Hannah's World

Fern

2011-09-01T11:25:00.001-07:00

Hannah's new guinea pig!
She named her Fern, from "Charlottes web" the book. She refuses to watch the movie, but she loves the book.
Fern is 9 weeks old now, we have had her for a week. She is the sweetest guinea pig I have had! She purrs constantly and loves to "talk" when Hannah holds her. She does the tiny little sqeaks and purrs and lays her head on Hannah's leg.

Hannah's owlery

2011-09-01T11:20:00.000-07:00

Hannah's Door

Bed

Dresser

And reading chair

She loves the new house! Just had to share!!!

Wet toes and a sandy nose

2011-08-18T19:37:00.000-07:00

This summer is going by so fast. Hannah has been getting bigger, smarter, and even more beautiful (if possible) as the months have been passing. We have moved into our new town house and LOVE it! Our neighbors have been great for the most part and Hannah has made a new friend right next door. They play every evening and she passes out right after her bath!
I have started watching a little boy (Carson 3yrs) Monday-Wednesday and Hannah loves having a playmate. She has started sharing better and isn't as upset when things don't go her way.

Hannah will be 4 in two months, I can't believe it! She is getting a guinea pig for her Birthday and has already named it "Fern" from Charlotte's Web. She loves that book! We read the chapter book about a month ago and she liked it better than the movie. Speaking of reading, she has started preschool.
We do about an hour a day on www.starfall.com and she loves it! She read her first word the other day "HAS". She sounded it out and read it! She wakes up asking to do preschool, and goes to bed asking about what we can do the next day!
She already has a love for books and stories. I can just see her, 6 years old, laying on her stomach on her bed, feet swinging behind her, curls falling over her shoulder, with a book opened in front of her reading away.

As far as tadpole, we are still trying. Michael had another check a few weeks ago and everything was perfect. So we are just keeping faith that God knows what we need.

Thanks for reading!

Long time, no see....

2011-03-24T06:06:00.000-07:00

It has been about 5 months since I made a post for Hannah's blog. Sorry about that :). Well lets see.
We are still trying for a baby. Everything looks fine for both of us, so we just have try to catch my ovulation. I am going to start charting to find when I am ovulating.
Hannah has started ballet! She is i her second session and LOVES it! She has a pink tutu.....well pink everything. She looks like cotton candy with hair.
She starts swim lessons on April 5th. She has started practicing putting her face in the water during her bath. Who knows, she might like swim more than ballet!

I started a new job. My mom's Boyfriend is a property manager and I work 8 hours a week for him. I bring Hannah with me and she plays with her toys or watches a movie while I work.
Another possibly awesome thing that might happen is we might be buying a house! We filled out the application for the "Welcome Home" grant last night! If we get it it will pay for our down payment for a house!
THANKS FOR READING!

HAPPY 3rd BIRTHDAY!!!

2010-10-16T12:38:00.001-07:00

Today is my little girl's 3rd birthday!
I can't fathom how this happened. She JUST turned two!....didn't she?

In the past year she has grown by leaps and bounds! She now knows colors, how to count to 20, her ABC's and what sounds they make, potty trained (except for night time), and so much more I can't even think about it all right now!
She has also learned that God made and loves her, which is something special since I probably didn't even realize that till this year.
She has made so many new friends and started new relationships with so many people.

I love how happy she is in the mornings, waking up from her little finger poking me in the eye, or "Mommy...it's wake up time". She tells me she loves me out of the blue, a hundred times a day. She LOVES her daddy and talks about him all day till he comes home from work and plays the "Daddy boof game" where she runs from one side of the living room and crashes into daddy and yells "BOOF!".
She loves her doggy and cuddles with her as often as Denna will hold still.
I love how she lights up at anything pink or princess or fairy related. She thanked me this morning for fixing her princess tiara and gave me the BIGGEST hug ever. I just LOVE this little girl.
So Happy Birthday to my Brilliant, talented, beautiful, loving, happy, amazing, special, wonderful, spectacular, perfect little girl! Daddy and I love you so much Hannah Lynn!

Loving every minute :)

2010-08-11T05:55:00.000-07:00

Hannah just melts my heart! She is really something!!!
The other day Daddy asked if she wanted to go outside with him and watch him grill dinner. She was VERY excited and disappeared into her play room. She come back out as daddy was getting ready to go out to the grill with her toy grill in hand! She had her tongs, and her spatula, and some food along with her toy grill. She brought it outside (with mommy's help) and grilled with daddy!! It was the cutest thing!

And she says everyone is her sister. Every little girl she meets is either her "Best friend" or her "sister". I don't know what she will think if she ends up with a little brother.

She is getting very lovey, she DEMANDS cuddles and kisses. And will not leave your lap bare if you sit down, it will either be loaded with toys or she will park her butt there. She loves to be loved :)

She is potty training really well! She will go when she has to go, without asking for help or anything. The only problem we have is when she wants to wipe herself and ends up unrolling the whole roll of toilet paper!! She is doing great though. I don't think she is ready for night time though.
Speaking of night time, we love our cloth diapers. I couldn't imagine going back to paper diapers at all. I wish we would have started out doing this. It would have saved us a ton of money. We haven't bought a diaper in a really long time!
My friend makes these diapers called C0c0 bear and they are the softest, cutest diapers I have EVER seen! We are planning on buying those for tadpole, whenever he/she decides to inhabit my womb.

We have been talking about Hannah's birthday party recently. We (more "I" than "we") decided to do an under water/ ocean themed party. I reserved a room at our church, which is awesome, and I am starting to get stuff together. My mom is making an awesome cake, kinda like this one.

I am really excited about the whole thing, and I am trying to get Hannah excited about it, but not too excited since it is so far away still.
Well that is about it!
Thanks for reading!!
If you want to keep updated on our baby tadpole news check out my other blog Tadpole's Journey.

Hannah does love dinos!!!

2010-07-29T05:33:00.000-07:00

http://www.boogerbearcreations.com/2010/07/giveaway-happy-birthday-wedding.html
Booger Bear Creations: GIVEAWAY! Happy Birthday, Wedding Anniversary, Booger Bear Anniversary
This toy is super cute!
Check out their blog, maybe you will fall in love like I did!!
And did I mention...Hannah LOVES dinosaurs?
I hope she wins this, she will be so excited!!!

New News

2010-06-26T16:11:00.001-07:00

Sorry, I haven't had the time to really sit down and blog lately. I started babysitting 2 boys for June and July and don't have much free time during the week.

A lot has changed since my last blog.
First, Hannah's Stereotypy. She has been doing this thing where she tenses up her hands and screws up her face. She has done it since she was about 6 months old. This is a picture of her doing it, if you have ever met her, you will recognize these actions.
Well we recently switched pediatricians because of wrong advise from the old one. SO the new doctor was shocked that she had not been evaluated for these actions that she was doing. So he hooked me up with a program called "Help me grow". This program is awesome! They helped me get Hannah's evaluation through children's hospital for FREE! I was so happy and thank full that they have this program.
Anyway, she has a team of 4 people, a behavior specialist, a psychiatrist, a nurse, and a pediatrician. They played with her and asked her lots of questions. After seeing everything she could do they declared that she was down right genius (well almost) and that she wasn't the least bit autistic, which is what we had feared. They then said that she had something called "Non autistic Stereotypy". We are still researching this, but hopefully she will just grow out of it in her childhood. It doesn't seem to bother her, and the only thing it might hinder is her social skills later in school.
So that is that and we are moving on....

Baby Tadpole.
So after a LONG discussion we decided that Hannah needed a brother or sister. So Michael is having his vasectomy reversed NEXT WEEK!! July 1st he will be going in for the 2 hour procedure and then he is off Thursday, Friday, the weekend and Monday for the holiday. Then we have to wait 1 month to start trying for baby Tadpole. http://tadpolesjourney.blogspot.com
We are VERY excited!

Well I guess that isn't a lot, but it is 2 really BIG things in Hannah's life, so it's a lot to us :)
Thank you for reading!

The TERRIBLE 2....1/2s?.

2010-04-23T09:56:00.000-07:00

So Hannah just turned 2 1/2 years old. I thought when she turned two that this was as bad as it was going to get....NO WAY! The second she turned 2 1/2 she started the:
"NO" "MOMMMMMMY!!" "BUT BUT BUT I DON'T WANT TO!" and she has done nothing but Whine 24 hours a day, even wakes up at night crying! I don't know what is wrong with her! She isn't sick, she isn't regressing in anyway to make me think something horrible is happening to her. She is just...different. I don't know what is happening to my sweet little girl!
And to top it all off she is now a "Daddy's girl" and wants NOTHING to do with mommy. Bedtime used to be my time with her and now she only wants daddy. Not that I am stopping it or upset, its just frustrating.

But there are the occasions where she cuddles up on my lap and I read her a book and she says "I love you Mommy" and turns around and gives me a big kiss and I melt. I know my little girl loves me and she just can't control her emotions the way she would like to. She has a very big heart and it shows when she wants it to.

She has started becoming a tom boy, or a dirty girl...which ever you would like to call it. She wants to dig, and pick up rocks, and play with dirt and worms and pick grass by the hand full and throw it in the air. She LOVES being dirty, but hates having food on her hands.
And she can swing in the big girl swing outside now, she loves it! She can climb up the ladder and go down the slide all by herself. Which is the only thing she wants to do..."All by myself" is her new saying. And she says it all the time.
She loves helping....but it ends up not helping, but I encourage her to help as best as she can and tell her what a good job she is doing, even if the toilet paper pack is in the bathtub instead of the closet when she helps put away groceries.

She is growing every day and I almost don't want to leave this stage in her life because I know I will miss it when it is gone, but its very hard to tell a 2 year old that the world can't go her way.

We got a new dog, a little rescue doggy. She is a teacup Yorkie and her name is Tinker bell. We call her Tink.
She is about the size of my foot. Her old owners severely neglected her. She lived in a cage with a long haired chihuahua named Pixie (Michael's parents own her now). They were malnourished and timid. They clung to each other a lot during the first few weeks that Scott and Carol had them, then we got Tink, and she took a while to come out of her shell but I think she is okay now.

This is Hannah with Tink, in her time out spot. She knows she isn't supposed to pick her up, so she snuck while I was vacuuming and grabbed her and hid behind the door! LOl (The door is closed when she is in time out, of course!)

We aren't going to get my mother's house, even though we were approved, we are waiting for a while. We think there are other things we want to do first and thinking maybe a baby in the near future...we have to jump through some hoops first, but it is going to happen one way or another.

Thanks for reading!

Happy Easter!

2010-04-02T16:17:00.001-07:00

Playing in the back yard

Swinging!! YAY!!

Being cute...and waiting with mommy by the car.

April rolled around way faster than I expected so I am hoping that summer rolls around just as quickly.
Hannah is doing great, growing by leaps and bounds! She is still rear facing in her car seat at 27lbs and 34 inches tall. She can say her whole alphabet, point out all the letters by sight, can count to 19 (Twenty is "fourteenineteen" LOL). She loves to sing and has started telling us stories that start out once upon a time and usually end in "Hey I have an Idea" then we go play....she never finishes her stories! She is amazing me more every day with what she says and even the doctors are amazed at how well she can speak and form full sentences.

Michael and I are in the process of buying a house. My mother is moving and selling her house and we are planning on purchasing it from her. We should find out this coming week if we are approved, which they don't see any reason we wouldn't be.

I am getting excited about the process, but I know it is going to take a really long time to close.

On another note, I was getting fed up with Hannah's pediatrician trying to tell me that my daughter HAD to get this and HAD to get that or she couldn't go to school, or she couldn't do this or that. So I looked around online and found a "vaccine friendly doctor" a little farther away. So today I went and had an appointment with him. I wish I would have found him sooner!! He was thrilled I was ERFing Hannah and pretty much said that I was in charge of her vaccine schedule, he would educate me on what the vaccines were for, and what the risks and benefits were, but it was up to me in the end. He also said that my old Dr was crazy. He immediately recommended a natural remedy to Hannah's allergies then said if THAT didn't work to try over the counter stuff. Then he addressed her "tensing up" episodes which we have been worried about since she started at 6 months old. He said that the old pediatricians recommendation that it was just a faze and that she would grow out of it was very nonchalant and that he wanted to take a closer look at it. He asked me questions she never asked me about it and plans on following up with some tests after a while. He brought up the question of "Rett Syndrome" which is quite scary but since no one in the family ever had it and Hannah is developmentally on target (advanced actually) that we should have no reason to conclude this as the cause. But it had never been asked, WHAT IF SHE DID HAVE THIS? And the other Dr over looked it?
I am just very glad that we found him :)

Well I hope everyone has a great Easter weekend!
Brittney

Spring....are you there??

2010-03-09T10:25:00.000-08:00

So I haven't posted a blog in a really long time. I am not really sure why, I think it has something to do with time. But things are going well...we have been at this house a year this month and we are staying at least another year. I am looking forward to the summer with just Hannah and I!
We have had a great couple days with nice weather, my windows are all open in the house and it is starting to feel like spring :)

We have had quite a number of things happen in the past couple months.
The twins turned 1 year old!!
Hannah had her first big stomach bug (ewwww!)
I turned Hannah back to rear facing in her car seat and she likes it.
My mother and step father parted ways.
My mother found happiness! YAY!
Baby Robert had a viral brain infection with 3 seizures, he was in the hospital for a couple days till they figured it out, they say he should be fine in a couple weeks.
My little Brother found freedom and plans on joining the military after he graduates this summer.
My Grandma had to stay in the hospital for a couple days for some medical issues, she is home and is getting better.
I found God...again. Yeah that should be at the top of the list, but I am trying to do this in order.
Potty training is getting easier...some days.
My other Grandma is moving back here in a couple weeks!
Michael and I went on our first date in almost a year and a half. :)
I got in my first fight with my best friend of 2 years. Then we made up.

So, yeah, that is about it.
Not much.
More interesting things are bound to happen once the weather warms up.

Ode to the Dog of two year old...

2010-01-07T10:50:00.000-08:00

This post is for the poor little doggies that have a 2 year old.
Oh the misery of the poor defenseless dog of a two year old.

(When you read this, make sure you read it like the movie announcer guy, makes it so much better)
Let us start with Little Miss Denna. Purchased as a puppy before Hannah was even a twinkle in my eye. We spoiled Denna with treats and clothed her in ridiculous things not meant for a dog to wear, pretty sure she was actually embarrassed. We let her do what ever she wanted. Then on that fateful day, October 16Th to be exact...it all changed. Denna had to contend with at newborn for my attention. She was now 2ND best and she knew it...poor Denna.
Then as the months started going by that newborn realized that she had a DOG! She started trying to catch her...crawling toward her, stealing her toys, trying to eat her food! OH THE HORROR of the dog of a baby!
Then that child turned 2 years old and Denna just couldn't get away any longer. The two year old has speed, has whits, has finger nails!! AHHHHHH!!!
So now poor little Denna can't even take a nap on the couch without worrying if she will be pulled off by her hind legs, or given a cup of invisible tea shoved into her nose hard enough to knock her off her sleeping spot. OH the sorrow -of the dog-of a two year old.

Then there is Mister Rosco. Lovable Mister Rosco. Rescued by his mommy from an animal shelter (please correct me on any of this Danielle, LOL) before Lea came to be. Loved on day and night, given all kinds of fun food because he wouldn't eat his dog food. With no one to contend for attention he was on top of the world.
Then on that fateful day, October 16Th to be exact (yes they have the same birthday) everything changed....poor Rosco was 2ND best. He tried to get more attention, pooing in the house, chewing on things that are not for chewing, leaping up and getting Danielle very muddy, running away, then coming back of course....oh the things he has done, and still does!
And Miss Lea, she can run, she can jump and can climb! There is no where for Rosco to escape the wrath of the TWO Year old named Lea!

But there are those rare moments of tranquility between K-9 and toddler. Those seldom pictures of loving and cuddles and cheek licks, they really do love each other....most of the time.

So today, make sure you give your Dog of a two year old extra love and extra treats, because its hard being the dog of a two year old.

Snow Day!!

2009-12-19T09:52:00.001-08:00

Today we woke up with a blanket of fluffy snow on the ground! Hannah stood up on our bed and said "OHhhh!! SNOWWW!!!! WOW!!!!!!" Very high pitched of course, LOL. We played for a while inside, then went to the Library. Then when we got back we bundled up and ran outside to play before the snow melted! Hannah helped to build a snow kid and loved eating the snow, even though we insisted that she shouldn't because of the dog...oh well.
She had so much fun playing, then we came inside, ate some hot veggie soup, and now she is laying down for her much needed nap!
I had fun too, but don't tell anyone!

Denna and Hannah playing in the snow! That dog loves snow just as much as Hannah!

Our beautiful little girl! I love this moment.

"Here Mommy!"

Denna thought I was throwing an actual ball...

Eating the snow...

The Snow kid (its about a head taller than Hannah)

FUN, COLD and COOKIES!

2009-12-07T10:07:00.000-08:00

The Beach on Ice!
My Mom and dad took us to the Beach water park for their Christmas thing. It was sooo much fun! We Had hot chocolate then went to the petting zoo where Hannah got to hold a baby goat and got licked by a fawn and bit by a calf! Lol! Then we went to the pony rides and Hannah LOVED it! She ended up riding 3 times because she loved it soo much!
Then we went ice skating for about 5 minutes because mommy can't ice skate. Hannah didn't really like that part, but I think it was because she could tell I didn't.
Then we ate some burgers and chili cheese fries and mac and cheese bits and fried pickles. It was delicious. Then the girls went down the toboggan (sp) slide a couple times while Hannah rode the pony for the 3rd time. Then we went to wait in the carriage ride but it was getting cold and they only had one carriage and it was going to be a LONG wait so we headed out. It was sooo much fun though. When we got home Hannah told daddy all about it!

The girls waiting for the pony rides

Hannah waiting for her Second Ride!

All of us!

Hannah riding the pony!

GOATS!

Holding a baby goat!!

SNOW!!!!

My car this morning!

Looking out the window this morning! SNOW!! YAY!

BAKING COOKIES WITH MIMI!

COOKIES! YUM YUM YUM!

YUM!!!

Licking the beaters!

Mimi and Hannah mixing

Licking the beater! Always the fun part!

Helping put flour into a cup! (Don't worry I had a hold of her!)

Singing "Wonder pets" into her microphone (flash light)
and dancing! I loved getting a little song and dance while we were baking cookies!

Christmas Pictures

2009-11-30T05:14:00.001-08:00

Hannah's Christmas Pictures 2009!
ENJOY!!!
Happy Holidays Everyone!

First Movie and The Big girl bed!

2009-11-19T10:13:00.000-08:00

Hannah got to see her first movie in the movie theater a few days after her Birthday. Michael's friend gave Hannah tickets to see "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" for her present.
It was so fun! I saved the glasses and the ticket for her memory book, I am such a nerd! LOL.

On our way to the movies!
It was a good toddler movie, she loved it!
We almost got through the whole movie, but she was getting tired of sitting still.

Mommy and Hannah! (yes, I am a dork, I admit it.)

Got my ticket!

READY!! It was a 3D movie, so we had to wear glasses, they don't make children's

sizes so Hannah's were falling off of her face the whole movie. It was so much fun though

and some great memories!

RANDOM PICTURE FROM NOVEMBER

Hannah loving on Denna (she is so mean to that poor dog! LOL)

AND THE BIG GIRL BED!

Hannah is pretty much potty trained except for bed time and nap time so we weren't

using the changing table and I wanted to sell it. But the bed and the table were a set so I wanted to sell them together. SOOO I sold them and we bought Hannah a big girl bed! YAY!!

She LOVES it! She sleeps so much longer in her bed than in the toddler bed. She has so much more room and LOVES coming in and just laying in her bed to read or play. It's great! And this bed will last her a while, till she is a teenager I am hoping!

Sitting in the reading chair!

And on her new big girl bed! YAY!!! She LOVES it!

She says "Big girl bed like mommy!!!!"

Trick or treat!

2009-11-05T16:44:00.001-08:00

HALLOWEEN 2009
Little Red Riding hood.

Yes she is standing on the arm of her couch, she does it all the time...she is addicted to climbing and I can't stop her. She will probably have to end up falling to learn her lesson sadly.
She was waiting for Makendra and shouting "G-pa, I WANT CANDY" out the window.

Playing in the leaves with G-paw

ON our way to the first house!

Trick or treat!

The after party!
Hannah and Makendra eating candy on the couch!

SPREE

Hmmm...crunchy....

I FOUND THE STASH! (Daddy was standing behind the chair...don't worry)

WOW!!!
A CHOKING HAZARD MOM!!
And yet I still let her eat it...hmmm.
I must be a terrible mom...but hey, it was halloween,

and I know CPR!

Hope you enjoyed the pictures!

Happy Halloween!

My two year old!

2009-10-21T10:10:00.000-07:00

Pictures of Hannah's second Birthday party!
I wanted to have it outside, but it ended up being too cold so we
had to for go that idea and had to have it in the basement. It turned out
being a great party!

Hannah's awesome cake! My mom made it!

Hannah and Makendra (Best buds!)

My little ham!

She was having so much fun!

Blowing out her candles!

Finger licking good!

Her favorite! Spice cake!

Makendra helping Hannah open presents

Reading a card (i love makendra's face in the background LOL)

PULL!!

Mom with Landon..I think.

Tess with Preston...I think.

Hannah, Madison, and Haylee

Shake your eggs game!

SWING!!

My castle

My castle...made out of 2 appliance boxes

My two year old!

Shaking our booties and eggs

The party!

The joy's of Having an only child! :)

2009-09-30T18:23:00.000-07:00

I have found that most people I come in contact with are shocked and bewildered to find out that Hannah is going to grow up an only child. I thought that after a while this would change, but still, almost 2 years later, its still happening...
I just wanted to clarify some key points that I keep getting. And don't get me wrong, its not family, or my closest friends, its other mother's at the play grounds, or grocery store, or a friend of a friend.
1. Only children are spoiled.
This is something I have heard not only from people I have talked to but on the television as well. This is completely false. A child becomes spoiled because the parent gives them everything they want and never teaches them manners or how to be a respectable member of society. We are teaching Hannah sharing, caring, and love. Because those are something every person should know how to do.

2. Only children are lonely.

In fact this is the total opposite. Most only children grow up remembering that their parent's never left them alone. Think about it, you have one child to care for, one child to love, you are going to be spending almost 100% of your time with this child, its almost impossible for an only child (in a "normal" home) to fell neglected or lonely.

3. Only children are less intelligent.
Yes believe it or not some people believe that only children aren't as smart as children in a multiple child household. I, myself, have never heard this in person, but I have read about it.
This is the most unintelligible thing I think I have heard about only children. In fact, most only children score higher on aptitude test and read at a higher level than most children in a multiple child household. I am only sharing the results of studies, I am not saying anything about anyone else's child. But this assumption really does get me.
And finally

4. Only children grow up to be dull and boring.

This one I have only heard once, at a play ground, I was eves dropping. Shame on me.

The two women were talking about a friend or relative of theirs and that they had decided to only have one child. "Well I fell sorry for him, he is just going to grow up to be a dull, boring bachelor living with his mommy the rest of his life."
I was shocked to say the least. But I didn't say anything of course, it wasn't my place to be listening to their conversation in the first place.
So to clear this up, I don't think that my bright eyed, cheery, spunky, full of life, little girl could grow up to be anything but a joy. SO there....eat my shorts.

I LOVE having an only.

I LOVE being her mother and spending every waking moment with her.

I LOVE the fact that its just us 3.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the fact that I only have to give myself to her, and only her for how ever long she needs me.

I am not saying that having more than one child is bad, I am just doing this to make myself feel better about wanting only her, and to clear up some misunderstandings with only children (aka "onlys")

This is a great book that I read that made me feel so much better about it. This is also where I got most of my information.

DIY snack time!

2009-09-17T13:43:00.001-07:00

LOl, today Hannah told me she wanted a snack. So instead of doing it for her, like I always have, I decided this was something she could do, and it would teach her a life lesson. So we got out the peanut butter, butter knife, graham crackers, milk and a cup. She had a blast, and I think it made the snack much more yummy to her!

Here ya go! Enjoy!

She sticks her tongue out when she is concentrating

YAY!! I did it!

What, is there something on my face??

I know it comes out somehow!

Wow thats heavy!

YUM

YAY!!All by myself...kinda!

Camping

2009-09-08T10:45:00.000-07:00

We went Camping this weekend with my family! It was sooo much fun, I was very tired but it was well well worth it.
Hannah was GREAT! She didn't need to be told more than once to stay away from the fire and the edge of the woods (which drops off into the lake). She was wonderful! I was so proud of her. She LOVES camping now, she had so much fun. She slept great each night and even told me when she had to go number 2!!
YAY!!!
So here are the pictures...I know thats what you wanted anyway! LOL

Hannah's "house" she loved playing under there.

Inside Grandma Jaimie's camper waiting for lunch ("whunch" in toddler)

Playing at the play ground with Daddy.

The ground was rubber and bouncy so when she ran she bounced too!

She is so strong! I couldn't even do that!

rocking with Daddy

My mom and I :)

She wanted to put her feet in, good thing we had both of her hands!

The beautiful Lake that our campsite looked over.

Hmmm...what to do next.
(She was SOOOO dirty, it was hard to just let her get dirty then clean her later)

Getting sleepy (She turned her "house" into a bed!)

In the morning! Watching Daddy make a FIRE!!

Walking with Daddy to the Park.

Little steps

On daddy's shoulders

At the splash park (Mimi and G-paw met us there)

Mommy found a lady bug for her to discover

Crawling up mommy's arm

She was so gentle with it

watching the lady bug crawl away

WET!

My mom hates this picture, but I love it

Waking up the last morning (had to wear pjs to nights in a row, mommy brought stuff that was TOO warm!)

"ready for breakfast?" Hannah says "YEAH, breakyfass)

this is what she did when we finally got home. She came close to falling asleep there.

Adventures in Hannie Land!

2009-08-23T06:18:00.001-07:00

Miss Hannah LOVES the library so Mimi and G-pa (Scott and Carol aka Grandma and Grandpa) decided to take Hannah and I to the BIG Library down town!! But before we went they took us to this great restaurant on the river.
It was a LONG drive but well worth it!!!

Mimi and G-paw (he was smiling at Hannah instead of the camera!)

Choosing what she wanted to eat (from the drink menu of course, lol)

A pause from coloring to smile for mommy!

What a goof ball!!

Check out the curls! LOl
She was watching the boats go by on the river.

Elbows on the window sill watching the boats.

Coloring with Mimi and G-paw. She started this thing where she wants everyone to color with her!

G-paw and Hannah watching the barge go by.

I love this picture!
You can tell how much they love her.

Mimi and Hannah watching the ferry boats

Mimi and Hannah

Now to the Library!!

BIG BIG BOOKS!!!!

She looked so tiny up there!

Hannah Mimi and G-paw.

That is where she stayed pretty much the whole time!

Checking out the statue

Garfield (not the cat)

Cheese!

Little girl BIG CITY!!

Playing with G-paw in the kids section

Reading G-paw a book

HEADING FOR THE EXIT!!!
G-paw chasing after her!!

She had so much fun!

She wore herself out though, as soon as we got in the car she fell asleep!
I got some great books while we were there too.
Ahh..the memories.... :)

Spontaneous Zoo trip!

2009-08-07T06:17:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we were invited to the zoo by a friend of mine from the play group! We were very excited and I kept telling Hannah that we would be going to the zoo to see the elephants and monkeys! She would get very excited whenever I told her.
So we spent about 5 hours there! It was so much fun! It was perfect weather, warm but not hot, and a bit of a breeze.
We stopped at a park on the way to meet up with my friend and feed the ducks then we went to the zoo from there.
Well you can look at the pictures to find out what we did!
Enjoy!!!

Tearing up the bread to feed the ducks at the park!

Feeding the ducks

She says "Frow da bwed" and "Duck! QUACK QUACK"

Examining which flower to smell first

Mutilating a flower

Riding the zebra

She loved the carousel this time!

One on this cheek!

One on that cheek!

And one on the mouth, of course!

Hannah in the middle looking a the polar bears

The papa gorilla

She sees a cat in the cat house up in the corner! She says "ders da cat! MEOWWWW!"

The new baby cheetah we saw at the nursery

These two pictures are my absolute FAVORITES!

She fussed and cried about 30 minutes till we left because she was tired. I tried carrying her in the sling, letting her walk, and putting her in the stroller. Finally after the train ride, she passed out! Then we went home.

Just some random blog...

2009-07-13T11:15:00.000-07:00

I was going through all of our old pictures and realized that I hadn't made a post about our zoo trip in June. Hannah and I went with my friend Paige and her daughter Makendra. Paige was VERY pregnant and wanted to go before she had the baby. Our girls (and the two of us) have been friends for about a year. Makendra and Hannah had so much fun at the zoo, it was really cute to see them play together and to be amazed about the same new things.

My little raisin face. (all over her shirt too...had to change her)

Petting a baby ball python

Hannah and Makendra holding hands walking through the petting zoo.

Petting a goat

She loves animals but I still think that she thinks they were dogs.

Makendra and Hannah at the Manatee exhibit

Eating our lunch!

Makendra tickling Hannah

Checking out the wolf "den"

Mommy and Hannah at the apes exhibit

And this last picture was from this Fourth of July. I had forgotten my camera and took this one with my cell phone. Its the only one I have. She is sitting on Daddy's shoulders. She kept saying "I love Fireworks" plain as day. She also LOVED the sparklers and the poppers that you throw on the ground.

An important phone call....apparently...

2009-07-06T08:24:00.000-07:00

During my trip to Florida I got a phone call from my mother telling me that that my Grandmother, Grandfather, and my 10 year old niece (visiting from Ohio) were in a near fatal car accident in Texas.

A 2o something year old woman was pulling out of a shopping center and was either texting or dialing a number on her cell, she was looking down at her phone either way. She didn't see my Grandparents car till the last second and tried to speed up to get around them and ended up plowing into the passenger side (grandma's side) of the car. The car spun around and struck the other car again.
My niece was in the back seat behind my grandmother and her seat belt malfunctioned and she slammed into grandma's seat. Her face was bloody and bruised, but she was fine otherwise. She went home a few days later. She now has a terrible fear of cars and vomits whenever she is in one.
My Grandfather went to the hospital but didn't complain of anything so they didn't do any invasive tests. Later they found out that the has broken ribs and a bruised kidney. He is also having neurological issues from the impact. They also found something on his spine that they are not sure what it is, or if it is even from the car accident.

My Grandmother was injured the worst. If the car had hit 12 inches back, she would have died. She was paralyzed coming out of the accident. They found that she has broken the C-6 and C-7 vertebrae in her neck and they had to do surgery otherwise she would have been paralyzed for life. She is now fused from C-3 to T-3 now which is right below your skull to almost your shoulder blades.
Before Surgery

After Surgery in the ICU

She will have trouble for the rest of her life doing anything with her right side, and will never regain full mobility. Right now she has to have help doing everything. She has always been so strong, and stubborn and wanted to always do things for herself. It is killing her to have to have someone else brush her teeth, her hair, feed her, help her walk, even go to the bathroom.

She said that she doesn't understand what phone call was so important that she couldn't have waited till she was home? I have to admit I have, in the past, used my cell phone while driving. But no longer! I have seen what it can do, and just have been to naive to realize it.

So please, before you think about using your cell phone while driving, think about the other people on the road. I almost lost 3 members of my family. I am very thankful that they are all alive, and hopeful that the woman who did this is punished.

There's no place like home, there's no place like home...

2009-06-29T12:06:00.000-07:00

If only it were that easy to tap your shoes together and be home in the wink of an eye...*sigh*.
Florida was fun for the most part. It was too hot to really do anything. It was about 102 degrees the whole time we were there.

(Everything that was going to Florida!)

Okay I am getting ahead of myself we will start with the airport and plane ride.
Before the trip I went and bought her some toys and a coloring book to keep her entertained on the plane ride there and back. Well we ended up getting to the terminal about 2 hours early and had to wait. So she played with all of her toys before the plane ride. Then about an hour into our wait an employee told me that there was a play ground that was about 2 miles away in terminal A. We were in B.
So we walked there and played for about half an hour. She had a ton of fun and fussed when we had to leave.
(Hannah coloring in her Handy Manny coloring book)

So when we finally boarded the plane they asked for all of the people with infants in arms to bored after 1st class. So we had to sit on the plane an extra amount of time. She HATED having to sit there. But soon became fascinated with the window shades. UP....DOWN....UP.....DOWN she would say.
Then we took off, she giggled so hard she couldn't catch her breath! I thought for sure she would freak out but she LOVED it! We had a window seat so she got to see Ohio getting further and further away!
(Ohio....its under the clouds!)
(Mommy and Hannah on the plane)

So our flight was only 2 hours, but even 2 minutes with a fussy toddler is too much sometimes. Thankfully there were some really great people on the flight with us. We sat next to a really nice lady, who happened to be a grandmother and just loved playing with Hannah.
Hannah finally calmed down about 10 minutes before we landed. But she wasn't crying just really upset she couldn't get down.
So we finally landed in Orlando about 10:30 am. Liz's brother came to pick us up and drove us to her mom's house where we unloaded and waited for her to get off work. Her mom's house is wonderful and beautiful but we ended up not being able to stay there with her because the dogs really bothered both Hannah's and my allergies. So we stayed with Elizabeth the whole week! I am glad we did, I got to spend a lot of extra time with her and the kids that way.
I was so tired there because the heat just saps your energy. When we did go some where like the park, we couldn't stay long because of the heat.
(at the park, the second day in Florida)

We spent most of our days inside, just Hannah and I. Elizabeth had to work and there wasn't much to do in Eustis, LOL, its like the Darrtown of Florida! So anyway, Friday we went to go to the mall and ended up getting a boxer puppy instead! She was so cute! Hannah loves dogs so she was really happy about it. So then Saturday we went to Daytona and spent the WHOLE day at the beach. It was a blast! I took Hannah out into the ocean and let the waves hit her, she loves the water. She was so tired though (I now know why). She laid her head down on my shoulder and fell asleep! IN THE OCEAN! So I took her up and put her on the beach chair under the umbrella and she took her nap on the beach.

Saturday she started to get a fever. It was 101.8 I think. I thought maybe she was just in the sun too long and gave her Tylenol. Her temperature went back down and she was playing fine, not acting fussy, or breathing funny or anything.
So Sunday I put her to bed about 8:45pm and she was fine. No temp, breathing fine, acting normal. So about 10:45pm she wakes up, okay normal, we are in a strange place. So I go in a get her from the play pen and she is BURNING UP! I have Liz get me the thermometer and she has a temp of 105.1. I gave her some Tylenol and get everything together. Liz gives me directions to the hospital and I get over there in about 20 minutes and end up getting there at about 11:30pm. I waited in the waiting room for about 10 minutes with Hannah crying for "water..Drink" but I couldn't give her anything. So we get called back and when they take her temp its down to 103.5. (Still high, but not 105) We get put into a "room" (3 walls of curtains) and the nurse comes in with a LONG cotton swab and sticks it up her nose for a influenza test because we don't get flu shots. Then a throat swab for strep test. They insisted on doing a straight catheter for a urine sample but I refused and they stuck a sticky bag to her and waited. Of course the bag leaked when she did finally pee, so no urine was collected. They did a chest xray and found that Hannah has bronchitis. They said that if she does have a UTI (urinary tract infection) then the antibiotics for the bronchitis would get rid of it (no urine needed). So we left the ER about 2am. At this very moment I wanted so bad to go home, so that Michael could be here. He is my rock and I was so unsteady without him. I was afraid that I was going to do something wrong, or make the wrong decision regarding our daughters health. But he trusted me, and agreed with me. If only there were such a thing as ruby slippers that could take you home in a blink of an eye....if only.

So Monday we packed up and I stayed at the house in the A/C with Hannah and kept her hydrated and happy. She was so lethargic and clingy. So I got her to bed really early and sat up with Liz and talked for a long time. Then we went to bed.
I had to get up at 3:45am for the taxi. Oh my gosh, I thought we were going to die that day. The taxi driver was an old man that obviously wasn't very awake. It started to POUR, I mean like monsoon rain, and lightening and thunder! I couldn't see 2 feet in front of the van and the dude was going 60 mph!!! He ended up hitting a shopping cart that was in the middle of the high way, and almost hit a garbage can. I was so scared! I kept a blanket handy in case I had to cover Hannah in an accident. (Sounds so silly doesn't it....?) Well we made it to the airport with about 30 minutes to spare by the time I made it to the gate. So I got Hannah a blue berry muffin for breakfast and we waited. She was so sick, she slept the whole way back. I really didn't want to fly with her being sick but its not contagious and I really wanted to get her home.

The flight seemed shorter on the way home. I was so excited to see Michael. We landed about 10 minutes early and the breezeway driver wasn't there so we had to wait on the plane for it to come. Hannah had woken up when we landed (again giggling but very tired). She kept saying "Daddy, Out" the whole time we were waiting. When she finally saw daddy she was so happy!! So was I.
I was sad to leave Florida because I loved seeing Liz and her family, but I was so happy to be home.

Now a week later, all is well. She is almost finished with her antibiotics and is feeling great.
It was a great vacation with a bad ending. I am still glad we went, and glad to have a great friend there to help!

First and second day with the DC (mature women only)

2009-06-13T08:06:00.000-07:00

Okay so yesterday I bought my DC and mother nature must have known that I bought it because she conveniently dropped in for a visit.
So....the verdict is....
I LOVE IT!
I know that something that has to do with that time of the month isn't something you should love anything about, but this just makes it a little easier.
For all of those women or girls out there that hate using either pads or tampons, seriously, try the DC. If you have no clue what I am talking about here is the website.
www.divacup.com
It is great, I am telling you honestly, I wish I would have found this 12 years ago.
They have 2 different sizes, one : if you are under 30 and have never had children
two: if you are over 30 or have had a child vaginally or by c-section. It comes with a little carrying bag that is really cute, and NO ONE would ever guess what you are carrying in it. I don't ever have to make sure my diaper bag is stocked with tampons again! I am so happy!!

So today is the second day with it, and I have had no issues, no spotting through, its easy to take out and put in, its comfortable, I only remember I am on my P ever 12 hours when I have to change it. Its so much LESS messy than tampons or pads. I don't have to worry about where to throw it out, or to make sure I wad it up enough....ugh. NEVER AGAIN !!! HA HA HA *evil victory laugh!*

Alright, so please please try this, I totally recommend it to anyone who hates going into that aisle at the store every month, or who is tired of trying to figure out which absorbency you need, or tired of worrying if you will leak, or having to wear a diaper all day! You can buy them at Whole foods, or wild oats, lots of places actually. Its about $35, but well worth it. Think of all the money you waste going into landfills and smelling up your garbage...ewwwww.....!

So GO BUY ONE!!!!!
Here is the link again!!
www.divacup.com
If anything just look at the testimonials page.
Thanks for reading!!

Jeeze I sound like a walking ad for diva cup, they should pay me!

FLORIDA

2009-06-10T09:56:00.000-07:00

So as I have posted before, Hannah and I are leaving for Florida in 6 days....I am so nervous about flying with her but excited for the adventure!
I am worried that something will happen while we are there that is out of my control and I won't know what to do...I feel like I am being pulled in two different directions.
But I am anxious to get there and spend some quality time with my best friend and her family! I hope that Hannah can adjust (as well as a toddler could) and isn't too grouchy when we get there.
So the here is a little info on my BFF:

Her name is Liz and she is like 2 months older than I am. We met when we were 7 years old and have been thick as thieves ever since! We used to live just down the street from each other and I would spend almost every weekend over at her house. We had some crazy adventures there. I remember one time we pretended like we were wolves and had to build a den for our puppies (stuffed dogs). We used to spend a lot of time at the stables grooming and riding her horse, Royal. She had a MILLION animals so I loved being over there. We used to play dolls and actually fought over one called Ashley for about 3 months! LOL I miss being a little girl and having that sort of imagination! I am hoping Hannah does.
So at age 12 she moved to Florida with her parents and I didn't get to see her again till I was 20 I think. I went down and surprised her for her baby shower. She was VERY surprised. I was only able to stay for 2 days though.
She then came up for my baby shower in 2007 (she didn't know at the time but she was about 2 weeks pregnant with her daughter.). So its my turn to go see her and finally meet her little girl! I am SO excited!

At my baby shower (Liz is on the right)

I don't think Hannah has any clue that we are taking a trip even though I have told her a million times we are going to fly in an airplane. She is only 19 months old....what do you expect! LOL
So I am curious as to how she will take the airport and flight and another airport and then strangers picking us up! I am hoping she warms up to them quickly but I am not expecting anything from her.

So I have about 10 more minutes to myself before one of the children wake up....so I am going to eat a snack and read my book.
Stay tuned for Florida pictures (I come back on the 23rd)

13 days....and the countdown begins!

2009-06-03T12:47:00.000-07:00

In 13 days Hannah and I will be traveling to Florida to spend a week with my best friend! I am REALLY REALLY excited! I am worried about the flight, of course. I will have a wiggly toddler on my lap for 2 hours. I think I have figured out how to resolve some of it though.

I am going to buy about $5 worth of dollar store (toddler friendly) toys and coloring books and crayons, and not let her see them till the flight. Then I am allowed to bring dry snacks for her, and I can fill up her sippy cup after we get through security. I am also going to bring some books for her. I think that will suffice. But just my luck, I will do all this and she will sleep the whole time. That's fine though, LOL.

Friday is our play date, thankfully, I need some adults to talk to! Movers and shakers is fine, but we aren't really talking a lot, its more of a singing, moving thing. Its hard with the twins because I really want to keep them happy, but at the same time, this is Hannah's time. So I have to split my time of course. I don't' have a problem doing it, its just a little stress full. Sometimes Paige has to take over Hannah for me... :(

The boys are getting bigger and bigger every day. They are starting to want to roll over when they are on their backs and L. has actually accomplished this many times!!
They are about 4 months old (almost 5) now and can hold their heads up and smile and laugh!
A friend of mine is letting me borrow a bumbo so that I can sit them up for entertainment, its good for their strength too. They were premature, so developmentally they are only 3 months old. Sitting up isn't even on their minds yet I don't think, LOL...they just want to eat, sleep, poop, and be entertained. Hannah LOVES them! She can say P's name, but not L's. She calls him "Baby". She will hold their bottles for them, burp them (pats them on the back), sing to them, rock their bouncy chairs, bring me burp cloths, and shows them her toys if I ask her to. She is such a big help!!
After a weekend without baby sitting them, I find myself missing them, and when I see them on Monday, WOW, they seem like they grow every time!

So my lists are done for the trip. We have a small shopping trip to make before we go, I need some stuff for Hannah and some stuff for me. We saw this thing that is made by OFF! that we are getting. I really like the idea of it. Its a fan that has a 10 foot radius of bug protection and its safe to use around kids, as long as they don't lick it of course! So we got a really good coupon for BOGO free and we are going to get that. Then I have to get the toys I talked about, Hannah needs a new sun hat because hers is too small now, I am getting a diva cup (bottom paragraph) and we need some snacks for the trip! So after we do that, I will be done. I plan on starting to pack next week. Slowly, I don't want to forget anything....hence the lists!!!

Okay so now for the Diva Cup. This is women talk...if you don't want to read it don't scroll down... just walk away now! I am warning you!

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-Keep going.... (turn back now...I am warning you!)

Okay so the Diva cup:

I am getting one the Friday after next before AF decides to make her way to my house.
I have always hated tampons and pads so when I heard about this product I was elated!! Its a silicone cup that, well, it does what a tampon does, but less messy and less gross. You can leave it in for 12 hours at a time, reducing TSS, eliminating the need to carry a hoard of feminine products in your diaper bag for your toddler to pull out and start playing with when your not looking....yeah... *blushing* . It also reduces the number of tampons/pads that are being thrown into landfills with our bodily fluids on them....okay lets all cringe together....EWW ~~~**
So I am really excited about getting it, and really excited about trying it! I am getting it right before my trip. Of course I am going to start on my trip, when else would mother nature decide to drop that on me? So if I can't get the hang of the DC then I guess its back to the old cotton cork. Wish me luck you weird people who are actually reading this!!!

4 Years of Bliss!!

2009-05-29T09:06:00.001-07:00

Today is our 4 year wedding anniversary! YIPPEE!! Its been a wonderful 4 years, and I can't wait to spend the next 70 some odd years with him.

Lets see what has happened since we married....

Michael cut his hair.
Michael Graduated from College.
We got little D for a while.
We got pregnant, lost the baby.
We got pregnant...again.
I got a new nephew!
We moved into our first apartment.
I got my drivers license.
I got my car from Grandma Jo!!
We had a beautiful baby girl!!!!!!
Denna broke her leg (had it in a cast for 4 months!)

Michael got a better job.
We moved again.
I started a play group.

The apartment episode...ugh we won't relive that!
We got a blessing from Grandma Jo and were able to move.

We moved back in with Mimi and G-pa till we could get back on our feet.
I got TWO new nephews!
We moved into the house....
And here we are!

And a lot of stuff happened in between there, I just listed the basics.

Its amazing how 4 years can be summed up into that small list....*sigh*

Well (raises wine glass) here is to many more years!

Hasta la vista Binky!!

2009-05-26T09:35:00.000-07:00

Miss Hannah has made a huge leap from baby to toddler! We have ditched the binky FINALLY! She has had her binky since she was about 4 months old and hasn't been without it since. She has used her binkies for throwing, sucking, finger puppets (really!), and belly button search vessels. She has had them in the car, in the bed, sometimes even in the bathtub. But no longer will there be an emergency binky search in the dead of night, or her screaming when we lost it in the store, or worrying about germs and rushing to clean it after it fell on the floor of a not so clean restaurant!
Our little girl has graduated to a teddy bear that she calls "Soffy bear" which translates to Softy bear. She seems to be handling it well and hasn't asked for one in the last 24 hours.
So since you will no longer see pictures of her with a binky in her mouth, I have posted a picture from each month of her life (well since she had a binky) with a binky in her mouth. Enjoy them because you will no longer be seeing them!

The Game

2009-05-21T08:25:00.001-07:00

I know this is supposed to be Hannah's blog, but I felt that I could share my mommy's day out with you too!
We had a BLAST! It was so much fun. I don't even like baseball and I LOVED it! We had GREAT seats! We were about 100 feet from the Reds dugout and we could see everything! They lost by 1 but thats okay it was really fun!
Hannah had a great time with Mimi and G-pa too! They took her outside and swung her in the swing for a while, then she cuddled on the couch and fell asleep.

The view from our seats.

The city at night!

Between loads of laundry and napping babies....

2009-05-19T09:22:00.000-07:00

Tonight we are going to the Reds game with my friend. I am really excited, its been a long time since I have been out without Hannah. Not that I don't LOVE being with her every waking hour and sometimes every sleeping hour too. I love being with my baby, I am actually sad I can't take her with me so that she can enjoy the game too, but a baseball game isn't a place for a toddler. So Mimi and G-pa are coming over to watch her till we get home. I will not get to put my baby to bed.... But I know that they know what they are doing, they raised 2 boys, one of which is my hubby, so they did a good job! But I get a night out, I get to sit in a very hard seat, watch a sport I don't even like, and come home late and get only 6 hours of sleep. But you know what, I bet I will have a great time!!

I have only 28 days till the Florida trip! I am getting really excited! I have started my lists already, I am a bit of an avid list maker. I think its an obsession really. I make lists for just about every thing. We even have a dinner list, of everything for the next two weeks that we are going to eat for dinner. So going on a trip like this is actually fun for me because I get to make a ton of lists to make sure I remember everything. And what is really weird is that I am excited about going to buy a used back pack for our carry on bag, LOL!! Seriously how can someone get excited about going to the thrift store to buy a back pack? Well, apparently, I can!

Hannah has started to say more than 1-2 words at a time. Today she said "I'm proud of you" but it was more like "powd ah you". I was telling her that I was so proud of her for pooping in the potty! LOL....ah the simple things. But she is getting smarter every day, and it amazes me every time she learns something new. She knows every letter of the alphabet by site, and she can say almost the whole alphabet in order!! She can also count to 10 but still seems to leave out 7. Her hair....oh my gosh, her hair.... 5 months ago it was straight with a little wave, now she looks like Shirley Timple!!
Wow, what a difference 5 months can make!!

December 2008

May 2009

Well I better get some laundry done!
Thanks for reading.

Florida here we come!!!

2009-05-15T07:49:00.000-07:00

YEEEEYYYYY!!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!!

Michael bought my plane ticket today and Hannah and I are leaving in 32 days! We are going to be staying with my best friend's mom and her cousin. I am getting SOOOO excited! I am just worried how Hannah will act on the 2 hour flight and sleeping in someone else's house. We are staying from the 16Th to the 23rd. I am so excited and nervous! I am really looking forward to spending a week with them though. She and I have been friends for 17 years!

Yesterday Michael and I took Hannah to the park after dinner and walked about 1 mile around the lake (Hannah slept in her stroller) and then we woke her up and played at the park!
Daddy has been trying to spend more one on one time with her because she really misses him during the day. I think she is really enjoying it, and Michael is too. He isn't much for the outdoors but he does it for her.

This weekend we aren't doing much, we plan to do some light yard work when its not raining and Michael is going to help our neighbor fix her dog house. I think we might go to the library and maybe some grocery shopping. Its so much easier doing grocery shopping in a house. We only have 3 steps to go up instead of 3 FLIGHTS of stairs!!

My little brother won 2 awards yesterday at his ROTC ceremony! And we are hoping that he gets the honor roll one too, but we will have to wait for that one. He has come a long way with his grades and we are really proud of him for doing that!!!

I should probably not write a blog every day, but there are some people who like having a peek at her every day, so I do if for them.

So...enjoy!

Our Home

2009-05-12T09:36:00.001-07:00

These are pictures of our house. Its small, I know, but it suits us and I think that bigger is not always better when it comes to houses anyway, I don't want to clean a huge house!!
So here it is!

OUR HOME

This is actually the picture from last summer, but I forgot to take one of the front of the house!

This is my front porch, that little black, blurry thing is my doggy!
I love my porch swing, Hannah and I spend a lot of time there, and Michael likes to read there.

This is the view from my porch.

This is the view from my front door.

LIVING ROOM

This is the view of my living room from the front door (This is about as clean as it gets during the week). That is a baby on the couch sleeping on the blue boppy.

This is actually a picture I took standing on the couch....yes I stood on the couch. And that is another baby sleeping in a bouncy seat. (The only reason I am even able to do this is because of some miracle they are all sleeping at the same time!)

KITCHEN

This is a picture of the eat-in part of the kitchen. Sorry its so dark. You can see the side of the garage out the window.

Our little kitchen. The stove is on the other side of the refridgerator and the you can see the door to the basement and side door as well. I have a double sink, which I LOVE. And no... I do NOT have a dishwasher. I don't mind though.

The window in our kitchen, again sorry about the dark picture. I love my deep double sink though!

BATHROOM

Our bathroom. Yep its a bathroom. Thats Hannah's potty seat to the right.

THE PLAYROOM

The playroom/nursery. Smallest room in the house, but it suits its purpose.

Those poor little boys have to be changed in a pink pack n play and look at fairies dancing over their heads when they are changed. But pink and girly is all I have! LOL

Hannah's books and toys in the play room. It usually stays organized till she wakes up! She LOVES books the whole second shelf is FULL of books. She loves her books!
OUR BEDROOM

Our bedroom. Yes that is a midieval sword hanging on the wall.

HANNAH'S ROOM

Hannah's room. The walls are Dr Suess Truffula trees and Horton. Mimi and I painted this before we even moved in.

See there is Horton! I drew and painted him free hand. I still want to find a cute little stick on gem for the speck on his flower though.

And there is my little princess. Sleeping away with binkies smooshed under her cheek.

Her changing table and her closet to the left.

THE YARD

The swing set and front area of the backyard.

The back yard, our yard goes to the 6ft high privacy fence in the back.

Our mini vinyard! And my little black blurry dog.

My baby grapes! I can't wait till we can eat them!!

And last, my rose bushes that I haven't killed yet!! I don't know why they are still alive, but they are! And they are blooming!! YEY!!! There are 3 of them in the front of the house by the walk way.

Thanks for looking!

Happy Mother's day

2009-05-10T09:11:00.000-07:00

Hannah painting mother's day cards

This just looks like trouble!

She ended up painting her whole leg

She had so much fun!

Getting ready for sidewalk chalk!!

Carrying the bag of chalk

She loves it!

We turned her around at 17 months, she still falls asleep after 5 minutes in the car! LOL

At the lake

THE KITE FEST

Playing with the little kites

That octopus was as long as 2 school buses!

That's where she stayed most of the trip

These kites were HUGE!

On the bus on the way back to the parking lot

Playing with Mommy's "Gasses". Denna wondering what she is doing... LOL!

Well after taking a 5 month hiatus from the Internet, we are back!! I am so happy to have it back, I felt like I was cut off from the rest of the world. Thank you so much Mimi Happy Mother's day!!!!

Here is what has been happening in the past 5 months, sorry if its a bit jumpy I am just going to type it as it comes to me.

Well we moved into our house on March 7th, I love it! We have 2 great neighbors, one on each side. There is a widow that lives on one side who is a feisty old lady that I absolutely adore. And an older couple that live on the other side that are great, they travel a lot and are just great people to talk to. We have a 1/2 an acre yard that is half fenced in. We also have a swing set with a baby swing and slide that Hannah loves. The house is big enough for us, and small enough to be easy to clean.

Right now I am caring for my twin nephews who are about 3 months old. Its tough, but it gives me my baby fix. I watch them from about 7:30am till 5:30pm. Hannah adjusted well to them being here but toward the end of the day she starts saying "Bye Boys" and wants them to go, LOL.

My Grandma is home after being in the hospital for a couple days. I was supposed to go see her this weekend but it got postponed because my step mom is sick. So I hope that I get to see her soon, I just keep praying that she is going to get through this. I want Hannah to remember her. She is one of the sweetest, kindest, beautiful people I know, and I want Hannah to know this too.

My Other Grandma might be moving back here soon, she is trying to sell her house in Texas will little luck. She is sick of the heat and the critters and just wants to come back home, I don't blame her! We miss her lots and hope she comes home soon.

My friend is due in about 7 weeks with her little girl! I am so excited for her. Her daughter that is 17 months is Hannah's best friend, they have known each other for about a year. But she had a 4 D ultra sound and I am pretty sure she cloned her toddler, LOL, she looks just like her!!! But I just wanted to say Happy Mother's day to her too, she is a great mom and a great friend!!

Michael is doing well, he still loves his job thankfully. He got a birthday present that I am not too happy about but I feel better having it in the house. Of all the home defence devices, I guess this one is the best. Not sure what its called but I am just glad its locked up where Hannah can't get it. He loves going to the range with his dad and firing it, lost his wedding ring doing it though...oh well.

Well that's about it, Happy Mother's day
Mom,
Carol,
Lora,
Tess,
Kayleigh,
Paige,
Aunt Kat,
Aunt Cindy,
Grandma Wanda,
Grandma K.,
And all the other mommies I know, don't think I don't love you cause I didn't list you! Happy Mother's day all of you!!!

I will try to post another blog with pictures of the house soon.

Spreading the word is getting frustrating

2009-03-02T09:35:00.000-08:00

Well after almost a year of trying to spread the word about car seat expiration dates I am getting close to my whits end. I seriously don't know if I can handle another MOTHER telling me that she hopes my daughter is in an accident because I told her she was lucky it didn't happen to her child in the 13 year old car seat she had. Or another parent telling me I didn't know what I was talking about, and that plastic is just the same 20 years later. Ugh.
Its very frustration to see a 6 month old front facing, a two year old in the front seat, toddlers bouncing around in the back seat, a 20 year old car seat being used, but mostly its the ones that don't want to listen.
The most recent incident was a craigslist post where a mother was trying to sell a century smart move car seat that had been recalled in 1996. Not only was it recalled, but it was expired. I politely asked her to please check her manufacturing date and number to the recall sheet before selling it. She then proceeded to go off on me and that was when she told me that she hopes that something happens to my daughter, then she called me a crack whore. I don't know why people have to be like that, I was very civil and polite with her and just gave her the facts.

I want to spread the word about car seat expiration's but its hard when there are people out there that don't believe in warning labels, or the facts.
Its written on the car seat, and the manual.

Well....that's about it. That's my rant for the week.
OH We are moving in to our house this Saturday (3/7), and I will not have the Internet for awhile.

Home

2009-02-18T09:49:00.000-08:00

Well limbo is passing, slowly, and I can see the clouds lifting and our near future showing its self....finally.
It so hard being in a place where neither here nor there is home, you are using someone else's abode to rest your head, and every day seems like it takes you to a different problem.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE S and C , and I thank them from the very bottom of my heart for letting us live here and putting up with us...but there is no place like home.
I fear that Hannah is going to have a melt down when we move this march. We are taking her away from two people that she loves dearly, and putting her in a place that is unfamiliar. I know that she will adjust, and I look forward to it. But I feel like I will melt down if the shuffle of "home" continues.
I still feel like those two men should have been cited, or at least slapped on the hand for what they did, but that will never happen and it infuriates me. They tried to get IN my apartment while I was HOME!!!! UGh....oh well.
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Hannah is getting bigger every day, she knows almost every letter of the alphabet and can point each of them out. She know a whole slew of words and phrases. She is really quick at picking things up so we have to be careful what we say around her. Her G-paw says that she is a little tape recorder! LOl.

She loves making weird faces, and I managed to catch one at Steak n Shake the other night! She is such a goof ball! LOL.
But other than being at the edge of sanity almost everything is going well!

My Grandma and Grandpa just left after visiting from Texas, they came to see the new babies (Who are adorable!) and my mom after her surgery. I miss seeing them, it was nice to see em'.

My friend is visiting from Kansas, on her way to Germany. Hannah and her daughter have the same Birthday!

My Mom had her hysterectomy and is doing well!

Michael is still loving his job!

Paige is having a girl!!

OH and On the bad note....my grandma K. had to start chemo again last week :( We are praying that this (the 4Th time) is the last time.
Well that's about it!!!
Thanks for reading!
Sorry if I left anything out, its been kinda hectic around here lately.
OH Here are a few pictures of the house!! Michael fixed our computer, so here ya go!!!

The front porch, in the summer (My favorite part is the porch swing!)

The front of the house, in summer.

The back yard, its fenced in behind the swing set, the whole yard is 1/2 an acre!! The picture is from winter, its pretty dismal!

2 months....and its winter...ugh

2009-01-08T09:18:00.000-08:00

So I haven't posted in a while... Sorry.
We just moved in with the in-laws for 2 months till we can move into the house. Its only for 2 months I keep telling my self this but the days are getting slower. If it were summer the days would be flying by. *Sigh*
Don't get me wrong, I am very happy and thankful that they let us live here during transition, its just that its someone else's house, someone else's habits and routines. Its hard with a toddler too because I have to watch her EVERY second or she could get hurt. We have baby proofed as much as we can but she could still get hurt. Wood floors, very hot radiators, slick rugs, unlocked cabinets, a door with stairs on the other side (the scariest part for me). So I just watch her, and keep her busy. But there is only so much you can do to keep a 14 month old happy and busy in the winter.
I was thinking that I might open up a toddler center, for kids up to 3 years old. They have stuff for kids 2 and over, but nothing for kids under that age. Well except for gymboree which is ridiculously expensive. Hmmm just a thought I guess.
Hannah is getting bigger, she weighed 21lbs last appointment, still tiny, but she is perfect. She is still rear facing in her car seat (going on 3 months ERFing now!!) I made her a car seat poncho (can't wear bulky coats in the car seat, VERY unsafe!!) That was fun to make, and easy, didn't have to sew a thing! She doesn't mind it either.
She has started saying a lot of things. She can say; Open, up, down, bite, hello, bye, mouth, cat, dog, light, book, "A" "E" "O" "I" (she knows which letters they are too!), boo (dogs name), no, yes, hair, nose (sounds like no), shoes, belly button, ear, eye, why (super why), binky. And of course all of the oldies, mama, dada, juice...stuff like that.
She still LOVES books and would rather be read a book, or flip though one herself than play with her toys.

She had a great Christmas...which all of the pictures are on MY computer which happens to have a virus and I can't get on, so this was the only picture I could find on my MIL's computer, lol. But she had a great Christmas. She got to see all of her Grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles, great grandparents (minus one set in Texas). She got lots of great gifts from everyone too! She loved ripping at the paper and playing with the bows.
I liked this Christmas much better than last Christmas, it wasn't as stressful and she really enjoyed it. Last year she was only 8 weeks old....talk about stress! LOL

Well I am going to wrap it up and try to get something else accomplished before she wakes up from her nap!!
OH our house!! Yes, I mentioned that! Well its a 3 bedroom ranch with a eat in kitchen, full basement, and a half an acre yard with a swing set!!! We move in March 1st!!
Okay...now I am done.

Snow PRINCESS!!!!

2008-12-06T13:31:00.000-08:00

So finally after seeing it snow 4 or 5 times from the patio door, and it not sticking, IT STUCK! SOOOO Hannah played for the first time in the snow today!! She LOVED it and didn't want to go back inside, we actually went back outside on the porch she could play some more!
And of course hubby said "Its not cold, I don't need a coat" so he was in a hoodie, of course.
It was cold, but not a painful cold like it can get!
She tasted some and seemed to like it, but didn't want anymore, I am guessing because it was cold.
She stayed nice and warm all bundled up though!!

She fell down....might as well make a snow angel!!

Her first snow angel!!

My little snow princess!

Daddy helping her walk

Daddy helping her up after she fell

Trying to figure out how to walk in the snow!

Running away from us!

Can't get the ball to start rolling....

2008-12-04T05:16:00.000-08:00

November has come and gone and left a mess in its wake. Our apartment has bare walls and packed tubs filling it to the brim. Our lives have been turned upside down by this and there isn't much we can do to fix it that hasn't already been done.
After they tried to break in the apartment that Monday morning we thought maybe we could just stick it out till June, not ever leave the apartment and get some mace and a taser. But that night someone stabbed my neighbors tires, all 4 of them. She had NO clue who would have done this. So we decided to leave. The complex wouldn't let us out of our lease, so we are going to buy it out, which means that we have to pay 2 months rent, plus that months rent. Thankfully Michael's Grandmother gave us a very kind and generous gift and are able to do this because of them.
We decided to go back to our old town and live with hubby's parents for a few months to save up for a deposit. Unless something else happens in the mean time. So that is what is happening right now; packing, saving, and hoping.

Hannah is growing up every day, right before my eyes. She has started this new thing where she will bring you a book, climb up on your lap and turn the pages, point, and read with you. And when you finished she will climb down, go get another book and repeat the process until you have every book she owns next to you. She LOVES books, board books right now.
She has also started to jabber a lot, it almost sounds like she is saying something. She even nods her head like she is really trying to get you to understand! She can shake her head "YES" and "NO", she dances (shakes her hips), she can say a lot of words, her newest one is "shoes" which she whispers. She is still rear facing in her car seat!! YIPPEE!! She only contests when she is tired, or when she has been in the car too long, which she would do even if she were front facing!

Thanksgiving was fun, we stayed at my dad's for 4 days, from Thursday to Sunday. Hannah slept pretty well, but she always ended up in bed with me. We got to spend time with everyone on Thursday, then Friday we just lounged around and my little sister's friends came over and we made cookies and had hot chocolate. Then Saturday we went over to my Aunts and played that one game "You are play sore mine" is "Your place or mine". I forget the name of it. But my grandma played with us, it was so funny everyone was laughing! Then we ate some sushi (my pregnant, soon to be sister in law, ate pizza) and then we had to leave. Then Sunday we left.
It was really nice to see everyone, and visit with my family. I wish we lived closer, but Michael LOVES his job, so that isn't going to happen any time soon.

Tuesday my sister was admitted to the hospital maternity ward. She was 2cm dilated. One of the twins has his head way WAY down and is pushing the cervix open. She is now 3 cm dilated and they are keeping her for a week at the hospital. She isn't too happy about it, but if she were home she wouldn't be sitting on her butt like she should be. So she is where she needs to be. I went to her house and got her clothes, books, and a picture of the kids for her, along with the essentials. So at least she feels a little more at home now.

Well Hannah is ready for me to come play with her now, she keeps playing peek a boo around the door, LOL. I love her.
Thanks for reading!!
Here are some pictures from November!!

At Grandpa Aaron's house

Morning Time! AHHH! LOL

I have 12 teeth!!

Still hadn't woken up from her nap all the way, so she cuddled with Grandpa.

Dad, Hannah, and her Great Grandmother (I love this picture, and this moment)

She found the joys of corn on the cob! LOL

My beautiful baby girl! I LOVE LOVE LOVE This picture! I don't know why, I just do!

Hannah's First SNOW!

2008-11-17T16:55:00.000-08:00

This morning as I sat checking my email, Hannah was walking around the apartment, passing by me every so often to make sure I was still there, but enjoying her freedom. I had just opened up my Cafemom account to check it and I heard her exclaim, plain as day, "Hey! What is this?". I look around the corner of the office in shock that my 1 year old just said a full sentence and curious as to what made her say this! She has been saying "Wasdis" (whats this) for a while, but this was a WHAT IS THIS, LOL.
So as I look over at her, she is sitting in front of the patio door and sticking her first finger to the glass. She then would remove her finger, look at it, and stick it back, she was looking amazed and confused, so I grabbed the camera to see what she was so amazed about. As I got closer to her, I realized that it was SNOWING!!!! "Yey" I thought to myself, "here comes pink cheeks and winter colds!"
The snow was sticking to the glass of the patio door then melting as quickly as it had surfaced. She seemed really confused, and yet kept trying to poke the flakes off the glass.
We must have sat there by the patio door for about 20 minutes till the snow died down and she found something else to discover. It was a great memory, and I got some great pictures, they don't say much about the moment though....that was all ours!

On a not so happy note,
2 men tried to break into our apartment today.
It was about 9am, I think, and someone rang the downstairs buzzer to be let into the building. I pressed the intercom and replied "Hello?".
"We don't have our key, can you let us in?" Replied two booming voices
"No, I'm sorry, I can't, please call the complex" and I gave them the number.

"Well, I don't live here, but she stole my car (or card, couldn't understand him very well), I just need to get in"
"Sorry, I can't let you in"

CLICK (someone let them in the building)
STOMP STOMP STOMP (very quick stomping up the stairs)
I immediately locked the other 2 locks, we have 3, and looked through the peep hole to see who they were.
There they were, 2 black men, about 6'2" tall wearing hoodies and knit caps with built in bills, one with a white cap, the other black.
They started banging on my door, and my neighbor across the hallway.
I backed away, and called the police, as I am backing away, I saw them walk toward the other side of the building.
The police answered and I told them what was happening.
As I was talking they came back over to my side of the building and started knocking again.
I looked through the peep hole and saw NOTHING..... then it came into focus as he was backing away, it was his EYE! He was trying to look into my peep hole! Then, as I was on the phone with the police, the one in the white hat started BANGING on the door, HARD! Then, the part that still gives me chills as I talk about it.....HE TRIED TO OPEN THE DOOR! He then started leaning on the door, almost throwing himself on the door, to try to get in, and kept trying the knob! I ran over to the dining room and grabbed Hannah and stood there. As I looked over the patio I saw a car, running, with another black male in the drivers seat. I told the operator that there was a car there, and told her the make, and color, and the plate number.
They must have heard me, because they both ran out of the door and got in the car and sped off!
An officer came to my house and took a report.
I called the apartment office and told them what had happened and they kind of brushed it off, but asked us to get a report. Didn't offer to come down and talk to the police or anything.
Michael came home for the day because I was so upset and scared....but I am fine now.
I DO NOT want to live her any longer, and we are talking about getting out of our lease because we are in fear for our safety. But we aren't sure we can, and don't want to borrow money, because, that just isn't who we are. We would rather just buy a gun and protect ourselves till June.
But the officer said that as of the end of his shift, they hadn't found them. They went to the property, and no one was home. But they will try tomorrow.
We might go and stay with Micheal's parents for a couple months rent free (thank you guys!) so that we can get enough to put a deposit on an apartment or a house to rent. We just have to find out about the lease.
Well, we are all fine, other than Denna being frazzled, and my heart permanently sunk into my stomach. We had them come and change the door knob because it was so loose, ugh.....I don't want to write about this any longer.

The good news I talked about in my last post was that my little brother is going to be a daddy! YEY!! I am so excited! She goes this Thursday for an ultrasound, and then she will get a due date! I am soo happy. I am going to be getting 2 nephews and another niece or nephew, all next year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well that's it!
Thanks for reading!

And here comes November....

2008-11-10T08:35:00.000-08:00

Not happy about being on the carousel!

Running around the house in her new outfit!

Graduated to the BIG tub!!

The last nice day for the year! It was 70 degrees that day!

Well its officially November, which means family, friends, holidays, drama, and food! This will be Hannah's second Thanksgiving and Christmas. But she will have more fun this year because she can walk around and talk to everyone! Sadly we are going to miss out on Thanksgiving this year. My mother can't do it because of conflicting schedules and not enough time or energy, and my sister can't because she is dealing with her grandmother, who has been giving a few weeks to a month to live. I would go to my father's, which we usually do, but the day after that is my High school reunion. So we are going to go Saturday and stay till Sunday evening. I wish we could go for Thanksgiving but there is NO way I could go there, then leave, then come back for the weekend....I wish I could though. So I don't know what we are doing for Thanksgiving now...nothing I guess. We shall see.
Hannah is not crawling at all any longer, she practically runs to get where she needs to go. She has also figured out how to get up on the couch and has fallen several times because of this, which breaks my heart. She is about 21lbs now and 27 inches tall. She is still rear facing in her car seat, and will be till we think she is big enough to front face. She can say "Whats this/that?", "Dog", "Dada", "Mama", "Kisses", "Juice". She can shake her head "NO" and recently learned (with the help of G-ma) how to shake her head "Yes"! She loves to play the piano, even though hers only has 4 keys, that is her favorite thing to play with! She loves to watch "Super Why" on PBS, and will stop whatever she is doing to watch the whole 30 minute show. She even dances at the end when they sing the "Hip hip Hooray" song! She is scared of the vacuum, and the noise the garbage truck makes when it puts the dumpster down. She has 10 teeth and 2 more on the way. She can eat practically ANYTHING that we allow her to eat, and LOVES her veggies! Her favorite food has to be cheese. She no longer has a bottle, as of 10/16! She hasn't had a drink of formula since and doesn't seem to mind at all. She loves water, and diluted juice, but HATES milk, so we have to substitute it for water in her cereal, and some in her scrambled eggs. She also loves yogurt and cottage cheese, so she is getting her dairy!
Well that's about it!
Thanks for reading!
Oh I also have good news but can't say anything till I am given the go ahead from them, they still have to tell a few family members! But when I can tell, I will tell!!!

Car seats

2008-10-24T18:33:00.001-07:00

Okay I am sick and tired of seeing parents with their kids not in car seats, or if they are, they are installed or harnessed incorrectly, or they have a child under the age of 1 front facing! I am just plain TIRED of seeing it. Parents should automatically know that the first thing they need is a good car seat when they have a child. They should go to the store and research different seats, then when they do, they would realize:

1. Rear facing till 1 year and 20 pounds AT LEAST, it says it on every new car seat.
2. Car seats expire! It says this on every car seat now.
3. There are laws on how long your child has to stay in a car seat.
4. You can buy a convertible (rear facing and front facing) car seat for under $60, NEW! If you can't buy one, CPS and Family Services can give you a voucher for a free, new car seat.
5. There has been so much research devoted to car seats, this must be the most important purchase of my babies life!

And if they don't go to the store and realize this, your pediatritions office has posters up EVERYWHERE in his/her office that 1 year and 20 pounds, and the laws in your state reguarding child safety seats.
There are classes that you can take that they offer during your labor and delivery class for car seat installation.
There are instructions that come with EVERY car seat that tell you how to buckle them in correctly! COME ON PEOPLE, ITS IDIOT PROOF!! But I still see, every day, someone with their 6 month old front facing, or their 2 year old not in a car seat, or bouncing around in the back of the car as mom drives 65 down the highway.
Or the mother that is a baby sitter that has OTHER peoples children in a 23 year old car seat that was recalled 2 years after it was made.

What can you do about this you ask?

Well, if you know someone who is about to have a child, or has a child car seat age (ages 8 and under) please suggest that they take their car to a fire department with a car seat tech. They will check your installation or reinstall , and your childs harness to make sure they are in correctly. This 30 minutes could save that childs life in an accident.
I know many of you are probably rolling your eyes at this very moment. But this is very serious stuff to me, and I take it to heart. I find that people who are do not research these things when they have a child are the ones who are more likely to have a lot of regret later in life.

Thank you for reading!

Hannah's second 1st birthday!

2008-10-20T11:34:00.000-07:00

Hannah had her 1st Birthday party at G-ma and G-pa's house on Saturday! She was so tired, but kept on a brave face. She smashed a little cake and played and walked around, then opened her WONDERFUL presents!
Thanks everyone for coming and for the wonderful gifts!
My mom made a beautiful cake with a zombie sticking out the back for Michael, LOL! And she made an Amish organic cake for Hannah to smash, she loved it!
And Michael's family did all the decorations and food, Carol made some wonderful grilled cheese and piggies in a blanket, YUM!!
It was sooo fun!
Now on to the terrible twos!!

The first, First Birthday Party

2008-10-13T06:15:00.000-07:00

Saturday Hannah had her first cake smashing, paper ripping experience! She had her Barn party at my Grandfather's farm. There were about 15 people that came, and lots of food and fun! My step mom decorated the whole barn in fall colors with pumpkins and scare crows all around. It was really cute! Everyone had cupcakes instead of cake, which seemed a lot easier, but ended up a little messy! LOL. Hannah ended up with a pink face and hands for a day, but its gone now.
She got lots of presents including:
Her first piggy bank (we already collected all the loose change and put it in there)
Tennis Shoes (pink of course)
A princess blow up chair (she likes to sit in it to watch "Superwhy")

A savings bond from her Great Grandma and Great Grandpa
A push stroller that she can put a doll in and it makes music
Lots of warm winter clothes! All of them are really cute!!
A baby words book

And a Teddy bear

1 year pictures

2008-09-29T18:51:00.001-07:00

These are Hannah's official One year pictures, even though she still has 2 weeks left till she turns one. We wanted to get them in the park before the weather got yucky, and before her parties!
Enjoy!

Bibbidi Bobbiti Boo!

2008-09-27T09:25:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!!

Yesterday Hannah and I went with G-ma to get Hannah's FIRST PUMPKIN!!
We stopped at the pumpkin patch on the way to Great Aunt Jill's house.
Hannah LOVES just walking around and holding your finger, so that is what she did, she walked EVERYWHERE!! She loved the big pumpkins that were 2 and even 3 times bigger than she is! They must have been a hundred pounds a piece. I really wonder what she thought they were!
We walked around some more, crunching leaves under her shoes (I think that is her favorite part of walking is stepping on things to watch the effect). We found the Field of mums and stood her out in the middle of them and she just stood there, all by herself, not holding on to anything, well except a gourd.
Then we picked up Hannah's little pumpkin, I sat her directly in the big pile of them and the first one she touched I grabbed. Then we headed over to Aunt Jill's house and visited for a while, we ate sushi and curly fries (odd combination, but really good). Hannah had some chicken noodle and cheerios since she can't have sushi yet, I can't wait till he day she can though!
Then we headed to another pumpkin patch, but by that time Hannah had passed out, it was 2pm and her nap time is 12, she was tired. So we stopped and snapped a couple pictures of the huge pumpkin carriage that she missed and picked up a swan gourd. Then we headed back to G-ma and G-pa's house.
We ate dinner (chili, yummmm) and Hannah had her dinner (mashed potatoes and chicken with carrots). Then she played and played and walked and played some more! Then at 8pm she passed out and we left for home...I think we forgot the dog, but I could be wrong, LOL.

She is getting a tooth so didn't sleep very well last night, but she is napping now.
Well that's it for Hannah's first pumpkin story!!

OH OH OH!! I forgot...my sister found out that she is having TWO BOYS!!! SOOO HAPPY!!!!

Well thanks for reading!

The second pumpkin patch (she was sleeping in my arms so I only got one picture)

OH and here is the pumpkin she picked out! Its about the size of a large Grapefruit LOL!

My daughter the.....pilot? Maybe a zoologist?

2008-09-21T18:06:00.000-07:00

Right now Hannah is passed out in her crib and I am about to do the same, well not in a crib but....well you know what I mean. I am sooo tired, but before I go to bed I wanted to tell you why I am so tired!

Yesterday we went to the Zoo with my sister and her kiddos and pushed around a hundred pounds in a double stroller. We had her two older ones and her little one and she is pregnant with twins, as I mentioned before. So we had the two little ones, Hannah included, in the double stroller with 3 coolers and two diaper bags in/on the stroller. I pushed it a lot of the time, not wanting my pregnant sister to push something that heavy, and the little girls were tired. But Hannah just sucked it alllllll in! She was mimicking that Gibbon's when we first came in (some monkey thing that hoots), and she LOVED that manatee and the seal exhibits. We stopped for a picnic lunch and while we were eating the peacocks came over to enjoy some of our lunch too! Hannah just stared at them and called them a dog. Then we went to the petting zoo where she pet a bull (called it a dog as well), a goat, and a sheep (probably thought they were all dogs). Then we got tired around the polar bear and decided to leave! It was so much fun though, my sister and I had visions of our little ones doing stuff together when we were pregnant, and now its coming to fruition!

Then today we went to the Air show a couple towns over because hubby's uncle was working there! Hannah loved watching the planes and loved being able to walk around outside. She must have taken her G-pa on a hundred laps walking around the show! LOL
She got to see a lot of planes and also got to see a flight jump where 6 men in old military garb jumped from a plane and parachuted down! It was really neat, and wore her OUT! (She also tried cotton candy for the first time and hated it.)
Then when we got back we ate dinner at G-ma and G-pa's (She ate a huge portion of alfredo pasta with chicken!) Then she walked around and played till she wore herself out. The second we put her in her car seat to go home she passed out. When we got home I took her out of the car and straight into bed. She is so dirty, with dirt and food on her, but she was too tired to even wake up for a clothes change.
Well that's why I am SOOOOO tired!
So I am off to bed!
Oh one other thing...my sister finds out the sex of the babies this Friday! I will update when I find out!!

ZOO 2008

AIR SHOW 2008

My little sponge!

2008-09-13T08:53:00.001-07:00

Yesterday the Local Museum had a free day where all three museums were totally free! And we ended up getting free parking as well!
We went to the children's museum first, where Hannah played in this huge ball pit. They had this tube that would suck the ball out of your hand and carry it up this tube, Hannah loved that part!
Then they had a little village where there was a kitchen, dining room, diner, post office, bank, you name it, it was there! They also had a section about kids from all over the world, she got to dress up like a girl from India with her colorful scarfs, and a ballerina with a tutu. She got to beat on some drums, and sit in a boat. She drove a bus, and met a turtle (in a tank), and some cockroaches as well!
Then we went to the Natural history and Science museum where she got to see at life size Polar bear, my brave little girl wanted to pet him! LOL! Then we saw all kinds of rocks and gems, and fossils. She got to touch what ever she was allowed to touch. Then we went into the caves (no camera allowed). She was VERY brave! She didn't mind the tight space and echoing voices, or the screeching of the bats. There were water falls everywhere, and she just stuck her little arm out to catch some water. Then we walked into the wilderness where they had all kinds of animals (fake ones, of course). She LOVED the wolf, I think she thought it was a dog that finally held still for her!
Then we went to the History Museum, which is all about our city! Hannah was pretty much out of it by this time and just watched from her stroller, but Hubby and I found all of it pretty interesting. They have a whole town set up to look like the 19th century, even a steam boat to walk on to. Hubby's favorite part was the distillery, they had the history of beer in our city. They had names up there that we still see today and some really popular ones. They also had a medicine shoppe, which I thought was really neat, they had the old time remedies in there, like cod liver oil, and lavender.
After that we went home. It was fun, and free!
Oh and my little sponge sucked up so much information, when we got home she passed out cold! LOL
Enjoy the pictures!

SO FREAKING EXCITED!!

2008-09-06T20:50:00.001-07:00

OK I am getting so FREAKING excited about Hannah's first birthday party!!
Carol and I went today to buy some of the decorations for the party. We got little pink lanterns to hang over the outdoor set up, tiaras for the party guest girls, a 1st birthday hat for Hannah, 1st b-day candle, little pink chinese take-out containers for the party favors (for the bigger kids), some party favors, and the happy birthday banner! I already have an abundance of pink balloons from the play dates.
The theme is going to be Pink and Brown! I already made the invites (above, of course I blocked out the address and phone number!) I am very proud of my invite making ability!
My mom is making her cakes for the party and is doing a pink and brown polka dotted on with a girly teddy on top! And for her smash cake its going to be pink and brown, but its going to be light on the icing, and have organic cake.
I already have her pink and brown dress for her pictures and party all picked out. I am going to do the pictures, its just too expensive to have them done, and I can do them just as well.
I just had to share, I am so FREAKIN excited!! I don't have any expectations, just happy to get her to one year and have everyone celebrating with us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for reading!!!!!!!

The Happiest little Camper!

2008-09-01T14:18:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!!
Hannah's first time camping and going to a beach is over. Her diaper bag still smells of pit fire and sun screen but our clothes have long lost this odor due to laundry day.
Thankfully camping with a 10 month old wasn't as bad as we thought it would be. She slept okay as long as she was sleeping with us. It was too cold for her to sleep in the pack and play even with a winter sleeper (size 18 months by the way!WOW) and a hat she was still freezing.

Well I will start from the beginning of Hannah's adventure!!

Day one:

We left for G-ma and G-pa's after Daddy got home from work and drove with the yappy dog over to their house so that they could pet sit for us (THANKS SOOOO MUCH!!!). Then after visiting for about 30 minutes we were on our way.
After a LONG 2 1/2 hour drive we arrived! The lake was BEAUTIFUL! We first parked next to a light house (wish I would have gotten a picture :( oh well), anyway, there were some sort of water bird, a seagulls or something, flying around and Hannah was enthralled!
Then we headed over to the campground, got our site set up and headed over to the restaurant to eat dinner since it was too late to cook (it was about 8 when we got there and 9 when we ate). After dinner we headed back, put the baby to sleep and headed off to bed ourselves. About 12 Hannah came to bed with us. She woke up once to eat a warm bottle and get her wet diaper changed and fell back to sleep and woke up at 8 am! We were very happy she slept so well.

Day two:
Well we woke up around 8 am and my Step Dad had cooked pancakes and bacon for breakfast! YUMMMMMMM! Hannah LOVES pancakes by the way! LOL.
Then we sat around figuring out what to do. Daddy took Hannah for a walk around 11am and she fell asleep and napped for about 2 hours. Then we ate lunch, spaghetti and meatballs, Hannah liked that too!
Then my sister and her family came over from their lake house and we went to the beach (picture included!) Her little guy (about 7 months older than Hannah) was so cute! He was splashing and eating sand, and holding Hannah's hand, I got a picture of it, you can see it if you are on my myspace page! Hannah LOVED the water! She was splashing and picking up sand and letting it fall through her hands! She got some in her mouth and didn't really like it so didn't do it again. She just loved watching her cousins play. She would giggle and squeal when the waves would hit her in the stomach! I loved watching her discover things there, she picked up sticks and leaves and sand and would examine it closely trying to figure out what it is, and after telling her what it was she would be content with that and go to on to discover another oddity.
After the beach ( I NOW HATE SAND BY THE WAY) we showered thoroughly and headed back to relax at the camp site. We put her in the super yard with some toys and read our books, she was fine with that and so were we. We were so proud that she played so well by herself. Her cousins came back over later and played with her as well. Later we ate dinner, bean/ham/potato stew stuff, I don't know the exact name but, OH MY GOSH! It was Delicious, even Hannah loved it! After dinner we took a walk down to another dock and let her swing in the baby swings. (Picture included!). Then we put her to bed around 8pm and stayed up to watch the fire while everyone went fishing (not our thing). We watched the little ones, who were fast asleep in their beds, until my step dad and brother got back then we hit the air mattress, taking Hannah to bed with us. She woke up once and then woke up at 8am.

Day three:

I took a picture of what I woke up to (the very first picture above) it made me smile so I had to take a picture.
After breakfast we packed up and headed to pick up that yappy dog, Denna.

We stayed for a while, ate our lunch, and let Hannah and G-pa play for a while (picture included below!).
We headed home, unpacked, and washed the camping smell out of our belongings.
We plan on doing another camping trip next year to visit Michael's Grandfather at another lake, about 4 hours away. Until then I keep catching whiffs of campfire and sunscreen and I get flash backs of sun and sand and I smile.
The smell will fade soon, and all I will have is memories and pictures of Hannah's very first camping trip, and her first time at a beach!
Thanks for reading!

Giga BITES!

2008-08-23T08:18:00.000-07:00

Finally we have our computer back after two trips to the computer shop! Our motherboard fried and took a fan with it. We aren't sure what happened but they think it was a power surge and our cheapo power strip failed in protecting our computer. So now we have a better surge protector, and hopefully it won't happen again.

Hannah has had busy month, we have had play dates and zoo trips and more play dates.
She is 10 months old now, that means only 2 months till her birthday! Which she is having two, one at hubby's mom's house, and one at my dad's. And to top it all off, the next month I have to plan my sister's twin baby shower, we are having it early because, well, twins tend to come early. She seriously looks like she is 6 months pregnant right now, LOL!

Tomorrow we are going up to my Grandmother's for her birthday party, we are going to a restraunt that has a petting zoo and a farm and all that jazz, I think Hannah will like it!

Then next weekend we are going camping with my Step Dad, and step brother and sister. My mom is making a wedding cake so she can't come.
They have a beach where we are going, so this will be Hannah's first camping trip AND her first time at the beach. YIPPEE!

My visit with my friend and her daughter from Kansas was GREAT! I wish they could have stayed longer, but it was getting tough for her to be away from her home, and the baby wasn't taking it well either. But I am so glad the girls got to see each other!!!!!

I will be posting pictures of their visit on myspace because its private.

Well thats about it, I will post pictures from the camping weekend when we get back!

Ta tah for now!

Baby teeth

2008-08-01T08:56:00.001-07:00

Hannah is getting 3 teeth at the same time right now! Two on either side of her top teeth and one on the side of her bottom teeth! This will bring her to a total of 7 teeth! She seems to be taking it well, no fussing or sleepless nights so far.
We went swimming yesterday with my friend P and her daughter M. We had a picnic at the park then went to the pool and before I knew it, it was 6pm! WOW!
Well the pictures above are from the pool, Hannah really wanted the camera, that is what the face is all about. Maybe she will be a shutterbug just like me?
We are planning a zoo trip with the play group so hopefully that goes of with out a hitch and we can go in the next month or so. We have to pick a day that everyone can go, and then we have to arrange to all be there at the same time so we can get the group discount, its kinda stressfull, but I enjoy organizing things like that. I just like to tourture myself I guess! LOL
My best friend, D, is coming on the 9th and staying with her mom and her partner for 2 weeks!! I am so excited! The little girls haven't seen each other since March so it will be neat to see them together again, remember they have the exact same birthday! Its crazy how big they are getting!

Our weekend

2008-07-28T09:00:00.000-07:00

We are back from my Dad's house. My car still has remnants of packed bags and toys scattered about in it cause Daddy was too tired to get it.

We left on Friday to drop Denna (the dog) off at Scott and Carol's house, I met Michael there and we drove to Dad's. Hannah, of course, fell asleep in the car on the way there.
Friday we ate pizza and watched a movie since it was late, and then went to bed. Hannah slept great, surprisingly!
The next day we let Daddy sleep almost till noon! He needed it though. Then we had a big lunch with Grandma and Grandpa, and Aunt Cindy, Dad, Lora, and Shelby. It was nice to see everyone. We later went out to the farm and picked peaches (Hannah's new favorite food).Then later that day Cory (my little brother who towers over me at 6 feet tall), and his girlfriend Kaylee came over. They didn't get to see Hannah cause she was already in bed. Shelby, Kaylee, and I sat up and made/ate brownies and talked about girl stuff.
Then Sunday I left Hannah with her Daddy and her Grandpa, and went to lunch with just the girls. It was nice to get a break, but I felt like I had forgotten something, LOL.
We went home later that day and are now back to our boring lives.

I am going to be keeping my little sister for a week here soon though, which is really exciting!!
I don't know what I am going to do with a 13 year old but I will figure it out! I was 13 at some point.

Tune in next time!
Thanks for reading!

Hannah's photo shoot June 2008

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This was our photo shoot we had done last month. Very happy with the pictures, and hey!, we got them for free, so how much better can you get! If you want me to email you any of them let me know, there are actually a ton more, these were just the best.

Dads or bust

2008-07-24T10:33:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow we are leaving for my dad's house for the weekend. I am kinda stressed about it because Hannah has been sleeping really well and I just KNOW that that isn't going to happen at my dad's house.
They haven't seen Hannah in 2 months and I know that they are excited to see her. She has done so much in the last 2 months, from crawling, to pulling herself up, to saying Mama, and eating different things. Oh and she loves to have her 4 teeth brushed (picture above). She usually smiles while I am doing it. Not sure why she likes to have her teeth brushed, but she does.

I want out of the house... !#$%^&*(%^**"!

I think I am going crazy.

I am singing the curious George theme song constantly, oh and Clifford too!

I think I have seen every episode of Super Why! and Big comfy Couch.

I ate a puff out of Hannah's hand. (She likes to feed you)(it had fuzz on it by the way *gag*)

I haven't been out of my PJ's today

I have only worn a bra 3 out of the last 7 days

I have baby Tylenol in my hair and oatmeal on my pant leg

I need to do the dishes, but Hannah won't nap so that I can (she is sitting in my lap "helping")

Yeah....I really need a mommy break, anyone wanna hold a wiggly 9 month old so that I can take a much needed shower?

Not to mention that the couch medicine that I am on is making me super tired. Hopefully this weekend the "men" can watch the baby, and the "women" and go out and do something!

***DREAMING OF A NAP****

Thanks for reading!

Snot monster no more!

2008-07-21T12:43:00.001-07:00

Finally we are getting over the big cold that we all had!

Hannah is still taking her antibiotics for her ear infection and eye drops for her pink eye, so we aren't out of the woods yet, but its getting better.

These pictures were taken yesterday, the first day she decided that foods other than formula and pedialite where okay to eat. That is a banana by the way, she likes to squish it and THEN eat it, that's my girl!

We had to buy two things of puffs tissues for our little girl since she has been sick. We were wiping her nose constantly to keep it from running into her mouth...*gag*. So her little nose got red and raw with in a day. We had to put vasaline on her upper lip as well.

Well all is better though, her nose isn't running much any more, I might have to wipe it 2 times a day now, but its clear, which means no more infection. Her pink eye is no longer contagious because of the eye drop antibiotics, and her ears seem to not be bothering her as much.

I miss being outside, talking to other mommies, its been almost a week since we caught this nasty bug and I have cabin fever!

I went to eastgate today to pick up some formula from a lady of craigslist (she has 2 sets of triplets!) That was nice, I ended our trip with lunch at bob evans, Hannah enjoyed eating the place mat, and trying to grab everything with-in reach.

Wednesday night is supposed to be really cool so we are going to turn off the AC and open the windows so that we can air out the apartment. We are going to clean like crazy afterward so that we can get rid of this bug once an for all! I have almost gone through another thing of lysol wipes!LOL.

This coming weekend we are going to be staying at my dad's house in Dayton, they only get to see Hannah every so often so they are really really excited! Last time they saw her was in May, for the mother's day luncheon, so its been 2 months.
Then the weekend after that we are going to Michael's dad's work's picnic at a water park near by! I have never been there so I am excited to see it, and I am sure that he is excited to show off his one and only grandbaby!

Thanks for reading!

Down with the sickness

2008-07-17T07:42:00.000-07:00

Well we are ALL sick. Yep, it sucks. Hannah started to get a runny nose about 3 days ago and it turned into pink eye and a double ear infection.

I am not 100% sure where Hannah got this cold but I have a good idea.

Well now daddy and mommy are sick too!

UGH

Its so frustrating to have a sick baby, let alone the whole family.

Hannah woke up feeling better this morning but the night before that was HORRIBLE! She slept maybe 2 hours. She was having trouble breathing and she would wake up coughing, we had to put her in bed with us to get her to sleep.

Last night was better, she only woke up at 2am then slept till 7:30.

She still will not eat though. She will drink a few sips of bottle here and there, but she doesn't want much to do with food.

The picture was taken after Michael had taken off work cause he was feeling bad, and took a nap, and miss Hannah fell asleep too. So they napped for about half an hour like that. My poor babies:(

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I just found out that my best friend is coming back to Cincy next month for 2 weeks!! YIPPEE! I get a whole day with her, I am sooooo excited! Her daughter and Hannah have the exact same birthday, different hospitals, and different times of birth. We met getting our hair cut when the girls where about a month old and were together almost every day till she had to move to Kansas in March. I miss her sooo much.

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Well thats about it, I have to go force this poor baby to take some nasty medication, and eye drops.

Thanks for reading!

Double Trouble

2008-07-11T06:00:00.000-07:00

I haven't really told anyone yet, so this is the first post about it.

We found out about 2 weeks ago that my sister is pregnant! And yesterday was her ultrasound, and they found out that she is having TWINS!

She already has a 9 year old, a 7 year old, and a 14 month old! They thought they were done with the last little guy and my sister got rid of EVERYTHING baby. So now she is going to need twice as much!

These babies will bring her family to a grand total of 7! WOW!

She is still in shock. She was in shock that she was pregnant in the first place, and then to find out that there are TWO! They look like fraternal twins cause they are so far apart, but both hearts are beating, and she is about 7 weeks along! I am so excited!
All this baby news has made hubby and I re-think our baby making plans.

Originally we thought we were done with one, so hubby got a vasectomy.

After talking about it for about a month, before we even knew that my sister was pregnant, we decided that in about 2 years we are going to get pregnant again. We have to do the TESA procedure, which is a lot easier than a reverse vasectomy. They just retreive the little soilders and put them in me when I am ovulating. So in about 2-3 years we are going to add another little one to the mix.

Today we are going to our play group that I formed. About 8 other moms are members, and their kids range from 4 months to 6 years old. We plan on getting together about 2 times a month at the park and talking. Its so nice to talk to other moms, I can only watch so much blue clues, super why, curious george, lazy town, and little einstiens before I go crazy! By the way, I think I have memorized every theme song to those shows!

Well thats it for now!

Thanks for reading!

Mama Mia!

2008-07-09T10:20:00.000-07:00

Hannah has started saying "Ma Ma" on a regular basis now! I am so happy! She really only says it when she is upset though. She also reaches up to be picked up now, which is ADORABLE! She has started to eat things, real food things. Like last night Michael made veggie soup and I fed her peas and carrots and potatoes, she really loved it. And we got her these finger foods called "Puffs" that disolve in her mouth so that she can feed herself. She loves those.

She loves to drink out of her sippy cup, but won't hold it for anything. She won't hold her bottle either. I think its because I nursed her mainly for 7 months so she hasn't had much practice.

On another note, my sister has her first OBGYN appointment today at 2:45pm. So she is going to call me when she is done there. I am so excited for her!! She is still in shock from it all and it still hasn't hit her that she is pregnant. I got a high chair and excersaucer for her free , and she got a crib from her in-laws that they had saved from her first baby. And if she has a girl, I have clothes for her from Hannah. But other than that, she has gotten rid of EVERYTHING because her little guy was supposed to be her last one. oops! LOL.

Well I have a baby yelling "ma ma" from her jumparoo, so I better go.

Thanks for reading!!

Sleeping the World away

2008-07-08T03:53:00.000-07:00

Hannah is 8 months, 3 weeks, and 1 day old today.

The past week has been a terrible mess with Hannah's sleeping habits! I don't know what to do any longer. I have totally went against things that I swore I would never do as a parent to try to fix this and NOTHING is working.

She won't go to sleep unless you are feeding, holding, or rocking her. And the SECOND you lay her down she wakes up and cries. We have tried leaving her in the crib to cry for 10 minutes at a time (something I swore I would never do), and that only makes her angry, and so upset that she can't go back to sleep because she is hickup crying.
We tried putting her to bed earlier, puting her to be later, we have a bedtime routine: bath at 8, bottle, bed. Nothing is working.
Night before last she went to bed at 8pm, and slept till 7:30am. That was GREAT! I was so happy, but this morning she woke up at 6am! YEAH! 6 AM! I don't function that early!
We put a dark blanket over her window to keep it dark in her room, and that helped for all of about a day.
She just seems to be waking up earlier and earlier. A month ago she would sleep til 9am and now she is getting up at 6am! I don't get it!
She has 4 teeth and didn't do this with any of those teeth, so I don't think its teething. She doesn't have a fever, isn't congested, has a clean diaper, full belly.
She is in her swing right now, at 6:58am. She is fussing. I don't know what to do.
Well I am going to go get her before she starts to wake up Daddy, who has to get up in 45 minutes to go to work....I hope I can get a nap today!
Thanks for reading....

Hannah's first Fourth of July!

2008-07-05T08:50:00.001-07:00

Hannah's FIRST Fourth of July!

Well it was raining, alllll day practically! So there wasn't much outside activity. We slept in in the morning then went over to "The Farm" which really isn't a farm, just a house with a BIG yard, LOL. But I guess it used to be a farm, so they call it "The Farm".
Hannah got to visit with Grands and Great-Grands. Everyone got to love on her, I think. Then we went back to G-ma and G-pa's house and played with some toys till we got too tired and wanted to go home. But she had a lot of fun, infact....

She had so much fun, she decided that she didn't want to sleep through the war like BOMBING outside! She stayed up till about 11pm then finally crashed and slept through the rest.
She got to see her first fireworks which kinda scared her, but once I covered her ears and let her just watch she seemed to like it.

For her first fourth of July I think it was a good one...we will do it again next year, of course.

OH and on another note, not to do with the fourth of july....my sister is pregnant with her fourth baby! YIPPEE!! We are all excited, and very VERY much suprised, but its a good suprise.

Thats it, thanks for reading!

The Fourth of July

2008-07-03T10:02:00.001-07:00

Tomorrow is Hannah's first fourth of July celebration! Today we are going to hubby's co-worker's party after work, and tomorrow is a grill out at G-mom and G-Dad's house, then fire works at home.

We are so excited!! I am wondering how she will react to the fireworks though. She doesn't seem to mind storms so maybe they will be facinating to her.

Yesterday we had a picnic with a couple moms I met around the area. T is 27 and her daughter is 10 months old. And E is 26 and her daughter is almost 8 months.

We are planning on going to the park once a week or trying to do something else, but at try to get together once a week. None of us have any other mom friends with kids our babies age. So its nice to have play dates.

The picture is from the play date yesterday!

Hannah is sick :(

2008-06-28T08:23:00.000-07:00

Yep, you heard right...

Hannah is sick for the first time in her 8 months of life.

She refused to take a nap yesterday so that's why I thought she was fussy, and she was a little warm, which I thought might be from teething, so I gave her some Tylenol and we went out to eat and shopping with her G-mom, she got 3 new outfits from G-mom (thanks Carol!).

When we got back she felt exceptionally warm so I took her temperature and it was 101.6. So I freaked out, that's the highest temp she has EVER had. I called her doctor and made an appointment and they wanted me there that day, so all in all, they said that she has a virus. Just give her Tylenol and keep her hydrated.

She is a happy camper for being sick. She has her moments where she just wants mommy but she is content.

And here is the KICKER! Last night when I was holding her daddy went to reach for her and she buried her face in my chest and looked back at him and said, plain as day, "MA MA!" We got so excited!!!!!!!

Hannah's first Blog

2008-06-26T10:46:00.000-07:00

Hannah is 8 months 1 week and 3 days old today. She weighed 20.1lbs and was 27 inches long at her doctors appointment a week ago. She is a BIG girl!

Here is how Hannah came to be...(minus the dirty details)

September 2003

I had lived accross the street from Michael's family for 3 years I think, and I needed someone to take the extra movie ticket I had, cause my friend canceled on me. So I asked him. It ended up not being a good day for him, so 2 weeks later he asked me out to see a movie, we saw Matchstick men (good movie). The whole movie I wanted to hold his hand (aww puppy love) but I didn't, and he now says that he wanted to too, but didn't.

So that night we decided to start dating, it was the 17th I think.

February 14, 2004

It was valentines day and I hadn't gotten ANYTHING from him, we had been dating 6 months, so I figured I would get something at least. Well it was 7 pm and I was at work, and got called into the office (I thought I was in trouble). There was Michael, all dressed up, with a little black ring box in his hand, he said something ( I really don't remember) but the jist of it was that he wanted to marry me! WOW! Of course I said YES! And then I had to go back to work!

May 29th, 2005

WE GOT MARRIED!!!! It was WONDERFUL! We had a beautiful outdoor wedding at joyce park.

September 2006

Well we got pregnant, YEY....right? We were very excited! Then I when I was coming up on 12 weeks and I lost the baby... yeah thats all for that story.

February 22nd 2007

I thought maybe that I was pregnant, cause I felt nausious just smelling Mother in laws coffee, I LOVE COFFEE! So I took a test, then took another just to make sure, and well......

I WAS PREGNANT!

I had a great pregnancy, a couple false alarms and some serious heart burn, but nothing bad.

October 16th, 2007

SHE IS HERE!!!

7lbs 8oz and 19 1/2 inches long

October 19th, 2007 at 4:50pm

15 hours of labor, an epidural, and some stitches

I just remember thinking that she is perfect. Every finger and toe, every hair on her head, every single inch of her, PERFECT! Oh and that she looked like her daddy! LOL

We stayed in the hospital for 3 days because I was nursing and they wanted to make sure she was eating well.

We went home with my in-laws in tow so they could help me get settled, I forget what hubby was doing.

Denna (our dog) stayed with my in-laws for a couple months after Hannah got home, it was COLD and hard to take the dog out while a baby was fussing, and we were on the 3rd floor apartment (still are, just diffrent place, LOL)

I remember when I brought her home thinking "now what? What do I do?" We got the hang of it though.

And she is still alive so I am guessing we are doing okay.

And that is how Hannah came to be!

Blog ya later!

Pictures of Hannah

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