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Thursday, March 09, 2006
 
Annika has been a total Momma's girl lately. From the moment she wakes to when she goes to sleep at night, all she wants is her mom. If I leave the room, she throws a fit. If I try to give her to Daddy or someone else, she throws a fit. Only if she is in the best of moods will she go to others. Is there such a thing as an 18 month separation anxiety phase? To really get her point across, she no longer allows me to kiss her daddy while in her presence. If Kris and I kiss, Annika literally shoves her body between us and pushes Daddy away from her mommy. Sometimes we do it just to make her mad. I know, we're horrible parents. But come on, it's funny! Yesterday I told Kris to give me a kiss. He, being in a silly mood, stuck his tongue and lunged at me. Annika was in her high chair watching us and thought it was funny when Mommy squirmed to get away. So, later in the day when she was sitting in my lap, Annika turned to me with her tongue sticking out and lunged at me. Sure enough, I got a big old tongue kiss from her. She thought this was hilarious and tried to grab my ears for leverage as I squirmed away from her. This is how all of her kisses used to be. She's learned to pucker up and usually kisses nicely now.

Annika's favorite book lately is Dr. Seuss' "Go Dog Go." We read through the book and point out all the dogs. After reading it yesterday, I set the book in Annika's lap. She opened to the last page and gave kisses to each dog. It was pretty funny how she'd smack the book on her face and then we'd hear a loud smooch sound coming from her.

The two visits to the resort pool over the weekend really did wonders for Annika I think. Last night at swimming lessons, she did all of her skills exactly as she should and when asked. She floated on her tummy. She laid on her back and kicked her legs. She did arms scoops. She jumped off the side. She let me dunk her 3 times. She even asked for more when we were jumping off the side, dunking her and jumping off the diving board. next week is our last swimming lesson. I'll have to make sure Daddy comes with so he can see her in the pool and maybe take some pictures too.

Saturday Annika is having her 18 month photos taken. I didn't know what she was going to wear until last night. We had a couple options in mind but when I went to Target last night I found this adorable little yellow dress and white sweater and then cute little white sandals. Each item was only $10 so I splurged and bought her a new outfit. She'll wear this dress for Easter too so at least it wasn't all for just the pictures.

Auntie Carrie leaves for home today. She's at our house today playing with Kris and Annika before they take her to the airport. I'm sure Annika is eating up all the attention!

Posted by Kristina at 3/09/2006 09:04:00 AM



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