And goodnight.

This is what Hannah and I look like at about 8:30 every night.
Wish I was still sleeping, but I love catching a little nap just before getting up and finishing the day before bed!

 

I know I always talk about how much I love the color red. But, sometimes, even I pick a different color.
I NEVER get tired of this color. Ever. Fascinates me every day. Love you, Micah, especially your eyes. And I'm so glad that our daughter's eyes are just like yours too!

Fun fall shopping.

I HEART Etsy.
For many reasons.
It's my favorite place to find handmade things I'd love to make for Hannah... but already done, and beautifully so, by someone with even more creativity and skill than I envisioned in the first place.
These items always arrive in my mail (love it! so special to get fun mail!)and quite often lovingly wrapped up in sweet ribbon. Hannah knows when the extra key comes out of the mailbox, something special is in the big mailbox! She loves opening it!
This weekend, it was a sweet crocheted earflap beanie. Pink and brown. She looks delicious, and LOVES wearing it, too! She's definitely a hat girl!
Many of my favorite sellers are also authors of some of my favorite craft blogs, and I love following their creative journeys!
Today, I love Etsy, because as I logged on to convo the seller from my last purchase to tell her that I LOVE the new hat, I found these fall goodies. For babies. So sweet. But Hannah is not a baby anymore. That's sweet and sad all at the same time.



Today, Micah took us out for a special breakfast at Coco's, because he was gone all weekend at a men's retreat, and she's now grown-up enough to color quietly at the table (and even on the table, but it came off with the miraculous baby wipes, thank goodness!) and line up sugar packets to practice counting. No running around the restaurant during the meal... well, until it was time to leave, at least. That's probably because she was too busy eating all of her breakfast favorites: scrambled eggs, blueberry pancakes, and even bacon! (Does she know that's meat? I wonder...maybe she's not a vegetarian after all!) It was precious, and we were so proud, that she was able to enjoy the special moment, eating and learning, rather than fussing and fighting.
Sorry no pictures, we were too busy enjoying the moment!

Back to Etsy. These other goodies were still posted on the site, though they have unfortunately sold. I'm going to have to recreate this Thanksgiving jumper. And put the Autumn wreath on her head. And make her pose in a picture with those felted pumpkins.
Fall is fun!

thank you dr. sears.

my child will now eat more than rice and beans. when she gets to choose.
okay then!
this was the greatest idea ever... p. 254 in the big purple baby book.
i doubt this will fatten her up, but at least now i am confident that she eats enough!

ps- the calculator next to her? it must be better than an ipad. she uses it as a phone. and sometimes as a remote for the TV. the more buttons, the better!

aaahhh. a rainy day.

what a sweet afternoon.
after snuggling with hannah under a quilt and listening to the rain... she dropped off to sleep for almost three hours (as of now).
rain. fernando on the ipod. sleeping baby. cozy time. such a perfect time to snuggle up with tea and a book under the same quilt.
OR, get the grades done for that last test.
Good news is... grades are in.
Even better... Hannah is still snuggled up in bed. Enjoying the rainy afternoon. And now, I'm off to find my book!
Thank you God for some peace and quiet!

Hannah's first baseball game

This post comes a few days late, but Hannah went to her first baseball game on Monday night.
Micah called me at school, all excited because one of his clients had a suite at the Angel Game and had invited us to come along... woohoo! Normally Mondays are strictly reserved for Piyo class, but we just couldn't miss out on this... and I'm glad we didn't!

The view was AMAZING. Totally held Hannah's attention for the first 20 minutes we sat out there. It was REALLY HOT, so we were thankful for the opportunity to duck inside and get something to eat every once in a while.
I've posted some of our favorite pictures from the night, though we missed the shot during Hannah's great bar routine. She was practicing her gymnastics on a hand rail for like, half an hour. You it's your first kid when you watch them do this. At a professional baseball game. In great seats. We were so riveted to this new development, that we couldn't even grab a camera!
Rookies.

ps- Isn't her sippy cup in the cup holder hilarious? Hannah loves cup holders!

Momma holding baby holding baby doll

That's how we get the vacuuming done around here!

kiss.

Kiss is the word of the day!
Hannah is getting chattier and chattier by the day, yay!
Lots of the time we still don't know what she's saying.
Lately, she's been bossing "Giss" around, and I thought she was looking for him, when she pointed at me and said Kiss. But I heard Giss. Then, as she kept pointing at me and pouting at her finger, I realized she wanted a "kiss." Now I hear it!
Yay, Hannah!
It's no wonder.
Hannah loves kissing.
She was a great kisser before she ever gave anyone a hug, blows kisses instead of waving byebye, and loves to make Daddy kiss Mommy over and over again when he gets home (no complaints here).
She's having lots of fun asking for kisses today. Boo-boos are not such a bummer today!