Show Me the Money!

For Mother's Day, Anne and Jeff and I went on a short hike in Gatineau Park.  Unfortunately we forgot her carrier and then had a mix-up in the directions, so a half-hour drive turned into an hour-and-a-half drive.  We did eventually make it though and had a lovely, short hike to a beautiful waterfall.  The path was easy and turned out great for our first hike with Anne.  Anne particularly enjoyed sitting on a rock in the stream and throwing stones into the water.  

Anne has really picked up on the "more" sign.  However, instead of squishing her fingers together and tapping them together, she just taps one hand with her index finger as if to say, "Show me the money!"  It is very effective.  :)  It has been a huge help in trying to decipher what she wants and having her ask for what she wants is so much more pleasant than whining.  With our next baby I think I will try sign language from the beginning.

Anne hasn't really progressed in her vocabulary, although she does use her four words a lot ("dada", "mama", "baabaa" meaning baby, and "baba" meaning boom).  If you ask her to say a word she will try really hard, but it always comes out as some combination of "ba", "da", and "ma".  

Anne has started to like filling up containers and dumping them out again.  She always liked the dumping out, but now all of a sudden she likes to fill them back up too.  

I let Anne outside after it rained and the first thing she did was sat down in the only puddle on the driveway.

Nice white pants.

Happy as a clam.

Anne kissing her bunny.

Anne trying to put her socks on her feet.

Anne is very excited to sit on things these days.

Happy baby!

Mother's Day hike: 

Anne throwing stones in the stream.

Anne does the "more" sign.