I don't have a lot to update you about Annika. She's as cute as ever. Sometimes I just have to scoop her up and give her a great big bear hug and then smother her face with kisses. She doesn't seem to mind. I gave her some turkey baby food last night. First, that stuff smells nasty. Second, Annika wasn't too impressed and didn't eat very much. She's had all the first baby foods and so we're starting on the seconds. Last week, she had apricots for the first time. Those weren't so bad. She does seem to like her fruits. Of course, they're sweet so who wouldn't like them.

We need to take more video of Annika. We took some at the hospital and some of her in the bathtub and one of her rolling over. But we haven't taken any in months and the video camera that we have (which is very, very old) has a terrible battery. So, if anyone has digital video camera recommendations, please send them my way. I will be buying one this week yet because I really want to take some video of Annika crawling. She keeps getting closer and closer to walking and then I'll have missed it!

We stopped by our new house last night. Well, we stopped by our hole in the ground. Yep, it's there. They actually have most of the block work done for the basement. Kris counted and yes, they did put in a 13 course basement like we're paying for. It's getting exciting! We need to start investigating flooring options because we need to get that on order. And Kris is looking into light fixtures that we can order ourselves. That way, we can get a better deal than what our lighting allowance place can give us, and then we can use our lighting allowance place to upgrade some of the lights through them. So many things to do!

Life is good.