Since I've been a slacker (again), AND then Blogger went down for a few days, it's catch up time.
A few weeks ago, we noticed that Anja was starting to show signs that she was perhaps a wee bit jealous of Ian's extended stay in our home. On 2 separate occasions, Dan and I both took her swimming and to the LifeTime "pool restaurant," as she calls it. That little Life Café is apparently her favorite place in the world to eat. They give her PB & J, fruit, Sun Chips, and a juice pouch. She then gets to enjoy the tasty goodness while talking to the respective parent and watching TV. There are two TVs in the café - 1 plays ESPN, the other shows the news. Anja prefers watching ESPN, especially if they're playing foofball (Football) or, in a pinch, baseball. When ESPN isn't up to snuff, she'll watch the news. The last time I took her, it was a big news day due to major events the day before. She looked at the TV and asked why Daddy was on TV. Anja thinks any picture of a man with dark hair and a beard is a picture of daddy. Can you guess who it was? Yep, it was this guy. Dan took it well. Ahh, quality programing on Girls' Night Out.
Seeing that the swimming helped, I arranged with our daycare to do a swap for a few hours in the morning every Thursday. So I drop Ian off and then take Anja out for a bit. We can go wherever she wants, as long as it's open at that time of the morning. Where does she choose to go every time?
"I wanna go to Caribou Coffee Place, Mommy! I wan oatmeal and milk. You can have coffee. You need coffee."
If only her baby brother tolerated caffeine. Sigh.
She loves it there so much, she wanted to go there again this week and was upset when someone was at our table. This satanic looking photo is actually her getting ready to enjoy a spoonful of oatmeal. It was too funny to photoshop.
But, despite slowing down on the weight gaining front, Ian's growing incredibly fast and has started growing out of size 0-3 already. Shouldn't be surprised, I guess, since at last check a few weeks ago, he weighed in at 13 pounds. Just look at this belly, purposely stuffed into a German t-shirt that translates to "cookie annihilator."
The big belly is made only cuter when he has his perpetually scared look on his face. And here he is in one of our favorite outfits that Anja also wore. Based upon the full length pants looking like high waters, it's time to retire the outfit permanently.
He did finally turn a corner in the play area, though, which is fun. A week ago, he hated his play mat. Now he loves it and giggles when he can get the music going by kicking the thing.
And his first smiling video for your entertainment. In typical fashion, the full out giggling started immediately whenever I stopped recording. Yes, the video is sideways. Deal with it. I need to go get the kiddos ready for a toddler pajama party at Anja's friend Lyla's house. We're going to party all the way until nap time!
