spring garden gnome....

I took Anna outside today to enjoy the sunshine while daddy and Josh worked in the yard.  She had fun checking out the yard, and grass, and leaves.....

Oooh, look what I found! 

 hmmm. I think I should taste it....

 

 

 

yummy leaves!

Hey!  Check out that sweet van!! 

sleepy boy....

yep, it was one of those days...

bananas.....

We let Anna play with a banana tonight at dinner. She didn't really eat much but she had fun squishing it and tasting it.

6 month and 3 year photos

I wanted to get some 6 month pictures of Anna and 3 year pictures of Josh so I took them to my friend Jessica because she always does a great job with the kids.  After this shoot, I have decided she's a miracle worker :)  I showed up at her house with a semi-cooperative baby and a VERY cranky toddler ....

The first few pics, Anna wanted nothing to do with getting her picture taken.  She just stared at Jess and the camera.  Then Jess started to do her thing and we got a few smiles...

 

this is when Austin, her son, started acting silly and had Anna in a fit of giggles

We changed her outfit and she got REALLY excited....

 

            

 

LOVE this one!! 

 

She did NOT like this skirt, and Jess still got her to smile! (well, she liked to chew on the skirt, but she was not happy about sitting up and looking cute in it...)

She's even cute when she's grumpy....

 

Speaking of grumpy...  This is what Jess had to work with:

 

And the reason I really love her: she somehow manages to capture all the sweet little moments, when no one is posing or expecting a picture...

 

She did finally get the grump to smile a little bit...

 

and got some precious photos

 

 

apparently though, all he needed were a few crazy green hats.....

painting

Josh and I did some painting yesterday.  we used his cars to see what kind of tracks they make 

 Then he tried the top of them....

we did some color mixing to learn what colors mix to make other colors

then we played "car wash"  :)

trains

train tracks that daddy set up for Josh

 

mommy made tracks, complete with fire station....

farm...

airport...

dinosaurs and paleontologist....   (Josh brought me the guy and told me he was a "dinosaur guy, guess we've been watching a lot of "dinosaur train" lately, lol) 

Anna wanted to get in on the fun as well

Josh came to rescue his tracks