Annabelle update

Annabelle is now nine months old, and she is a speedy little crawler. For the past few days she has been standing up on her own--I think the record is twelve seconds. She seems like she is ready to walk any minute now. She weighs 22 pounds now, about the same that Rebekah weighed at her age. Last week she didn't feel so well, and it turned out she had two ear infections. This is just the second time she's had one, so we're doing pretty well on that front. She is feeling much better now and is back to her perky self. She expresses herself loudly, whether she is happy or sad, and she has a great big laugh. I wish I could show what we call her "nosy smile"--when she's really happy, she wrinkles her nose and smiles with her whole face. We haven't managed to catch it on camera yet, but that is my mission next week.