Gainey Vineyard

We took a trip to Gainey Vineyard and sampled their fabulous wines. They were so good. Their syrah and pinot noir were our favorites.

Santa Barbara

I was nervous leading up to the trip to Santa Barbara, wondering how Anya would do on the plane. She did amazing! She had a bottle on take off and fell asleep spread across both of our laps. She slept for about an hour and a half. Then woke up and played with her toys and books. She made a couple of fussy noises, but really not anything that people would have been annoyed with. We landed in LA and then had to take the smallest plane ever into Santa Barbara. It was only a 20 min flight! So to make up for being a good girl on the plane, she proceeded to have the worst night of sleep ever in her entire life including being a new born. She was screaming and wailing, and there was nothing we could do to help her. We almost thought about taking her to the hospital. But then she was great the next 5 nights. Then 2 nights ago, she cried really hard for an hour. So we decided she is teething again and I went and got some teething tablets from wallgreens and she slept from 8:00pm until 9:30 am! wow. She has been taking good naps though. Anyway, here are a few pictures of Santa Barbara from the pier and of Anya in her little backpack.

Anya walking!!

Walking at 12mo, 3 days

ok, so now she is officially walking. She went from taking about 5 steps to walking across a whole room in 1 day! It was actually on Kristin's birthday that she really started walking. Her cousin Gabriel was over and they really had a fun time playing. They would chase each other, Gabriel would make Anya really laugh, they played in her room by themselves while we ate, and were really good.

Anya's 1st birthday was great! We went to Veteran's park in Richfield and had a picnic of sandwiches, chips, fruit, potato salad, and cake. The kids got to play on the huge playground they have. Anya got a ton of wonderful gifts, so thank you everyone!! It was a beautiful 85 degree day but we were in the shade of the shelter and there was a breeze. Here are some new pictures of the cutie pie!

Anya's 1st birthday!

Well, Anya is officially 1 year old!! The new things she is doing now are:
She points to things and just today we got her to put up her index finger when we ask her how old she is...theres a picture of that.
She say's "up" a lot...there's a movie of that.
She does "so big"...there's a picture of that.
She has taken 4 steps all on her own.
She can do the sign for Jesus when we sing "Jesus loves me". It's where you point to the palm of each hand...
She does the sign for "more" and says "num num" when she eats.
She drinks from a sippy cup and only has a bottle before bed.
She can eat just about anything we eat..she loved Dan's lasagna the other night!
And she is just starting to blow kisses...

Yesterday was the first time ever that she cuddled with me. She has cuddled with Dan on his birthday and father's day, but she is just usually too busy to cuddle, but yesterday she layed on the couch with me and watched cartoons for an hour!! It was probably the best thing in the whole world.

swimming!

Auntie Kelley and Uncle Dan got Anya her first swimming pool. It is a really cute dragonfly or butterfly and the wings fold up so that you can cover it when you are done. It also has an umbrella to keep her shaded. The suit she is wearing is also from Dan and Kelley. SUPER cute! Dan and I were giggling when we saw her in her bikini. I told dan at least one of your girls will wear a bikini! Funny.