Entertainment

This is Hannah watching a Baby Einstein video. It's hard to believe, but she will literally sit there like this for 1/2 hour and watch in awe of the happenings on the screen. It's pretty entertaining to watch her watching it!

We have spent a little money on toys for Hannah, but most of her toys have been given as gifts or handed down from other people. We have about 1,000 toys lying around the house. Toys that light up, toys that shake, toys that rattle, toys that make strange noises, toys that beep, toys that play music, toys that sing to you, toys that imitate animal sounds, toys that are soft and cuddly, toys with ultra-bright colors, toys that stack...you get the idea. But what you see below is one of Hannah's favorite things to play with:

Yes, that's right, old water bottles. They make a wonderful crinkling sound and are really fun when they have just about an inch of water left in them! And then there's this next wonderful discovery:

Hmmm, an empty baby wipe box. I think I might be able to use this as a way of pulling myself up to the standing position. It's just the perfect size and shape (NOT!)

Oops, it tipped over. I wonder why that happened. Well, I'm not finished exploring this fine mechanism yet...

Oh look, this one is even bigger and has a blue lid! Now this is the perfect device for helping me to stand! I might even climb up on it and sit on it, which will really freak my mom out!

Needless to say, we had to remove Hannah from all of these dangerous non-toys, so we went to the pool. It was her first time in the kiddie pool. Although she crawls all over the place at home, she is still uncertain of crawling around in the tub or kiddie pool. She wasn't too crazy about the waterfalls either. But once she adjusted, we had a great time!

Father's Day and More!

Here are a few pics from our niece's wedding (Mary Wilson--Jim's niece--remember he is the youngest of 9 kids--I know, it's hard to believe we have a niece that's old enough to get married!)
JIm calls this one her "fake smile".

Deer in the headlights look.

That's more like it!!!

On Father's Day, we went to John and Vickie's house. Here is Hannah surrounded by guys... cousin Luke, Jim, Uncle Dick, Uncle John, and Jim's dad Gramps, who is hidden by Hannah.

I just love my dad so much!!! He is so funny...
Except when I don't get my way... Actually this picture was taken when I was trying to get a good picture of Hannah for Father's Day. She kept crawling all over the couch, of course, and I was afraid she was going to fall off. So after trying to reposition her about 10 times, she got upset at me. I'm sorry!

Chicago or Bust!

Hannah and I went to Chicago last week to visit my cousin Heather and her family. Her and her husband have 2 boys--Owen (4) and Liam (6 months). We had a great visit. The weather was a bit cloudy all week, but it was a nice change of pace from the heat. We had a little rain here and there. The scenery was beautiful--everything is just so green there!

I was so proud of my little sweet pea on the airplane! She fell asleep on my lap BEFORE take-off on the way there and then slept through most of the flight! She was only awake for about the last hour. On the way home she was a bit more grumpy, but did fall asleep about an hour into the flight and then slept most of the time. One easy baby I tell you! She kept looking in between the seats and giggling at the passengers behind us. She was completely cracking herself up! So funny!

This is Hannah's first time in a real bathtub (no baby-sized tub here)...sharing some suds with Owen!

Hangin' out in Liam's crib with Owen...I've learned to pull myself up to a standing position and hold myself up!

Look Liam, this is how you sit up. You are so close! Soon you will be able to do this without being propped up!

I just can't sit still for very long!

Enjoying the beautiful Chicago Botanic Garden!

My mom is sooooo funny!