Baby Cunningham

Can you believe that 1 year ago, little Anabelle was born?! In some ways, it seems like so long ago. It’s hard to remember her being so tiny and weighing only 6 lbs, for example! And in other ways, it seems like this past year has gone by so fast! It certainly seems like she’s [...]

Anabelle recently developed a new game of “drop the toy behind my back and see where it goes”. She will do this over and over again … and I’m convinced that there are great thoughts involved here. You can tell by the look of concentration on her face that she is pondering the acceleration of [...]

Recently, Anabelle has decided that the tray of her high chair is unnecessary. She much prefers to eat at the table like a big girl … and so that’s what we do. She has to eat directly off the table, however, because plates and bowls are subject to being launched (learned that the hard way). [...]

Since Mark has been gone, Anabelle and I don’t generally get out much. There’s just so much to keep up with and poor Anabelle ends up having to tag along while I mow the lawn, tidy up the house, feed the animals, get groceries for us and the animals, etc. etc. My days “off” are [...]

This is what Anabelle thinks about Daddy still being gone. She’s not trying to be un-patriotic … she would just like for him to come home soon.

Anabelle is getting more and more independent these days. She knows what she wants and what she doesn’t and is determined to do things all by herself whenever possible. Today, while playing in her room … she managed to get herself into a standing position while holding a toy in each hand. She then felt [...]

This past Monday marked the official 5 month point for Mark’s deployment! One more month to go … and we can’t wait to have our little family back together again. This past Monday also was notable for a few other reasons. Anabelle turned 11 months old!! We can’t believe that she’s so close to being [...]

While I don’t want to rush a thing, I’m also looking forward to the day when Anabelle is old enough to really enjoy all of the local, outdoor, water festivities on days like today! It was a gorgeous day and had Mark been home, the 3 of us most likely would have gone canoeing, found [...]

Anabelle learned how to do “soooo big” when Grandma Mac was visiting last month. We hadn’t practiced at all and yet when Anabelle saw Grandma Mac 4 weeks later … she started to do “sooo big” all on her own! Now, she occasionally just gets an urge to be “sooo big” and today, while eating [...]