My baby is so precious, I could cry. She just does the cutest things! For example, yesterday she goes over to the dog (Mara came home on Saturday!) and wrapped her arms around Mara's neck and gave her a big hug, complete with her head resting on Mara. Mara just stood there and took it (along with the other, less nice, things Annika has done to her.) And whenver I say "circles, circles" she twirls. And yesterday we snuggled on the couch and watch Baby Monet together. Kris asked how I get her to sit still and cuddle like that. I think it was because she was getting tired for a nap. That, or she likes me better. Kidding!

Last night, Annika only woke up once! She went to bed at 7:30pm and woke up around 1am. Kris was still up so he turned on her night light and told her to lay back down and go to sleep - and she did! Then, she didn't wake up until 7:30am! I didn't have to get out of bed once last night! That hasn't happened in months people! Annika has gotten so easy to put to bed lately. Tonight, we changed her diaper and put on her pajamas, then we read a few books. Then, I held her in my arms and rocked her for a few minutes. Then, I put her in her crib, with her night light on, gave her her lovey, covered her with her blanket and told her that momma loved her and it was time for sleep. After a mild (very mild) protest, she went to sleep and I walked out of the room. I just can't believe this is the same kid who used to have to be rocked to sleep. I'm so proud of my little bean.

I'm going to be changing the template soon for this page so if things are crazy for a bit, please forgive me. I'll try to get it back to normal as soon as possible. First, I have to back everything up and burn my archives to CD-ROM. I should have done that months ago. I would hate to lose everything I've written about Annika's babyhood. At least I have everything printed out through May 2005. I'm off to print out the rest and then save, save, save!