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Annie The Magic PumpkinWe expected a little turkey but got a a magic pumpkin instead! June 01 April/May '09 photosSome new photos from the past month or so. Highlights include: a new super-duper playground, a baseball game, a camping trip, and a tricycle! Click HERE to view. Love, Annie April 16 Annie 2.5Joys for the season
January 31 Long time no update... It's been a busy fall/winter season with lots of visits with family and
friends. She had a ball in Myrtle Beach with her extended family over
Thanksgiving, loved having her Uncle Travis home for Christmas, and was
excited to ring in a "new year" with her cousins while her parents
attended the Inauguration of our 44th President. Enjoy some photos by
visiting HERE
(or see below). And of course, Annie continues to amaze us with her
intelligence, wit and sensitivity (where does she get it?!). July 06 Summer Season (part 1)The summer seems to be flying by!
We can't beleive it but Uncle Trav has graduated from the esteemed Raleigh Charter High School and will be heading to Georgia Tech at the end of the summer. We finally had a chance to get up to Maryland for the first time since February and had a wonderful visit with family and friends. We spent a good bit of time in Baltimore with Little and Kevin and had a great time seeing all of Annie's Unlces, Aunts, and cousins. Paco had a chance to go check out the Nationals play the Orioles in the new stadium on the Anacositia River in DC. Fourth of July weekend Annie invited several friends (and their parents) over for an impromtu BBQ - a great time was had by all. We followed that up with a trip to the Annual Eno River Festival in Durham on the 5th.
Annie continues to gain new skills and words everyday! She particularly enjoys counting (to two, sometimes three), the alphabet (AB-D), playing with kids, going to the park, talking on the phone, swimming at the pool, and most anything outside. She is able to have surprisingly interesting conversations about current events (for example "Gracie. Run. Outside." or "Pop-o. Grana. Work. Home."). Oh. Yeah. Yo Gabba Gabba is a constant request. But, we have to admit, it's a pretty good show with some rockin' tunes. March 17 Happy St. Patrick's (Pop-o's) Day!For the first time in about seven years I, Pop-o, didn't spend the Sunday before St. Patrick's Day, freezing on Pratt Street, watching the Baltimore St. Patrick's Day Parade go by! Definitely missed seeing MC and Maggie dance in the parade, it was a tradition for Bon and me. Annie spent her first St. Patrick's Day celebration last year with the whole Cullom/Davis/Ruddy clan in the cold off the Inner Harbor.
(There isn't necessarily anything Irish about any of the images I have posted today except for some of the ancestors and namesakes of many of the people in them.)
Annie, Bonny, and I are all doing very well and are enjoying ourselves as we prepare to spend our first spring back in North Carolina. Annie's favorite songs are currently the Alphabet Song (ABCD...), Itsy-Bitsy Spider, and Ring-Around-The-Rosy (taught to her by her very good and slightly older friend, Wade). She plays a mean rattle, claps and dances as I play them on the Guitar for her.
She's working on new skills such as speed walking (ie, almost running), climbing, and sliding; has become obsessed with stickers (or "ticks" as she likes to say); loves to color and "write her ABC's"; and likes to "read" to the animals...which reminds me, we have a new four-footed friend named Penelope. See if you can spot her (hint: she's not a reptile, Grana already had those)!
Erin Go Brah! -P |
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