Brushing teeth

Hannah loves to brush her teeth!

Drummer girl

Hannah recieved a music maker set for her birthday from her "Aunt Catherine" and the rest of the Arnold family- and she loves making noise with all the fun instruments. One part that she just got interested in is the drum. She is learning to use the drum sticks to beat the drum (and put in her mouth).

In other news, Hannah is 15 months old today. We visited the doctor- walking for the doctor, 2 shots, and a not too friendly new nurse. Here are her stats: 25 1/2 pounds [75%], 30 1/4 inches [50%] and a smallish head [25%]. Thankfully, Hannah hasn't gained much wieght (only a pound in 3 months) because she was in the 95% and if she had stayed up there we would have had a "talk" with the doctor [ I was concerned, but I guess all her walking and busyness has kicked in].

Cool kids wear sunglases

We had a fun family outing last night: Aaron's school had "powder puff" football games (girls playing flag football).  It was a nice cool-ish evening and lots of Hannah's fans/friends were at the game.  Hannah even got to pet a sweet dog/mascot who had been painted blue!  Spring fun at its best :)

New Swing

Hannah loves to swing- and here is a picture of her new swing.  We got it from some friends whose kiddos outgrew it.  As you can tell, she is loving it.  I love that it is in a nice shady part of the backyard and ready when we have a spare moment to play outside :)

We also got her a fun little chair.  It is a little too tall right now- Hannah likes to pick it up and throw it.  It is going into hiding for a while longer.

When Momma isn't looking. . .

Hannah loves playing in the bathroom- loves it!  She loves getting into the cabinets (yes, they have been baby-proofed) and playing with the plunger.  She loves to open and shut the shower doors (well, all doors actually) and she loves pulling out my make-up from the bag.  There have been a few bad moments: Hannah found scissors one day and she fell into the bathtub (it was empty).  She found the trash can liners the other day and unrolled the entire roll- the proof is above!  Oh- that reminds me: her favorite thing to do in the bathroom is to unroll the toilet paper :)

In other news, Hannah is pretty much recovered from her cold.  I am still in the midst of my cold (acquired from Hannah) and now have an ear infection.  Aaron thinks that happened when Hannah stuck her germy snotty fingers in my ears.  Yep, I agree.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to our moms- Jo and Evette (both of whom are overseas today).  And to all the other special moms in our life- Kirstin, Robyn, Mimi Jane, Diane, Pat, Elaine, "A," Sharon and all of the honorary mothers who helped to raise us and teach us through the years.

Fun in the backyard

We have had some great weather lately (as well as some really bad weather) so Hannah and I have spent lots of time outside.  Here are a few pictures.

Birthdays

Well, my birthday was last week.  My super sweet husband took me out to dinner and to a show. Not just a show.  It was a super fabulous show: Beauty & the Beast on stage at the Bass Performance Hall in Ft. Worth.  Fantastic and very comical.

We are also celebrating Molly's 5th birthday today!  I love that fuzzy bunny!

Happy in the bumbo

Hannah has certainly outgrown her need of the bumbo seat but she has discoved the joy of playing with it!  She climbs on it and sits on the side of it.  She stands on it and plays for long periods of time with it.  She even needs a rescue occasionally- her large legs get stuck in it :)  Regardless, Hannah really loves this new toy of hers.

Mississippi visit, part 2

After we spent time with the cousins, we traveled down south to visit Mimi Jo and Papa.  Hannah learned to crawl up and down the stairs in 2 days!  She explored the backyard.  She got super messy at lunch one day- thanks to the mashed potatoes that Mimi gave her.  Hannah got some pink tennis shoes- for her future walking needs (so far it she is still just crawling and cruising).  We had a fabulous time with Mimi and Papa and I even got to catch up with some old friends.