What is Happening?!

Has anyone noticed something different or wrong with my past few blog posts? Anything missing? Take another look....Hannah is not wearing a bow in the last 12 pictures I have posted of her!! The truth is (to my mom's disbelief) Hannah doesn't wear a bow when we aren't leaving the house, and since it has rained pretty much every day for 2 weeks, all the pictures I've taken of her have been inside on our lazy days.

As you can see from the picture above, Hannah loves snuggling up with something to fall asleep. I just wish SOMETIMES she would want to snuggle up to me. When she's sleepy, she just wants to be put down and left alone. Makes me sad!

Meet our new friend.....


The exersaucer! Hannah loves sitting in this (for short times) and playing with all the toys that are attached to it. Since we haven't been leaving the house much lately, I was so glad to have a new toy to occupy her for a little while. Her feet don't reach the bottom, so our friend Leslie gave us the idea of using books. Wonderful idea!

Pictures

Monday night Wes watched Hannah while I went to a 12th grade girls accountability group. While I was gone Wes took some adorable pictures of Hannah. Don't blame him for not putting a bow in. He's learning. haha.

Although Hannah is the cutest baby there ever was, she just doesn't smile for the camera! Usually if we catch a big smile it's on accident. When we squeal and make funny faces to get her to smile, she just looks blank.


Love this little girl!

Randomness

This weekend we went camping. It was a disaster. It poured, and mommy and baby were not happy. Luckily, we weren't planning on spending the night to begin with (just went to hang out with all our friends). Right about the time it was time to eat dinner, it started pouring and Hannah DID NOT like it. I don't blame her. I often think I'm going to melt when it starts raining, so she must get that from me. haha. When we were sitting there outside waiting for the rain to come, one of our friends made the comment that he felt like we were the people that didn't evacuate for hurricane Katrina. haha. It was so windy and we were all just sitting out there trying to camp. HILARIOUS.

Waiting on Daddy to get home to go camping.


Hannah has loved playing with toys lately. She reaches for things and loves feeling new toys...especially with her mouth.


Almost every time Hannah is laughing and smiling I grab my camera and try to capture one of her huge smiles, but she just stares at my camera and looks at me as if I'm nuts. This picture still turned out cute even without a smile!


Hannah loves her bath time, too. I'm looking forward to when she can splash and play!

So, what is a mommy to do when her baby is BEGGING to have her ears pierced and daddy says "not yet?" Many people think that Hannah's too young, and I do agree that she's too young right now, but within the next 3 months I would LOVE to get her ears pierced. I just think it's so adorable on little babies, although many people have shared with me that it's way too early and I should wait until she really asks, but just take a look at this video....what am I to do? What do you think?

Well Check

Hannah had her 4 month well check yesterday, which included a round of vaccinations. I hate that! It's so sad to see her so happy and smiley one second and then crying so hard the next second. Poor baby girl. Although she had a melt down, I held it together this time. haha.

Hannah weighs 13.1 pounds and is 25 inches long. This puts her in the 32nd percentile for her weight and 76th for her height. If you don't know what the percentile's mean, basically if you lined up 100 kids, Hannah would weigh more than 32 of them and be taller than 76 of them. That's how our doctor explained it to us.

Last week Hannah found her feet!! She loves pulling on them and I think they're going to find their way to her mouth pretty soon. Yesterday morning Wes was getting ready to leave for work (I was still sleeping) and found Hannah wide awake in her crib pulling on her toes. So cute! Have I mentioned we have the best baby in the world...who lets mommy sleep in? haha!

Corpus Christi

Wes and I went to Corpus for Labor Day weekend with my parents. It was a long drive, but well worth it. I grew up going to Galveston several times a year, so Corpus was a real treat for me! We always loved going to the beach as kids, but the older we have gotten, we've realized how brown the water is and how much seaweed is on that beach. Yuck. So, the whiteish sand and greenish/blueish water was awesome!


We always tease my dad about being crazy and needing medication, but these pictures from this weekend really proved that we are right! haha!

Crazy Man!

Here is one picture I captured of my mom and dad where my dad was not being goofy. Aren't they precious!?
While we were there Wesley tried out windsurfing. They had to go to a different part of the beach where we were staying, so I never got to watch him, but from the pictures and stories, I think he picked up on it pretty quickly. I'm not surprised!

The last night we were there we went to a steakhouse. It was SO YUMMY and you could tell we were the only non-locals there. We were the only ones there that were burnt and I even noticed the table behind us didn't even use menus to order.


So the first trip to the beach with Hannah was a success! We are so glad. The beach has always been our favorite place to go and so we would have had major problems if Hannah didn't love it as much as we do. haha.

On our way back to Tyler we stopped in Houston to see Wesley's side of the family. It was a short visit, but I think everyone was glad to get a little snuggle time with Hannah. I was so exhausted from traveling at that point that I didn't even think about taking pictures. Next time!

Today Hannah and I are catching up on laundry, cleaning house and relaxing. Funny how you need a vacation after a vacation, huh?

Forever Changed

On this day a year ago, September 5, 2008 - our lives changed forever. This is the day I found out I was pregnant. What a roller coaster of emotions. Is this test accurate? Are we reading it right? Is this really happening? Are we ready for this? Our lives with never be the same. Is that good? Is that bad? Is that super scary, or what?!

After we settled down from the initial news and indeed confirmed that the test was positive, these questions and emotions turned to pure joy. What a a blessing. There is life inside of me. 10 fingers, 10 toes, a heart, arms, a head...all inside me. Not only did our love for this baby form, a new love for our God formed as well. God was using my body to knit together one of his children. I still can't even fathom that.

A year later, we have this little blessing to wrap our arms around and give kisses to everyday. I ask myself all the time how I got to this point.

I love you so much Hannah, and you have been the best thing BY FAR that has happened to us this year!

4 Months!

My precious princess turned 4 months old today. Where has the time gone? How has this happened so fast?

What is Hannah doing at 4 months? She is rolling from back to tummy and tummy to back. We call her our roly poly. She is grabbing for things and usually brings things right to her mouth! Looks like the teething phase is coming soon. She still loves staring at ceiling fans and anything else with movement. She is mesmerized by the TV. No matter what is on, she's glued. She likes watching Jersey walk by and I'm sure she wonders why a hairy thing as big as her is walking around our house and occasionally licks her face. haha. She sleeps about 9 hours at night. PRAISE THE LORD. I don't have a reason to complain about being tired anymore. Bummer!

This weekend we went to Shoguns while my parents were in town to celebrate their 36 year wedding anniversary! Wow, that's a long time. Congrats, mom and dad! As you can tell from below, Carter and London weren't sure what to think about that big flame.

Wes and I also went to a friend's wedding this weekend. Justin did part of the ceremony and each time I hear him preach a wedding, it reminds me of ours. It seems like just yesterday!