Anabelle Meets A New Friend

On Saturday Anabelle met Cameron Ojala and the two became fast friends. Cameron shared all his fun toys with Anabelle and gave her a wonderful present. Thanks for the sweater and bath toy, Cameron!!


When it was time to say good-bye, Anabelle and Cameron gave each other a BIG hug!

Snuggling Sleeper

Anabelle likes to snuggle up to pillows when she sleeps.

Out With The Gang

Today Anabelle got to meet Daddy's former co-workers. She was pretty well-behaved the whole time. Thanks for treating Anabelle and me to lunch, everyone! More pictures from the lunch can be found here.

7 Months!

Today Anabelle is seven months old, 19 pounds heavy, and 30 inches long. She is also very good at playing ball. Here she is very excited about the fact that she's beating Mommy.


And look at that perfect posture!


"What are you saying about me?"

Anabelle's Neck Warmer

Check out the cool neck doo-dad Thu brought over for Anabelle. Thu, what's it called?

Book Club

Anabelle did her first book club tonight. The book was The Line of Beauty. Everyone was impressed with her insights, amused by her anecdotes, and dazzled by her charm.

Anabelle's Bad Haircut

Yeah, those bangs are pretty uneven. But it's hard to trim her hair when she won't stop squirming around!

Cute Sleeper

Another cute picture of Anabelle sleeping.

Dinner with Jane and Joe

Here's a picture of our dinner over at Jane and Joe's Sunday night. Here the ladies are enjoying a pleasant conversation.


Anabelle adored Joe -- she spent the whole night flirting with him!

Sound Sleeper

The past few days, Anabelle has insisted on sleeping on her stomach. If I try to turn her over, she just flips over on to her tummy again. The way she sleeps with her hands over her eyes it looks like she's counting for Hide & Seek.

How Anabelle Spends Her Days With Daddy

A lot of watching TV, apparently. And Anabelle won't even let me have the remote.

Anabelle's Winter Outfit

With Aaron.


A less happy version.

Colorful Balls

Anabelle loved playing with these colorful balls from a toy at my parents' house.

Anabelle's First Thanksgiving

Notice the food on the table behind Anabelle. More pictures from Thanksgiving here.

First Snowfall

Today we took Anabelle out for a walk to experience her first snowfall. She was all bundled up and snug in the Baby Bjorn so hopefully she was warm enough. I wonder what she made of all this white stuff!

More pictures from Anabelle's walk through the Winter Wonderland can be found here. And check out that cute bunny hat!:

Playing in PJs

Baby and Mommy play in their PJs. (Mommy asked to be cropped out of the picture.) Thanks to Saima for the musical beehive toy!

Baby Bundled in Blue

Don't stick that tongue on a metal pole when winter comes!

Tipsy Baby

After four bottles, Anabelle was the life of the party. 

Anabelle & Daddy

So far Anabelle seems to be adapting well to having her dad stay home and take care of her instead of her mom staying home with her. 

Back to Work

Today was Buni's first day back at work after maternity leave. No wonder Anabelle looks worried below:


Here's hoping I can do half as good a job at being a stay-at-home parent as Buni did!

The Professor of Baby Holding

Anabelle loves her Uncle Justin.

Mirror, Mirror On The Wall...

Anabelle admires herself in the mirror.

Happy Half-Birthday!

Happy half-a-year old, honey! Here are the stats at 6 months old: 29 inches and 18 lbs, 1 ounce. My, how you're growing!

Food Face

I forgot to post yesterday, so here are a couple shots of Anabelle eating. Enjoy!








What's this orange stuff you're making me eat???

Anabelle Models

As requested, here's the full shot of Anabelle's outfit from yesterday. (Outfit by 2-2.)


And here's Anabelle in the same outfit practicing to be a contortionist.


And one more shot of that cute outfit. (Thanks, Thu!)

First Two Teeth

Check out Anabelle's first two teeth! ZOOOOM!!!:

Birthday Cake

Anabelle can't wait for her own half-cake next week.

Double Close-Up

Apparently Buni and Anabelle were playing around with the digital camera while I was at work.

B'rung & Belle

Thanks for babysitting, Uncle Justin!

Anabelle's High Chair

Anabelle really seems to be enjoying her high chair so far. She's now graduated from rice cereal to oatmeal and eats everything without fussing. I'd post a picture of her with food all over her face but I keep forgetting to snap a pic when we're feeding her. (And thanks again to my former co-workers for getting us this great high chair. We have friends who are jealous that you managed to find this model for us!)