We have moved into a new toddler phase in this house... taking clothes off and believe me Hannah is very good at it, all the way down to and including her diaper. A couple weeks ago I went into her room during the time she was "suppose" to be napping. She had her shirt off and a big smile on her face. "Mommy, I'm nighted!" Naked, sweet girl, but very cute.
The other day she was pushing Daryl's t-shirt up and saying, "Daddy's nighted!"
Today's nap time took the cake. I peeked into her room to see if she was sleeping. She had everything from her crib out on the floor, including her clothes and diaper! She was truly nighted today. The experts say I should celebrate her ability. I'm afraid I worry more about the mess that could result.
We are looking forward to a visit from my family starting on Saturday. Jon and Maureen will be flying in then and my parents will arrive on Tuesday. Wednesday we will have a family celebration for Hannah's birthday. Can my baby be 2 already?!?!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
Beach Season 2009 Begins!
This past week has been BEAUTIFUL, perfect weather for the beach and we definitely have a little water/sand bug. For those of you who live in the south, you may not think much of it, but up here the water is a "warm" 53 degrees!!!! Whenever I put my feet in, my ankles ACHE!!! Hannah, on the other hand, will stand, run AND sit in the water. It is a sad time for her when it is time to go.
We started the beach season with a day at Good Harbor beach with our friends Gabriela and Mariana. Mariana is about 3 months younger than Hannah. Gabriela is expecting their second child just about a month before our little Grover is due. It was a really nice morning and we look forward to other beach days with them and some of our other mom and baby friends in the area.
Baby Grover continues to be an active little baby. Today I felt like I was going to have bruises on the inside of my uterus from his/her kicks and rolling. Whenever I make a noise like "ohh, ouch" Hannah is asking "What happened?" (This has been her latest question for everything!) My midwife put in a vote for a boy as the baby's heart rate was below 140. However, I've been told by several ladies in the church that I'm carrying a girl. So bottom line... I might be having a boy and I might be having a girl. Any votes?
And here is the first picture challenge. What do you think Hannah was pretending in these pictures? They actually go together.
Hannah was having a birthday picnic with her animals. There is a little blue birthday cake and the swim diaper on Hannah's head is a birthday hat:-). It was very cute!
We started the beach season with a day at Good Harbor beach with our friends Gabriela and Mariana. Mariana is about 3 months younger than Hannah. Gabriela is expecting their second child just about a month before our little Grover is due. It was a really nice morning and we look forward to other beach days with them and some of our other mom and baby friends in the area.
Baby Grover continues to be an active little baby. Today I felt like I was going to have bruises on the inside of my uterus from his/her kicks and rolling. Whenever I make a noise like "ohh, ouch" Hannah is asking "What happened?" (This has been her latest question for everything!) My midwife put in a vote for a boy as the baby's heart rate was below 140. However, I've been told by several ladies in the church that I'm carrying a girl. So bottom line... I might be having a boy and I might be having a girl. Any votes?And here is the first picture challenge. What do you think Hannah was pretending in these pictures? They actually go together.
Hannah was having a birthday picnic with her animals. There is a little blue birthday cake and the swim diaper on Hannah's head is a birthday hat:-). It was very cute!
Monday, May 18, 2009
Happy Birthday, Macy and Uncle Jon!
Hannah was very excited to be able to sing another Happy Birthday song. We missed her cousin's birthday on Friday, so first of all...
She wasn't done after one version and wanted to include Mo. I thought it was appropriate to add this clip, because we have a tape of Jon singing C is for cookie when he was about 6. Enjoy! Happy Birthday, little bro!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MACY!
We hope you had a fabulous day! Can't wait to see you in July!
We hope you had a fabulous day! Can't wait to see you in July!
Uncle Jon, here is your birthday song. We will celebrate with you again when you arrive in less than 2 weeks.
She wasn't done after one version and wanted to include Mo. I thought it was appropriate to add this clip, because we have a tape of Jon singing C is for cookie when he was about 6. Enjoy! Happy Birthday, little bro!
Friday, May 15, 2009
Dee Dee, Tattoos, and one class down!
My little girl continues to develop her imagination which is so fun to see and experience. Yesterday she was sitting in a plastic tub full of blankets which are waiting to go back upstairs into storage.
She said, "mommy, see Dee Dee?"
"Who's Dee Dee?" I asked.
"Right here." She pointed to the empty spot beside her.
An imaginary friend already?!?! (Isn't she a little young?) Later that day she brought her stuffed chick to me and said, "Chick is Dee Dee." So apparently, Dee Dee has taken the shape of her animal and Dee Dee continues to be her name. We have no idea where she came up with the name Dee Dee.
Several days ago she was coloring and writing with a pen at the table. She asked me to come see her "tattoo." What?!? She pointed to a couple pen marks on her hand. "See mommy, my tattoo! It is a guitar." She's not waiting until she's a teenager to pick this battle. I'm not sure what grandma would think of her 2 year old granddaughter sporting a tattoo. I'm not sure I'M ready for that!
Here are some recent pictures of Hannah playing dress-up with some of my clothes.
This is froggy. Not sure if it is "Bridal Froggy" or "Froggy heads to Arabia." I'm sure Hannah told me, but I don't remember. I need to write these things down as soon as she tells me.
Last, but definitely not least, I'm so proud of Daryl for finishing his first class in computer software design. He has done AWESOME with his projects and appears to really enjoy what he is learning. He is speaking a language that I don't understand, but apparently the computer does because it does what he asks it to. Way to go, honey! Love you!
She said, "mommy, see Dee Dee?"
"Who's Dee Dee?" I asked.
"Right here." She pointed to the empty spot beside her.
An imaginary friend already?!?! (Isn't she a little young?) Later that day she brought her stuffed chick to me and said, "Chick is Dee Dee." So apparently, Dee Dee has taken the shape of her animal and Dee Dee continues to be her name. We have no idea where she came up with the name Dee Dee.
Several days ago she was coloring and writing with a pen at the table. She asked me to come see her "tattoo." What?!? She pointed to a couple pen marks on her hand. "See mommy, my tattoo! It is a guitar." She's not waiting until she's a teenager to pick this battle. I'm not sure what grandma would think of her 2 year old granddaughter sporting a tattoo. I'm not sure I'M ready for that!
Here are some recent pictures of Hannah playing dress-up with some of my clothes.
This is froggy. Not sure if it is "Bridal Froggy" or "Froggy heads to Arabia." I'm sure Hannah told me, but I don't remember. I need to write these things down as soon as she tells me.
Last, but definitely not least, I'm so proud of Daryl for finishing his first class in computer software design. He has done AWESOME with his projects and appears to really enjoy what he is learning. He is speaking a language that I don't understand, but apparently the computer does because it does what he asks it to. Way to go, honey! Love you!
Monday, May 11, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
100 day mark
Can it really be? My baby ticker on this very blog tells me that it is true... we've reached the 100 day mark. That seems like a not so far away date! I can hardly believe it.
Baby Grover is growing and moving and doing well. I had my follow-up ultrasound and received the "all clear" from the perinatalogist. She spent about 5 minutes with us and wished me well on the rest of the pregnancy. The baby is right on target with growth and everything looks great. Grover's little foot measured about an inch and 3/4. Wow!
We took Hannah with us for this appointment. She was very interested to see pictures of baby Grover... well for a little while. Then daddy was distracted as he tried to entertain her in the exam room without letting her get into too much trouble. She was chattering away and it was so cute to see Baby Grover "responding" opening and shutting his/her mouth like he/she was talking back to his/her big sister. I suppose quiet times in our house will be few and far between once this wee one arrives and begins competing for air time.
Tonight Hannah was being so sweet to baby Grover. She put her hand on my belly to try to feel the baby move. Then she bent over, gave my belly a kiss and then a hug. It brought tears to my eyes and a smile to Daryl's face.
Baby Grover is growing and moving and doing well. I had my follow-up ultrasound and received the "all clear" from the perinatalogist. She spent about 5 minutes with us and wished me well on the rest of the pregnancy. The baby is right on target with growth and everything looks great. Grover's little foot measured about an inch and 3/4. Wow!
We took Hannah with us for this appointment. She was very interested to see pictures of baby Grover... well for a little while. Then daddy was distracted as he tried to entertain her in the exam room without letting her get into too much trouble. She was chattering away and it was so cute to see Baby Grover "responding" opening and shutting his/her mouth like he/she was talking back to his/her big sister. I suppose quiet times in our house will be few and far between once this wee one arrives and begins competing for air time.
Tonight Hannah was being so sweet to baby Grover. She put her hand on my belly to try to feel the baby move. Then she bent over, gave my belly a kiss and then a hug. It brought tears to my eyes and a smile to Daryl's face.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Growing up and Grover
My little girl is growing up. In one month from today, she will be 2 years old! Where did the time go? How is it possible that time could be going by so fast?!?!
There are never days that I want her to grow up faster, but there are moments. She is once again in a "mommy, hold you" phase. At those times she wants mommy to carry her around outside, to be the one (not daddy) to give her a bath, get her dressed, read her a story, do things HER way... Some of those moments I just need her to let daddy... it is getting exhausting to be pregnant and carry an almost 2 year old. But then, I realize that my little girl is not going to be so little for so long. She's going to stop asking mommy to "hold you." In those moments, I just want to wrap my arms around her, feel her little arms wrapped around my neck, and STOP TIME! Maybe it does... for a moment, but then I watch her run off and know that's my privilege as a mommy to watch her grow up, hugging her every step of the way.
Who's Grover, you may ask. Well, for some it is an adorable, fuzzy, blue monster on Sesame Street. Lately, in this house, Grover has become the new name for "Baby Boo." Daryl and I were looking over the SS list of names from the last century trying to settle on a boy's name (we think we are settled on our girl's name). He jokingly said we should call the baby Grover. Hannah picked up on it and now that is the baby's name (not for real!). It is so cute watching her "talk" to the baby. She will talk to my stomach saying "Baby Grover is sleeping" or "Baby Grover roll over." She did happen to feel the baby move one time and I think it kind of startled her. I don't know that she "gets" it, but it will interesting to see what she thinks when baby "Grover" really moves into her world.
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I had to add a final Hannah story to this post. We have been going through a bit of an "attitude" phase with Hannah. We ask her to do something and she responds with a very saucy "no." Sometimes Daryl or I will sternly say "Hannah" and she will say "yes" and come do, reluctantly, the thing we asked of her. However, we would prefer that the saucy attitude would not be her first response, so she has had to sit in "time out" a couple times. Today, she was playing with her stuffed animals and we started to pay attention to what she was saying. She said (to her rabbit), "Rabbit said no" and with that she marched rabbit into her room and sat him on the chair. "Say, yes, rabbit." She told him. We had to chuckle. What a girl!
There are never days that I want her to grow up faster, but there are moments. She is once again in a "mommy, hold you" phase. At those times she wants mommy to carry her around outside, to be the one (not daddy) to give her a bath, get her dressed, read her a story, do things HER way... Some of those moments I just need her to let daddy... it is getting exhausting to be pregnant and carry an almost 2 year old. But then, I realize that my little girl is not going to be so little for so long. She's going to stop asking mommy to "hold you." In those moments, I just want to wrap my arms around her, feel her little arms wrapped around my neck, and STOP TIME! Maybe it does... for a moment, but then I watch her run off and know that's my privilege as a mommy to watch her grow up, hugging her every step of the way.
Who's Grover, you may ask. Well, for some it is an adorable, fuzzy, blue monster on Sesame Street. Lately, in this house, Grover has become the new name for "Baby Boo." Daryl and I were looking over the SS list of names from the last century trying to settle on a boy's name (we think we are settled on our girl's name). He jokingly said we should call the baby Grover. Hannah picked up on it and now that is the baby's name (not for real!). It is so cute watching her "talk" to the baby. She will talk to my stomach saying "Baby Grover is sleeping" or "Baby Grover roll over." She did happen to feel the baby move one time and I think it kind of startled her. I don't know that she "gets" it, but it will interesting to see what she thinks when baby "Grover" really moves into her world.
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I had to add a final Hannah story to this post. We have been going through a bit of an "attitude" phase with Hannah. We ask her to do something and she responds with a very saucy "no." Sometimes Daryl or I will sternly say "Hannah" and she will say "yes" and come do, reluctantly, the thing we asked of her. However, we would prefer that the saucy attitude would not be her first response, so she has had to sit in "time out" a couple times. Today, she was playing with her stuffed animals and we started to pay attention to what she was saying. She said (to her rabbit), "Rabbit said no" and with that she marched rabbit into her room and sat him on the chair. "Say, yes, rabbit." She told him. We had to chuckle. What a girl!
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