THREE!!!

Hannah turned 3 on September 16th! Where is the time going? Daddy brought home flowers for her (he said they were for mommy too!)She had to smell them...
Hannah was so excited to see that the candles were for HER to blow out!
She loved her new Dora dollhouse!...
And her Tinkerbell jacket

On Saturday we celebrated with friends and family, and we rented a Dora bounce house! Hannah LOVES bounce houses. She was quite excited to see it in her backyard!
Time for some snacks.
Presents!


Time for more jumping. Zoey and I kicked the boys out so they wouldn't bother us!
Whew! Tired..These two girls just needed a quick rest.
Mommy even came in to bounce with me!...
And so did daddy!
This is just so much fun!
Later in the day my family came over to celebrate with me too!
The morning after...look at these new clothes!
Hannah...Happy birthday sweet girl. There are so many things I love about you...here are just a few.

I love your smiles and your laughter...especially when daddy is tickling you and you end up laughing so hard that you can barely catch a breath.

I love how, now that you're in a big-girl bed, you still lay there in the morning and wait for one of us to come get you. I guess right now we don't need to worry about you wandering the house. (whew!)

I love how your "radar" goes on the moment you spy candy, cake, donuts, or anything sweet! Wonder where you get that from?

I love how you "take care" of your babies--you love them, feed them, give them their naps, and even burp them! It is so fun to watch you being their little mommy!

I love how you sleep with about 5 different stuffed animals, and before bedtime you have to make sure that they are all covered up along with you!

I love how much you love our dog Taylor and kitty cats Cosmo and Wanda. You are so gentle and caring towards them.

I love how you often make random observations about various things:

"Daddy you're a boy and I'm a girl and mommy is a girl too." (as we are driving in the car)

"Mommy I'm not mad at you, I'm happy at you. And I'm happy at daddy too. I just am." (as we are at the store in the shopping cart)

"Mommy I'm nice-ing you." (After I asked her if she was being a good girl).

And I also love how you mix your phrases up:

Jim taught her to "wash it down" when she is eating, meaning take a drink. The other night she took a big sip and said, "Ahhhh I gotta wash it off mommy)."

Oh Hannah...we love you so much! Happy Birthday!

H is for Hannah!

Hannah will be 3 in a few days! It's so hard to believe! She is growing up right before our very eyes. She can write the letter "H"!!! She is very excited about her birthday and can tell everyone that she is almost 3!Hannah's perfect "H"
More beautiful "H's"...

Life's a Beach!

We enjoyed a nice trip to Coronado Island (San Diego) a few weeks ago. Jim's sister Therese rents a house there for part of the summer, and she invited us to stay with her. It was perfect weather. We all had a great time! Hannah was very good in the car on the way there and back (as opposed to last year when she hurled twice on the way there...glad there was no repeat of that!)

Being on vacation is so exhausting that on the second day there, Hannah decided she needed a 10 a.m. cat nap. It only lasted about 15 minutes though...
The cat nap gave her just that little bit of extra rest she needed to survive all day at the beach! She was a trooper even without her normal nap time!

We told her to smile, but she is scrunching her nose--she does that a lot when she thinks she is smiling. Looks a little goofy and could be some great blackmail pics someday...
Daddy dug this GREAT hole! It was loads of fun to jump in it and then climb out--over and over again.
Trying to bury mommy in the big hole.
I wish the pics had turned out more clear...maybe a little sand on the lens? (notice that Dora is standing in the sand behind Hannah to the right. In case you're wondering, Dora loved the beach too!)
Running around the big hole!
Skipping around the big hole...
Jumping in the big hole...
Sitting in the big hole...this is the best day ever!
By the 3rd day at the beach, Hannah figured out her limits. She came up to me and said, "Mommy I'm tired. I wanna lay down."

And she did...slept for about an hour and a half!
Hannah loved riding on the big boat (Coronado Ferry on our way to Seaport Village)

We love Seaport Village! Hannah thought the big lobster was pretty neat too!
Hannah slept like a baby (pardon the pun). Jim decided to go in and arrange her dolls around her and take a picture (no, she wasn't just automatically sleeping like that!)
Yeah for park!
We took a walk around the Hotel Del Coronado...( and maybe I even sort of pretended that we were staying there...)

We couldn't head back to sunny AZ without first taking a pic next to the blue M & M!!! Hannah wanted to bring him home!
Oh...home sweet home. We really missed you Taylor! We had a great time in Coronado, and loved the place Therese rented. But, it's always good coming home too!

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Hannah loves to sing (let's hope that she didn't inherit my voice...) Anyway, there's this episode of Dora where the "singing bridge" sings the song wrong, and you have to try to figure out what part is wrong. He sings "Twinkle Twinkle"...etc. and then at the end he sings "Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you ate for breakfast--"

This is Hannah's interpretation of that:

Productive Summer!

Happy Father's Day Daddy! Hannah and Daddy just getting ready to enjoy a swim on Father's Day.Hannah has been very busy this summer! She survived swimming lessons (she can, by no means, swim, but is much more comfortable in the water...thank goodness!) She has been going to the movies on Mondays with mommy, her Aunt Jaz, and cousins. She has been playing and enjoying the pool. She has also taken time out of her busy day to show the kitty cat how much she loves her...
And, she is a BIG helper with laundry too...
Oh, and taking a moment to show more love to the kitty cat while gently pulling on her tail can't hurt, right?
BIG NEWS: We finally moved Hannah out of her crib and into a big girl bed. The bed itself isn't here yet, so for now we are just having her sleep on the mattress on the floor to get used to being out of her crib. Plus we had the new sheets, and she just HAD to sleep on them!

On the first night, she went to bed pretty easily, but at about 10:15 we heard a thud! We went to check on her, and her head was on the bed, with the rest of her body on the floor! So Jim took some of the couch cushions and put them next to the bed so she has more room to roll around a bit. She sure moves a lot when she sleeps! Please don't pay attention to the messy room...as soon as the actual bed arrives, we will be reorganizing a bit, and there will of course be a bed rail on there so she doesn't fall off.
Now, this next story was a complete shocker for me. Jim was eating some chips and bean dip. Hannah decided she wanted to try some (mind you, she is extremely picky). I thought for sure she would not like it. Well, not only did she like it, she literally licked the can clean!
Notice the side of the can--it's HOT bean dip! We were cracking up!
Just gotta relax a bit after sooooo much bean dip...
One of my July outfits...
This is Hannah singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star:"

Twinkle Twinkle little star

How I wonder what you Oooor

Up the Up the

World so high

Wike a diamond in that sky.......

Twinkle Twinkle little star

How I wonder what you Oooor!