A double-digit birthday

Anna is 10 months old today - Happy Birthday Anna. Here's what's new in the past two days:

1. Anna loves grilled cheese (well cheese melted on bread, which I think will pass for "grilled cheese" until Anna is old enough to realize "real" grilled cheese is fried with butter. Since our friend, Thomas just figured this out at age 4, I think we have some time.)

2. Anna likes to carry stuffed animals around with her - like around the house, out the door, in the car, at the park, on the swing, etc. - and if you take them away she engages in some serious skwaking.

3. On Wednesday Anna put food in her mouth with a spoon for the first time! It was definitely intentional, but also pretty difficult for her. I don't think she'll be doing it regularly for a while.

new sunglasses

Anna has always been fascinated with sunglasses and now she has her own!

trying them on

taking them off and inspecting them

just looking cute

and even cutier :)

Drumming, dancing...

oh, and playing with toilet paper:

First time on Daddy's shoulders...

I can stand with one hand...

which makes one hand free to find things...

My new favorite mammal is the badger!

Today we headed into DC to check out the Natural History Museum, which I must say is a really cool museum. And actually, Anna thought so too. Her favorite part was the mammal room where she could get a good look at tons of stuffed mammals. Anna loves animals, but is always annoyed when they don't stand still long enough to get a good look. However, at the mammal room, they seemed to obey Anna's wishes very well :) She also like the discovery room, which was filled with items she could touch and explore:

checking out some model animal parts

This crocodile is so much bigger than the one in my zoo!

playing a traditional African instrument

After the museum we walked across the mall to the car and this photo moment presented itself:

A visit from Nana!

Nana is visiting us right now. Anna is having a wonderful time playing with Nana around the house. We've also been to an outdoor playground, indoor playground, shopping, and out to lunch!

Sharing a favorite book with Nana:

This is Stanely, the Whippet, Nana