21 Weeks!

My little Annie has gotten another week older. I sometimes miss her being a little baby. Well she was never really a little baby just a big ole alert baby. I have the picture of her at less than a day old hanging in my office and her eyes are wide open - Looks like she is about 3 months old. She threw up for the first time in the past week, only because she ate her food too fast (little pig). The swine flu has been going around and so of course people around here are over reacting and if they cough think they have the swine flu. Sooo because of that I have been told by my father to watch where I take Annabelle in public (no, I still take her the same places I did before) We were leaving Barnes & Noble with her for the first time (well really second) when he told me this, and my sister telling me to not be so unconcerned regarding this whole mess. I think she wants me to put a mask (baby size - can't you just picture that, haha) on her and carry her around or something lol. Dont tell her though, she gets mad that I make fun of her :) I think it will be funny for Annies to read this when she is older. Now that I have made fun of people one of us will probably end up getting it.

In a way Veronica is right in a way. I am very unconcerned about things and maybe I should not be that way. I maybe should take things more seriously, not necessarily the swine flu but other things. I have adopted the Jason Welch approach to life - the I don't care attitude. Of course he cares about things like me and Annabelle but you get the point. Since being this way I have realized I have had very few "stress" headaches, now I just get migraines and even those have decreased.

I guess I should really talk about Annabelle and not myself or Jason. I sometimes can't help but get off subject. My mind is random and I normally type what pops into my head.

Kate has been outside for two weeks now. I have actually sat in my living room past 9 pm. It was weird. We went down to Berea on Sunday to see the Smiths. It had been awhile and Evelyn is getting so grown up. They are expecting their second next week. Annabelle and Evelyn enjoyed playing together, I need to load the pictures on to the computer ( I am lazy!).

Annabelle is still blowing raspberries, she is reaching for things, especially toys, grabbing at our faces and just acting silly. The past week she has become much more active. She sits very well, can almost pull herself up from laying down and is babbling more. All these things will keep increasing and she will be able to do everything better. Monday she will be 5 months old and we are going to start her on some carrots. That should be an adventure for her and us. Changing diapers has become a chore. She rolls from side to side, twists her body, grabs the clean diaper, grabs at the dirty diaper, grabs the wipes, she is everywhere! Her favorite thing is to grab her ankles and pull up. It is funny, she did it this weekend and peed all over Jason :) Transitioning her back into her pack n play has not turned out so well. She still wakes up if we move her. We have on occassion been able to leave her laying by herself for a little bit. I should also admit that she had a diaper that was out of control and almost made even me gag. I admit it because I make fun of Jason for gagging when changing her. We both gagged at that diaper :)

Annabelle is a LOT like her Aunt Veronica. She doesn't always smile when she wakes up now because she does NOT want to wake up. She wants to stay asleep in the mornings. She has started to whine a little when Jason tries to wake her up lol. They both fall asleep in the car almost immediately and their feet are stinky! I probably shouldn't make such fun of my sister. I am lucky to have a sister like her so I should stop, buuuuuttt I probably won't. She is a pretty good aunt if I say so myself and Annabelle would agree. I might also add that Josh is a pretty good uncle. Annabelle picked his birthday present out this past weekend. We hope he likes it! We haven't gotten to see him in awhile so hopefully if we go home this weekend we will.

My first mothers day is coming up Sunday. We aren't sure what we will do, just being with Annabelle and even Jason will be enough for me. We may not go home, we are unsure. Mom has school Saturday and we might let Annabelle go with her and we go watch a movie.