Out of the Mouth of a 16 Month Old

Like all toddlers learning to talk, Annalise has said some pretty cute stuff recently.  Here are just a few things off the top of my head..
- Over Easter she had a stuffy nose and congestion.  Annalise is not a fan of having her nose cleaned but I came to find will sit fairly still if you tell her you will show her the boogers when you get them.  I know this is disgusting but sometimes, whatever works.......  So, as gross as this is, when I would get one out of her nose I would show it to her and say "EWWW! Booger!".  Most of the time she would say it too and laugh.  Well, now anytime Anna sees anything she thinks is remotely gross (which can be a fuzz on the floor or anything that she does not know what it is) she says "EWWWW!  Boogas!".
- At the grocery store she knows if we stop at the deli counter, she gets a piece of cheese.  Lately she has been saying "Piece (piece of cheese)...Peas (Please)?"  Yesterday she kept saying this over and over again so I told her "Yes, but we have to wait.  The lady will get it."  Being that Anna repeats much of what she hears she then repeated "Get it!" quite loudly.  It was amusing because it sounded so demanding but she didn't intend it to be she was just so excited for the cheese.
- Whenever someone else sneezes (or even coughs), or when she sneezes or coughs herself, she says "Bless You, Anna" and sometimes will follow it up with "You're Welcome".  She also will hand someone else something and say "Thank You You're Welcome" as one sentence. 
I know I have said this before about many of the stages she was in, but I love this age!

"Cama....Chees......Peas?"

I think this is the first picture that Annalise has ever actually wanted me to take.  She definately is not a "Please take a picture I will stand here and smile for you" of me kind of kid.  She rarely will pose for more than 1 second so if you want a picture of her face you had better be quick!  Anyway, yesterday she saw the camara and and said "Cama...Chees....Peas?" (she also has been starting to connect words together recently) and then squatted down and smiled and actually stayed there until I took the picture.  What a rare a occurance that was!

You Know You've Had a Rough Night When.....

...you wake up with your shirt like this!

At first she was not amused until I kept laughing and then she thought it was quite funny too!

Those Eyes......

.....need I say more? =)

Look!

"Hey, what's all the noise over there?"

"Look, Mommy."

She as watching the neighbor across the street on his lawn mower.  After I reminded her it was a mower (she has seen Stan on ours many times), each time he would make a lap around his house Annalise would stop what she was doing and do this.....

She would very emphatically point and yell "MOW! MOW!"

Where's Anna?

"Peek!"

"Hey, where did she go?"

"Here I am!"

Balls and Bubbles

If the past few weeks are any indication I think the bulk of our picture taking for the next few months will be outside! Annalise was having fun with her ball and bubbles the other evening.

"Do you want to see one of my favorite outside toys?"

"My ball!"

Here she is trying to pop the bubbles.  There were only 1 or 2 left by the time I was able to put the bubbles down and grab the camara.