Ikea

We made a brief visit to Ikea of Dallas last week.  Here is the only picture I took: it shows Burke trying to hang on the basket and talk to Hannah.  Unfortunatly, Hannah felt the need to push him away.  That actually happened all week long!  I guess she needs personal space.

Aunt Kirstin has an obsessive need to visit Ikea while in the D/FW area- and I must say I completely understand!  We purchased some shelves for Hannah's room but they were out of our 1st choice brackets (and 2nd and 3rd choices too!) so we will keep looking for some we like.

Fort Worth Zoo

Here are some pictures that Nana took during our trip to the Fort Worth zoo last week.  Hannah's first trip to a zoo was not all that thrilling- she did not see most of the animals (she couldn't focus on small animals in big enclosures and the barriers are really high).  But she loved the birds, the tiger, and the kangaroo.  Piper Jane and Hannah actually fell asleep during the last leg of the trip at the primate section.  We hope to make another trip to this amazing zoo in a few month- with Daddy in tow to lift Hannah up high enough to see!

Pink vest

Before it gets too hot around here, I thought I would share some pictures of Hannah rockin' her pink fleece vest.  Her Nana bought it for her last March but Hannah had to grow into it.  She is adorable in this sweet vest- maybe even looks like a Colorado baby?  Thanks Nana!

Potato Casserole

Hannah loves potato casserole.  She is even learning to eat it with a fork- although it is not nearly as fast as picking it up with her fingers!

Birthday outfit

Hannah received both of these outfits on her birthday :)

Fort Worth Botanic Garden

We had fun exploring the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens on Tuesday.  We were most fond of the Japanese Gardens with a huge koi lake and waterfalls.  Hannah was very fond of feeding those fish!  While it was a bit chilly and a little too early for lots of flowers, this visit makes us long for more adventures in the late spring.

In other news, we were supposed to go to the Ft. Worth Zoo today. But the zoo traffic was so bad that the city shut down the exit!!! Apparently half price day during Spring Break is the wrong time to go to the zoo. Hopefully Hannah and I will get to go with Burke and Piper Jane when they come to visit next week.

And just so that I can rant a little without crying or yelling again: I really really really dislike government agencies!!!!!!!  We have to get Hannah a new ss card because we don't have one- and even if we did it would have the wrong name on it.  Well, I thought I had taken care if it after 2 visits to the ss office in January.  I called today to see why it was taking so long to get it.  The answer:  they don't have the information on file AND my printed reciept has the wrong name.  So I will have to drive 30 minutes to Grand Prairie, sit in the waiting area for who knows how long, and finally (FINALLY!!!) get everything corrected.  And the thing is, I know I did everything right the first time.  Sorry for all the ranting and apologies to anyone working for the government.

Outdoors with Molly and Hannah

We had some great spring weather last week here in Texas so I thought it would be a great time to introduce Molly to our backyard.  I think she had a good time but Hannah and an owl hoot kept her on alert!

Oh Cappy

Yup- Molly and Cappy are in there together!

I have mentioned before that my parent's dog Cappy gets along well with Molly Rabbit.  Well, he took it to a whole new level while they were all visiting for Hannah's birthday.  His great discovery: Molly's cage and food! Who knew a Yorkie would like vegetables?

Even more birthday pictures

Here are more birthday pictures, this time from Evette.  Thanks to everyone who make this celebration of Hannah and Aaron so special.

More birthday pictures

Here is another picture from Hannah's birthday.  She had a blast with her cupcake!  Thanks for the picture Katie!

Hannah's 1st birthday party

Here are a few pictures of  Hannnah's 1st birthday party held on Saturday.  Lots of other people took pictures of better quality, but these are the ones I have right now :)

The party was busy and fun- lots of people coming and going and celebrating Hannah.  She was given so many presents- even though the invitations asked for No Presents!  I am not sure where we will put them all. . .

In other news, Hannah went to the doctor for her 1 year check-up.  She is a whopping 24 1/2 pounds!  That puts her in the 95% for weight.  And she is 29 inches long.  She also got 5 shots and blood drawn (everything is normal).