Hanna: a year in review

We celebrated Hanna's 1st birthday at the end of December!  I thought that it would be fun to showcase her life month by month.  We love to look back and see show she's grown.  Hope you enjoy these photos as you watch her grow with us!

 Your arrival was about a month early but, outside of the first tenuous few days, that was fine with us.  We had, after all, been waiting for you for quite some time!  
December 29, 2010; 4 lbs 8 oz & 19 inches of pure sweetness!

Sleepy girl after her bath

2 month girl snuggling with her Daddy

At 3 months- first time to Eastern WA & the first time she slept through the night!

4 months at Easter

Nice evening outside at 5 months old

6 months at "our" waterfront access to the Sound

Love these animated faces at 7 months

Sitting on her rocking chair in her room

8 months at Crater Lake, OR

9 months on the Oregon Coast, her second visit, but first taste of sand!

10 months- she loved picking at the pumpkin's stem

11+ months playing with her toys

Almost a year, perfect time to introduce Hanny to coffee, right?

Happy 1st Birthday!

Our beautiful & sweet little blessing

Here's what Hanna is up to:

• Stand up & push anything on wheels (ok, wheels aren't required-- perhaps, she's just figuring out how to work her own)
• LOVES to look at books, turn the pages and will sit for a bit while we read them
• Unload the tupperware and other kid-friendly cabinets in the kitchen
• Laughing while she pets Jack and plays his chest like a big drum
• Giving kisses
• Getting attention from strangers. It's amazing what a social butterfly Hanna is.  She unabashedly stare until she is acknowledged and gets a smile.  It's fun to watch some overly serious-looking adults (of all ages) "give in"; eyes brighten, frowns or smirks become smiles- as if you can see hearts being softened a bit!  

Exploring her surroundings-- wipe out!

• Pick her nose-- it's true!  It's inevitable...I'm sure we will be visiting Daddy for extraction of a raisin or pea (or other nasal foreign body) someday. And she thinks it's the funniest thing... sigh
• Playing with the dog bowls (and she loves the hand washing that she gets after, too!)
• Her words:  Dada; Mama; "ack" (Jack); "nigh","nigh" ('nite, 'nite), "na,na" (No) and her new letter is "G"
• Signs with her hands: "all done", "more" and sometimes "milk"
• Makes animal noises: doggie (arf) and monkey (ooh ooh, ahh ahh)
• Stands up in her cribs and nestles into us when we pray at her bedside each night.  Then, once we kiss her goodnight, she collapses backward and goes to sleep.