The Lockwood Family

Happy Easter

2009-04-13T10:44:00.000-07:00

Annaliese and Gabe

2009-02-16T07:11:00.000-08:00

Annaliese got to spend some time with her big brother over the Christmas holiday. Here they are on the couch playing a video game. At least Annaliese thinks she's playing. She is just thrilled to have her own controller and to be sitting with her big brother!

Christmas in Michigan

2009-02-16T06:54:00.000-08:00

We celebrated Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa Jacob's house in Michigan. Uncle Tim and Aunt Suzanne came too. It was definitely a white Christmas in Michigan, so Annaliese got to play in the snow and go sledding. We had a great time! Grandma and Grandpa Jacob are now in Arizona away from the cold and snow enjoying the sun. We got to see them on their way since they drove, ane we will get to see them again on their way back in March. We can't wait!

Christmas in Chicago

2009-02-16T06:26:00.000-08:00

On our way to Michigan, we stoped by Lisa and Matt's house to spend the night and let our kids open presents together in the morning. Eric, John and Annaliese had a great time together. Annaliese loved all of the new toys around for her to play with. She and John played very well togher, epecially in John's kitchen. Among one of the many gifts Annaliese got from the Ramos' was her very own shopping cart. She loves it! We can't wait until the next time we get to visit.

Christmas 2008 Rewind

2009-02-16T06:14:00.000-08:00

Since I am behind with my blogging, I am going to try to play catch up. This year, we celebrated Christmas at home on Dec. 21. Annaliese had a little photo shoot after church with her favorite cousins, Mia and Lilah. Then we headed to Grandma and Granpa Lockwood's house to open presents. Grandpa read "Twas the Night Before Christmas" to Annaliese. It was one of her Christmas presents and a start to a new tradition. Each year, someone different will read that same story to Annaliese and sign and date the inside of her book. Annaliese loved opening all of her presents, and especially loved playing with the paper.

Too cute!

2009-02-14T09:51:00.000-08:00

Can you believe it? I am finally blogging again! We got a new camera recently and Chris and I are having fun playing around with it a learning all of the fun things we can do with it. When we upload our pictures now, there is a link to this blogger which makes things much easier and faster for me to do. Hopefully this will allow me to blog more often. I still need to play catch up and post some more pictures from Christmas, but in the mean time here is one of the fun collages we made with some recent close ups of our cutie pie.

Happy Valentine's Day!

2009-02-13T18:42:00.000-08:00

Annaliese walking

2008-12-17T20:05:00.000-08:00

It is finally working for me to upload a video. Here is Annaliese on December 8th, about 2 weeks after her birthday, practicing her walking skills. As you will see, one way we would get Annaliese to practicing walking was to throw things across the room for her to go and get. Basically, fetch. She loves to carry her clothes around after I change her. Sometimes she even puts them on her head and walks around the room giggling. Such a silly girl! I haven't been able to catch that on tape yet, but I'm working on it. In this video she is carrying a onsie and fetching her socks. She is walking much more now, but still takes tumbles especially when she gets going too fast. When it is more convenient, crawling is the preferred method of transportation. And of course, she is always barefoot in the house. Annaliese does NOT like shoes or socks! This is turning out to be somewhat of a problem now that winter is here. Thank goodness for footy pajamas and boots!

Sitting on Santa's Lap

2008-12-17T19:12:00.000-08:00

We took Annaliese to see Santa and as you can see, she was NOT a big fan! I don't think Santa took it personally, though. We did get a cute picture of all of us with Santa and Annaliese was much happier in that picture, because I was holding her and not Santa. Grandma Marlene has that one on her camera. For now, you just get to see a very unhappy little girl on Santa's lap. And we were such BAD parents because we just kept snapping pictures. I still think she looks cute, even with her sad face! :-)

Annaliese's 1st Birthday

2008-12-17T18:54:00.000-08:00

Annaliese had her first Birthday on November 26, 2008. We had 2 celebrations. The first was a small celebration on her actual birthday and the second was the day after on Thanksgiving with the whole family. Annaliese enjoyed every single minute of each celebration. She loved eating cake, loved opening presents, and loved putting the bows on her head. I baked her cake and Chris designed the butterfly and decorated it. I was pretty impressed with how it turned out! Good job Daddy! We had so much fun! Annaliese's cousins, Lilah and Mia, even got to help open presents on Thanksgiving. Mia and Annaliese practiced walking together too, thanks to "Aunt" Alana. Shortly after, Annaliese began walking on her own. First just a few steps here and there, but now she is taking lots of steps all over. It's so cute to see her walking around the house. I can't believe how fast our baby girl is growing up. We are looking forward to Christmas to open more presents. Annaliese loves the pretty paper!

I LOVE my big brother!

2008-11-15T07:11:00.000-08:00

Annaliese was playing peaks and looking SO CUTE under her bib. Look at that smile! She is such a flirt!

We were so excited when Gabe called us and told us he was in town. They decided at the last minute to hop in the car and drive down. He came to visit us just about every night while he was here. They are leaving again on Sunday and won't be back until the day after Christmas. As you can see, Gabe had long hair one day, and came over the next day with a brand new haircut. Doesn't he look handsome?! We LOVE his new look and so does he. Annaliese loves him to pieces either way. She was so happy to see her big brother. He got lots of hugs and kisses!

Soooo HANDSOME and soooo CUTE!

Pumpkins!

2008-11-14T21:45:00.000-08:00

We sat Annaliese in the front yard and surrounded her with pumpkins. I started snapping pictures and ended up with some really cute ones. These are just a few of the many that I took that day.

Halloween!

2008-11-14T21:37:00.001-08:00

Annaliese wore her pumpkin shirt from cousin Lilah to the sitter's house during the day. The girls, Annaliese, Lilah and Mia, were the 3 little pigs later that evening. We visited the family to show off their cute costumes. They really were the cutest 3 little pigs EVER!

Swim Lessons at the YMCA

2008-10-21T20:38:00.001-07:00

We've had Annaliese in swim lessons since she was about 8 months old. She LOVES to swim. She spent a lot of time swimming this summer at Grandma and Grandpa's house too. These are just some pictures at her lessons. Daddy and I take her on Saturday mornings. Usually Daddy does laps while we play. Last week Daddy took her in and I took pictures because I was sick. That is why there is only one of me with Annaliese. That one is actually from the week before.

Braeutigam's Orchard

2008-10-21T20:28:00.000-07:00

We went pumpking picking at Brauetigam's and Annaliese got to feed the goats. She also had her first taste of an Apple Cider slush. Yum!

September 2008

2008-10-01T20:18:00.000-07:00

Here are some updated pictures, Finally! The pool pictures are from Labor Day at Grandma and Grandpa Lockwood's house. We were all celebrating Grandpa Ernie being home from the hopsital. As you can see, he even got into the pool! Grandma and Grandpa Jacob were visiting from Michigan too. Annaliese was just a little over 9 months old there. The others are more recent.

As you can see, Annaliese likes to crawl into Gus' kennel and play with his bones. She is now 10 months old. She crawls, pulls herself up and walks along the furniture, talks baby talk like crazy, and is getting cuter by the minute. We just love her more and more each day. She now has 8 teeth, 4 on top and 4 on bottom. The list goes on and on. I am WAY behind with my postings. There are lots more I could include from this summer. For now, this will have to do.

2008-03-16T21:06:00.001-07:00

Here is Annaliese in her Bumbo seat for the first time on March 15th. She seemed to like it.

2008-03-16T19:54:00.000-07:00

On March 1st, Annaliese got her first tooth. She was only 3 months and 4 days old! We discovered it that morning while she was hanging out and playing in bed with us. Shortly after that on March 10th she got her second tooth. I tried to get a close up of each but it is hard to see.

Here is Annaliese visiting Great Grandma's house on February 18th. Great Grandma Mary lou was so happy she got to hold and feed Annaliese. We had a good time!

Cousin Lilah's house

2008-03-16T19:38:00.000-07:00

Cousin Mia and cousin Annaliese visited cousin Lilah's house on February 17th for a play date and photo session. Mia was almost 4 monts old, Annaliese was almost 3 monts old and Lilah was 9 months old. Here are just a few pictures of the fun times we had.

Visiting Family and Friends in Chicago

2008-03-16T19:12:00.001-07:00

We went to Chicago in February to visit family and friends. The first picture is Annaliese with her Aunt Cheryl. We stayed at my best friend Lisa and her husband Matt's house. The next few pictures are of my godson, John (16 months) Annaliese (2 1/2 months) and Eric (9 years old).

2008-02-07T19:56:00.001-08:00

Here is Annaliese at 2 months old. She is getting so big! At her 2 month check-up, she weighed 11 pounds 8 ounces and is 23 inches long. She just gets cuter and cuter every day!

2008-01-20T20:58:00.000-08:00

Annaliese at 7 weeks old wearing one of Mommy's outfits from when she was a baby.

Hanging out with Uncle Tim, Aunt Suzanne & Grandma and Grandpa Jacob - Baptism weekend

2008-01-20T20:49:00.000-08:00

Annaliese's Baptism - January 6,2007

2008-01-20T19:53:00.000-08:00

Football Sunday

2008-01-20T12:24:00.000-08:00

Watching "DA BEARS" with Mommy

GO BEARS!!

Eating Daddy's nose..yumm!

Yawn!..time for a nap. Football makes me tired.

Don't I look cute?

Christmas with the Family

2008-01-20T12:05:00.001-08:00

Cousins

Great Grandma

Grandma and Grandpa Lockwood

Lilah, Mia and Annaliese

Samer, Alana and Lilah
Jake, Kara and Mia
Chris, Lisa and Annaliese

Annaliese's First Christmas- 1 month old

2008-01-20T11:37:00.001-08:00

"WHAAAA!...GET ME OUT OF THIS OUTFIT!"

First big girl bath

2007-12-13T07:07:00.000-08:00

Annaliese had her first real bath in her own tub. As you can see, she did not like it. When she was all finished and nice and clean, Daddy wanted to hold her. While I was taking the picture, Annaliese decided to "poop" on Daddy! Notice the look on both of their faces. I thought it was great! But, while I was cleaning her up again, she decided it was my turn and she went pee on me. Gotta love babies!

Annaliese pooping on Daddy after her bath.

Precious Moments

2007-12-13T06:58:00.000-08:00

Grandma Jacob, Grandma Marlene and Great Grandma

Big Brother Gabe
Grandma and Grandpa Lockwood
Happy baby Annaliese
Dad and Annaliese taking a snooze

One week old

2007-12-13T06:53:00.000-08:00

Cousins

2007-12-13T06:44:00.000-08:00

Alana and me with Lilah (6 1/2 months) and Annaliese (3 days old)

Kara, me and Alana with our girls.

Mia (1 month), Annaliese (6 days) and Lilah (6 1/2 months)

Annaliese's first sponge bath

2007-12-12T11:41:00.001-08:00

Home at last...

2007-12-12T11:33:00.001-08:00

Uncle Brad and Aunt Gina

Day 2 and 3

2007-12-12T11:24:00.000-08:00

Day 2...hanging out with Mom

Hanging out with Grandpa
Hanging out with Grandma
Day 3.. Going home
All set and ready to go

Family visits

2007-12-12T11:16:00.001-08:00

Dad and big brother Gabe

Grandma Marlene
Grandma Jacob
Grandpa Jacob
Big brother Gabe

Annaliese's first few hours in the hospital

2007-12-12T10:45:00.000-08:00

Just born

Getting footprints
Getting weighed
Getting cleaned
Happy baby

Annaliese Grace Lockwood

2007-12-12T10:22:00.000-08:00

Annaliese Grace Lockwood was born on November 26, 2007 at 2:59 p.m. She weighed 6lbs. 15 ozs. and was 19 1/2 inches long. The delivery went very well and Mom and baby are happy and healthy. Dad is very proud and was pretty impressed at how smoothly things went. Happy birthday baby Annaliese!

Dr. Mathus

Delivery Day

2007-12-12T10:07:00.001-08:00

November 26, 2007- 5:15 a.m. On our way to the hospital to be induced. Mom is ready, Dad is still asleep.

38/39 weeks

2007-12-12T10:04:00.001-08:00

35 weeks and counting....

2007-11-05T10:37:00.001-08:00

I've been on bed rest now since week 32 due to low amniotice fluids. I've had lots of time to sit around and grow, grow, grow. I'm getting bigger by the day. My amniotic fluids are back up to normal and they are estimating the baby weighs about 6lb. 4oz. I know she is getting bigger because I'm getting bigger. I am now going into my 36th week and will do an update again after my next doctor visit.

MES Baby Shower-October 24, 2007

2007-11-05T09:40:00.001-08:00

The first grade teachers I work with gave me a baby shower at work on October 24, 2007. I was so glad my doctor said I could go. It was great seeing everyone and getting a chance to visit. I got a lot of wonderful gifts, including our much needed stroller. Everyone was so kind and generous. I'm all set now and just waiting for the baby arrive. I can't wait!

More nursery...almost done.

2007-10-21T17:28:00.000-07:00

Grandma and Granpa installing the carpet.

Calvin checking out the new carpet.

Nursery accessories...

The Nursery- A work in progress

2007-10-09T08:56:00.000-07:00

Getting the room ready to be painted with help from Grandma.

Painting.

More painting.

Grandma and Grandpa putting up the chair rail.

The finished product, so far. Stay tuned for more to come.

Mascoutah Shower - September 30, 2007

2007-10-09T08:23:00.000-07:00

We had another wonderful shower given by the Lockwood Grandparents with the help of Gina. We got a lot of nice gifts that were much needed, including many things for the nursery. The next step is getting the nursery done!

Gina, Me and Marlene

Chris stopped by to help load up the gifts.

30 weeks

Calvin and Gus- Our Animal Family

2007-09-23T14:38:00.000-07:00

Calvin taking a cat nap.

Gus being trained.

Calvin hanging out by the window.

Gus and I lounging on the couch.

Chicago Baby Shower - September 1, 2007

2007-09-23T14:11:00.000-07:00

My parents and best friend Lisa gave us a baby shower in Chicago on September 1, 2007. It was a wonderful shower and we were glad to see so many friends and family.

A gift for Grandma and Grandpa.

26 weeks