Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Time to hike up the jeans and get a mom haircut

I am officially a minivan mom. A small part of me feels like I should be embarrassed, but I'm not. I don't pretend to be cool and I'm nothing if not practical, so bring on the swagger wagon! It's shiny and black and we've named it Bullet Bill. And while power sliding doors were on my "it would be nice but it's not necessary" list, they make me giddy and I'm now angry that my house doesn't have power doors. When I hit the button to open the door for Mabes, she just smiles and says, "Fank you, van!"


Annabelle is getting better at crawling. She had been just rolling/scooting around, and then one day last week she decided she wanted my IPod. Smart girl.



As of today, she's able to stay up on her knees more:



Notice Mabes and the giant scrape on her right knee. The boy who laughed at her when she spilled her juice at lunch pushed her on the playground on Friday. I understand that these things happen, and Mabes wasn't too broken up about it, but I was ready to exact revenge at 2 am Saturday morning when Mabes kept waking up due to the painful knee. She's doing better now.

7 comments:

wanda said...

Annabelle is growing up so fast! I can't wait to see her and squeeze her thighs. Don't let her start walking before Christmas.

Lisa said...

I LOVE the van. That is seriously a nice-looking van! And you're going to love it. I had one week of being self-conscious about my van, but now I just flat-out love mine, and mine is no where near as cool as yours. I just LOVE it.

And those videos were so cute! I love how hard she breathes when she's trying to crawl--in fact, Jonathan came up to see what I was watching, giggled, and then panted just like her. It was funny :)

alisa said...

Yay for the van! It is fantastic! COngrats friend! And way to go Annabelle! That was fast! I still feel so bad for Mabes. Scraped knees are the worst!

mama bear said...

Hey, we have been a mini-van family for years now and I don't think we'll ever go back! Our next move is to get one with automatic doors. We had a rental for a week while our car was getting a nose job (after an unfortunate bumper/fender-bender that I was not involved in) and I fell in love with the freedom those doors gave me!

laura said...

omg I love her little kicks when she's on her belly. Those thighs are nuts and so are her cheeks. And is her hair getting blonder?

And congrats on the van!

NancyO said...

I thought Annabelle was born just a couple of weeks ago!

Brandi said...

Yea for the van! You'll love it. No regrets. I promise! :)