Baby on the Move

Anna has really started to perfect her cruising skills. She's not a super fast mover - actually, she's quite deliberate with her movements - so it hasn't become an overly stressful situation. On the contrary, she seems more content than ever now! I can leave her for a minute and she's still happy; she never used to be that way. She is also beginning to learn how to bend down to get something without flopping onto her bottom (she still flops sometimes though). Oddly enough, now that she has become good at standing and cruising, she crawls with no trouble. However, she really only uses it as a means to get to an object onto which she can pull herself up!

Yesterday I only had a half-day of school because of parent-teacher conferences, so I was home around noon. Grampy, Anna, and I took advantage of the unusually mild November weather and went for a nice, long walk. First we got some lunch at KFC, then we wound our way through Riverside, which was peaceful and gorgeous. Anna slept for a good portion of it, but she was due for a nap anyway. It was the perfect way to start our weekend! Anna fell asleep around 9:30 last night, and she didn't wake up until 9 this morning! Getting to sleep in on a Saturday hasn't happened in a long, long time, so we are all in good spirits right now at the Pachla house! Now we are watching some Looney Tunes cartoons (she now actually watches television like she understands what is going on - hilarious) before we head to a birthday party.