Birthday

It was my birthday on Sunday and Dan made me homemade pasta and yummy ragu for my birthday dinner. Hannah was a really big help. Oh yeah, have I mentioned that Hannah loves to be naked? I try not to post any nude pictures, but I couldn't help it this time. Hannah took off her clothes after church and there was no way she would let me put even a diaper on her! So, sorry for all the naked pictures.
























We made some cupcakes for dessert and Hannah wanted to lick the beaters.
















Hannah helped with the presents. Actually, she opened them all. She loves to unwrap presents.
















Lately I've been pretty clumsy--even more than usual. I broke almost all of our cups. So Dan got me some new ones for my birthday. He wanted to get me plastic ones, but I said I would return them if he did, so he got me some with really thick glass. haha.














After dinner and presents I frosted the cupcakes. Hannah helped and ate the sprinkles quicker than I could put them on. Then she got a little carried away...









Thanks Dan and Hannah for a great birthday!

Sleepy Hannah

Hannah had a late nap the other day. I didn't want her to sleep too late so I woke her up after about an hour. We read a few books and then she took her blanket, laid down on the floor and fell asleep. She has never done that before! She slept on the floor like that for another 2 hours before waking up at 7:30. I put her to bed a little late, but she slept the whole night. She must have been pretty tired.

Tupperware

Tupperware and a little bit of water will keep Hannah entertained for a really long time. She loves to pour water from one tupperware to the other. She usually ends up drinking the water and needs frequent refills. When she spills she says "mess" and then gets a towel to wipe up the spill.

Look! In the Sky...It's a Bird...It's a Plane

Faster than a Speeding bullet





More powerful than a locomotive












Stronger than steel













Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound





















Its Super Hannah!

Wild Wild West

For our stake conferce the stake hosted a WWW themed day in the park. There were a ton of people there. They had giant bouncy toys, pony rides, balloon artists, face painting and a ton of other fun activities. Hannah had a great time.


Here she is on the pony ride.





Going down the giant slide with daddy.





Giving daddy a hug.





Goin' fishin'



The "duck pond" is where we spent most of our time. Hannah just loves the water. She was soaked.





This is Evan. He is in nursery with Hannah. He is almost 2 1/2 but he's so tiny next to Hannah!

After all that playing Hannah was a very thirsty girl. Bring on the water.

18 Month Check Up

We finally got Hannah in to see a pediatrician for her 18 month check up. Overall she is very healthy. She is 33" tall (in the 75th%) and weighs 25lbs (the 50th%). We did a lot of prep work before the doctors appointment playing with her doctors kit, and talking about what was going to happen. She was very excited to go and kept saying "doctor" and "nurse" and then "tummy" "eyes" "nose" "ears" "knee" as we drove to the office in anticipation of what was about to come. I thought we were going to be ok. But no. She screamed the whole time we were in the doctors office and kept saying "no more!" before they had even measured her. She wouldn't even stand on the scale so I had to stand on it while holding her and then alone so they could figure out her weight. I had to hold her down on the table so they could measure her length (why don't the just let them stand next to a yard stick?). I also had to hold her down for the doctor to look at her tummy, eyes, nose, ears and knees. Oh yeah, and of course, for the shots. This part of being a mom is no fun. When it was all over the nice nurse tried to give Hannah a sticker but Hannah screamed like the nurse had the needle again. But the second we were in the waiting room she was all smiles. She played with toys and hugged random children and smelled the flowers on the way to the car. On the way home she said "doctor, tummy, eyes, nose, ears, knees, nurse!" like she had a great time. What an ordeal. Does it ever get any better? Poor Hannah.

For Aunt Lauren

Sorry that this is side-ways--you'll just have to turn your heads. And let me explain about the outfit. Hannah had only been up a little while (hence the jammies and crazy hair) but she had already found the time to empty my shirt drawer and try a few on. She does that a lot. After she empties the drawer she looks around and says "mess" and then chooses a shirt and brings it to me and says "help you" and then "wear it". How can I resist? Oh, and if I happen to choose a shirt to wear that she wanted to wear that day she gets really upset and cries somthing like, "mommy, no!" "off!" "Hannah wear-it!"

ok. back to the sideways video.

Here is the proof that Hannah can jump. (Lauren was a little skeptical after seeing her attempts a few months ago--where Hannah thought she was jumping but never actually got off the ground). She jumps around like this for hours everyday. She also really likes jumping off of her stool or on the couch. She has a few more bruises these days because she sometimes gets carried away. She can say "jump," "jumping" and "jumped" and sometimes she says "boink, boink, boink" while she jumps.

In June my Gramps passed away and Hannah and I flew to Utah for his funeral. We got to see a lot of family while we were there, so we had a nice time despite the sad occasion.

Hannah and Aunt Lauren

Hannah and Uncle Josh

Hannah and cousins, Jade and Gentry.

It was really hot while we were there so my mom got Hannah a little pool for the back yard. She loved to play in it and didn't mind the cold hose water.





We also got to see Aunt Sara while we were there. She took Hannah swimming at the Bountiful Bubble (or so it used to be called). We had a great time at this fun pool.