long time, no post!

hi everyone! i know i haven't posted in a long while. since my last entry, where anna jae took her first steps, a lot has happened. first, work has gotten quite busy for me. i launched my new website, released a new line of ready-to-order wedding invitations, and have been getting in new custom orders. yay! i also work after anna jae goes to bed at night, so i have little extra time for posting to any of my blogs.

but of course, the biggest time-taker has been anna jae. she is a full-on little girl now. we can hardly get over how much she has grown. she is learning about a word a day now, though not all very clearly yet, and has opinions on EVERYTHING. she loves to draw and even has her own art desk now, right next to mommy's desk. we have taken her to sesame place, she will start swim classes in a couple of weeks, and she is quite boy-crazy. every day is new and exciting for her, and it's so much fun to hang out with her now.

we have had a few rough patches, of course, as you would with any toddler. her 15th month was particularly difficult -- she had a lot of behavior issues, and acted out specifically toward me. plus, she really wasn't saying much yet, which was starting to worry me, especially since she had always been a babbler. after a weekend upstate with her daddy and her nana, she came home to me happy to see me and our relationship was back to normal. clearly i needed a break, and she needed to be reminded of how good she has it. =)

on mother's day, the words really started to flow. first she pointed out a window and said, "tree!", completely unexpectedly. then after dinner, she pointed to my name written on a bag and said, "C!" so she knew tree, AND the letter c! the best mother's day ever. =) and ever since, the words come quite easily. we're anxiously awaiting her first sentence.

there was an intense round of separation anxiety that popped up a few weeks ago, that thankfully ended fairly quickly. but there's a bit of attachment leftover. she's quite jealous of my desk and constantly tries to take me away from it.

i will share new pics as soon as i get the chance. and i will try to be back here more often. got to keep a record of our girl!