Memaw and Papaw

We love when Memaw and Papaw visit us!

Memaw got Katie a new interactive book and teddy bear to go with it.  Katie loves for you to read books to her.  She's always been this way.  She would choose to look at books over playing with toys any day!  I love that girl.

Memaw loves her grandbabies!

Papaw was sick when Hannah was born and not able to hold her last time they were in town.  I love this picture of them.

When I put Katie to bed, we read her new Cooper book.  It's so cute.  The teddy bear is from the story and he talks to you while you read his book.  Katie loves her Cooper bear (she calls him "Scooper") and book.

Memaw this is for you...

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Daddy Time

Katie had fun helping Daddy work in the yard last weekend.

Hannah loves to try to stand.

When Katie was a baby, Daisy used to follow her around everywhere and just sit and stare at her all day long.  I don't remember when she stopped "stalking" Katie.  I guess it was when she started walking and chasing Daisy around.  Now Daisy has turned her attention to Hannah.  Just like with Katie, Daisy is always wherever Hannah is.  She's such a good dog.  So protective.

Andy taught Katie to talk in a really high voice and a really low voice.  It's so cute...

 

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Beautiful Girl

A few weeks ago we met one of my best friends, Leandra and her family for lunch at Magic Time Machine.  Katie had her picture drawn there and I thought it turned out really cute so it's now framed in her bedroom.  Ya gotta love that beautirul auburn, red hair!



Little Baker

Katie LOVES helping me cook.  Every time I start cooking she drags a chair over to the kitchen counter and asks to help.  I've been on a baking craze this week so she's had a lot of fun helping me bake.

 

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Playdate and Movie Night

Julian came over to play with Katie last weekend.  They played really well together. 

We ended the night watching Toy Story 3.  Very cute movie. 

I love cuddling with my girls.  This is definitely going to be a new tradition in our house.  Hopefully we'll start a movie night about once a month.



Hannah Banana

Katie always calls Hannah either "Baby Hannah" or just "Hannah" but when she introduces her to anyone, she always calls her "Hannah Banana".  It's so cute.  One of the things I liked about the name Hannah is that it naturally has a cute nickname.  We never said that to Katie.  She started saying it on her own.  Now Katie named Hannah and had heard the name from a friend at school so I'm sure that's also where she heard "Hannah Banana".  I love it.

So here are pictures from "Hannah Banana's" latest photo session...

This is what she really thought about the hat.

Now that we're all settled in, I've been able to sew some more.  This is one of my projects.



Hannah has been awake a lot and more alert lately.  I love watching her look at me and look around just soaking in the world all around her.

Along with being awake more, she's been more fussy.  I think she may be colicky.  Some days she does great but there have been several days that she's cried 6 hours or even all day long only calming down when she's held.  I can't complain though because I LOVE holding my sweet Hannah Banana!

I think everyone thought we were a little crazy about diaper cream with Katie.  From the day she was born I put diaper cream on her every time I changed her diaper.  I was a little obsessive about it.  But she never got a diaper rash until she was about 11 months old.  I've been much more laid back about diaper cream with Hannah and guess what, she already got her 1st diaper rash and it was way worse than either of the 2 diaper rashes that Katie ever had.  I guess it's time to go back to my old obsessive ways and lather up that diaper cream with every diaper change.  Ha! 

Say Cheese!

I was taking pictures of Hannah this morning and Katie asked to take pictures too.  She didn't sit long so this is the only picture I got, but I thought it turned out pretty cute.  

Catching Up

I found a few pictures on my phone that never made it to the blog.

So tiny.  She will sleep like this for hours.

I love the purple zebra gown.  So cute!

What a sweet face.

I love her pretty red hair!



I Wanna Hold Hannah!

Katie was excited to meet Hannah, but really life had just gone on for her as usual.  She plays with her toys and occasionally checks on Hannah.  But she's getting more and more interested in her every day.  She has started asking more and more if she can hold Hannah.  She likes to give Hannah her blanket or her stuffed animals.  She helps push the button on Hannah's swing (which by the way, Hannah has started liking this week) and brings me diapers and wipes for her.  She tells me when Hannah is crying or sleeping.  And she always gives Hannah night night hugs and kisses.

She was asking to hold Hannah a couple of days ago.  I was washing dishes so I told her to wait a minute so I could help her.  I looked up and this is what I saw.  She had both hands under Hannah ready to try to pick her up.  So  sweet!

On another note, Katie still LOVES her books.  We never know when she wakes up from her naps or in the morning because she stays in bed looking at books and we never hear her.  She will stay in her bed for hours just looking at her books.  I read to her as often as I can at bedtime and when I'm not working, I read to her sometimes when I get her up in the morning.  She has a basket of books by her bed so she can get to them on her own.  I tell her to pick some books for us to read and she stands by her basket and throws ALL of them on the bed for us to read!  And yes, she does sit and listen while we read every single one of these books! 

I finally tried to put a headband in her hair.  I didn't think she would like it or keep it in her hair, but she left it alone.  She looks so grown up to me with her hair like that.