LumberJack Ani

Ani, Mom and Dad headed out to get a Christmas tree and thought it would be fun to start the tradition of chopping down our own tree every year.

There were a wide veriety of trees to choose from

After walking for 3 minutes we found the perfect tree

Ani sat next to Dad while he sawed down the tree

Superdaddy!!!! (Put down the camera and HELP ME!!)

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Again I say

Put Down the camera and HELP ME!!

yeah, he's exceptionally frightening

After her traumatic experience with Santa we distracted Ani with a tractor

While Santa snuck in behind her for a picture.

what she doesn't know can't hurt her

visit to NC

Ani headed up to Fayetteville N.C. to visit Yaya and Grandpa and happend to run into Uncle Todd during the visit.  Ani loves Uncle Todd's phone.

Gammy was also there to see little Ani and spend some time.

Ani loved crawling all over Yaya's home and yanking all the decorations off of her Christmas tree.

After Ani left Yaya's we stayed at the Sheraton in Raleigh N.C. while Mom gave a talk on Title X for the non-medical professional; it was terribly cold, Dad tried to kill himself on an ice patch outside of the parking garage.

brief adventure with Ani

So Ani can climb the stairs up and down so we thought we would share the experience

She takes a brief rest while admiring the ceramic dolls

and back down we go

way back around Thanksgiving...

Gigi came down a week before Thanksgiving to visit.

Ani learns to share

Great Aunt Linda, Great Uncle John & Great Aunt Donna come down for Thanksgiving

yum...  apples

another quick update, with pictures

ani - with her newest hat - why do we buy her expensive clothes?

this is Daddy putting baby tights on Ani - oh the patience required by both parties
 

 we went to see Yaya and grandpa at the cabin this weekend, lots of driving, which means more caffeine... just jokes


a beautiful picture - if only you knew that mere moments before Grandpa was teaching Ani how to spit at fish

halloween, finally...

So Hallows Eve has come and gone and by the time I get this post edited and posted it will most likely be Christmas.

Ani, Chiemi and I have been going to therapy 8 days a week now since the pumpkin incidint and we are progressing nicely.  Ani can now not only be near a pumpkin but can also touch the insides as well, Chiemi won't even do that.

Though she seemed to enjoy watching me scrape out our soon to be Jack-o-lanterns' insides, her curiosity quickly moved on to somthing much more interesting.

It took some seearching but soon she came across the most wonderful object in the world.

A Leaf !

 Just to let everyone know, this leaf kept her occupied for 30 minutes.

And after all that hard work the Pumpkins were done. 

I'm thinking they will look better once it gets dark.

(Ok, I'm hoping they will)

(Ani's is in the Middle)

Every year we head out to Granddaddy and Me-maw's for Halloween due to the lack of kids in our neighborhood and this year was no diffrent except that we went trick or treating before it got dark.

Yes!,  that is Frankenstein in a smoking jacket. The Horror!!!

Granddaddy showed Ani the wonderful joys of Bubbles.

who knew bubbles could make you laugh

Time to get ready to Trick or Treat.

If your not sure what her costume is.... Thats OK.  we're not sure either.

Who new  Raggedy Ann was scary.

Before

After

Finaly after all terror we made it to the door and for all that work Ani got

a bag of M&M's. Personally, I dont think it was worth it especially since she can't even eat them.

 Hope everyone had a great Halloween.

(and yes, Ani's pumpkin is on the right)



doctor update

Ani visited the pediatrician for her 9 month visit and we are happy to say she now weighs 16 pounds 6.5 ounces and 27 inches long.  As far as Weight she is no longer in the 5th, she has moved up in to the 10th.  Ani also had her blood drawn to test her iron and Lead levels and every thing is totally normal.

Once again we were able to host a dinner for a group of Geshe-la's (right hand men to the Dalai lama) and Ani loved every minute of it.

Also visiting with the monks was Norzom who Ani took to immediately allowing her to hold her  and play games.  On a more interesting note Norzom turns out to be the wife of Sungay that Ani took to during the previous visit from the monks a few months earlier.