Anne at 10 months

Of course, Anne is now 11 months old, and it's really time for us to start taking these photos on time, rather than a month late. After all, Anne is doing a great job of catching up from being a preemie. She's petite -- 16 pounds, 4.5 ounces as of last week. But that's bigger than her mom was at this age! This month and last month were nearly impossible photo sessions. Anne flipped over the side of her chair while mom was taking these pictures, but whew, Mom caught her, and she hardly shed a tear.

Anne visits Alexa ...

We headed to Bethesda on Sunday to visit Malia and Dave and their big girl, Alexa. Anne loved playing with Alexa's toys and enjoyed being around a bigger kid. Malia took these beautiful pictures.


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Anne gets the giggles (video)

Here's a video of Anne laughing at pretend sneezes. In the background is Dad moving her crib mattress to the lowest setting so that we don't have to worry about Anne trying to climb out.

Anne plays peek-a-boo

Anne's ninth month

We haven't posted in several days because Anne is keeping us BUSY. Anne is rapidly becoming more independent -- besides crawling, she's constantly pulling up on everything -- but that means she keeps falling down and bonking her head!

Here are some belated pictures from her nine-month photo shoot. Anne just couldn't stay still.



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Great grandmas think alike ... read more for big tooth news

Anne's pants are from Gram Sheri, and her onesie is from Grandma Gloria -- once again, the grandmas have gotten Carter's clothes that coordinate perfectly without any duplication OR coordination. Same blues, same two shades of pink.

Anne is playing in her new play yard, which is a little baby prison in the corner of our living room. Now that she can crawl, Anne needs a little place of her own.

Also, big news in Anne's mouth! We didn't expect it, but on Saturday, her left top front tooth arrived. Which explained a lot. Anne had a rough week with more reflux and fussing over bottles. She seems to be on the mend now, except for a little cold.

Just for Valentine's Day, Anne decided to master a new skill (video) ..