Super Eight!

This month has flown by and when I look back at some of the accomplishments it seems already that she has been doing some of them for months! Strange how the first few months seemed to last forever and now they are catapalting past me! While I'm living in the moment it seems to linger and when I look back it seems hardly a blip on my radar.

We started the month going from our belly to a sitting position at which point Dave and I decided we had better lower the crib two notches right off the bat! Quite a good decision on our part, too. Four days later she figured out how to slide off the couch and the bed backwards onto the floor even though she hadn't figured out what to do after her little feet touched down. One week later she figured out how to get all four appendages going in the same direction and she crawls with her eyes looking up at you the whole time all excited and grunting the whole way to let you know she's coming.....don't worry! Three days past that mark she figured she could try and pull herself up and we looked at each other and laughed because we know we are in trouble! By the end of this month she is crawling speedily to destinations and really starting to discover things. Opening drawers and cabinets, crawling under things and learning Mom's new favorite word "No!".

She is doing great with the concept of sharing so far. She will give you something if you ask for it and is learning that you can pass an item back and forth more than once also but not always. She is really starting to enjoy story time more and more and Mommy needs to settle down and read more consistently every day rather than skipping time here and there. She goes through her pile of books on her own and looks at them and laughs while she tells the story in her head, I guess! Good pretender. We went to the Strawberry Festival with Mom and Dad. She is really starting to participate with things in the house and around by imitating what we are doing. She pulls at the grass when we are weeding, tries to eat the mulch when we are in the perennial beds and even has successfully scooted on her bottom across the kitchen floor pushing the dust mop!

We went to our first Garden Center to shop with Grandma Nancy over at Wilson's and had lots of fun looking at all the neat stuff they had, went to pick strawberries twice and then "helped" make strawberry rhubarb jam and pie and freeze the rest of the berries. Helped mommy make a vegetable garden and tried to eat the rocks she pulled out of the dirt! We had a visit from Sue and she brought her granddaughters, visited with Bob and Gladys and had fun and went to the lake with Mommy and Daddy and spent the day with Keeton (who is really a riot), Sydney and Shelby and loved watching them play ball. Then her and Daddy played in the lake and then in the sand and on the swings and the slide. What a busy day it was! There were adults there too but she liked playing with the kids best! lol

Doctor visit puts her at 28" long, 19.5 lbs and a 17c head. She is doing great. All her numbers are where they should be! Her food list is expanded to include Venison, salmon, Chicken, rhubarb, cantaloupe, watermelon and spaghetti squash. Last but not least her biggest feats are she knows how to give kisses now, wave, clap and play ball! So we're doing really well and the summer is fast approaching!

Sizing up the 7th month

Here we are almost to the 9th month and I haven't even posted for the 7th month. We had some computer difficulties (our hard drive was completely fried) and that took some time to repair. So here we are and what an amazing month it was!

It is so much fun to track all the first's as they come along! Everything is so new to her and each day she realizes something else. Such bright blue eyes so full of wonder and sense of accomplishment and at the same time looking for reassurance and approval from those closest to her. Unfortunately, I wrote about some of the 7th month happenings in the last post so we'll have to see what we can come up with for this one.

We are VERY proud to annouce that Hannah has successfully completed her first morrel muchroom hunting season. It was not a very successful hunt for us as we would have hoped for, but we had fun anyway:) She has learned to play with bubbles in the tub and loves to splash. She is so funny to watch as she splashes and then jumps when the water hits her
little face. She hasn't quite figured out why she can't catch the bubbles but she's not far from figuring it out. We accomplished our first joint cooking feat making some brownies for our Party Lite party. What an enjoyable day with good food, good friends and a good baby!

We took a ride down the road and met our neighbor who also has a daughter. Olivia is about 2 years old. She is quite adorable and the neighbor seems very nice as well!

Hannah has discovered that she can squeak her little giraffe from Aunt Beth all by herself and was just so pleased to be doing it!! Dave and I were both busying around, Dave painting in the hallway and me in the kitchen cooking dinner and all the sudden in the background of my thoughts I hear this little "Squeak". Then I heard it again, this time with a little more assurance, "SQUEAK"! When I turned around she was holding that little giraffe so tight I thought it's sewn on eyes would pop off his head. Her eyes were sparkling with accomplishment and new found fun and her little cheeks were all aglow around her opened mouth smile with the joyful drool stringing down her tiny chin! So we played along for a while as whe squeaked away and we acted all surprised.

We also had our first Mother's Day and had a wonderful day with my Mother-In -Law and the three of us. Nice dinner, good fun and conversation and joined by Scott and Beth with their grandson and her parents for delicious dessert.

Hannah has helped me make salsa and more brownies. We've been to the chiropractor and she was a real champ as we were there for 2 hours! We had our first playdate!! We meet two other ladies who have girls about2 years old and play at the local playground once a week. She loves the swing and the slides. The last first for this month was that we took out our first library books and what fun it was to pick them out. She loves books and I am glad about that.

Food firsts include kiwi, cauliflower, swiss cheese and cheddar cheese and apple juice. So that sums it up for this month and I'll see you all inn about a week or so for the 8 month update!! TA TA!