Annie B's first bath!

Well, not Annie B's first bath, but her first time in the big bath! She had a great time, not even complaining on the two occasions when she went over backwards... Bub enjoyed eating the bubbles, though I did stop him when he offered her some! She crawled around everywhere slapped the water, and smiled an awful lot.

In case you're wondering, I had a bit of trouble for a while with Anna's nickname. "Anna Banana" is obvious for an American accent, but if you still say "banana" with an English accent, it sounds somewhat strange. Oh, and Lael did not approve. So Anna Banana was changed to Annie Banannie, which of course got shortened to Annie B. So there you go.

Jonathan's nickname was first recorded in the famous video "Crab Skyler and the Kidnapped Prince", where Jonathan played Prince BubbaBoy, who was kidnapped by the evil Crab Skyler (Jacob), but was rescued by Ace detective Jill something I forget, who was played by Bliz.

The origin of "Bliz" is lost in the mists of time... Should've blogged...

Gingerbread

Sams Club had extra gingerbread to get rid of after Christmas, so we picked up six kits for $2 each. The children had great fun making them and eating the candy. The gingerbread wasn't extensively consumed...

Assorted pics

Anna is now sitting up, crawling, and pulling herself up. She eats about as much as Bubba!

And she has two top teeth and two bottom

Bub liked to lay in Jay's wicker basket...

Bub and Annie B playing together in our playroom. Now Anna can get around, Bubba's much more interested in her. They play together a lot now - just like Jake and Em did (and still do)!

More Presents!

Emmy gave me Kit-Kats. Yum!

Lael gave me an airsoft rifle - it shoots 6mm plastic BBs. Chris, Seth, Reuben and Josh all got one - we had great fun shooting each other!

Emmy with her littlest pet shop

Bub ripping open his first Christmas present!

Elizabeth thrilled with one of her presents - a green $20 bill...

Present time! Present time!

Miah scored a new hat

Ethan "John Wayne" Cavanaugh, with his new hat, chaps, boots, vest, belt and six-shooters!

Jakey with his Transformers Star Wars

Jakey, ripping into it

I liked this picture because of the blur of Emmy opening the present!

Christmas in Arizona

The scene at Jay's house, pre-presents

Sharon holding her new baby Chloe, and Anna

Seth and Anna

Proud Dads holding cute babies - Reuben with Chloe

Jakey explaning something very carefully...

We went to Arizona for Christmas 2006! We drove up to Brian and Lucille's house on Friday 17th, then flew out of Detroit early Saturday. The kids did great on the flight, direct to PHX. Bro. Russell picked us up and took us to Jay's house. We had a mere eight checked bags on the way down, but managed ten on the way home, as Miah came back with us. We stayed until Jan 6th.