She loves fruit and her favorites at the moment are She really enjoys food! This has been a wonderful thing after Anlon had A week ago, she pulled up from sitting to standing for the first time (my birthday present from her :) And she can now stand for a few seconds all by herself! I think she'll be walking very soon. She's made a lot of progress over the last few months and is now crawling, scooting on her bottom (her preferred method of transit, which has made her wardrobe planning a bit challenging when we're outside as I don't want her to scrape her bottom), beginning to cruise and loves to practice walking while holding onto my fingers. Yet she is also so affectionate and loves to be cuddled and kissed.The best combination of sassy and super sweet.Īnya began physical therapy a few weeks before turning one due to some delayed gross motor development. She is fiercely determined and is eager to do things by herself. I've only let her have tastes from my finger, and she loves it. If I allowed her to, I'm certain she would drink coffee. Take her from switch to switch so she can turn each one on and off. She also loves light switches, so I often have to
Picture or video because as soon as she notices it, she becomesĭetermined to get it. I have to be very stealth when taking my phone out to take her And my iphone, oh is she fascinated with it.
That is buttons on the alarm system, buttons onĬredit card machines in stores, buttons on the tv remote, buttons on theĬeiling fan controls in our home. She loves music and often sings sweetly to herself. She adores animals and manages to spot pictures of dogs (her very favorite) everywhere. She LOVES giving kisses and hugs, and even presses her cheek against pictures of animals in books to give them a hug. Over and begins to laugh with them (and she has the most wonderful laugh). We're out having lunch and she hears laughter at a nearby table, she looks
She has the cutest "Miss America" wave and often waves to people as we're walking through a parking lot and into a store. But as always God's plan is so much better than what we might imagine for ourselves and I thank Him every day for my Anya Joanne. I had fears of having a girl for reasons I won't go into here. Days are busy and I'm never caught up, but this is the best time of my life. I am sadly so behind on her posts - she was 13 months when I first attempted to write this post, and months 7-12 are still half complete in my drafts folder. "And the child grew and became strong he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on him." Luke 2:40īaby Anya (I'm sure Anlon will let us know when she's just Anya but that time hasn't come) is 15 3/4 months old. But I also wish you could stay four forever. I can't wait to see the plans He has for you. He loves you more than you could ever imagine. And my prayer above every other prayer is that you would become a great champion of Jesus. And your daddy and I love you so very much. You enjoy running, jumping, climbing, searching for bugs, watching for planes, finding sticks.but you are also sensitive and gentle. You love animals, and whales are your favorite. After you cry, you ask me to wipe your tears. You enjoy other children very much, but love interacting with adults. You have the sweetest innocence that I long to protect. You have the most adorable little voice and the best laugh. You are kind, loving, creative, silly and serious rolled into one. Of all the little boys God could have entrusted us with, He chose you. I've told you this many times, but I'm so thankful that you're my little boy.
I'll share a series of questions that I asked him in another post. He connects lights to them using rubber bands, adds stickers to ains have provided endless imaginative play time. And when a train needs to pull cargo that doesn't easily attach, string comes in handy. He also became creative with their "heavy loads" and many odds and ends have ended up in their wagons. And each train would speak quite politely while they worked hard, as really useful engines do. He began to create detailed stories about his trains.
Reading Thomas the Train books and watching "Hero of the Rails" opened up a whole new world as well. This picture was taken right after we returned from a fun day there, and he had chosen this little train to bring home. Our visits to Tweetsie Railroad in Blowing Rock have definitely facilitated this. He has been completely fascinated by them. But something really changed right around the time he turned four. He has enjoyed trains since we bought him his first train set when he was two years old.