Twas the Days Before Christmas

This year getting ready for Christmas and all that the festivities was completely different than last year. I say it a lot, but a year ceratinly does make a difference. We spent a lot of the Christmas holiday's with family. Hannah like the tree, loved touching the ornaments that she knew she wasn't supposed to touch and would try fairly often, especially when we had visitors. We did eventually move the ornaments up the tree, out of reach of little hands.

We went to spend some time at my parents house while they had my neices over to bake cookies. We didn't help with the cookies, but Hannah did dress the part like her cousins did. The apron is an apron from some stuffed animal.

I love these p.j.'s, we got them from Wes' cousins who live in Australia. I couldn't wait to put htem on her, we got them during their "Christmas". She was truely "Santa's Helper".

I love this face. I don't know where she learned to make that face, but she has done it since she was real little. It's really cute. Wes said that she has seen me do it, I don't know about that, but this little girl is so adorable and yes, I know she is mine.

We did Christmas with Wes' family a few days before Christmas. She didn't care so much about the actual presents that she received, but LOVED the ribbon. She held onto that ribbon and walked around the room over and over and over again. Tell me again why we spent all that money on the "real" girfts?



Resting after "wrapping" that ribbon aroudn the room.

Remembering the Good Old Days

Hannah climbed into this car seat while we were at church. I think she was remanicing of the good old days of when she was in an infant carseat. She grew out of hers so quickly. She stayed in it for a while before climbing back out.

Just chillin' in the seat. Oh those were the days!

So Much to be Thankful For

This was Hannah's first Thanksgiving. It was so much fun to have her. We stayed home this year and spent Thanksgiving with my family. We went to my grandmother and Aunt's house. Everything was really good. Hannah was full of herself as usual. She wasn't having any part of a nap, but we certainly did try. She walked around the house and everyone took a turn on folling her around making sure she wasn't getting into anything she wasn't supposed to.

This is a picture of my mom, Grandmother (Nana, who is 90), Hannah and I. We have to take advantage of these precious moments! Hannah has amazing women to look up to.

We take a picture of Hannah with her great grandmother every time we visit her. We try to visit her as much as possible.
I love this picture of Hannah. She stopped for 2 seconds and the camera actually worked fast enough to take this picture. I just love my little "monkey".

Little Ladybug

Hannah was a ladybug on Halloween. She was super cute and didn't seem to mind being dressed up. We took her to our neighbors house in the cul de sac. With help she walked up to the houses and knowcked on the door. She had a good time. Both sets of grandparents were here to enjoy the fun. We know next year will be even more fun.

Hutto Parade, waiting

Every year the chity of Hutto has Hutto Olde Tyme Days. It includes a parade and then there a ton of booths that you can walk around. The whole family went to the parade. Hannah really liked the parade and would wave to people as they went buy. She would even wave when there was a lull in the parade and no one was in front of us. Here are a few pictures of Hannah and cousins waiting for the parade.

Kayla who is 4 held Hannah first and Hannah was just in aww of their stroller. Kalya is such a sweet girl and is so sweet with Hannah and gets so excited when Hannah does something new.

Hannah with Lindsey her older cousin. At 7 doing bunny ears is really funny. Hannah loves Lindsey. She will just talk to Lindsey, smile and kick her legs when Lindsey comes in the room and talks to her.

Haley, who is 2 had to hold Hannah because her sisters had held Hannah. Haley is really sweet with Hannah. I hope that they will be good friends when they get older.

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the pumpkin patch. Hannah wasn't real sure what to think about the pumpkins or what to do with them. She was a big fan of the hay though. But she did get to wear her new bow and shirt with a pumpkin on it and looked super cute.

You can't tell in this picture that she has a piece of hay sticking out of her mouth like a little farmer girl. We did have to eventually take it out before she swallowed it. I think she liked the hay much more than the pumpkins. Maybe next year will be different.

Hannah wasn't sure what to think of the pumpkins. Hannah wasn't going to give us a smile, but it's still cute.



Hannah waving at me while taking the camera.



Our latest family picture.

10 months old

Hannah is 10 months and this picture shows it all. She really didn't want Daddy taking her picture, plus it was bed time. Hannah is growing and changing all the time, it is hard to keep up with all that she is doing from one month to the next. Hannah lets go of whatever she is holding onto and stands in place for a bit and she is also taking steps. She took 12 steps on Monday (10/19/09). She is just becoming more and more brave all of the time. Hannah has such a sweet spirit about her. She will just pat and pat you on your back, this she has been doing for a while now. I love getting her up in the morning, she is so happy and so excited to start her day. I usually sing a little song to her and she just bounces and claps her hands. Hannah is constantly talking, what she is saying I am not sure. She will say Daddy and Mama, mostly daddy. Hannah has the wave down and will really get it going when she gets excited. She has said "bye bye" a time or two. When I took her to the doctor on 10/20/09 she weighed in at 25 pounds. And then flu shot didn't make her cry it was afterwards when the nurse wiped it before putting the bandage on it. She didn't cry long and was a very good girl for the whole thing. Hannah is a very, very active baby. Sitting still doesn't come very often, usually only at naps or night time. Hannah doesn't leave her socks or shoes on while in the car, taking her socks off is a new thing that she has learned and will clap because she is just so proud of herself. Hannah is starting to notice people she doesn't know and will put her head down on whoever is holding her like she is shy. She does warm up after a bit. Hannah has also learned to stick out her tongue courtesy of her dad. Hannah loves her cousins. She just lights up and tries to crawl after them as quickly as possible. Hannah will just play and talk with her cousins when they are around. Hannah loves music. She will dance when the phone rings or music comes on the tv or we sing. We can't say enough how much we love Hannah and how grateful we are that Hannah is in our lives. She has changed our world and we wouldn't change that for anything. Hannah is an incredibly sweet and loving baby.