Peek-a-boo

We have been made aware that Anneke's cousin, Juliette, new favorite pastime to watch videos of Anneke. With that in mind we documented the latest cute development in our child's life. Her little brain has developed enough to understand at least a few key words and she has to motor skills necessary to mimic us playing the classic "Peek-a-boo" game.

Needless to say, when she did this spontaneously for me while I was on baby duty in the basement on Wednesday the 19th, my heart melted.



Special thanks to Ken who lent me his fancy new HD camera for the weekend.

Singing and other mischef

The video stands on its own.

Fancy!

A friend of ours is visiting from New York City. The first thing I noticed was her new purse. She explained that she is a member of Bag, Borrow, or Steal. All of a sudden I feel like I'm in a Sex in the City Episode! Anneke, don't get any ideas--this purse is Just Visiting.

Fair warning

There's been a lot of talk lately about killer raccoons in these parts, but not nearly enough attention has gone to this issue. Emma and Anna-Lisa, this may be the most important thing you read today.

Eight months!

Two and a half more teeth than she had before! And didn't I say she'd be sitting up for her eight month photos?

With her good buddy, Barack Obama (long story. I can't actually remember why her glow worm has that name. but it's her absolute favorite toy. Thanks, Aunt Stephanie!)

My little bibliophile....

Our beautiful, happy baby.

Anneke Grace, you have transformed our lives in a most magnificent way. We love watching you grow.

Crawling

After 1.5 hours of fighting with Adobe Premiere Elements 7, we have this video proof of the arrival of the dreaded crawling stage of our beloved child's development.



My quick review of Premiere Elements 7:

• It's so slow that it is barely usable on my system that is only a couple of years old.
  
• I definitely know my way around a computer and I have edited a few videos in my time. After at least 4 hours of reading the online-only manual, I am using the program but still don't fully grock it.
  
• Did I mention it is slow? Man.
  
• It does work and can do more than I need.
  

Beating the PNW blues

The weather is soooo crappy right now. I was thinking I need to get one of those light boxes. But no. This is all I need to keep my spirits lifted.