We are going through two big transitions at our house:

1. Annabelle has moved into the Toddler 3 class at daycare.
2. Gwyneth is trying to give up her afternoon naps and just wants to walk.

They are both going through some growing pains. Annabelle is missing some of her buds at daycare, especially Chandler, who doesn’t move up for 2 weeks. She’s making some new friends, but she’s ready for her gang to join her in her new classroom.
Miss Gwyneth has decided that she no longer wants to take an afternoon nap but she still needs it. She is a bit cranky in the evenings. Even if we can get her to nap for just 15 minutes in the afternoon it makes a world of difference. She’s a much happier baby. Today unfortunately she was not having it! She is desperately wanting to walk and keep up with her big sister. She is getting frustrated as she cruises around the furniture, uses her walker, and grabs on to her dadda’s fingers to make it around the house. She can stand on her own and is working on the courage to take those first steps. It’s hard to believe our little baby is going to be walking soon.

She walked in the door asking for pizza! GG had pizza, yogurt, and sweet potatoes for dinner.

She shoots….
She scores!!!

(And the crowd goes wild!!!)

After dinner we played in the backyard – the basketball hoop has become a big hit with Annabelle and GG enjoys playing on the climber. Gwyneth was in bed early and we spent the rest of the evening reading books with Annabelle. Her new favorites are “No Hitting”, “Excuse Me”, and “I Can Share”. I enjoy the “Excuse Me” book and watching her explain manners to her babies. She’ll tell them “that’s not ok, say excuse me”. We’ll see if the lessons she’s teaching the babies actually stick with her!