Go Giants!

You've got no chance, Redskins!
I'm staying up for the end of the game, right Mom?

I told you I would grow...

Today we had lunch in Bethesda with Lindsey & Clara. As Clara recently had her 6th month appointment and Anna recently had her 4 month appointment, we could compare stats...Anna is 1/2 pound heavier, and 2 inches shorter. Anna says, "I told you I would grow! Now I just have to figure out how it is that you can move yourself backwards..."

Also, check out the bibs on these sporty girls: a little golfer & a little Giant's fan!

I'm so thankful...

that, knock on wood, Anna has been so healthy since she was born.

Last night as I was going to bed I realized that my upper back and neck were really sore. I wasn't really sure why, but this morning I figured it out. I'm pretty sure it's from being so tense yesterday while Anna was getting her shots. This is just from 2 minutes of Anna in pain! Having your children in pain has to be just about the worst thing in the world. I'm so thankful she's such a healthy little girl :)

The "expert" definition

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the definition of "sleeping through the night." While I was kind of kidding about the phrase having a technical definition, I guess I was wrong. The following quote is from a babycenter article about sleeping through the night:

Not that "sleeping through the night" means a full night of uninterrupted sleep for you. "'Through the night' is defined as from midnight until five o'clock in the morning," says Judith Owens, a pediatrician and director of the Pediatric Sleep Disorders Clinic at Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island.

As I said before, I don't think I'll ever wake up that thrilled after a midnight to 5 am snooze...

Doctor's Visit

We just got back from Anna's 4 month appointment. Anna is now 15 pounds, 12 ounces and 26 1/4 inches. This puts in her in the 90th percentile for weight and 95th percentile for height!

Pretty dresses & fancy hotels

So now that our regular DC summer weather is back, Anna decided she wanted to get her sundresses back on:

after church on Sunday

dressed up for the Labor Day barbecue at our house today...

which apparently tired Anna out because she feel asleep (in her bouncy seat on the deck) 45 min. after people got here and stayed asleep for the rest of the party! Anna thought it was fun to chill on the deck for 45 min., though :)

Now, what's this about fancy hotels?? Last night Mom & Dad went to a wedding in Alexandria, Virginia & Anna was actually at the hotel with Grandma during the wedding!! Grandma was going to stay with Anna at our house, but Anna decided she was not so hot on bottles this weekend (we think she just wanted to go to the hotel). So we ended up booking a hotel room right at the hotel where the wedding was so that Mom could just pop upstairs and feed Anna. The whole night went pretty well - except for one little meltdown, which started 5 min. after Anna got fed one time- meaning that Mom & Dad were not monitoring the cell phone super well (whoops) so Mom didn't quite make it to the rescue for 25 min. (poor Grandma!) We're not really sure why Anna got so upset after she had just eaten - maybe some combination of still being hungry (she ate a ton more!), feeling tired (she then zonked out for the night), and being a little scared of her new surroundings. Here's the little sweet pea lounging at the hotel:

I'd like to order some milk delivered to the room, please.

And one more cute picture from today:

Mommy & her little pumpkin :)

Where's the DC swamp?

We had a little cold spell in DC this week - Thursday and Friday were in the 60's and rainy (very atypial for this time of year!). On Thursday I pulled out the only long-sleeve outfit in Anna's dresser and realized it was a little small:

Check out my capri pants!

So, Thursday involved washing a new set of clothes - Anna is now prepared for the fall! However, because of her looong legs, Anna may be moving into 9 month pants soon! Here's a look at one of her new fall fashions:

I'm stylin'