Our Cheer Girl :)

Ansleigh has been LOVING being Heritage's littlest cheerleader

Big Girl Bed

Last week I walked into Ansleigh's room to get her up from her nap and she was straddling the crib rail, riding it like a horse.

Time for her toddler bed.

She loves it and the best news is, she knows she can get in and out of it but waits for us to tell her she can get down. :)



In other news, we've been "working" on going to the potty. We are not full-blown potty training yet. Just getting used to the idea but we have been pretty successful! :)

Updates Galore!!!

We've been....busy to say the least.

Anthony is playing church league softball, singing on praise team, singing in the choir, and, well let's face it, college football has returned.

I have been coaching a Varsity cheer squad at a brand new high school here in Palm Bay. You would not believe what all goes into (especially how much time) starting a new program from scratch. On top of that, I'm teaching a Sparks Awana group this year (every Sunday night), helping my friend teach the 3-year-old's in Sunday School every other week, plus our Mom's Group.

Ansleigh is taking gymnastics once a week (Tuesday mornings) at Tumbleweeds. She LOVES it!!! It isn't quite real gymnastics but she works on a lot of important skills using the equipment. Her favorite part is the trampoline and then the stamps she gets on her hands and feet at the end of class.

She also goes to cheerleading practice and most games with Mommy. SHE LOVES IT!!! I'm convinced that she now has 20 sisters who ADORE her. She charms everyone she meets.

Ansleigh is now 21-months-old!!! I can hardly believe it. She weighs 24 pounds and is ridiculously tall. She towers over all the kids her age. She talks ALL the time. She picks up what seems like a handful of words every day. She will eat ANYTHING, including the "hot fries" that you get out of vending machines.

As far as tv goes, she is still a tv-watching fool! She loves "Boots" (aka: Dora), Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, The Imagination Movers, Special Agent Oso, Yo Gabba Gabba, and the Fresh Beat Band.

She dances all the time, everywhere we go. 90% of the time she is the happiest child alive. She's independent and wants to do everything on her own. She is also a little bossy but we're working on that. :)

She won't leave the house without her shoes and a bow (or 7). She loves to go places. She'll go get her shoes and her bow and come to me to put them on her and say "Bye Bye."

The past couple of days she's been picking up the phone, bringing it to me, and saying "Pop Pop...Pop Pop...pee-pease" wanting me to call her Pop Pop.

She's been practicing doing cheers and says "Go! Go!" and will circle her arm while we say "War Eagle....." and then she screams "HEY!!!" and jumps up and down.

She has very few baby-ish characteristics these days. The only things I can even think of are that she still takes two naps a day and still has her pacifier but only in her bed.

She freely gives kisses, high-fives, and pounds (the girls taught her that). She tells us that she loves us. She knows where her hair is, where her bow goes, where her eyes are, where her ears are, where her nose is, where her mouth is, and even where her teeth are. She can also show us where her toes are and where everyone's belly is.

She is such a different child than she was just a few months ago. She's so....mature I guess you could say.

I'm including a few of the not many pictures we've taken of her recently. Hope ya'll enjoy!

Sending our love and a big WAR EAGLE,
the Friday's

Happy Birthday, Anthony!

Last week was Anthony's 28th birthday. We celebrated by getting Daddy a few presents and then taking him to one of his favorite places to eat. Friday night he and I went out just the two of us to continue celebrating. :)

Bug's First Haircut

I finally got around to getting Ansleigh's hair cut for the first time. I ended up taking her to the lady that started cutting my hair when I was somewhere near her age.

Ansleigh was upset and didn't like it one bit. She cried the entire time, but she sure does look cute now!

My sister has the pictures of the actual hair-cutting process, but in the meantime, here are few of the after shots for you:

The Zoo

Sorry that I didn't post this sooner. I kind of forgot about the pictures. Anyway, right before we left to head up to Alabama, Bug and I went with some friends to the zoo. It was her very first time and I was anxious to see how she'd do.

She LOVED the giraffes and the pink flamingos. She also loved playing with Gracie and Rachael. The rest of it, I think she could could have done without. It was so hot and she didn't feel well and was sleepy so that kind of put a damper on the trip.

Overall, we had a good time, but I think we'll wait until it cools off a good bit before we try to go back. And next time, we'll take Daddy with us :)

A Quick Update

Tuesday Ansleigh had her first visit to the Brevard Zoo! There will be a post with pictures here in about a week.

Right now, Ansleigh and I are in Anniston. We flew up to Atlanta yesterday where my parents and my sister picked us up. Last time she and I flew, it was pretty much a nightmare! This time, things were a little different. First of all, we flew out of Orlando instead of Melbourne. Security was a nightmare. There were TONS of people there and everyone was pushing and shoving. Ansleigh was upset. She wanted down to run around which was not an option. They made me collapse the stroller to put it through the scanner thing. Plus I was trying to hold her and take off her shoes and my shoes and pull out everything that needed to be taken out. Then, a security lady took Ansleigh's blanket from her because it needed to be scanned. This caused MUCH crying and screaming. Oh and then they had to test the water in her sippy cup. Dramatic. All I could think was that if that was an indication of how the flight was going to go, my future looked dim.

Once we got on the plane, things were totally different! She was AMAZING!!! Such a trooper, really. She watched Yo Gabba Gabba and played with her babies the whole flight. It really helped that a super sweet girl was sitting beside me who played with her the whole time. I was amazed at how well she did.

Other things to update you on:

Monday, Ansleigh fell and cut her top lip and tore the little flap of skin inside her mouth (upper lip). It got infected and now she's on antibiotics.

Today, she got her first haircut!!! :) I don't have any pictures at the moment but I'll post them when I get some. She cried the whole time. She wasn't really in a great mood and isn't sleeping well here since SOMEBODY (mean ol' momma) forgot her music box that she uses to go to sleep to. She looks precious now though!