Easter Girl - Day 613

Well, this picture was taken the day or two before Easter. Anna likes her flower dresses, and she especially likes the ones that people compliment. Today we tried to put on some 'regular' clothes and Anna wanted a flower dress. When we ask her what she looks like, she says: "Anna looks like a little flower."

Anna had a great time with her private Easter egg hunt. We had dyed some eggs the day before, and let her 'find' them in the park across the street. She hasn't stopped talking about the Easter bunny that hid eggs in the park. I have also continued to hide the plastic eggs around the house filled with Cheerios; she gets really excited and loves the periodic egg hunts.

The Texas Grandparents went home today after about a week stay. They lavished attention on Anna and took good care of her while in DC. One of the benefits of having people over is that we get to sleep in Anna's room and listen in on her morning ramblings. She loves to talk for about 30 minutes before calling us to get her out of bed. Often she is just practicing words, reciting nursery rhymes, or talking about a story in one of her books, but once in a while we get some strange things. A few nights ago she was rustling about and she talked in her sleep and clearly said, "want to play banjo." She had learned earlier in the week about this instrument and decided that this would be her preferred choice. Of course, there are other things that she babbles about too. This morning she said, "How come mommy goes poo-poo?" I think Kerry will have to answer that one.

She has also entered a scared phase where she is wary of many things. She is sort of scared of dogs, airplanes, helicopters, sirens, busy roads, and people in suits. The strange thing is that she actually loves almost all of these things (except men in suits). The hard thing is that when she is walking around she has to be picked up whenever one of these numerous urban realities comes her way. She doesn't get much walking in when you I have to hold her for every car, airplane, and helicopter.

Well, that is it for now. I will post some Easter photos in the next entry. By the way, Anna is 35 inches tall and 27 pounds as of her last doctor's appointment.