Saturday night, Annika slept in her crib all night long. She slept from 8:30pm to 8am, not consecutively of course, but all in her crib. She woke up at 3am and was awake on and off until 4am and then woke up again at 5am. It's a good and a bad thing in my book. I only get to see Annika for a precious few hours in the evening. I actually like it when she wakes up at 3am or so because then I go get her from her crib and get to snuggle with her in ours for a couple hours before I have to leave her and go to work. If she's going to grow up on me and start sleeping in her crib all night long, I'm going to be sad. I sometimes worry I'm too attached to my daughter. Can you be too attached?

I've officially stopped pumping at work. I did pretty much the week after Annika turned 1. It's very nice not having to lug that thing to work every day, especially those days when I had to lug the pump, my purse, my lunch and my laptop. I looked pretty funny carrying all those things. Annika still nurses and is still pretty attached to it. She nurses when I get home from work and at night before bedtime and a few extra times on weekends, usually before naps. I like our cuddly, snuggly time together as much as she does.

Friday, Kris and Annika went to their second ECFE (Early Childhood Family Education) class. Annika had a good time playing with all the toys and other little kids. She even came home with bears stamped on her knees and arms. Kris said Annika doesn't much care for the sitting in a circle and singing portion of the class. She'd much rather be up running and playing. She is a very busy little girl.

Yesterday we were down in Welch for Great Grandpa Stuart's 90th birthday celebration. It was a nice afternoon and Annika had a good time playing with her second cousins Jack, Emma and Peter. Emma especially liked Annika and played with her a lot. She made sure Annika didn't get into any trouble. It was so cute watching them all together! Annika, being as young as she is, doesn't understand the sharing concept though. Sure, she'll give you her toys, but then she'll take them right back. So yesterday, she was taking toys from the other kids and if they didn't give them to her, she'd scream. Ah, my precious child screaming at the top of her lungs because the nice other kids wouldn't give her the toy she wanted. Yep, that's my girl. We'll be working on that sharing thing. :)