Photo with Santa

Apparently Santa is a little scary? Poor baby. You can see the progression in these three photos.

Millstone to milestone

Dave and Tracy, remember when....

...Annalise dropped her 1am feed? Sometime around the very beginning of December. She now only wakes around 3-4a. Bed by 6:30ish, up at 7ish. Praise the Lord!

...Annalise had the longest cold, cough, runny nose ever? Started weekend before Thanksgiving and is still lingering a month later.

...Annalise went down in her crib for a nap awake and w/o crying for the first time? Today. 12/17/09

...Annalise's first jump? 12/16 (while dancing, of course)

...Annalise went for an entire night without a feed for the first time? 6:30 - 5:45am 12/16/09

walking

Two weeks before Thanksgiving, Annalise took her first unassisted steps, and then decided to call it quits. But as you know, our little girl isn't one to give up so easily and took a few more steps about a week ago. With greater confidence, she went from a few steps to totting all over the place through this past week. Just a matter of confidence, really.

Happy Thanksgiving!

This year we have so much to thank God for: health, family, our new home, and his constant provision. We are especially grateful for Annalise and thank God everyday for her. We know that it is only by his grace that we are able to enjoy and love our loved ones. It's weird to think that last year at this time I was pregnant and we were fervently praying everyday that God would take care of our baby. Here is what she looked like last year at this time: http://ourfungirl.blogspot.com/2008/11/genes-really-do-work.html

You can also compare Dave and my baby pictures to her now! Who do you think she looks like?