People find this site with interesting searches, I must say. In the past week, I've been found by:
- picking sock lint
- Pale Daffodil (Behr)
- annika elm.com (hope that's not XXX rated!!!)
- saint patrick's website

Yesterday Gramme came over at lunch time. She and Great Grandma and Grandpa had their first walk through on Great Grandma and Grandpa's new townhome. Since it's nearby and Gramme had time afterwards and a Valentine's Day gift for Annika, she stopped over for lunch. Annika loved her new purple teddy bear but really loved the blue gift bag it came in. She and Gramme had a good time filling and emptying the bag. Gramme also taught Annika to say "please." We'll have to practice that from now on.

Last night was swimming lessons again. The water was downright warm this week so Annika didn't get nearly as cold. We played, floated on our stomachs and backs, blowed bubbles, went underwater and jumped off the side. There is another girl in her class that is almost 2 and a half. She loves "babies" and always has to come over and talk and play with Annika. She's such a little doll. She's also not much bigger than Annika so I didn't know how old she was. Turns out she was a preemie and was only a couple pounds at birth. Other than being small for her age, she's right on track developmentally her dad said. Man, she is a doll.

Annika fell last night in the locker room after swimming class. I always sit her on the bench because she sits so nice and still then. Whenever I set her down on the floor she takes off running. Last night I had just finished dressing her and set her on the bench, then I turn around to get my clothes out of the locker and out of the corner of my eye I see movement. I guess Annika decided to move around or get down but ended up falling off backwards. She must have twisted in the air or on the bench before falling though because she ended up hitting the right side of her forehead on the cement floor. I scooped her up and held her while she cried. Man, I felt awful! She had a small red spot which completely went away by the time we left the locker room. She ate dinner, played with toys, walked up the stairs, took a bath afterwards with no apparent side effects so I think she's just fine. Kris hasn't called this morning with any alarming news either. So, if you would like to mail me my World's Worst Mother award, e-mail me for my address. I deserve it this time.

Kris and Annika take two other classes during the week - music on Tuesdays and ECFE (Early Childhood Family Education) on Fridays. I always ask Kris what they do at these classes and if Annika's likes them, etc. He always tell me it was "fine". So, if you want to know what they do at class with any sort of detail, you're going to have to pry it out of him. He's a guy and doesn't share those critical details very well that we (women) want. Men!