Hi Mia!

Ana just cannot WAIT to meet her cousin!

In other news Ana and I went on a girls night out tonight. The two of us went out for dinner together while daddy was cleaning the house! Oh what a deal!!! We had a great time. I swear Ana just gets cuter and cuter by the day.

Mia is here!!!

Finally (10 days late), little Mia Jasmin Phillips made her way into the world. 7lb 6oz and gorgeous!!

We are flying to England on Tuesday. Ana can't wait to meet her new cousin!!

Wow!

Ana just walked over to a box of tissues, pulled one out, and blew her nose! Man, the things she learns at daycare!! I had NO idea she could do that!!

High heels!

The shoe obsession continues! Ana went into my closet this morning, selected a pair of shoes that she liked, then put them on and clopped around the house! She looked so proud of herself :-) I can't believe she is so grown up!!!

Fast runner!!

Playing Peek-a-boo

Ana in black and white

Bye!

Even better girlie shoes!

James took Ana shopping yesterday and let her pick out her own shoes!

She loves them!

Ana is a dancing fool!!

Favourite shoes!!

Ana is SUCH a girl. She already has favourite shoes. She loves these penguin shoes and will either try to put them on herself or will come running over and hand them to me and stick her foot out expectantly! She also loves to drape things around her neck and put things on her head.

Merry Christmas

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Waiting for Baby Mia!

My sister is due tomorrow! We are all so excited! Ana can even say Mia :-)

I think I am more impatient that Mel is! I am dying for Mia to come out. Come on little one.......join the world! I'm kind of hoping she'll be two weeks late though so I can be there for the birth! Mwahaha!

Our day out

This weekend we had a busy time. We went to the Covington Christmas parade. Here are a couple of rare pics of the 3 of us watching the parade - taken by one of the people in actually the parade! (How amazingly cute are Ana's little white gloves??)


After this we headed to Atlanta and went to Piedmont park, which is beautiful this time of year. We hung out at the playground and Ana played the bongos! We also took Briscoe to the off leash dog park. Unfortunately he is a bit of a wimp and got beaten up by a female Lab!


Then we went out to dinner. Ana will copy everything we do lately, so here she is in the restaurant copying me shaking my head!

I shake...

Ana shakes....

We both shake....

Understanding Ana

So I've always marveled at how parents are able to understand their toddler.

Child: "jhblba oij s juhiuh s oio joiohfrb kuh ife"
Mum: "yes, you can have some pineapple honey"

Eh????

So anyway, it is actually pretty easy when it is your own kid. Here's a handy guide to understanding Ana:

Do = Dog
DeeDee = Daddy
Burble = Purple
Babeee = Baby
Bleu (French pronunciation) = Blue
Lloll = Yellow
Ba bye = Bye bye
Ma ma ma (arms outstretched) = Pick me up!
Uh uh uh/Muh, muh, muh (pointing) = Mummy, could I please have some of your dinner?
Meeeeeeeeeeeeeee Meeeeeeeeeee (screeching and pointing) = Mummy, can I please play with that dangerous object?

"No" she says perfectly, and constantly. She shakes her head too. It is cute.

Dec 1st - We are ready for Christmas!!

Ana the Gangsta!!