Annika

Yesterday afternoon, our friends Rick and Kara came up toting along the beautiful 15 month old Annika. Not only was it a fun day with friends, but it was a true test to see how baby proofed our house is. Mostly, our house was perfectly fine. Annika ran around in circles through the living room, through the doors in the dining room, into the kitchen, and back again. She also kept running into the baby room and saying "Hi" to the fishies and the crab. She really like the echo of the empty room, and you could tell she knew the room was for kids.
Things that need baby proofing, as Annika kindly demonstrated for us, are the blinds (we need to install anchors for the strings) and the firewood starters have to go somewhere hidden .