Halloween

It was the girls' first Halloween together and Emma was so excited to go trick or treating!  She was dressed as Cinderella and Hannah was a giraffe.  They both looked so cute!  Unfortunately we didn't get a picture of them together but nonetheless we did get cute pictures of them both.

The weather was crummy but that didn't hold us back from going to 24th Street and trick or treating.  Emma loved going up to people and asking for candy.  She was very polite and said thank you to everyone who gave her candy.  She loved seeing all the people dressed up - in particular there was a man dressed as a Gorilla and Emma loved him.  It comes as no surprise since he looked just like a life-size version of Tulane monkey.

After 30 minutes of being out it started to really rain.  Hannah, who slept the whole time, and I ran back home to get out of the rain.  We were quite wet by the time we got home.  We then jumped in the car to pick up Emma and Jamey.  When we got home Jack and Beckham (the boys next door) were getting ready to go out to get candy and Emma really wanted to go.  The rain let up a bit so Jamey took her out for some more trick or treating.

Emma got a ton of candy and loves looking at it. She knows that she can't eat it all and can have one piece a day.  I sorted through the candy and took all the hard candy out but we are slowly going to have the candy mysteriously disappear.  Hopefully she won't notice but knowing her she will.  There was one piece I took away and last night when she was looking through the candy she asked where that particular piece went.  I don't know how she remembers all the different candy especially when she has more than 30 pieces!!!

On a side note, we are dealing with some sleep issues again with Emma.  While she is going to sleep at night without us having to stay in her room she is waking up between 5 and 5:30 every day! It is starting to kill us especially since Hannah wakes up around 4:30/4:45.  We are ignoring her when she wakes up and not going in until 6 but she fake cries for us and says everything under the sun to try to get us to come in.  She tells us her bunny is awake - she has a bunny clock that has a bunny walking on the top half that signifies it is time to get up and the bottom half is a bunny sleeping.  Clearly at 5am the bunny is not awake!  She also tells us she has to go pee-pee; poo-poo; her tummy hurts, etc. The doctor recommended we ignore her and we've been doing that for the last few days.  The bigger issue is she gets up and turns her light on.  I am trying to find something to cover her light switch so she can't turn it on anymore.  I think that can help her go back to sleep.  We will see.

Hannah is 2 months old

Hannah is two months old already! I can't believe how time goes by so fast!  She is growing like a weed... I took her to the doctor for her well-baby appointment and she was 12 lbs 1 oz, 23 inches long and her head measured 37.5 cm.  Her weight and length put her in the 75th  percentile while her head is in the 25th percentile.  Emma had a small head too so we don't have any concerns.

She got three vaccinations and two of them were administered via shot.  She was a champ just like Emma. She didn't cry a lot which was great. The doctor was very impressed with how high Hannah can lift her head up - she is getting quite strong.

Hannah is also cooing a lot.  It is very cute to hear her voice and I try to carry on a conversation with her which sometimes works. Overall, she is a very happy baby; smiles all the time and really only cries when she is tired or hungry.

Hannah is an OK napper - we have to hold her still to get her to go to sleep and sometimes we aren't able to put her down - if we do she will wake up which isn't good. She's been sleeping pretty well at night - up to a few days ago she was doing 5-6 hour stints but the last two days she slept a little more than 8 hours and then last night she slept 9 hours.  We can't complain at all!!! 

Hannah had a lot of visitors in October.  Grandma Barbara came for a week.  Hannah very much enjoyed sleeping on Grandma Barbara when I went to drop off Emma at preschool.  She met her cousin Tom and our friends Randi and Brian from New York came to meet her too. 

She also took her very first plane ride.  I took the girls to Los Angeles all by myself.  I was a bit more concerned about Emma listening to me than I was Hannah going on the plane.  Both girls did really well.  Emma was a very good listener and Hannah didn't cry.  Hannah met her Great Grandparents and got to see her Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Deb again.  She met the star of the family - Gracie - but Gracie only had eyes for Emma.  Jamey met us in LA that weekend and then we all flew back to SF together.  The flight was uneventful except for the fact Hannah had an explosive diaper which ended up getting all over me - but that's par for the course.