Pretty Dresses, makeup, and a new hair cut!

Grandma Kathy got Anya a beautiful white princess/wedding dress. Anya loves it and likes to wear it while dancing to Bella Dancerella Swan Lake because they wear white swan ballet outfits.

Yesterday Anya was playing quietly for about 20 minutes while I was cleaning up the kitchen and making dinner. Then I heard "mommy, I spilled" and knew this was not a good 20 minutes of quiet, it was 20 minutes of hey lets get into mommy's makeup and make a mess! Here was the result.. I must say, though, that I was impressed with her ability to actually get mascara on her eyelashes and lipstick on her lips. I love the look on her face that says...maybe I shouldn't have done this...


Today Anya got her first haircut! Her hair is so funny that is curls so much and so tight in the back but not in the front or sides, thus her hair was all uneven and kind of had a rainbow shape in the back. So she went in and got it evened out. Here are some before shots and then during the haircut and after...

New pics

Here's just some of Anya dancing and hamming it up for the camera.



This is probably the best smile picture I've ever been able to get of her. She just moves too much to get a good clear head on shot! I must say she is starting to look a little more like me these days.

Doctor's visits

Last week we took the kiddos in for Finn's 6 month check up and then because we thought Anya might have another ear infection.
Anya has her 4th ear infection of the winter. When we bring her in again after the antibiotics are done, they are going to check her for allergies again... more on that later.

Finn had a good check up. He weighed in at 18 lb 9.5 oz and length of 27.5 in. He's in the 75% for both which is surprising to me because he seems so big and eats a ton!

New things for Finn: Eating all fruits and vegetables, and now meats. He gums on graham crackers and we are starting to get him familiar with a sippy cup. He is officially saying "da da dad" and makes funny noises with his mouth.

Yesterday when I picked him up from daycare, I noticed his left ear was draining thick goupy yellow stuff. It just looked like really liquidy ear wax. I called the pediatrician and they said to bring him in. We found out he has strep (again or still from last time?), a double ear infection, and a ear drum rupture in his left ear! So he is also on a stronger antibiotic now. Poor kid! He has been great, eating good, sleeping, and has been happy. If he didn't have that goup coming out of his ear, I would never have suspected him sick. They say that it will all heal up quickly, and there's nothing to worry about.. I guess...

So, I'm looking forward to spring/summer when maybe, just maybe, they won't be constantly sick.

Anya

One of the newest things Anya is doing now, is that we kneel next to her bed and say our prayers and she sings the entire "Our Father" with us. It's just about the sweetest thing to hear a little 2 year old singing/praying. I'm sure all of Heaven is smiling when she does that. I'll have to sneak a video of that sometime.

Finn

Finn is definitely baby "talking" a lot now. He is really close to saying ma ma and da da.

bath time

Just a quick side by side of Anya and Finn taken at the same age. Here is Anya at 6 months...
Here is Finn at 6 months..