Auntie Dawn!

We had a great time visiting with Aunt Dawn! We wish it could've been longer, but we had so much fun with the time we had. Anne is really breaking out of her shell. She liked playing with Dawn and even let her hold her. Sometimes she still preferred Mom or Dad, but I think she made a new buddy :)
Dawn took lots of fun photos which I borrowed off of her facebook site, thanks!

Dawn gave Anne her favorite thing in the whole world, a puppy! She carried it around everywhere and gave it lots of love. She also gave her some stylin' new clothes :)

Anne loves this game!

We were glad that we had at least one day that wasn't cold and snowy. So we went to the zoo! Anne loved all the animals (even though half of them weren't on display yet).

So one morning I gave Anne a very soft pear and was curious how she would eat it. I was doing the dishes so I was a little distracted. When I turned around this is what I found left of the pear. I guess she didn't mind the seeds and core.

Another one of Anne's favorite things.."puter" as she calls it. We let her play her alphabet and numbers games sometimes.

Our good friends and neighbors Ryley and Mandi graduated and moved :( so we threw them a going away BBQ. We miss you guys! Here's the Dads playing with the youngins.

And the Moms relaxing :)

Good grub.

Anne is starting to get much more explorative. She likes to hide things and get into cupboards. One day I found this...is it bad that my first reaction was laughter? Then I had her help me clean it up.

Anne's new favorite food. She ate the entire thing.

I had a wonderful Mother's Day. It started off perfectly with some snuggle time with Anne in bed while Zac finished making me a very yummy breakfast. I think Anne knew it was Mother's Day cause she snuggled and gave me lots of hugs and kisses while I sang to her. Zac and Anne also gave me a gift card to Motherhood Maternity which I'm verrry excited to go spend! We then had a wonderful day in Church followed by a wonderful chicken bruschetta dinner prepared by my handsome chef hubby. :) Thanks for a wonderful day Zac and Anne!