Pictures

Here are a few of Annalisa's one year pictures that we got taken last week. She only lasted for about 15 minutes...I think portrait studios give my children anxiety:-) We did get a few cute ones though and to me, she looks like a little doll. Enjoy!

Tivo=better parenting

I have come to the conclusion that for a family who loves sports, Tivo is the only solution that allows us to watch what we want in the most efficient way possible. The fact that Cory can come home from school and spend time with the kids until they go to bed and THEN watch the Braves win is such a great thing. He can unwind without watching commercials and without being glued to the game for 3 hours. And of course, I love being able to watch American Idol in 20 minutes instead of two hours (seriously, could they have any more dead time or long commercial breaks?) So thanks to my cousin Nathan and his generous Tivo offering:-)

Another note about technological items: a good friend of ours is letting Cory borrow his itouch to study for the bar this summer. Now, I was skeptical about all the hype and everyone freaking out about how these things are awesome and the apps are awesome, etc. Blah, blah, blah, Apple is so cool, blah blah.

However, I must admit that they are pretty sweet. A touch screen and it knows when I move it sideways...amazing. I love playing the tapping version of guitar hero while listening to showtunes. Oh, and it is very helpful in Cory's studying:-)

Cupcakes and glow worms

Annalisa is now a year old and I really think that time goes by so much quicker with the second child. She is as happy as ever and talks and interacts with everyone we meet. We went to a local kids club activity to see some snakes and lizards (perfect for a little girl's birthday, right?:-)

Then we headed home for some cupcakes with peaches (she still has a slight allergy to dairy products) and then opened a couple of presents.

Here she is looking at the pond and standing up so well on her own
I love her smile!

Cory and Ethan watching the show

First touch of cake

Looking at mom to make sure it's okay

Trying some

She's not a big fan of it

Still happy as can be though

Getting ready to dump it on the ground

Opening presents

I held up multiple toys at the store and she chose this lullaby glow worm. I think she just really likes that it plays music. Of course, Ethan really likes it too, as evidenced by this picture and that Annalisa is trying to hold on to her new toy. They'll get this sharing thing down eventually, right?:-)