Bildlio

Hannah has somehow discovered that Wes and I take videos of her on our phones. She's also discovered that I have an episode of Dora on there for emergencies. Well, now every time she sees one of our phones, she gives her best attempt at saying video, which comes out more like bildlio, with an occasional "R" in there somewhere.

It's so precious and it's hard to say no sometimes because she's just too cute and you can tell she is trying so hard to say video. 

It's becoming really hard to say no to her for anything. She just has the sweetest (and sour sometimes) personality.  Don't worry, we DO tell her no for her own good sometimes. What a sweet girl!  

New Activities

Hannah has started enjoying a few more activities this week. One is riding a bike.....or more like riding ON a bike, behind daddy.

Wes got a bike seat for the back of his bike for Hannah to ride.  She loved sitting in the chair before it was even on the bike. She really loved it when the bike was moving!

Another "activity" Hannah has discovered that she loves lately is eating oreos! Not the healthiest treat, but it sure keeps her occupied for a little while!

On a better note, Hannah has LOVED reading lately. She can't get enough of books. All day long she is bringing me books and just backs up and sits in my lap for me to read them to her. I was never a reader from when I can remember, so I hope Hannah loves reading.

Digging for books in her closet

Our pediatrician told us that it's best to choose 4-6 books at this age to read over and over. He said it will help her identify words with pictures and not get too overwhelmed with so many books that say different things and have different pictures. It makes sense. 

These are a few of our favorites right now. 

Hmmm

I haven't blogged in a few days, so I thought it was time for an update. I started flipping through my camera to see what we had captured lately.  Apparently we haven't been doing anything too fun, and certainly not anything picture worthy, I guess! 

I did come across a set of about 15 pictures, though, that all looked the same.

I thought to myself that it's so funny that I will sometimes take 100 pictures of Hannah just trying to get 1 to turn out with a great big smile. 

What did our parents do when they had to pay for every single shot they took!?

Even though each of these pictures just shows a sweet girl eating strawberries, to me, each picture reveals just a little bit of that sweet personality that is behind her sweet face.

Love you, Hannah Kate. You'll never have to worry about there not being any pictures of you! 

Rain Boots

Well, we certainly haven't had a need for rain boots lately, but Aunt Christie gave me a bag of shoes that had some shoes for Hannah to try. Hannah LOVES shoes and insists on putting on all shoes that are in her sight. Whether they are mine, Wesley's or anyone else's. 

She loves the boots (that are a couple of sizes too big) and takes BIG steps when she's wearing them.

Once she has them on, she hates taking them off. Now, if we could just get some rain!

The Simple Things

I've realized recently that the small, simple things in life are what bring me the most joy. This weekend was full of simple things that made me smile.

Friday morning, Wes completely unexpectedly showed up at home at a random time with beautiful flowers and my favorite guilty pleasure, a Hershey bar!

Then, that afternoon a decal for Hannah's toy box came in the mail. I have been so excited to get this, and it turned out so very cute!  

Thank you, Lindsay for this great idea. I love it!! It just made my day even better!

On Saturday Hannah woke up with crazy hair - as usual. Her hair is at a point right now where there is not much I can do with it. The headband, although super cute, doesn't really work anymore. Her hair is just getting too long, So, we tried something new.

Aren't Hannah's pig tails so adorable?! It m made me smile so big! 

I hope you, too, can find joy in the small things!

Mommy's Little Helper

Hannah and I had a little talk this weekend, and we decided that it was time she started helping out around the house. I mean, she lives here, too. She should help with some household chores, right?

I don't think she quite gets it yet, but we're working on it.

It may be a little while before I can hand over all the chores to her, but we are getting there!

Family Photo Shoot

So I'm sure all of you remember voting on Hannah's hairdo for our photo shoot.  Well, the headband won. Great news - she kept it on the entire time. Bad news - NOBODY warned me how difficult it would be to get a decent picture of all of us!

Hannah was especially fussy and tired. Yippie! But this picture turned out, and I will FINALLY have a picture of our little family of three on my mantle.

Thanks for voting. I think the headband just says "Hannah."

Thanks to my friend Ashley at Nicholson Photography for being patient with us and taking such great pictures! Click on the link and check out her site.