The Week in Review

I wrote a real long post on Thursday night and some how it didn't end up posting or saving on Blogger. Don't know exactly what happened there, so I am trying again.

We had a very busy week and Annika is doing new things everyday. Here are a few things that we learned about her this week.

• She loves to swim. We took her to the pool at the Y on Wednesday evening and she thought it was pretty cool. She tries to put her face in and loves to be pulled around on her stomach while she kicks her legs.
• She doesn't like to share Mom's lap. Alex got into my lap while I was holding her and she started to whine and try to push him away with her feet. She smiled really big when he got up. Alex says that she is going to have to get over it because he is not going to start sitting in my lap.
• When she doesn't want to eat something, she refuses to open her mouth. She is not a fan of fruit and will not drink anything but formula from a bottle. If you try to give her either of those things, she tightly closes her lips and refuses to open her mouth. Sometime she will even shake her head back and forth.


• She is starting to roll over more and is able to sit for longer periods of time. She loves to jump and really enjoys the jumper that a friend let us borrow.


• One of her favorite things is a good stretch. After she wakes up or has been sitting (in her car seat or stroller) for a long time, nothing is better than to lay down and stretch.


• She loves to look at things upside down. She is always flopping her head over when you carry her. She started this in China and is just doing it more and more. She has discovered ceiling fans and likes ceilings that have patterns on them.


• She still loves her brother and really enjoys their play time every afternoon when he gets home from school. They play on a blanket on the floor in the living room.


• Annika really likes television. I have figured out that when she watches it she will let me do things to her hair. I have done really bad piggy tails the last two mornings. It is kind of hard to get them even when you do them from behind and above. I definitely need some more practice.

Alex had two fun events at school this week. Thursday was field day. We stopped by for a little while and it really looked like fun. He wanted to introduce everyone to his sister. On Friday, they had a wax museum of famous Americans. Each student had been researching a famous American. For the museum, they each dress as their person and then stood behind their desks. You would push a circle on the desk and they would raise their heads and tell about who they were and then put their heads back down. It was really neat. Alex was Thurgood Marshall (the first black supreme court justice). We have been calling him Thurgood for the last few days. He looked really cute in his costume. He only has 4 and a half more days of school and then it is summer vacation. He can't wait.