Annemarie Caiyue Spiller

Lots of Exercise!

“I’ve been getting lots of exercise, which sometimes makes me sleep very soundly at night! (although, sometimes mommy and daddy aren’t so lucky). I started out with pushing myself up into a “tabling position” …

… and practicing my skydiving pose …

… and am now working towards a full crawl!  (although for some reason, my toys are always faster than I am, and get away from my eager teeth!)

Laughter is also a wonderful thing! I can find amusement in the simplest things, like playing peekaboo…

… or even a simple piece of wrapping paper!

Chasing feet is also fun!”

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Guests are fun!

Karen, Joe, and Julia stopped by to say hi and meet Annemarie - Annemarie was fascinated by Julia, and couldn’t stop watching her!  Boy did she sleep well that night!

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Fun things to do….

“I continue to enjoy my life of leisure, including … hanging around in my bouncy chair (which I’ve grown out of) …

… seeing friends like Zev and Valeria…

… dressing up …

… milk picnics in the great outdoors…

… and playing with whatever toys I come across (like Daddy!)”

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“I love to CHEW!”

“And I’m not at all discriminating in my choice of chew toys!!!!!”

Bonding with daddy by chewing on books together:

“Hmm, what is this yummy gadget?”

“For some reason it doesn’t quite fit in my mouth….”

“Don’t worry, I’ll just keep on trying!”

“Oh my, and what an exciting box!!!!  Forget the pastry, mommy, I’ll just take the box!”

“Size is definitely no barrier…  Give me a lever, and I would eat the world!”

“For some reason, mommy and daddy thought that my chewing efforts indicated that I was ready for solid food…  so they put me in this chair and try to feed me things.  I like to spit them out and watch mommy jump up and down in frustration…”

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6 month update

At Annemarie’s 6 month doctors appointment, her updated statistics were 18 lb 12 oz, 27.5 inches in length, and a very large 46 cm head circumference.  Oh, and she threw up twice, which made the appointment a bit more exciting than expected (she really didn’t like the taste of the oral rotovirus vaccine).

In other news, she is looking more and more like a raccoon, sometimes sleeping with her butt in the air.

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5th of July Family Gathering

We enjoyed hanging out with the family in Petaluma during the weekend of 4th of July.  Ingrid (Mark’s cousin from Kansas City) and Isabel (Mark’s cousin, once removed from Koeln) were also able to join us, which was great!

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Ongoing Adventures with Food!

“On the food front, I am:

1) Learning how to hold my own bottle! (like my parents, I am a control freak!)

(Back off!  It’s all mine!)

2) Over time, I’ve slowly been bringing my toes higher and higher - they sometimes make it all the way to my mouth!

3) And most recently, I’ve began a new round of adventures in solid food…  Not quite there yet, but mommy is sure persistent!”

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Toothy Smiles!

“I’ve been accused of being a very smiley baby - maybe that’s why I’ve been in such a hurry to push in my teeth!  I already had my two bottom teeth coming in at my 4-month appointment in May, which Dr. Valero said was very early!  Mommy and daddy had a hard time catching them in pictures until now, though!”

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Visiting Opa and Oma

While we were down in Berkeley, we also got a change to swing by Kensington to visit Oma and Opa!

First item on the agenda - recharge batteries to be able to play with them! (”Mommy sure is a comfy bed!”)

“Opa likes to see me laugh, and will go to extremes to entertain me!”

“Oma and Opa got out the monkeys that used to entertain Aunt Shirley and Uncle Eddy! (I didn’t know quite what to think of THAT!)”

“Testing out my superman pose, …

… my happy smile, and …

my custom shades!”

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A Date with Super Daphne!

“What a treat!  Super Daphne flew in for a visit from the east coast for a baby conference, and brought along Richard & Dina as a bonus! We got to hang out together and compare our charm and parent-control techniques…”

“First order of business - wear out the two supervising daddies”

Of course, when babies meet, there is often some friendly competition!

The fight for the crib (aka “Annemarie, don’t strangle her!”)

and then … the jumping duel!

“We got along so well, we even dined out together!”

“Later we all went down to Berkeley to hang out with the rest of the Sprint babies…

… including Ye bao bao ;)!”

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Free babysitting opportunity!

“By the way - I am often very open to being held by others (so feel free to apply to mommy and daddy if you would like to babysit me!)”

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A Glutton for Stimulation!

“One of my primary forms of entertainment is whining, and seeing how mommy and daddy react!  In response, they give me all sorts of cool toys and attention!”

(Thank you Aunt Xin for the exer-saucer!)

One of the stops on my daily itinerary is the “learn how to sit” chair!

Big feet, little feet (but growing fast!)

Another frequent stop - the pink “pooping chair”!

“I love to fly, and it shows! (I also get to bill my daddy for being his personal trainer!)”

“I also enjoy entertaining guests, especially Oma and Opa!”

“Bouncing is another fun and stimulating activity - sometimes I bounce for quite a while before getting grumpy!  (Thank you Uncle Ken and Aunt Janet for the cool jumperoo!)”

“Sometimes I also get harrassed by my daddy - Aunt Poornima said something about it being ‘wear your hat to school day’??? But I don’t even go to school!”

“The doctors also say that you should get your daily dose of laughter!  Mommy sometimes helps with that!”

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