Hannah and a Movie

We have said it so many times but it is

amazing to see all the changes that Hannah does on a 

daily basis!  Take today for instance,

Karon and I were shopping and Hannah had slipped

her thumb in her mouth and started going to town

on it.  She has never done that before, no

matter how we have tried to get her to do it.

But in true Hannah form she has not done it again,

probably because she knows I have a camera

 ready to strike the second she does it!

Some of the pictures below will show you what she 

is doing.  She has many more facial

expressions now as well, I swear she has rolled her

eyes at us a few times.  My sister told me it starts

early I just thought it was a bit too early!  She can

also sit up all by herself now!  She went from 5 minutes

by herself to a couple hours!  And that all happened in

one weeks time!  

She is on the verge of rolling from

her back to her tummy, but when she is about to do it

I get really excited and she rolls back to see what all the 

fuss is about.

An example of her sitting on her own.  I believe

this is the first time for an extended period.  The pillow behind

her is there in case she falls backward.  She still falls back when she

sees something behind that she wants and she goes for it.

This picture is for Auntie Mel, to see she is reading

her ladybug and turtle books!

She does a great job in her highchair!

The next few are some pictures of her

 many faces!  It is funny how some

make her face look really round and others....

well round but not as round...

She was chatting in this one, she still does not

chat for just anyone, sometimes she can be really shy!

a little grin

Daddy was playing by putting her

fish on her head, she did not realize it was there right away!

She also likes to eat the turtle's head from her

stuffed turtle book.  Here she is caught in action!

Showing off the sweater that Momma made her!  

Her winter hat is about done as well!

Hannah playing and sitting!  Such talent!

And she was happy to be doing it!

You looking at me?  Of course you are!

I loved playing with color on the camera!

So sweet!

If she does not have a pacifier

in her mouth you will usually find her

fingers right there!

And another Hannah video.  Her sitting while she plays!  Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFSLSDCiR-Y

Hannah has somthing to say

It has been a little bit since the last update.

Hannah is getting bigger by the day and her

sleep habits are changing quicker than I can figure

out how to help her or understand them!  It 

seems that she is teething and based on the evidence

of this she may have started close to a month ago

already!  There are no teeth coming through as of yet,

but she has all the signs to show something is happening.

This has been the the culprit of her sleeping habits

going out the door!  Every night for the past few

nights she is waking up and not wanting to go

to sleep in her bed and she is usually up for a 

minimum of 1 hour right in the middle of the night.

 But this is just part of growing up, and growing up

a bit to fast!

She is also starting to sit up pretty well.  She can sit for

a minute or 2, maybe more at times with out

support.  She does this as long as there are

toys right in front of her at her reach.  That

is pretty exciting, I can not wait to be able to 

sit face to face with her to play while she it sitting up!

She also is making sounds that sound like she is

saying her name and Da Da, unfortunately not Ma Ma yet.

I know that it just sounds like she is saying it,

it is probably just what I am making her sounds,

to sound like.  But she likes to chat with Adrian and

I, she does not chat to too many people.

She still loves to play in her exersaucer, here is evidence!

Then there is the look of "oh my what was that sound?"

Busy playing with mouse feet

more grins

She is really good at taking her pacifier in and out

of her mouth, sometimes she prefers the back of it 

instead of the front.  And we also have to watch her

closely because she is close to getting the entire thing 

into her mouth!

Hannah has two high chairs and she is test

driving out one and likes is pretty well!

Since she does well in it we decided

why not try it out for what it was meant for!

Yummy peas and pears!

And lastly here is some of her babbling!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXQt6y71pOw

Thank You Suanna

Today I got a call from Suanna (my sister for 

those of you who do not know) to check my email

pronto.  She already knew the reason, obviously.  A few

weeks ago I had entered a contest through Suanna's

work (the American Society of Clinical Oncology) for their

Expressions of Hope Calendar.  (This is

the link that describes the calendar and what the calendar

does for people.)  This is my first juried competition.  I have

had a quilt in a show here at home, but it was

not really a juried competition to get into the show

only juried for prizes. 

Oddly enough I had never posted a picture of this quilt on the blog.

Well at least I could not find one.  So here is its debut I guess!

It is made from 100% cotton fabrics that are 1930's 

reproduction fabrics and muslin.  And I hand quilted it

with cross country floss in off white and a shade of green.

The title of the quilt is "A Flower A Day..."

Thank you Suanna for encouraging me to enter

the quilt into the contest!  I am honored to have

it in the calendar!  I entered this quilt in honor of
two friends who are both fighting cancers right now,
Jen (Baldwin) Martin and Lindy (Vander Zwaag) VerBeek.
Both beautiful women who need prayers to beat
cancer and strength to do it and for their families!

A Churchin' We Will Go

Hannah was the right size to wear the outfit

that Mar Mar made her.  So she wore

it when we went to church on Sunday.

She just did not wear the bonnet to church.  

She does not like to wear hats too well

in her car seat as they turn often with her

head one way and do not often follow her head

in the other way.  So here are pictures for Mar Mar

and for Trisha as she loves a baby in a bonnet!

She was being very photogenic Sunday so I took a few!

Hannah has more firsts

Hannahs' changing!  Well you know that

from looking at the pictures but she has learned 

a few new tricks!

We have not been to the beach yet on a warm

day because it has been so stinking hot here this

summer.  But her Auntie Karon bought her a bathing

suit so we had to put it on and have some fun!

Just a sweet smile

Before Hannah ate some dinner, look how happy

she is to see Daddy at home and to be

somewhat clean!

This is not the first time that she has eaten

solid foods but it is the first time

she ate peas in her rice cereal!

She took a nap with Daddy and woke up with 

a very sweaty head!  Wish there

was a better picture of this!  But her hair

was sticking up in all directions!

She likes to pull Momma's hair and she likes

to touch and pull, as best she can, Daddy's short hair.

The many faces of Hannah in her ExerSaucer.  This is

the snack tray portion and she looks like she is asking

for some food and drink, even though she is not quite sure

what food and drink means.

Ummmmm

Ahhhhhh

Hey get me out of here!  I am done in this seat!

The first time that she sat up for a minute

or two without us holding her up.  Yes the

seat helps a bit but she did the work!

Just playing!

We took Hannah to her first fair yesterday!  This

was about the happiest that she was then entire time!

We were hoping to get Hannah in the picture with the 

tigers but it did not work out.

One of the reasons Adrian and I wanted to go

to the fair was the food, corn dogs and fries!  Too

much food for the both of us!

The look on Hannah's face when she woke up from her

nap at the fair!  It was fun to go but we are hoping the next

time she is not so freaked out by the lights, noise and all

the action!  Hopefully next time she will enjoy the

animals like I did!