Tinkerbell

Here is our little Tinkerbell. She loves to play dress up, and has been asking to wear her Tinkerbell outfit every night after school. Her favorite characters these days are starting to transition away from Dora, onto all the Disney princesses, Tinkerbell being her favorite. If only Halloween was right around the corner, and only if we lived somewhere that is wasn't 30 degrees trick or treat night :)

It's the little things....

Each day, Hannah is saying new things, funny things, as her personality comes to life. Each day, I can't wait to pick her up from school and hear about her day, as she is changing so quickly from one day to the next. And each day, Todd and I laugh, and laugh, at the little things she says and does, that truly bring the biggest smiles to our faces. She is at such a fun age right now, a stage I don't ever want to forget. I love watching her figure the world out, put her thoughts together, and watch her reactions to the new things she discovers day in and day out. Of course, all these little things that I try to document in her blog for her to read about on day, may only be special to Mom and Dad watching or hearing her for the first time, but none the less, they are things we don't want to forget. I promised myself to start writing more of these things down, while maybe only special to us, things I know I will cherish looking back on one day.

A few of my favorites lately....

Hannah in the back seat of the car leaving school and asks "Hey Mom, we going to Vegas Baby?" I was just in Las Vegas for work a few weeks ago and Todd taught her to say Vegas Baby... thus she thinks Vegas Baby is an actual destination.

After dinner tonight I got my purse and was heading out the door to go to Target to get a few things. I told Hannah I would be right back, that I was just going to Target real quick. Hannah says " Mom, you need MORE soap, and MORE paper towels?". I had to laugh, as I guess we do often buy a lot of paper towels and various types of soap.

And Todd's favorite for the day. I picked Hannah up from school, we got in the car, and headed to Dad's office building to pick him up. He gets into the car and you hear a little voice in the back seat "How was your day Daddy?". I think he might had melted.

And finally, I still laugh at a week or so ago, Todd was out of town, and I had been out of town the week before. Hannah and I were driving home from work/ school and I asked her what she wanted for dinner. She said "waffles". I thought, what the heck, sure, we can have waffles for dinner tonight. So I said "Ok Hannah, we will have waffles for dinner". Hannah shrieks with excitement barely able to contain herself. She says "Daddy says NO waffles, Mommy says YES waffles, YEAH!" I just starting laughing thinking I was just manipulated by a 2 year old.

Just a few of the simple things that make us laugh and smile each day, that make it all worth it.
How can you not smile at a 2 year old in the back seat of the car singing "Roxanne" on the way home from school. Too funny!

Happy Memorial Day 2009!

Happy Memorial Day 2009! It was a busy weekend for us. Friday night Hannah and Mom went to dinner with Kim, Jason and Eleanor while Dad was on his way back from LA. Saturday we spent the entire day getting our yard ready for spring..mowing, planting, cleaning. Sunday we had friends over in the morning for alunch BBQ, and then headed to another friends for dinner that night. Our friends Geri and Jason have a little baby boy named Brody who is 4 months old we got to visit, he is really cute. And they have a cat, which made Hannah's night. She saw the cat and said "hey look, there's Hello Kitty" with excitement. She called their cat Hello Kitty all night and wanted to chase her around and play... while the cat of course hid from Hannah.

And finally today, we relaxed a little, slept in, and went to the park. This evening we went to Kim and Jason's house for a great BBQ rib dinner. We are all stuffed, even Hannah loved the ribs! Hannah and Eleanor above had a great time playing more "red light, green light" running around in the yard, blowing bubbles, and kicking balls. They are quite the little pair. I hope everyone had an enjoyable and safe memorial day!!

It's Sunny!

Hannah is our little weather reporter these days. The first thing she does every morning is let us know if it is sunny, raining, snowing, windy, hot or cold. The good news is that lately is has been sunny and hot, and we hope it stays that way for a little while. On the way to work in the morning we head east and watch the sunrise, and on the way home we head back west and watch the sunset. Hannah also gives us an update on if the sun is waking up and going to sleep, it is pretty cute. In this picture Hannah was outside playing the other night after school and kept saying "mom, it's sunny" about 100x. It was as if she had never seen the sun before.

Now that it has been 5 whole days since Hannah found out she is going to have a little brother she is beginning the "acceptance" stage. I think we are finally out the of "denial" stage with a little help from the teachers at her school. She now tells everyone she is going to have a little brother, so that is the good news. The confusing news is that she insists her brother is in her belly. Walking out of school today she lifted up her shirt and showed about 4 different parents her brother in her belly. They all laughed, I am assume they think we are a little crazy. But hey, if that helps her accept her little brother, than I will let her believe it for awhile.

Dad has been in LA this week, so we have had a fun filled week. We made cupcakes soley decorated by Hannah with sprinkles, we went to visit Heidi's & Michael's new little baby girl Mia last night, and tonight went to dinner with Eleanor, Kim and Jason where Hannah and Eleanor ran around screaming in the grass by the parking lot playing "red light, green light". They were having so much fun and are so cute together.

This weekend we are going to be busy getting our yard ready for summer, and hosting some friends to come over on Sunday for a BBQ and meet there 3 week old little girl. Then headed to visit a another friend to meet their 3 month old litlte boy. Never a dull moment!! I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable Memorial Day Weekend!!

The Artist, and the Big Sister

Today was an eventful day. Today Hannah went with Mommy and Daddy to Mommy's 20 week ultrasound, and today we found out that Hannah is going to have a little brother. As much as I would like to say she is excited, that would be lying. For months, Hannah has been saying, "no boys, no like boys". Today her worst nightmare came true, there will be a little boy living in our house. We laughed pretty hard when the dr told us it is a boy, and you hear nothing but Hannah saying "no, no, no". She then lifted up her own shirt and asked the dr to check her belly because her sister must be in there then. As the doctor was laughing, Hannah then informed her that her belly was getting bigger and bigger and that her sister really was in there. Ah... poor Hannah, totally confused. Needless to say, we are excited to have a family of four complete with a little girl and a little boy. And most of all, we are excited that everything looked healthy and baby was happy kicking the whole time. We know Hannah will eventually come around sooner or later. We have lots of pink in our house, blue will be nice compliment :)

Tonight was the first day in MN it hit 80 degrees, we spent the evening painting the drive way. Hannah wanted to show everyone her art work. Her favorite thing to do lately is "art". In her world that means coloring, painting, and putting stickers on anything she can find.

Hannah has been saying many funny things lately, she keeps us on our toes! This weekend Murphy got a haircut, and it is pretty short. He came home from grooming and Hannah shrieked with excitement and said " Mommy, I got a new puppy". We spent half the day trying to convince her that her new puppy was indeed our dog Murphy, just with shorter hair. She was so excited, we partly just wanted to let her believe for awhile she did get a new puppy... it was pretty funny.

It has been busy, yet lots of fun around here. Todd has been traveling a lot so Hannah and I have been doing girl things together. Our evenings are spent painting nails, making cookies and cuddling on the couch reading books. I have still been sick, and hoping it will go away at some point.. but not counting on it. I told the dr today I was still not feeling great, her response was "that's annoying" which really doesnt' make you feel any better. A littler perserverance and determination, and we;ll get through it, the end result will be worth it.

Lil' Shopper

Today we went and ran some errands downtown. Hannah loved going shopping. We went to Nieman Marcus to get Mom's favorite lotion, and the sales ladies there just ate Hannah up. It was really cute. There 3 women "waiting" on Hannah. They gave her a sparkly makeup bag, and filled it with perfume, lotions and make-up samples from all their high end lines. Mom was kind of excited about this :) The sales ladies just made such a big deal out of her, Hannah felt really special. It was too cute. When she left, she was carrying her bag in pride with her purse saying " I like Nieman's". I thought... hmm, just wait until she is paying the bills, she might be spending more time at Target than Neiman's :)

Springtime Bubbles

Who loves bubbles? That would be Hannah, and her parents just bought a two gallon jug of bubble refills just hoping it will last us through the summer. Hannah is enjoying spring and loves her bubbles. Each night when we get home she eats dinner, plays bubbles, plays sidewalk chalk, and then finally heads to the swing sets. I recently just bought her some sidewalk paint, and that has brought a whole new messy element to our evenings. It is fun to watch her paint a line on driveway and say 'hey mommy and daddy look, it is a dinosaur" or often times we hear she is drawing puppies, elmo, monsters and dinosaurs. It is pretty comical and a pretty wild imagination. Now, if we can just consistenly be in the 70's here, or even upper 60's, life would be better!! We are ready for warm weather and time spent outside!!