Our Trip to Laramie!!!

Anya's First Bus Ride!
Anya's First Night in a Hotel!

Uncle Richy's Pictures.

Playing with Baby Corbin!

We got to take a get trip to Laramie this past weekend. Jess took some students to Festival of Winds. So, I took advantage and jumped on the bus for the ride. I was a little worried about taking Anya on the bus, but I figured she has always been a great sleeper in the car, so we should be fine. WRONG!! I didn't take into consideration that she might get car sick. She would not fall asleep and, by the time we got to Little America, had started to throw up. She finally fell asleep about 45 minutes away from Laramie. The ride back was a little better. She didn't throw up, but she didn't sleep once again. It was also Anya's first time staying at a hotel. She never sleeps through the night when we are away from home, so I was ready for a long, sleepless night. But, she slept great! She had fun playing with her cousin Corbin and was acutally nice to him for the first time. She has had a bit of a jealousy issue with him in the past, so it was nice to see her actually try to play with him. Uncle Rich had fun with her and even volunteered to baby-sit while I went to the concert. (Thanks Rich!) He took the cute pictures of her in her hat and caught the best scwoling pictures yet. It was a quick trip, but it was fun to go see all of our family there in Laramie!!

Clarence the Curious Calf!!!

Anya has a book called Clarence the Curious Calf, which has a little squeaky cow on it. She was playing with her toys yesterday, and this book was partially under the couch when she stepped on it and it squeaked. She was so scared and started screaming because she didn't know what had made that noise. I quickly grabbed her and the book to show her that there was nothing to be afraid of. She, however, wanted nothing to do with this awful squeaky thing!! She would not come near it. If it was on the floor, she would crawl on the couch. If I put it on the couch, she would jump on to the floor. I thought it was so funny. (I know I am a terrible mom, and she will probably have nightmares about this stupid cow book that her mom used to tease her with.) Anyway, this is a video of me trying to give her the book. I thought you might get a laugh out of it as well. By the way, when she saw the book today she made a little detour around it!!

Birthday 2 & Curlers!!!

So, here are the rest of the birthday pictures. We had a great time and she got some really cute gifts! Thank you everyone who came. It was a lot of fun having you there to share Anya's special day. Anya is getting some hair so I decided to try and put curlers in it. They did curl, but it didn't last long. I just thought the last few pictures were cute so, I wanted to post them.