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Here are a few videos to let you in on the babbles. She's "talking" up a storm. I swear sometimes she says Nana Nana when I approach.


She can sit up with a little support but can't get there on her own yet. She likes being more upright in the stroller. She wasn't napping well, so I took her on our longest walk yet on a lovely day. Well, until a wind and rain storm came up on our way home. She stayed dry. I did not.

Annika loves to smile at anyone who gives her any attention, and she continues to find the world quite humorous. And tasty -- she constantly wants to eat the newspaper.

And my face. She'll be happy and non-oral with John but then I take her and she just plants a big open-mouth kiss on my cheek and starts chewing on my chin.

We just brought up the booster seat last night, and she really enjoyed being at the table with us. The only food she's had so far, though, is a little cod liver oil and a tiny bit of homemade chicken broth.

(The bruise on Elliott's chin is from him falling on her carseat one day he refused to come in and I had to lock him in the car, take the baby in and then come back out for him. By then he had lost his tantrum and was going to play a chase-me game to move from the front seat to the back, until he fell.)

Annika's first winter (sort of)

Annika had a rough week a few weeks ago but has been very chill this week, perhaps because of an osteopathic adjustment. She is a dream during the day, happily amusing herself in a Pack N Play for long stretches while I cook, and she's been pretty good about going down for naps this past week. She is often woken up to go get her brother, but yesterday we stayed home all day, and she napped 9:30-12:30 and 2:30-5:00. Wow.

When on the floor, she rolls all around and can move quite far that way, but she's not yet crawling. She wants to put everything in her mouth, even doing baby push ups to lick the floor, and she's particularly fond of gnawing on the table and chairs.

If placed in sitting position on a soft surface, she can stay there, but she can't get there on her own yet.

She makes lots of fun sounds, blows spit bubbles, and belly laughs at her brother.

What she does not do is sleep for super long stretches at night anymore. So her mom is tired.

We are also not introducing any food just yet, though we did let her gum a cucumber wheel the other day. She still has no teeth broken through.

We don't know what she weighs, but I would guess about 17-18 pounds. She's a chunker, and everyone comments on her cheeks.

Here are some pics, including the new closet we had built (still need to get the hooks up).