Ok, yes, there's more.

Annika has started saying Mama. Unfortunatley, it's more of a mamamamamamama babble as she's walking around. I keep saying "yes, honey" or "what, Annika" when she does it so she learns to associate the random babble with me.

Monday night I gave Annika a bit of string cheese. She proceeded to chew on it a little bit before wandering over to the dog. Then she gave the dog a little nibble of it. It was very cute and nice of her to share. After the dog was done, Annika finished what was left. Yuck!

Monday night, Annika was being crabby so I laid her down on her back and was playing with her tummy. Still being crabby, she started kicking me. So, I grabbed her ankles and started swinging her legs up over her head as she laid on the floor. She thought this was a hilariously good time and started giggling and laughing. After a while, I stopped. And Annika did the sign language sign for more! So I continued to pump her legs over head until she quit signing for more. It was so cool to have her communicate with me though that I had to call Kris at work and tell him. Turns out he hasn't been signing to her at all lately and I sign very rarely. So, she picked this up a while ago and just decided she needed to use it Monday night! She's used it a few times since, once asking for more milk. She's also taken to making the milk sign when she wants to nurse. And yesterday when she was done with dinner, she kept swiping her hands back and forth across her high chair tray but didn't hit any of the food. I'm wondering if she was trying to sign "all done" which is when you take your hands in front of you and then swing them to the sides. See, she's amazing. I told you so.

Today, I tried Annika's Halloween costume on her. Annika's going to be a ballerina. I found this cute little tutu at Target this summer for only $12.99 in an extra-small. I was hoping it would fit her this fall and it almost does. The straps are a little long so I'll tie them together in the back. And it's a spaghetti strap tutu so she'll wear a white turtleneck underneath with white tights. She looks so adorable in it! I wonder if I should go get pictures taken at Sadie's in it!?! That would be so cute! Of course, I'll take my own pictures but I'm not the world's great photographer you know. Anyway, I think Annika's set for Halloween. We don't have trick or treating plans or anything, we'll just greet the kids at our door. I have yet to buy any candy though. I'm trying to hold off so half of it doesn't get eaten before October 31st rolls around!