It's back to the real world for us. Having been away for 4 days on a quick vacation, we're all settling back into our routines today. We've been up north at Breezy Point since Saturday with Grandma Lona and Grandpa Dale and Aunt Carrie. Uncle Dusty and Uncle Adam were there on Saturday and Sunday. We had a very nice time. Annika was of course the center of attention the whole time and never without somebody with which to play. Annika was finally able to play in some snow this winter. She's only been out in it once or twice here at home and always during the day with Kris. I was excited to see her play in it myself. We took her out on the frozen lake and she played there some before we took her to the ice rink and skated her around on her boots. Then we went to the playground. She went down all the slides and absolutely loved them. She was getting so cold (her cheeks and nose were really pink) so we started heading back inside even through Annika's protestations. We also went swimming twice. Annika really became more comfortable in the water this weekend. She floated on her back without as much resistance and she got the hang of jumping off the side. Annika also learned a bunch of new words with the help of flashcards that Grandma Lona and Grandpa Dale brought her. One of these days I'll post the list of words that she can say. Of course, pictures will be uploaded from the camera to this site one of these days. I did upload a bunch Friday night so you can take a look at those!

Pam has started a baby blog. I've added a link so go take a look!