Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Monday, February 19, 2007
Sunday, February 18, 2007
To Annabelle on her first birthday:
You still use you middle finger to point with and to touch everyones nose with. You hate sleeping and I am lucky if I can get you to nap during the day for an hour. You love an audience and will do all of your tricks when watched. You like to kiss animals in books, but not mamma and pappa so much. (I am working on this) You are curious about everything and you LOVE to go out. It does not matter where as long as there are things to look at. You turn heads wherever we go. People want to touch you and hold you. You have had countless pictures taken of you by people we meet in the streets, airports and malls. You are a superstar. We have already flown with you to 3 different countries (Sweden, China, USA) and are about to take you to your 4th (Vietnam). You are a great traveler,only you don't like to sleep because there is so much going on in airplanes. So it can be tough on us. You love to swim. You laugh so hard when I play the breakfast taco game that Aunt Kelsey made up. You can say mamma, pappa, wow and bye bye. You said "Mormor" today for the first time when we were on Skype with her. You are only days away from walking. And are sometimes too smart for you (and our) own good. It is so hard to describe in words how funny and incredible you really are. You have to be seen to be believed.
I look at you everyday and can't believe how lucky and proud I am to be your mamma. I can't believe I get to tell people you are MY daughter.