buttons and bows

i waited so long for Anna to have hair long enough to style with cute little bows. now that she does, she doesn't really want to cooperate with me. (what a child not cooperating with her mother?) well, she's good about letting me style it.....

...she just doesn't like to keep it that way! oh well, i'll live!

finally...a smile for Daddy

Jason's commute gets him home around 7 or so, giving him limited time with the girls before bedtime. he comes home, takes Anna for a ride in the jeep, gives her a bath, and tucks her in, while i feed Madeline. then, i go for a run. this is when the problem usually starts. Maddie, a usually very happy baby, gets grumpy this time of night especially when she doesn't have her mom. but i would rather not be her fat mom, so running i go. and she cries basically the entire time i'm gone. (in fact the other night, she cried so hard she woke up Anna and i came running up the street to see a shadow of Jason standing on the curb holding 2 screaming babies. don't tell him, but i thought it was hysterical.) i think Maddie's crying secretly hurts Jason's feelings since Anna was such a daddy's girl at this age. maybe Maddie sensed her father's secret pain, because now i come home to this:

i've been tagged

this feels like a chain letter. okay 7 unknown facts about me. well, everyone who is reading this probably knows everything there is to know about me - but here goes:

1) i hate talking about myself,
2) i am now one of those weird weird people who say, "it's not the heat, it's the humidity,"
3) (goes along with #2) i'm starting to not really be hot until it's over 110,
4) i love, absolutely adore watching Magnum P.I. though...
5) i do not find Tom Selleck sexy,
6) Anna has taught me to find something beautiful in everything (or awesome, or cool),
7) i think every single one of my teeth are "sweet".

my days just got a lot easier

all of my hard work training Anna to do more around the house has paid off. as you can see, she is totally capable of taking over one of my most time-consuming duties. bon-bons here i come!!!

storytime

Anna loves books. since the time she could hold an object, she has wanted that object to be a book. usually she likes me to read her the story. but lately after i start, she takes the book from me and says, "Anna turn." here is an exerpt from my favorite "Anna" stories:



"The prince came with a maned wolf and 6 chinchillas, then the princess and prince danced with all the boys."

guck in the muck

so one of Anna's favorite episodes of Wonder Pets is, "Save the Elephant," an elephant with his trunk stuck in the mud, or as Anna says, "guck in the muck." this afternoon waking up from her nap she cried, "guck in the muck, Mommy - guck in the muck." i thought she just wanted to watch some tv, but when i came in the room i saw her foot was stuck between 2 of the bars in her crib - she herself was guck in the muck.
now, i wanted to grab the camera. but thought it creul, so i opted to save her without delay. here is a pic of the last time Anna was "guck" - under the coffee table.

a trip to the zoo

for all you Diego lovers out there, the World Wildlife Zoo is the place to visit. they have a lot of South American animals that Diego saves!