Children's museum

Kelly, Hannah I went to a museum here in town this past Sat. that has a great 2 story children's area. Both Kelly and I have taken our students here for field trips each year, so I am so excited that now Hannah and I get to enjoy it.

Hannah loved this little tunnel and we eventually had to fish her out of there or else she might have just stayed there all day.

I will be so sad when this is a real school bus taking my baby to school, but for now we can just play in the pretend bus.
In the water room they have a bubble wall where you can blow huge bubbles. They also have a bubble contraption where you can stand inside a bubble and pull the bubble up and over your body. We tried to get Hannah in it but she was much more interested in putting her hands in the soapy water. Kelly was able to get a bubble from under her feet almost up to her head!
We played on the water table and had rubber duckie races. Hannah loved trying to catch the ducks as they floated past her.

Here are Kelly and Hannah playing music on the giant piano. Hannah did not weigh quite enough to make the keys play music, so we had to help out a bit.

Learning to milk a cow...you gotta learn these things early in life.

Her first school lesson.

Trying to show Hannah how to use a wash board made me VERY thankful for my washer and dryer!

Churn that butter little baby!

Anyway, we had a great time. Thanks for going with us Kelly, it was so fun! And, if you ever come and visit us we can always go back to this museum. With my membership I can take 6 visitors with me for free each and every time I go! How great of a deal is that!

Mother's Day top 10 list

You know your a mom when...

10. You can't find your cordless phone, so you ask a friend to call you, and you run around the house madly, following the sound until you locate the phone downstairs in the laundry basket.

9. Your idea of a good day is making it through without a child leaking bodily fluids on you.

8. Your favorite television show is a cartoon.

7. You're willing to kiss your child's boo-boo, regardless of what body part it happens to be on.

6. You're so desperate for adult conversation that you spillyour guts to the telemarketer that calls and HE hangs up on YOU!

5. Spit is your number one cleaning agent.

4. You hide in the bathroom to be alone.

3. Your kid throws up and you catch it.

2. You have time to shave only one leg at a time.

1. You're up each night until 11 PM vacuuming, dusting, wiping,washing, drying, loading, unloading, shopping, cooking,driving, flushing, ironing, sweeping, picking up, changingsheets, changing diapers, bathing, helping with homework, paying bills, budgeting, clipping coupons, folding clothes, putting to bed, dragging out of bed, brushing, chasing,buckling, feeding (them, NOT you), PLUS swinging, playing baseball, bike riding, pushing trucks, cuddling dolls, rollerblading, basketball, football, catch, bubbles, sprinklers, slides, nature walks, coloring, crafts, jumpingrope, PLUS raking, trimming, planting, edging, mowing, gardening, painting, and walking the dog. You get up at5:30 AM and you have no time to eat, sleep, drink or go to the bathroom, and yet ... you still managed to gain 10 pounds.

I LOVE being a mother! It is absolutely the best job around! Happy Mother's day to you all.
Love,
Jennifer, Jason, Hannah, and Molly

Our little tiger

It's official, we have a little tiger! Seriously though, is this not the cutest little Auburn outfit that you have ever seen?! Aunt Amy made this for Hannah and we think it is adorable!
After being a teacher, I am not a big fan of girls wearing pants with words written across their backsides (that is a whole different story though)...but how cute are these shorts? All rules out the window with these cute things.

Hannah was quite the model yesterday as she tried on the outfits that Aunt Laura made her for her birthday. She looked so cute as she showed them both off. Thanks Aunt Laura!!!
There's that toothy smile again...I love it!

We just had to know...

...where her allegiance lies. Since we have ties to both universities, we need to know at a young age which one she will support. These are important questions, you know.

Uh Oh...this is not what we had in mind!

That's our girl!

The clear winner! War eagle baby, War eagle!

More pizza please!!!

We had dinner with some great friends the other night and had an overall wonderful time. We dined on pizza and salad, but we had no idea that Hannah was the one who enjoyed dinner the most. She had actually already eaten her own dinner, but when she tasted pizza for the first time she went CRAZY!!! She was a little monster going between Jason and I to get bites of our pizza. At one point Jason was trying to eat a piece and she just grabbed another piece off of his plate and shoved it in her mouth. She actually did really well at biting off pieces too. I think we found her new favorite food. As you can see in this picture, she has pizza and grease all over her face and onesie...you gotta love it!

Look who's walking

Hannah decided to pick up walking again today, and hopefully this round will result in trading crawling for walking permanently. This is getting exciting!!!

She also loves to "talk" on the phone. She likes to put it up to her ear and then put it up to ours and hear us talk on the phone. So, you will also see her "talking" on the phone in the video below. Maybe one of these days she can actually talk to friends and family on the phone.

Hannah's hair is not quite long enough to put up in a clip yet (hense the little wisps of bangs). She was not thrilled when I tried to put one in the other day either.


If she could talk she might be saying "you didn't really put that in my hair did you?"

She promptly grabbed the other comb and managed to mess up her hair. She is a girl that does not like bows or clips in her hair...she must be my child!

I can't believe that in less than 2 weeks our sweet girl will be 1 year old! She is such a delightful baby and I enjoy each day with her more and more. I took this picture this morning right after she woke up (hense the messed up hair). She looks so old to me now and is definitely taking on her own little personality. Man, I love this baby!!!!

How to speak "Hannahese"

Happy Birthday Josiah and Halee

Today is my nephew Josiah's 3rd Birthday! His sister, my sweet niece Halee, had her 2nd birthday a few weeks ago on April 4th. So, this is wishing them both the happiest birthdays from Aunt Jen, Uncle Jason, and cousin Hannah. We love you both SO much!

They are 2 of the best kids you will ever meet! And I happen to think their parents are some of the coolest ones around.

I didn't even know

I have a trick that I use when Hannah is being "special" and not eating her food well. I give her the spoon and let her "feed herself." I use that term loosely because I am the one who is putting the food on the spoon and putting it into her mouth. But, since she feels like she is actually doing the work it usually results in her eating her food. Well, last night she surprised me by using the spoon and eating all by herself, and doing it well too. I was shocked! She is not coordinated enough to actually pick up the food with the spoon yet, so I had to do that work, but she did the rest. So, here she is eating her dinner with a spoon.

Happy Day!

We singed a contract on a house today!! We are very excited about this new step in our lives and are a bit overwhelmed (or at least I am) with all that will be thrown at us in the next month. But, in the middle of May we will officially be home owners in a house that we adore.

So, that is our big news for today. The only pictures that I have of the house were taken by the realtors, so unless you want to see those, I will post pictures and videos when we actually get the house.

Here are some cute pictures of Hannah to share too:

Look at this thick, beautiful redish brown hair...I LOVE it!

Let the fun begin

Yes, we have now graduated to the climbing stage of development. Hannah is now attempting to climb on everything including the ottoman, Molly, her chair, the dishwasher, and into the dryer and bathtub. She actually almost made it into the bathtub by herself. It was a bit scary but thankfully I caught her in time.

On the walking front, Hannah is making great strides (he, he). She is attempting to walk a lot now but is still pretty off balance. It is really cute to see her determination though. I will try and get some video of it soon. I think she will be good to go in about 1-2 weeks, just in time for her 1st birthday!!! YAH!

Such a helper

Have you ever struggled to get that one last little sock in the back of the dryer? Well, that is where Hannah comes in extremely handy. She LOVES to help and get all the things out of the dryer, including the lint pieces...ICK. For some reason the dryer fascinates her. As long as it leads to folded clothes I don't mind at all.