of my third trimester.

Anyways it was a lot of fun, great food, and a fun game. Girls were winning in pictionary for a while till we got stuck. Then the boys came and won the game. Didn't get home till almost midnight.

I'm proud of my little Anabel though. Her bedtime is 9pm you know, well it was getting around 9:30pm or a little later and she was wanting to cuddle up on me or Daddy to go to sleep, but was getting distracted with all the loudness of the game. I had thought about trying to lay her down but thought since it was someone else's house that she might get scared. Instead Bob wanted to try it so we took her into their bedroom which had a pack-n-play in it and gave her goodnight kisses and laied her down. She didn't fuss one bit and just curled up to sleep. I was amazed and so proud of her. She is to good.

But right now I need to change her poopy diaper and go get ourselves some breakfast. :)

The party turned out great. I had so much fun and i think Anabel did too. She really enjoyed playing with her cousins Hannah and Elijah. They were great play mates.

We grilled hamburgers and hot dogs and also had: a beautiful edible fruit basket (made by Aunt Jessica), avocado salad, and potato & broccoli salad. It actually worked out that not as many people came as i invited because we ate most of the food, lol Anabel was a pig! I haven’t seen her eat so much in a long time, heh.

She got a lot of really cute things! Let’s see if i can remember all of them:

• A beautiful hand made dress from Grandma Brown (which she wore for the party)
• Shoes
• Maracas
• A crib
• The movie ‘Oliver and Company’
• Some cute clothing and night wear
• A ladybug kids lantern
• Some books
• Some stuffed animals
• Wooden blocks
• A rattle monkey
• A swim suit, baby’s first pool and sun block (from mommy and daddy)
• A couple balls

I hope i mentioned everything, if not please forgive me! Thank you everyone for everything, she is really enjoying playing with all her new toys!

I made some cute cupcakes (at least i thought so) I had wanted to more detail on them, but i ran out of time. They were German chocolate cake cupcakes, some with the regular coconut pecan frosting (for the adults) and some with pink, some with yellow, cream cheese frosting. 

Daddy and Grandpa set up her new crib and that is what she slept in that night. She didn’t really seem to tell a difference between it and her pack-n-play which is actually a good thing. Everyone thought she might be scared of it (not so far but we shall see).

Overall it was a great time! Thanks everyone!

Baby sure has gotten to the stage were it's alot more active. Still not a crazy spazz kicker like Anabel but he's definitely picked up alot. Today it felt like he was walking across my belly, a very weird feeling. And you can see my belly jump around now when he moves. It's funny.

I always enjoyed this part... cept the kicking of my butt and leg connection areas... doesn't feel so good. Anabel seemed obsessed with kicking were my right leg connected (or at least that is what it felt like she was kicking) Or the pushing really hard on my ribs... that's never fun. But the regular kicking and moving... i seem to really like that.

Sorry the video is side way >_< I don’t know how to flip it… grrrr

I think Anabel is getting some more teeth and they are causing her problems. She has had major problems with a burnt bottom. I've been keeping her good and coated with cream. Her head has been hot and she naws on her fingers, shoving them far to each side. I feel really bad for her. She has been whining and fussing a ton!

She's been doing a new face. I figured out today that she probably does it cause i make the same face to her all the time (me the girl of many goofy looks) She drops her mouth open wide, like 'woah!'. It's really cute to see her do it... when i do it i probably look stupid, but it's quite cute on her.

She also has been sticking her tongue out today and even tried to lick me, which is a first, LOL

Tomorrow is 'Books and Babies' at 11am. Hopefully i remember this time and i get Anabel there. She loves books and me reading to her :)

• Peaches
• Cherries
• Mango
• Oranges
• Kiwi
• Apples
• Grapes
• Watermelon
• Cantaloupe
• Strawberries
• Bananas
• Pretty much everything

Veggies:

• Peas
• Corn
• Sweet potatoes
• Broccoli
• Green beans
• Spinach
• Califlower
• Olives
• Most everything really

Things I found out she doesn't like:

• Carrots
• White potatoes

What she drinks:

• Goats milk mixed with any baby cereal
• Green Goddess Organic Smoothies
• 'Naked' Organic Smoothies (any flavor)
• Apple w/ Carrot juice
• Apple sauce mixed with water (we put it in her bottles)

In peace I will both lie down and sleep, for You, Lord, alone make me dwell in safety and confident trust. Psalm 4: 8

• Thunderstorms
• Pretty Sun Dresses
• Rosy Cheeks
• Hats
• Having the Windows Down
• Parks
• Flowers

"The little birds fly over
And oh, how sweet they sing!
To tell the happy children
That once again 'tis spring."