Out West...

This past weekend we took a family trip to Vail/Beaver Creek for some fresh mountain air and skiing. Annika was better than we could have ever anticipated on her first airplane ride. Everytime I am in Colorado I try to rationalize why I don't live there. I guess beautiful scenery just isn't a replacement of family and friends.

A couple of highlights from the trip:

- Running into old guy friends from Hope at the top of Vail's blue sky basin
- Snow...lot's of it
- Putting Annika in her snowsuit. (She wasn't a big fan of being plopped in the snow to play)
- Getting to spend a day skiing with Jacki and my dad
- Lazy nights watching the Olympics

Thank you Mom for watching Annika so that we could spend the days on the slopes. You're the best!

Girls Day

My office is moving locations and as a result I got today off of work and the treat of being home with Annika. We lounged in our PJ's, went shopping and most of all, I had a blast watching her amuse herself IN the dishwasher for about an hour. I was cleaning up breakfast when I looked over to see that she had climbed up into the dishwasher and pulled out a few spoons. After my initial fear of her getting injured, I sat back and had a couple good belly laughs watching her play.

11 months

I don't know what to say except for that I am baffled that Annika is already 11 months old. I look at her daily and realize that she is moving further and further away from being my sweet little baby and is instead blossoming into her own little person. Although she doesn't quite have the confidence to try walking on her own, she has become an expert crawler and "cruiser". She is eating lots of table food (her mean mom (that's me) tries to still keep it as healthy as possible though). This weekend she was introduced to the joy of blueberries. I've never seen Annika preference one food over another like she does with blueberries. I think we have a lot of purple stains to look forward to this summer!