Annada Marie Vergo

Playing hide and go seek in the pantry.

Even in the pool, Annada can’t resist wood chips.

Over spring break, we snuck away and had high tea at the Grand Floridan. I have a feeling tea with Meme is in Annada’s future.

Reading books in her bedroom.

Annada got up early so Daddy snuck her outside while Mommy slept. Pants or no pants, Marc is a superhero!

Annada and Daddy have a game where he sticks out his finger. Annada touches it with her finger and they both laugh. That’s it. But it is quite funny.

Getting in some Pepe time. As Pepe says, “Pepe time is party time.”

Annada went to three egg hunts this year. This was the last and by this time, Annada was a pro.

Marc and I did magic tricks and spoke at this church’s Easter Egg hunt. So Annada had to get there early and just look at the eggs waiting to be found. At least, that was the plan. Shh… Pepe let her hunt eggs early. It was a catch and release program.

At Aquatica

Annada ride the merry-go-round with Aunt Erica.

Uncle Kevin and Daddy at SAK. It’s “nerd love.” 0110001010

I love my Meme and Pepe.

We went to Beaches and Cream to celebrate Kevin graduating. Kevin is an ice cream addict, so he got “the-whole-kitchen-sink!” Annada was a big fan of this kind of celebration.

Annada is starting to like time alone. She will go in her room and shut the door. It is very important to her the door is shut – if I go peek at her, she will get up and shut it again. While this is bitter-sweet, she is so serious about it I can’t help but smile. Today she spent 20 minutes reading books on her bedroom floor this way.

When Annada gets very tired she will lift up her arms and say, “me baby.” That means she wants me to hold her like a baby and cuddle with her. I can’t believe she is old enough to “act” like a baby. I relish those cuddles.

Annada is bubble-obessed. Blowing bubbles in her water cup, bubbles in books, bubbles in the glass on a store display: she can spot bubbles anywhere and she always knows where the bubble solution is.

When Annada is really excited she stomps her feet in excitement and giggles. It is the cutest little jig.

Annada pretends to call Daddy on the phone. I know because she calls, says hi, and then holds the phone toward me and tells me it’s Dada.

There were a couple of weeks Marc didn’t get to see Annada because work was crazy. Annada would wander around the house looking for him and crying. She doesn’t cry tears very often, but when she starts missing Daddy, she cries huge tears.

Annada’s knees are skinned on top of the scab from the last skinning. But she doesn’t cry. She will be happily walking along and I will notice blood. Then she will start running away because she knows I am going to take her inside to clean up!

Annada has so many new words. Here are a few: fish, strawberries, ball, alphabet (alfbet), pears, elbow, belly button, ears, eyes, shoes, and outside. She has learned to sound like an owl, kitty, sea gull and dolphin in addition to dog, snake and duck.

Annada is attached to her babies – anything stuffed that resembles something alive. She sleeps with a glow worm and a polar bear mommy and baby. When I lay her in bed she waits for me to put the glow worm next to her then she pulls it in with one arm and sleeps with it. She has to be able to see the polar bears. Once the blanket covered them and she started crying. I uncovered the bears and she moved them so they were looking into her eyes.

Annada and I were at IKEA yesterday when all of the sudden she screamed, “Baby!” very upset. She loves to point out real babies when shopping, but I could tell something was really bothering her. I couldn’t see anything. She started crying, so I told her to point and I followed her finger – right to a fake bear skin rug! It was the same color and fabric as her polar bears. She grabbed a corner and hugged it. I explained to her that her babies were still safe and no babies were harmed in the making of the rug. She thought about it, then put down the rug and patted it several times before agreeing to move on.

Annada isn’t sure of the potty yet, but she loves washing her hands. When I go to the bathroom, she rushes in and makes sure she gets to wash her hands before we leave.

Meme taught Annada her body parts. She knows eyes, ears, mouth, nose, belly button and elbow. She likes to point to her own ears, but your eyes. The trouble is, she likes to show other little kids where their eyes are by poking them. I took her to Sea World Friday and she walked up to many kids, said hi, and then poked them in the eyes saying, “eyes.” About half the kids thought this was great. About half ran away scared. Annada would stare at the scared ones saying hi over and over trying to get them to come back.

Annada still likes to pull out a book and come sit in my lap. When I am done with the story, she will often reward me with a kiss :).

Annada enjoys small spaces like her Mommy did. She even sleeps sideways pushed up on one side of the crib. So she loves our new closets.

It’s time to baby proof another shelf :). My theory is that any new skills that don’t involve blood, are good. This time Annada got into the pantry and started carrying around a jar of spaghetti sauce. She wandered into the bathroom and dropped it. I saw it happen. But what made me laugh is how she came to get me right away. I wanted to get paper towels first, but Annada kept pulling me toward the mess to show me. Then she stood there pointing in disbelief. She was so cute and insistent I went and got my camera to take a picture. Her look said, “I think I might be in trouble, but Mommy look: this is awesome!”

I got some pictures that capture Annada’s joy in her tent. She gets so excited that she falls over in there a lot. Which works out great because the sides of the tent catch her. One time she fell so hard the tent flipped over. It didn’t hurt – she laughed. Until she couldn’t figure out how to get out.

The back of the tent. Peek a Boo!

“Up. Up.” Annada’s “pick me up” look is so sweet and sad.