Happy Father's Day!

I am so thankful for my amazing father.  He's taught me so much and has always been such a Godly role model in my life.  And our family has been truely blessed by such a great husband and father that Andy is.  He loves his little girls and they love him so much.  I'm so thankful to have a husband to gives his all to his children and makes quality time with his family a priority.

 

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Today was Hannah's 1st day in the church nursery and she did great. Katie is telling Hannah, "It's OK Hannah" because she was starting to get fussy.

Katie was smiling great for the camera, but Hannah wasn't in the mood for pictures.

A little play time for Hannah...

We had a nice relaxing day with church, Outback, and lots of resting and play time.  I love my family and thank God for them every day.  Life is good!

Soccer Ball!

We got to go watch Andy's soccer game this weekend.  Katie loves soccer (or soccer ball as she calls it).  Andy brought her up there early so she could run around on the field and play with the soccer ball with him.  She was having so much fun when Hannah and I got there.



Storytime

Another one of my favorite things about summer is taking the girls to our public library's toddler storytime.  Katie loves books and of coarse loved storytime every week last summer.  This morning Hannah came with us and I think she liked it as much as Katie. 

The doctor asked me yesterday if Hannah follows us across the room with her eyes.  I told him I wasn't sure because I just haven't paid attention to that yet.  I've noticed that she will follow my phone lit up or her seahorse that lights up when she's in the dark and I move them around in front of her to look at.  I also know that she turns her head to look at me, Andy, or Katie when we're next to her and talk to her.  But I hadn't tried moving around in front of her and watching to see if she will turn her head to keep looking at me.  Well, I now know that she can definietly follow us with her eyes.  Storytime today was lots of singing and Hannah stared at the girl leading the storytime and teaching us the songs.  Hannah would turn her head and watch so intently as she walked back and forth across the front of the room.  I think she's going to like storytime just as much as Katie!

After storytime, we treated ourselves to some Chick Fil A lunch (Katie's favorite) then the girls played together for a little bit before Katie's nap.  Katie is so sweet to her sister.  She loves to help Hannah with her toys.

Giving Hannah her seashorse and showing her how it works.

Father's Day Craft Playdate

With summer, comes more time for us to go to playdates with our playgroup.  We love our playgroup and really miss them during the school year. 

Today Hannah went to her 1st playdate with us.  It was a Father's Day Craft playdate where the kids decorated mugs for their daddys for Father's Day.  Katie picked out some camo paper to decorate Andy's with because she knows he loves camo!  She's so proud of that mug.  So cute!

And of coarse we spent some time playing in the backyard too.

Hudson and Hannah... 2 weeks age difference.

Cuddling with my Hannah Banana after a very long day.  Judging by the hand over her face, I think Hannah would agree too that it's been a very long day.  Ha!

Hannah's 2 Month Check Up

Hannah Grace had her 2 month check up today and she's doing great!  She weighs 11 lbs 6 oz now (75th percentile), is 22.8 inches tall (75th percentile), and her head is 15 inches around (50th percentile). 

She's starting to smile sometimes and coo and make noises.

She still likes to sleep with her left arm straight up in the air.  She will sleep like this for at least 30 minutes at a time when she's in her swing or bouncer before she finally puts it down.

She's awake a lot and likes to look around at this big, new world around her.

Katie loves her baby sister.  Our beautiful redheads!  I never thought I would have a redheaded kid, and now I've got 2 and I love it!

Poor baby got 3 shots and 1 oral vaccination today.  Of coarse she didn't like any of it.  She screamed and cried when she got those shots but calmed down and fell asleep really quick as soon as I picked her up.  She did great for about 3-4 hours after her shots but started feeling bad after that.  No fever, but I think she was sore and feeling pretty crummy.  She cried and cried, but was very cuddly for me and slept in my arms for a really long time.  I LOVE holding my cuddly little girl!

She loves tummy time and playing on her playmat.  Anything with lights and sounds keeps her entertained for a while. 

I can't believe she's already 2 months old.  She's such a sweet baby.  I love her so much.  She's been a great night time sleeper.  She's slept two or three 3-4 1/2 hour stretches at night since she was born but in the last 2 weeks, she's been sleeping for a 6-7 hour stretch and then another 4-4 1/2 hour stretch most nights.  Last night she slept for 8 hours!  Good girl.  She loves to be swaddled (with her arms out, just like her big sister did) and sleeps great in her bassinet at night.  She's still sleeping in her bassinet in our bedroom.  When she consistently sleeps about 9+ hours then we'll put her in her crib.  But for now, I'm happy with her in our room with me and Andy.



Snuggle Bug

Andy and I always go in and tuck Katie in on our way up to bed because usually by the time we go to bed she's already kicked her covers off.  Last night when we went in to check on her she had pulled all of her stuffed animals from her bed up around her face.  So cute!



Sisterly Love

As I was putting Katie down for a nap and had Hannah laying next to her, I just had to get a picture of them togehter.  I love it.  I think this one is going to be in a frame soon!

I had to include this one too.  I love Hannah's tongue sticking out in this one.



Summer is Here!

Summer is here and that means we get to swim and let Katie play in her blow up pool.  She's way to big for her little blow up pool this summer but she loves it anyway.



Outside Fun

I love summertime and having the time to sit outside and play with the girls.  Katie loves playing outside and Hannah is happy hanging out in the shade in her bouncer.

Little Miss Independent



I really enjoy when Katie colors, paints, or plays with her stickers at our kitchen table while I cook. 



Sweet Hannah

I love my little Hannah girl.  She's awake a lot now and loves to play on her play mat.  She sometimes swings her arms at the toys hanging from it and likes to look at herself in the mirror on it.

She started sleeping 6-8 hours most nights when I went back to work for the last week of school.  That was right at 6 weeks.  Not too bad.  (Although Katie was doing that within the 1st 2 weeks and sleeping 9 hours or longer at 4 months.)  Hopefully Hannah will make that extra 2-3 hours a night soon.  It's nice to get a long stretch of sleep.  She doesn't sleep like that every night, but at least every other night or a little more often than that.  She loves to be swaddled and just looks so sweet all bundled up sleeping so peacefully.

Playing on her playmat again.  Katie likes her playmat I think almost as much as Hannah does.  She turns the music on for Hannah and plays with the stuff hanging too.  :)

I love this little dress with that pretty red hair.  She was so sleepy when I took this.  Bless her little heart for letting me take a few pictures before laying her down to sleep.

Silly girl... Hannah loves to sleep in her bouncer or swing.  We've noticed in the last week several times when she's fallen asleep with her hands straight up in the air and she will sleep like that for at least 30 minutes.  And it's almost always her left hand sticking up like that.  LOL

We're getting lots more coos and cute little baby sounds out of her these days.  My how I've missed these baby days with Katie.  I love, love, love this baby stage and it goes by so quickly!

 

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Then they grow up to be precious little toddlers that make us laugh every day.  I can't wait until Hannah's old enough for her and Katie to play together.