7 Months Old

Wow! Hannah is 7 months old. I can hardly believe how quickly time has passed. It's amazing to think she's closer to a one year old than a newborn. Taking our same pictures is getting harder and harder, as you can see. We still got some cute ones, but only because Daddy was there as a distraction. She wanted to hold the sign herself and then we we took it away she scrambled right over the Boppy to reclaim it (see picture). It was also hard to keep the bow in her hair, because she was reaching out to grab it. Crazy girl. Here are a few highlights from the month:

• moves all over by herself
• expert at the army crawl
• prefers to sit (by herself) or stand (still needs help)
• wants to be able to see whatever is going on
• is fascinated by Kodak's tail
• will sleep around 12 hours a night (I hope this doesn't jinx it!)
• takes 2 naps a day
• takes 4 bottles a day
• has had at least 1 breast milk bottle every single day of her life (this will stop by this weekend though :(
• eats three solid meals a day
• LOVES fruit
• has had a horrible diaper rash for a month that won't go away - we are currently off of all fruits with a steroid cream
• is trying very hard to crawl - she gets up on her hands and knees and rocks all the time - she has tried moving forward but topples over
• knows what to do with the camera
• Has been Baptized!
  

Baptism Continued

Okay, here is the rest of the Baptism post. Hannah was baptized on Sunday. It went so well. We couldn't have asked for better. For those that know Hannah, you know she has a temper and can as ill as a hornet if she hasn't had enough sleep or if she's in big crowds. I was worried about her being in front of the congregation on a Sunday morning, when she typically doesn't take her morning nap on Sundays. Justin was up all of last week and Hannah slept in each morning. She slept between 12 and 13 hours each night. Woohoo! Lucky Daddy. Unfortunately on Sunday morning she broke that trend and woke us all up at 7 :15. She did take a short nap before church, but we though, uhoh...here we go. Not so. Hannah was precious. She never made peep when she wasn't supposed to (whew) and she charmed the entire congregation. She smiled and laughed and had a grand old time. She was so sweet and disgustingly cute the whole time. We were quite excited. She even managed to continue it for the rest of the day while we celebrated with our family and a few close friends. All in all it was a wonderful day. Thank you to those who came and helped us celebrate. We love you guys.

God Is Good

Hannah was baptized today! We were so proud of her and thankful to have the opportunity to share our faith with her as she starts her own relationship with our loving God.

This is just a teaser. More pictures and information to come later.

Our Almost Crawler

This was supposed to be a video, and it won't work. I tried downloading it again for several hours yesterday and it didn't work. I will keep trying though. It's a cute video. If you have any tips on how to upload a video, please share!!!

Halloween 2009

Halloween day started with a trip to the local pumpkin patch. It was about time we finally got there! I was hoping for a field of pumpkins, but that wasn't what we got. We did enjoy our family time, Kodak included. He went along for the ride.


After a nap we headed over to Mr. Grayson's house for Aunt Jess's Halloweenie Roast 2009. It was much too warm for Hannah's costume, but we put it on her when we arrived and she rang the doorbell and got to trick-or-treat for Aunt Jess. After a few pictures in the backyard, the costume came off. She was absolutely adorable in it, even if it was for such a brief time. We didn't make it to the church's Trunk-or-Treat because the butterfly was sound asleep, but hopefully we will next year!

The Halloweenie Roast was great fun, for a while. In typical Hannah fashion, the evening became a scream/cry fest. She just doesn't like to be out and about in the evenings. She was tired and over stimulated once again. She did manage to enjoy a marshmallow. She grabbed it off of Nana's stick but before she could stick it in her mouth, Mommy saved the day. It was a gooey, fun, and sticky mess.