Anne Becomes Civilized

Now that Anne is over a year old we are trying to civilize her (something her father and two uncles still struggle with every day). No more eating with her hands, Anne must use a spoon! As you can see, she is pretty good a bringing the spoon to her mouth from the bowl. But she still needs work on scooping the food onto the spoon. An experienced Reifenberger eater would completely fill the spoon with a mound of food. Maybe Uncle Matt can give her a few pointers.

Anne Helps in the Kitchen

Anne really likes to help out, especially if it involves taking items out of a box, bowl, drawer, cupboard, or dishwasher. This video shows Anne using her talent to help mom in the kitchen. If you listen carefully you will hear Anne attempt to say fork and then spoon as she repeats mom's prompts for the items Anne has pulled out of the tray. Finally when the all the spoons, forks, and knifes (don't worry they are butter knifes) have been unloaded, Anne waves her hand (the sign for all done). Our next step is to teach Anne how to load the dishwasher.

Anne Visits Uncles in Atlanta

Anne has visited Atlanta three times already, but the first two times she was in mommy's belly. Finally on the third visit Anne was able to see Atlanta outside the womb. The original purpose of the trip to Atlanta was to party with her uncle's. But with Matt and Darcy moving to Boston by the middle of September the trip became tour of Atlanta one last time. We visited the Cyclorama, Stone Mountain, the Aquarium, and the World of Coke. Anne had a great time with her Uncle's.

The Reifenberger Brother's renact the battle of Atlanta

Anne looks at the Bulga Whales with Uncle Matt

Anne falls asleep on the train ride around Stone Mountain in Uncle David's arms

Anne with Mommy and Daddy on top of Stone Mountain

Anne's First Trip to Colorado

Anne and I had the privilege of spending 5 days in Colorado with my Dad, Uncle and friends. We had such a great time. Anne told me she's hooked on the mountains! We were sad Daddy couldn't make it, but grateful he let us go.

Here's Anne with her cousin Colin, whom she threw a book at. We'd been at their house about 20 minutes when she wacked him. Needless to say, Colin wasn't very happy about that!

This is Boulder Lake. We hiked over the river and through the woods about 3.5 miles to make it back there. It was worth the effort. My Dad carried Anne 7 miles in the backpack that day. He's pretty amazing!

Here's Anne with her biking buddies, Bob and Paul.

Can you beat the scenery at this playground?

Anne is the bike trailer Grandpa got to haul her around in. She wasn't the biggest fan, but was pretty tired from our trip and maybe a little small for the trailer. A few more months and she'll be ready to go.

This was the first stop after the airport. You can take a tunnel through the mountain to get to Frisco, but we decided to drive over Loveland Pass.

Here's Dad on the slide with Anne. I was laughing so hard. Sorry I don't know how to rotate it.