Monday, August 27, 2012

Faces

My favorite!
Thought I would share some more pics of Hannah and how often she sticks out her tongue.  As you can tell she is drooling a bunch too.  

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Love

Yesterday morning we were hanging out on the couch in our pj's.  Luke wanted to hold Hannah for a bit.  He was making funny faces and noises to get her to laugh and then it got quiet for a minute.  Luke looked at me and said, "Mom, I love her......a whole lot."  And then he gave Hannah a kiss.  I had big tears in my eyes.  It was the sweetest moment.  I love them SO much!!!

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Tongue

This is a new development over the last few days.  It's SO funny!  

Date Night

One night while Luke was in Topeka with Grandma and Grandpa J., Hannah spent the evening with Grandma and Grandpa H. so that Troy and I could have a date night.  I thought it would be fun to go to Myriad Gardens and play around with our new camera.  Of course it was over 100 degrees so it was a bit hot but we still had fun.  We went to dinner at Big Truck Tacos first--so good.  Because of the heat they weren't too many people there.  We took turns taking pictures and just talking.  It was a wonderful date because we really had a good chance to talk and do something we enjoy together, take pictures.  We managed to figure out the timer on the camera and even got a pretty good pic of the two of us.







 See the spider?

Last Half of July

The everyday life of the last half of July.
 July 16: Luke is super into forts right now.  They take up his whole room.
 July 16: Luke really enjoys feeding Hannah
 July 20: Hannah volunteered to drive for Troy since he was tired
 July 26: Putting together and riding the new big wheel he got for his birthday from Grandpa and Grandma H.
 July 29: Playing together in pj's is always fun
 July 29: Playing in the spriklers
 July 30: Favorite activity--crawling on the coffee table shelf (I know it's blurry; she doesn't hold still long enough)
July 31: Mom and Luke date day at the Science Center.  Luke volunteered to go up on stage, rode on a Segway and his favorite was watching the balls go through the metal chutes.

1st Half of July

I didn't blog much about everyday life in July.  Here's some pics from the first half of July.  It was super hot again this year so if we were outside it was most likely to be in the pool or in the evening when it was a smidge cooler.  
 July 3: Cooling off in the pool
 July 4: We had a chill morning and then Grandpa, Grandma, Kristi and Wesley came over for dinner and fireworks.  Hannah enjoyed a nap with Grandpa while the rest of us did some fireworks in the backyard.
 July 6: Cooling off in the pool with Dad and Grandpa J.
 July 7: The super cute outfit Hannah got in from my cousin
 July 8: Hanging out as a family after a crazy birthday weekend
 July 12: Matching girls watching Luke play in the pool 
 July 13: Enjoying all the new birthday Legos
July 14: Wearing 12 month pj's
July 15: Horsey ride

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

8 Months Old


Hannah is 8 months old today!  This has been a very busy month.  Just as predicted, she is into everything!  Her personality continues to reveal itself which is great fun.  New traits or maybe ones I haven't mentioned before include determination, a very strong mind of her own, and a silly quirkiness.

*Schedule: Again not much change from last month.  It goes something like this: up between 8 and 9 with a very short feeding shortly after; about 10:30 eat again and take about an hour nap although this nap is sometimes her long nap of the day now and can be 2+ hours; eat lunch when that nap is over; nurse again sometime between 2 and 3 depending on the morning nap and then another nap--this nap varies greatly in length again depending on the morning--sometimes it's very short, 30 minutes, and sometimes quite long, over 2 hours; she will nurse once before dinner ususally around 5-5:30; we all eat dinner together between 6-6:30; she nurses again around 8 and takes about a 30 minute nap (I've tried so hard to cut this nap out but it just doesn't work.); then she's ready for her final feeding somewhere between 10 and 11 and then it's off to bed.  This past month she has been waking up around 1 am about 2-3 nights a week.  Sometimes she cries herself back to sleep and sometimes I get up and feed her again.

*Stats: She was 18 lb 3 oz and 27 inches long at her 6 month check-up.  This put her in the 75-90% for height and 90-95% for weight.  I just weighed and measured her this morning.  According to my scale she weighs right at 20 pounds and is between 28-29 inches long.  She is now wearing all 9 month size clothes.  All of the 6 month stuff is put away.  Pajamas are now 12 month size and the brands that run small are starting to get tight.  Her hair is continuing to get longer although we still get many comments about her lack of hair.  It is still very light in color and sometimes there is a hint of red.  Her eyes are still blue.  

*Food: Hannah is still really enjoying solid food and she has solid meals twice a day--stage 2 foods.  About 3 weeks ago she started eating puffs and about 1 week ago she started eating yogurt melts; she LOVES both of them.  Last Sunday I tried giving her very soft pieces of banana expecting her to really like it--not so much.  I don't think she liked the texture much.  I am still predicting that Hannah will be a much more adventurous eater than Luke.  I don't think it will be too long before she's eating real foods.

*Activities: Hannah's favorite activity is still exploring.  Crawling has definitely opened a new world for her and she is not afraid to try anything.  Hannah is way more inquisitive/adventurous than Luke ever was--she knows where all the cords are in the family room--sigh; she loves, and I mean loves, crawling on the bottom shelf of the coffee table; she loves to escape and see how far she can go before we reign her back.  Thankfully independent play has become more dominant although at night she still likes to have Troy or I on the floor with her.  A new funny development--fake coughing--it's really so cute and I think Hannah knows she gets attention when she does it.  Another very fun new activity is giving kisses, open-mouthed, slobbery kisses--it's the sweetest!  Hannah is now reaching to be held and responding immediately to her name.  The exersaucer has become more of a containment device if I need to be out of the room for an extended time period rather than a place to play.  Hannah is also having great fun interacting more with Luke.  A recent favorite is Luke building towers for her to knock over.  

*Mobility:  So not only is Hannah crawling everywhere she is now pulling up to standing.  Troy and I were talking the other night and decided she will be walking within two months--right around the time Luke started crawling.  Their differences amaze me!  One similarity they share is the speed they both have/had when crawling.  Hannah is pretty much comfortable with all the new stuff she's learned but she has yet to figure out how to sit down once she's pulled up.  It makes her so frustrated.  She screams at the top of her lungs until someone helps her sit back down.

*Favorites: I continue to be Hannah's favorite person but she has a smile for anyone that says hello or interacts with her.  Her seperation anxiety has improved a bit but she is still wary in front of people she doesn't know.  Other favorites:  a new shape sorting toy that sings songs; cups; any sort of tag (this has always been a favorite); banging toys together; blowing bubbles and sticking her tongue out (she recently found it); and pretty much any toy that makes some sort of noise.  Maggie is also a new fascination since Hannah can crawl to her--poor Maggie though because Hannah likes to pull her hair.  Luke is also a huge favorite and she likes to play peek-a-boo especially with Troy as they crawl around the couch.  One other favorite I've noticed since she's no longer sleeping in her bouncer is her sleeping position--on her tummy with her knees tucked under her so her butt is straight up in the air.  It's SO cute. 

*Noises/Talking:  Of course Hannah still isn't saying any words although more people have heard her say "momma" and are pretty convinced she knows what she's saying.  Hannah's range of noises is super impressive.  She is still constantly jabbering and in general just making different noises.  My favorite would have to be, "Ahh, ba."  She repeats that over and over and over.

*Events: This last month we enjoyed a few more days of just mom and Hannah time--we did some shopping, figured out pulling up to her knees and then standing, learned how to give kisses, rode in a swing for the first time and started eating some more solid foods.  Hannah enjoyed our trip to Uncle Todd's and Aunt Georgia's--especially the swimming pool.  The next month we have our family vacation scheduled and Luke will start preschool so more time with just mom.

Another quick note for this month--Hannah's nicknames:  Hannahbean, Hannah banana, Miss Hannah, Beautiful, Squeak
I know it's blurry but I love the tongue :)