My Favorite Thing

The thing I love most these days about having 2 kids is when they play together & start laughing.  Nothing makes Hannah laugh faster than her big sister.  Here they are today on our walk...

Love being these girls Mommy!

Stretches

Curious George did some stretches this week on his show, and Kate really got attached to the idea.  So...the rest of us did stretches everyday!

This time, it was Daddy's turn & he taught her how to make circles with her arms.

My favorite part (you can tell from my laughing!) was that then she wanted him to do all the other shapes!  We love this silly girl!!

Happy 8 Months, Hannah!

This month Hannah...

--enjoys having her back scratched.  She enjoyed it before now, but I'm remembering to put it down now.  :-)  I think I noticed this, because Kate does NOT enjoy.  She will usually push your hand away, but Hannah snuggles in & enjoys it.

--climbs on or over anything possible

--walks along furniture - she doesn't realize that she can move around the corner of a table, so it's funny to watch her sit down, then pull up again on the other side.

--makes lots of new sounds - ma-ma, ba-ba, na-na, da-da, pa-pa

--loves to click her tongue

--more finger foods - peas, carrots

--still just 2 teeth

--eating schedule - same 4 hours nursing 8, 12, 4, 8 - the 8 is a bottle usually.  Eats 3 meals now - at the same times we do.

--sometimes gives kisses

-sleeps 11-12 hours at night, two 2-hour naps (sometimes the morning one is a little shorter) & usually a 45 minute nap at night.  This one can be skipped if we're out though.

--falls - LOTS.  I guess it comes with pulling up, but I hate it for her :(

A few comparisons

I looked back at Kate's pictures that we took at 7 months & wanted to compare a little!  These girls while looking like sisters definitely have their own look - even when wearing the same clothes :0)

I put a "k" in the corner of the pictures of Kate.

7 Month Portraits

This month, I wanted to take some pictures out at Maude Cobb for Hannah's portraits like we did with Kate.  Since my mom wasn't in town, I talked David into going with me.  Most of the work lies in posing, singing songs, making silly faces, etc to get the laughs, so I opted to do that while David took the pictures.  He did a great job! 

Happy 7 Months, Hannah!

 bummer for the poor picture quality :(  

the lighting was really bad & I was tired of waiting to take them!

at least the girl is cute :-)

What a big month for Hannah!  LOTS of change & development!  She's definitely transitioned out of just being a little "newborn" who lays around to being fully on the go.  Such a fun stage of change everyday!


This month Hannah:


--started crawling on all 4s - time to baby proof again!

--puts EVERYTHING in her mouth & swallows - everyone's probably grateful that I have to sweep more now :-)  already a few choking episodes - scary!

--pulls up to standing

--moves from all 4s to the sitting position

--climbs onto & over things

--is MUCH more verbal.  In the past months she would go long periods of time with no noise coming from her at all, but now she makes LOTS of noise!

--found an interest in the TV& my phone! - she didn't use to even notice them, but now she hones in quickly if either are around.

--learned how to dance from Poppa!  She stayed at my parents house for 4 days this month & came back swaying side to side anytime she hears music

--LOVE LOVE LOVES her sister.  She always has, but this month they have started to "play" for the first time.  It has got to be the biggest blessing for me so far.  Kate will crawl & say "come on Hannah!" and H will try to keep up.  So fun!  I hope they're best friends!

--has officially started pureed solids: butternut squash, carrots, green beans (a little gagging!), peas, sweet potatoes, bananas, pears, peaches, apples, and avocado.

--started some finger foods - puffs & cheerios, bananas, avocados

--loves people - if there are people around, this girl is happy

--is fascinated by someone blowing raspberries & tries to do it herself

--still startles easily

--her sleep is not near as scheduled as Kate's was (and still is!).  I could count on Kate to take the same naps everyday of the week - which probably was a benefit of being able to stay home more, etc.  Hannah will go days on one schedule, then change it up a little.  Last week, she was only taking a 1 hour morning nap, then a 3 hour afternoon nap, then 30-45 min catnap at night.  This week, we're back to the 2 hours she's "supposed" to do.  Oh well...she naps!

--Eating schedule - nurse/bottle - 8,12,4,8.  Eats either 2 or 3 meals of solids - working my way towards doing 3 :-)

Look who's blogging again!

I'm determined to get back in the habit of doing this!  

Lake o' the Pines

Happy 6 Months, Hannah!

Caldwell Zoo