ABC's

I woke up to Anna's singing of the ABC's. The girl knows them up until the letter "P" all by herself! She is so cool. On the other hand she didn't sleep well last night for some reason...she kept wakinging briefly, disoriented. Could be all the snot that's been unforgivingly assaulting her nostrils for the past 2 weeks. I hope it's not a sinus infection. She was a clingy, little cranky bag of sunshine till her nap this afternoon...whew. She's still sleeping: GO BABY!

My Aunt J, my mom, my niece K, and I all worked to teach her to say her name when we ask her, "What's YOUR name?" She will gleefully shout out: ANNA! She's been able to say her name for awhile now but this answering thing is pretty darned cool.

She doesn't know we're stinky refugees (OK we're not stinky) because she has been having fun with Nana and her friends and family, and the dogs and cats. Her paradise!

Paul, LW, and CM just left to head back to Houston. CK lives in my neighborhood and the guy across the street from her has power but she doesn't. At least it looks like it's getting close!

TJ, the kids, and I are going to hang out here for another day or two to let the guys get settled back in over in Houston. We'll also let the potential Houston traffic influx die down a bit.

We are considering the Children's Museum today. These kinds of outings with Anna without Paul admittedly gives me anxiety. But I think she will have fun, especially with OM and MM.