Silly girl

These are some videos of Hannah doing some silly new things. In the first one she is walking all over her room with her blanket covering her head. This is a fun new game for her and she loves to come crashing into me after walking around the room.

Last night she started spinning uncontrollably and thought it was great. When we told her to spin she would go off spinning until she could no longer stand up. It was pretty funny!

We are headed out of town this weekend to see Papaw and Granny. Jason and I will celebrate our 7th wedding anniversary on Monday. So we will actually take the opportunity to go out and celebrate tomorrow night when we can go out as adults and leave Hannah to be spoiled by grandparents. Double YAH!

Finally finished painting...

...well, upstairs at least. We finished the loft, bathroom, and office last night and I have to say it looks pretty good. We also hung some pictures which makes it look that much nicer. It really is amazing what some white paint will do for you. The people before us painted all the trim and doors either brown (YIKES) or an off white/cream. So, once we got white on it now it looks totally different, and better in my opinion.
This is in the loft (playroom) above Hannah's little play table. Just look past the blue painting tape, I still had some touch up to do when I took these pictures.

We hung 2 pictures in Hannah's room and it really made all the difference in the way the room looked. Don't mind the half naked baby or the books all over the floor either.
Kelly made the "H" on the wall for us and gave it to us this week. It was perfect for that wall and completed the room. She also made a "C" for little Caleb and it hangs in his room. She is such a great friend and "aunt."

Hanging out with friends

Last night we all went to Crystal and Kevin's house for a fajita dinner with the babies and good friends. I always have such a great time with Kelly and Crystal! Jason and Kevin where there too, which was great. We hung out in the backyard for a little while soaking up the cool weather until it started sprinkling. Hannah looks a bit out of it in this picture. I guess you can't expect to ever get 3 adults and 2 babies to all look good at one time for the camera can you?
Kevin, CJ, and Crystal
I love this little guy...his dimples could melt my heart!

We had some fun on the trampoline. Although Hannah really was just interested in how to get off of it so she could go see the dog.


The kids played on the kitchen floor for awhile and we tried to get a good shot of the 2 of them together. The think the above shot is the best one.At one point Hannah just bent down and kissed Caleb! Oh yah...she clearly knew what she was doing. It was pretty funny! And, when we asked her to do it again she did, many times! I had to warn Jason that his little girl was kissing boys already. Caleb was not impressed either. He actually pushed her face away at one point.

Ready or not...

Auburn football time is just around the corner! We are already gearing up for it around here. Hannah is still sporting the cute outfit Aunt Amy made for her and is ready to watch some Tiger football. She is getting her cheers ready too!

I don't quite know what happened to make Hannah's hair grow so much, but it has "sprouted" this summer! It is now down her neck and curling up at the bottom. I can't quite describe the color of it, but I think it is beautiful. It seems to be a brownish/dirty blonde with some reddish highlights in it. Anyway, I am absolutely loving it and often can't stop myself from running my fingers through it all day long. However, Hannah stops me and throws my hand away from her head. I guess she doesn't like it when I play with her hair.

Anyway, here it is in all its beautiful glory....

Look at those awesome red highlights.
And yes, it is long enough that I can put it up in a smallish ponytail. The sides aren't long enough yet, but it is cute none the less.

Some fun tricks

I finally got a video of Hannah walking backwards. She loves to do this especially right before bed when she gets kind of hyper. Why is that babies get hyper right before bedtime anyway?!?!

And this one is a fun thing that she does with Zoey. The other day Jason told her that Zoey might be thirsty and need some milk. So, she promptly went over, got the milk and proceeded to feed it to Zoey. So cute!! Anyway, I got it on video yesterday. If you listen closely at the beginning you can hear Hannah say "milk" as she goes to get it.

I love that she is learning all of these things and seems to be picking up new things each day. She has quite a list of things that she says now including: Dada, Mama, Molly, dog, milk, bottle, bellybutton, ball, and Bob (from Veggie Tales). I love listening to her talk and try to imitate the things we say. The best is when she watches us make the "l" sound with our mouths and then she walks around sticking her tongue out and making a very exaggerated "l" sound.

New baby seat

Hannah has found a new favorite place to sit...on Molly! Sorry these pictures are so grainy but I snapped them with my phone. The past few days she has LOVED sitting on Molly's side. I really do feel so bad for sweet Molly, she takes so much abuse from Hannah and still just loves on her.
It is kind of sad sometimes because Hannah will go to sit on Molly's side and miss and sit on her head instead. It is a rude awakening when Molly is asleep on the floor too! But, Molly just gets up (sometimes rather quickly) and goes to lay down somewhere else.


Hannah got up and went to get her blanket and came and sat back down....sweet kids!!!

National Geographic Exhibit

I took Hannah to the local kids museum which we love! It has a new exhibit called "National Geographic Maps" which is here for only a short time. It was awesome! Jason had actually taken her there before, but I had not seen it yet. It has tons of interactive things for kids and Hannah could have stayed there for hours playing.
Laura and Amy - we will have to go to this when you guys come...it is great!
The firetruck is actually not apart of the National Geographic exhibit but it is in a fun room on the kids discovery side that Hannah always enjoys.
They have tons of these computer set ups with various map games and activities. Obviously Hannah cannot play the games but she loved rolling the ball and pressing the button randomly. Since there are about 40 of these stations around the room (no joke) she wanted to sit in ALL of them and play them all.
Here she was looking for sunken treasure.

They have these great activity tables for kids to play on and a pyramid for kids to build and climb on.
Oh, and then there was the airplane. This is a HUGE cockpit for kids to play in and Hannah loved playing with all the buttons...
...and steering the plane! We thought of you Papaw while we played with this airplane.

We finished off with Hannah figuring out a weather map. This is one of those cool maps that has a camera on you so you can actually try and be a weatherman while you watch yourself on camera...very fun!
Anyway, we had a blast together at the museum!

We have started to teach Hannah body parts and we have quickly learned which one is her favorite...

Just FYI - the ladder is not a normal toy for Hannah but since we are painting some in her room right now it happened to be in there and she found it fun to play on.

Just loungin' around

I don't have anything really exciting to report today. We are FINALLY beginning to paint the house. We have started in Hannah's room and 3 nights later we are almost done. The funny thing is we were only painting trim, the doors, and the closet. It is just a bunch of detail work though so it has taken awhile.

We went to a Sunday School party tonight and Hannah was wondering all over creation. She normally is clingy to us in situations with a bunch of people, but she was off to the races tonight checking out all the new people, toys, and food.

I snapped this picture the other day as she was rolling on the floor of her room. I think she really is beginning to look so old. She is definitely out of the "baby face" stage and on to looking like quite the little toddler. Cute, cute!!!

At it again

Here are our crazy kids at it again...they can't ever get enough of each other!

Big time reading

Hannah loves to read things, especially "grown up" things like our mail. Any chance she gets to read mail is like a huge treat for her. So, here she is deciphering our insurance statement.

Poll update: I think we have decided to name the baby doll Zoey and the dog Alfredo. Even though Pugs technically won several people suggested that we could compromise by using one of each name. Although I have to say that my husband, *ahem* cheated in the poll! If you read the comments he said that he garnered support from the Italian Embasy and the Pope. Well what that really meant was that he went down to the library on campus, logged onto several computers and voted for himself on each one. Oh yes, he certainly cheated! I am glad that he is not an ethics professor or we might really have a problem. But, I was so pleased to see that even with his "extra support" Zoey and Pugs still won! :)

Anyway, on to much more important things, like our incredibly adorable baby! Here she was the other night enjoying her spaghetti dinner. Man this stuff get messy though!

This is what we affectionately call her "monkey face." She does it all the time and we think it is SO cute. She loves to do this face while she is reading a book so it makes all of her sounds very silly. Anyway, I am glad I finally caught this face on camera.

We need your help...

We have a dilema. Jason and I do not agree on what we should name Hannah's new doll and dog. Can you help us?
Jason has proposed we name the baby Alfonso and the dog Alfredo. No, really, I am being serious. He has called them that so much that Hannah now goes and gets "Alfonso" when Jason asks her where "he" is. You laugh now, but it's the truth!
I propose that we name the baby Zoey and the dog Pugs. I have explained that the baby is a girl, but Jason is not buying it. So, you decide for yourself.
I have put some pictures up of the baby both unclothed (how she is most of the time) and clothed for you to see what she looks like. You can vote on the right.

New baby dolls

Well, after last weekend at Papaw and Granny's house we decided that we did in fact need to buy Hannah a doll of her own. So, we went this past week and bought her a doll at Target. In short, she LOVES it! We made sure to buy her a bit of a smaller doll since Granny's doll was a bit heavy for her to carry around. Now, she carries hers around with ease. Apparently she does not like clothes on the baby since she ripped them off immediately and will not allow me to put them back on. Maybe she thinks the white body of the doll is the outfit.

For some reason she loves to put her doll on her car and drive her around. Evidently the doll likes the car...
Don't worry that Hannah is riding backwards on her car...we're working on that. Apparently she thinks that is how you should ride in the car. Maybe that is because she rode backwards for a year in the car. Just a thought.
We got another doll this week too. My mom brought my cabbage patch doll from when I was a kid when she came out this week. It was funny for me to see that doll since I had not seen it in years. Anyway, Hannah had to get used to it a bit. It is about as big as she is (no joke) and has TONS of hair. But, Hannah has warmed up to it. The funniest thing about this doll are it's feet. I must not have noticed them when I was a kid, but take a closer look at these things. I know about the whole cankle thing (calf and ankle) but what do you call it when the feet are as small or smaller than the calf?!?! YIKES! Anyway, we have gotten some good laughs this week from this old doll of mine. Another one to add to the collection here.

The only problem with dolls in our house can be summed up in one word....Molly! Anyone who has been around her for long knows she loves to rip/tear/shread anything and everything, including baby dolls. So, Hannah is now having to fend Molly off to keep her baby doll intact. It provides some nice comic relief for Jason and I, but Hannah is not always amused. Watch for yourself. P.S. - don't pay attention to Hannah's hair, it has a mind of it's own!