Analia Is Feeding Herself

Analia has taken small steps to feeding herself! She can dip the spoon in the cereal and get into her mouth without dropping anything!! She usually gets tired of doing it--it's too slow, and gives the spoon back to me to finish.

Now we just have to get her feeding times to match our dinner times and we'll be all set!!

The Dodge Ball Tournament

Last Friday ICS held its third annual dodge ball tournament. Matt had a team called the princi--pals. They won the tournament undefeated. It was a great way to get kids of all nationalities to come and play together. Analia and I stayed after volunteering. We had hot dogs for dinner (sold by the Seniors). Analia, as usual, was held by everyone. She really doesn't mind if I'm not nearby. There were students I didn't even know that had fun playing with her!! She also got to hold a dodge ball for a while. She really liked it because it was neon orange AND squishy!

Analia is a lot more eager to walk now. It could be because she sees the boy do it at church! Anyway we're glad she's shown some interest!

11 Month Pictures

A little late, but better late than never. I think I'll have Matt help me next time--she'd rather throw the poor doll than hold it!!

Time With the Grandpas

Analia loves men--so naturally she took to both of her grandpas. She loved for them to pick her up and play with her. She watched sports with Grandpa Fred and did everything from laundry to play on the floor with Grandpa Marc. A good time had by all!!

The Red Ghost

I picked this throw up in the freebie pile at school one day thinking that it would match a comforter I had--BUT Analia had other plans for it. She loves to chew on the strings on the end. It is great fun to drag it all over the house and most of all it is great to hide under--if she can't see you then you have no idea where she is!! So, just in time for the hungry ghost festival we have our own RED GHOST!

Thank You Everybody for the Chair

Matt went to a sale on Saturday and finally found his chair--thanks to everyone who contributed towards this. I know he's quite happy with it and proud of himself for finding it on sale!