Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Uh-Oh! and Kisses

One of Hannah's new phrases is "Uh-Oh!". She tends to exaggerate the "Uh" as that's a new sound for her, so it's quite funny to hear her say it. Since this is a new phrase to her, it's one of her favorites so we hear it several times during the day, like this morning...

We started working on boundaries with Hannah when she became mobile, and she generally excels at obeying. Therefore, we decided to move her from the crib to a toddler bed about three months ago. Since the move, she's only gotten out of bed a two or three times without permission. This morning, I awoke to the sound of little footsteps coming down the hall. When I opened my eyes to see her and asked "What are you doing in here?", her response was "Uh-Oh!". It's so hard to discipline her when she's so terribly cute!

Here's a picture of her in the toddler bed a few days after the move... She's using her favorite stuffed animal, Hippo, as her pillow.


Another favorite activity for Hannah is giving kisses. If you're near enough to her, you'll probably be lucky enough to have one planted on you. Otherwise, she'll blow you a kiss. Here's some pictures of her about to give a kiss...










Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Summer 2009

First Popsicle... First Time in the pool....
First Smore...


Our little cowgirl...



At Saunder's Springs...



This summer has been another busy season for our little family. We've hosted a Harry Potter marathon and two pool parties, traveled to Steve's graduation celebrations in Denton, Texas, visited parents and siblings in Louisville, Radcliff, and Somerset, KY multiple times, visited grandparents and extended family in Ohio, attended the end of Summer Bummer party at church, went to several drive-in movies, cruised the Hwy 127 sales, plus much more!

Meanwhile Hannah has had a growth spurt so after almost a year and a half of facing the rear of the car, we were able to turn her carseat around to face the front as she finally reached that elusive 20 pound mark. She's also recently added walking on her own to her skills, and spends most of her days walking circles around the room(s). Her vocabulary is exploding too, both spoken and signed. She now says "gall" for ball, "gah-er" for water", "at" for cat, "et" for eat", "all done", "all gone", "baby", "mommy", "daddy", "Josh", "hi", "bye, bye", "oh", "oww", "Mimi". She can sign ball, please, bird, drink, water, mommy, daddy, baby, eat, thank you, flower, all done, wash (hands), fish, dog. She makes the animal sounds of "meow", "woof", "quack".

More info to come!