6 Month Pictures

Anne is almost 6 months old! How the time has flown by. It seems just like yesterday that Jody's water unexpectantly broke and we scrambled to the hospital during morning rush hour traffic in the middle of a rain storm. By noon of that day we discovered that we had a new daughter named Anne. To celebrate this momentous occasion, Jody took Anne to get her formal 6 month pictures with a professional photographer. For now, you will all have to settle for Jody's pictures of Anne in her dress taken just before they left for the professional pictures.

A Visit From Grandma and Grandpa Reifenberger

Last week, Jeff's parents were in town for a conference. We enjoyed a great visit, tasty meals together and also got to visit with some of our friends from Spain.

Anne's First Meal

Anne is quickly approaching 6 months and it is time to start her on solid foods. Her first meal consisted of a mixture of breast milk and rice cereal. To be honest I think someone's first meal should be ice cream, but Jody would not listen to me. As you can see in the video Anne quickly got into the whole experience grabbing the spoon from mommy and stuffing it in her mouth. What can I say, she is a Reifenberger through and through.

The Exersaucer

You have all seen pictures of Anne in her Exersaucer, but we felt that a video would better demonstrate her joy in the simple contraption. Here is a video of Anne having fun playing with all the different attachments.

Happy Thanksgiving

We invited our friends, the Welanders, over for Thanksgiving.  A good time was had by all.  Anne loves it when the kids are over. They are very entertaining.

The turkey was in a 9:30am!  Three hours later...yummy!  I bought a fresh turkey this year, it was really very tender and juicy.

Anne seriously does love this exersaucer.  She's actually in it right now smiling at me as I type.

Our little family.

Paul with Katherine and Anne.

Anne invited her friend, Zach over for dinner

Coolest Toy Ever!

One of Jeff's colleagues, Doron, was kind to give Anne their old Exer-Saucer. Anne has told both mommy and daddy with many smiles and exuberant screams that she thinks this is by far the coolest toy ever!  Anne spends hours playing with all the attachments.

Saturday in the yard

Again, leaves were raked and trees chopped down in our yard. For having such a small yard, it's pretty incredible that we've already raked 17 bags of leaves!

Anne was a big help.

Good Wednesday Morning

Anne's been squirming more and more during tummy time. We're hoping for a roll anyday now. The other morning about a week ago, I went in and Anne was on her stomach. If I hadn't have checked on her before I went to bed, I would have thought Jeff put her down on her tummy. I even woke up Jeff that morning to see it. We're pretty proud new parents and loving every little new accomplishment of our daughtr's life.

Anne is 5 months old today!

Our friend, Laurie came to visit last weekend.  She used to live in Cambridge, but moved to San Francisco about a year ago. This was the first time she got to meet Anne.  We had a great time together and took Anne to the De Cordova Sculpture Park and Museum on Friday.

Working

Hi, this is Anne here.  Daddy gave me special permission to use his mac.  Sometimes he doesn't even let Mommy use it so I feel very special.  I've been helping Dad with his work, analyzing data and such.  Thought I'd take a minute to say hello to all of my followers and say thanks for keeping up with me.

Soon I'll be napping.  After that, I think I'll have a bite to eat and then go for a walk down to the post office with Mommy.  I hope she takes me in the Moby wrap.  I love that thing.  Later today, Mom will drop me off at Helicos and Dad and I will go home to spend the afternoon together while Mommy is working.  Most of the time I work on the computer, helping Dad. I also take naps and play on the floor.  Pretty soon, I think I'm going to be able to roll over.  I'm working on it.  Hope you all have a great day.  Thanks for stopping by our blog!

Anne's Friends

So, last week, my colleague, Michelle, came over with her daughter Eloise to hang out with Anne and I.  We had a great time,  went for a jog, had a nice lunch and played.

Eloise has some great tricks and she showed Anne how she could roll over.  Hopefully, Anne took some pointers.  Eloise is 5 days older than Anne.

Last weekend we were invited to Dan and Amanda's for a Halloween Party.  This is Anne with her friend, Zach.  He is 1 day older than Anne.  She was the only girl out of 6 babies at the party.  Her smile really wins the boys over.

Raking Leaves

The leaves are falling in Arlington so Anne and Daddy raked leaves together while Mommy got her hair done. Anne really loves leaves and is surprising quite good with a rake. Here are some pictures from the day.

Boston in October

It is October and here is a picture of Boston from the park just a couple of blocks from our house. The fall colors have arrived.

Anne on the Slide

We also took Anne down a big slide.

Anne in the Park

It was a beautiful autumn day today so we decided to take Anne to the park. She is really starting to enjoy a variety of activities that involve movement. Here is a video of her in the swing.

Anne's First Halloween Costume

Jody's colleague at work, Janet, gave Anne this very cute costume for Halloween. After several attempts we finally got the "money" shot of Anne with a big smile.

Jump Around!

How to describe this video...? Once your child learns to smile it quickly becomes an all consuming quest as a parent to find new and innovative ways to make them smile. Anne has been smiling for about a month now and is beginning to learn how to giggle. It recently came to our attention that Anne really likes to Jump (i.e. parent holds her and simulates a jump). Daddy took this to a whole new level in the video below. Not only does Anne smile, but she even demonstrates a brief giggle around 32 sec into the clip. Unfortunately we could only post an abbreviated version of the video, but I think you will find it as entertaining as we did.

Anne's First Trip to Devil's Lake

Snack break along the trail.

"I love hiking with mom!"

Reagan climbed the rocks for the first time with Grandpa Farrey and Uncle Jeff. She did great and is only 4 yrs old!

The campfire was very mesmerizing to Anne.

Hanging out in the tent with Grandpa Farrey.

Cousin Lyla told Anne a funny joke!

Catching some smiles.

Anne is a very smilely girl, but capturing these moments are difficult. So, at least one photo here has captured that heart-melting, toothless grin!




We are forever amazed at the position that children can sleep in!