18 months!

Oh, my. Hannah, you are 18 months old! Wow, where has the last year and a half gone?  You have been so busy growing and learning new things. I feel like if I blink, I miss a chapter of your life. 

Some of your favorite activities are:

• Playing with baby dolls
• Sliding
• Swinging
• Playing with stickers and crayons
• Anything outdoors
• Climbing stairs
• Watching Micky Mouse
• Watching big kids play
• Watching videos of yourself on the computer 
• Brushing your teeth
• Reading books
• Bubble baths/water

At 18 months you:

• Are in size 3 diapers
• Wear a size 5 shoe
• Wear 18 month clothes, for the most part
• Weigh about 20 pounds
• Repeat everything we say and know about 40-50 words and what they mean
• Can follow commands
• Still don't like vegetables
• Are 100% a mommy's girl right now (I LOVE it!)

The things I love most about this age:

• Your huge personality

              A few weeks ago when daddy unloaded a slide from the back of the truck, you put your hands on your cheeks, opened your mouth so wide and ran right over to it.  

•  How you freely give out kisses and hugs to anyone who asks. 
• How you are so curious about everything.
• How you are so obedient and listen when we say no. You've always done that, and it's such a blessing!
• How when we say "I love you," you blow us kisses.
• How when we tell you to say "please," you sign it and say it. I'm trying to teach you that you no longer need the sign!
• How you so badly want to be friends with Jersey, and Jersey wants nothing to do with you. 
• How before you slide or rock on your horse you want us to count to 3.
• How you are way too big for your high chair these days and must sit at the table with us. 
• How I understand everything you say, but everyone else could only understand about 10 things you say.
• How you cuddle after naps and how we HAVE to get your blanket out of the bed with us.
• How you back up into our laps when we say it's time for a book or shoes and say "lap."

Oh, and there is so much more! Please don't grow up, Hannah. I'm loving every second of our lives together right now! 

A thank you to Daddy

Dear Daddy,

       Thank you so much for working so hard so that mommy can stay at home with me full-time. We have so much fun together every day. 

I love all my trips to the zoo, the park, and playdates. I love that on my cranky days I get to stay in my pj's all day and cuddle on the couch with mommy.

I'm so glad mommy doesn't have to wake me up in the mornings because when y'all do that on Sunday for church, I don't seem to do so well. I promise I will get better, but I just love my sleep. 

I sure miss you during the day, but I know that someone has to work so I can eat my beloved chicken nuggets and watch Mickey Mouse every now and then. 

So, thank you, Daddy. I think mommy enjoys being home with me a little bit, too. 

Love, Hannah

Halloween Week

As you probably read on Aunt Jenn's blog, they went to the pumpkin patch last Saturday. Hannah had loads of fun and was so tired when she got home! Jenn spoils Hannah like crazy and bought her an adorable spider bow. Well, I hadn't bought Hannah a Halloween shirt, so on Monday we went on a mission to find one so she could wear her cute bow.

So if you see Hannah this week, she will most likely have this shirt on. I plan to wash it everyday and put it on her just about every day this week!

She loves her little kitty cat and spider bow! 

Fun with Jenn & James

Aunt Jenn and Uncle James babysat Hannah on Saturday for us.  Check our her blog here to see how much fun they had!

Bubbles

We LOVE bubbles!

Saturday

We LOVE having daddy home all day on Saturdays. Even though our days are usually packed with things to get done, we still manage to have a fun time around here. This past Saturday we spent lots of time outside because the weather was so nice!

I love Hannah's hair in pig tails. I would do it like this everyday, but it usually takes some bribing to get her to sit still for long enough for me to do it.

Wes washed and waxed my car! It is so nice driving a clean car! And Hannah was daddy's little helper.

Mommy trying to steal Hannah for a picture.

Bubble time. One of her favorite things these days.

Our little monkey climbed up on the fireplace to try daddy's shoes on.

And to top off the great day, Wes had to run to Lowe's for something and when he came home he had a WONDERFUL surprise for Hannah and I.  He brought home some roses for each of us! Hannah got pink and I got yellow ones with orange tips. SO PRETTY!! 

Hannah was so happy!

What a sweet daddy you have, Hannah! 

Fun Filled Friday!

This past Friday Wes got off work and was heading out to go camping.  Before doing so,we took a quick trip to the pumpkin patch.  We had a great time. 

We tried to get some good pictures with Hannah, but she was way too interested in sliding. 

Hannah loved all the small pumpkins that she could pick up by herself.

And finally....the slide!

We had a fun quick trip, and it won't be our last of the season.