The Shadows

Hannah is my little shadow.  She follows me wherever I go!  It is the cutest thing but sometimes I wish she would go to her daddy.  Hannah's 2 year old molars are coming in and it has been hard for her.  She is in pain and will cry.  It is super sad to see her so upset.

Hannah is really adorable now.  She is her own little person.  She is talking a ton and is a little parrot too. Hannah idolizes Emma and wants to be just like her.  Last week she pooped in the potty for the first time which was exciting.  Now we just need to formally potty train her.  She brushes her teeth on her own and will take showers with Emma. Her favorite phrase right now is "not yet" which is just adorable.  She is a good little listener and it is a refreshing change!

Emma is growing up so fast.  She is daddy's little girl but the past few weeks she is letting me be with her a more. We are working with her on her behavior and listening and it is getting better. She loves school and absolutely loves swimming.  We put her back in swim classes and now we are going to put her in private lessons - so she can really advance and so Hannah can take classes as well.

Emma's hair is growing now which is great.  She loves wearing it in a pony tail so it is fun to do her hair every day.  She is also into wearing dresses - a big change from when she would only wear pants.

Both girls love Frozen and they listen to the sound track every day.  Emma knows all the words to all the songs and Hannah is learning them too.  Emma's favorite show right now is Peppa Pig and watches it on YouTube all the time.  Hannah likes watching it with her too.

They really are best friends with each other and it is so sweet to watch them play together.  I really hope that their friendship and closeness continues through life.

Halloween Time!

Emma and Hannah had so much fun during Halloween.  Emma was Tinkerbell and Hannah was a mouse. They looked so cute!!

We went Trick or Treating around our neighborhood and had a ton of fun.  Emma was very polite and said thank you each time she was given candy.  She would ask me or Jamey if the candy was "safe" for her to have.  It was very impressive that she would ask us if the candy was OK for her to have.  Hannah had a great time getting candy as well.  She wanted to be just like Emma.  While she didn't eat the candy she likes holding it.

Walking and Talking much? Ummm no

Hannah is changing by the minute.  Everyday is different which can be expected at this age.  She is trying to talk and listening to every word you say very closely.  She says bear, ball, touch, dad, up, pup pup for her puppy.  She says other things but who really knows or understands her.  If you ask her what sound a bee makes she will buzzzzzzz and if you ask her what sound a dog makes she will woof.  It is very cute.  She is learning a ton right now and paying very close attention to everything we do.

She loves to walk around but she will only do it if she is holding your hand.  It has become a crutch for her and we are trying to break her of the habit.  She will take steps on her own (up to 5) and she likes to stand and balance by herself... but she is so hesitant to walk.  In time she will be off!

She loves to turn lights on and off, play with buttons/switches and open/shut cupboards.  I let her stand in the kitchen and play with them and it drives Jamey crazy that I let her do that.  She is having fun.

Hannah is really a sweet sweet baby.  She loves to cuddle, she loves laying on soft things like her monkey rug or even the rug in the kitchen and she LOVES stuffed animals!!  She sleeps with a bear and her Hannah pillow and I will sometimes find her sleeping with her head on her pillow like a big girl.  She is always happy as well.  She is always laughing and playing.  She loves loves loves Emma to death and Emma can do no wrong in her eyes.  Even if Emma tackles her, she laughs.  Obviously, I'm not happy when Emma does that but Hannah doesn't mind.

She likes to play games too.  She knows that Emma's bunnies are off limits.  But Emma has been carrying around her bunnies in the house lately and if she puts them down Hannah will go and get them.  She will then laugh and run away with them.  I think it is hilarious, Emma, not so much.

Emma and Hannah love taking baths with one another.  Emma likes to wash Hannah's hair and Hannah loves to wash Emma's back and torso.  It is so cute to see them interact in the bath together and help each other out.  I really hope their sweet relationship continues through childhood and into their adult years.  They really do love being around each other and playing together.

Hannah likes to run away from us now when it is time to get her dressed at night.  She is just like Emma in that way -- naked baby on the loose.  She laughs and laughs and it is a fun game for her.  You can't help but laugh too because her sweet laugh is infectious.

Hannah trying to talk

Hannah and Emma update

Hannah's a year old and she is doing great.  She had her well baby appointment on Wednesday and she weighs 21 lbs which puts her in the 50 percentile.  She is starting to get very vocal and actually says "hi."  Sometimes we think she says Emma too but we aren't really sure.  She is starting to move a lot more and crawl now instead of scoot everywhere.  But my goodness, she is probably the fastest scooter in the west! For the longest time she wouldn't crawl and would get around scooting.  I am glad she finally figured out how to crawl and get around.  For the past few weeks she has been screeching like you couldn't believe.  She wants something, where it is attention, toy, food, whatever and she gets frustrated and starts speaking like a shrilling bird. I do hope this phase passes quickly. She has officially transitioned to cow's milk.  It wasn't too bad - Emma cared much much more.  But Hannah has always been easier in that regard than Emma.  She eats practically everything and will drink bottles.  She is sleeping well for her naps.  She is still taking two naps and will sleep about an hour each.  One of them will be a little more than an hour which is great.  When we put her down to sleep she doesn't cry. She just sucks on her puppy's ear and goes to sleep.  It is so nice to have a kid you can just put to sleep like that.  I remember Emma used to cry every single time you put her to sleep for her nap no matter what!!!  I thought it was normal and when I heard about her friends not doing that I couldn't understand.

Hannah has her top four teeth, and she just got her third one on the bottom.  I think another one is coming though.  Hannah overall is a really easy girl.  She is always happy, wants to be around people and is exploring and learning her world.  She absolutely adores Emma - she is her best friend!  And Emma loves her too.  It is really cute to watch them play together.  Emma is very good with her and will engage her to play.

Hannah and Emma love going swimming at Grandma Shu Shu's.  They are both water babies and could live in the pool if we let them.  Emma is a great swimmer.  She doesn't need much assistance in the pool.  Today she swam the entire length of the pool all by herself. I was so impressed.

We threw Hannah a birthday party at our new house.  We moved in the week before it so we had to get it together in record time!  It was a great party.  The weather was fantastic, Hannah loved the attention and Emma loved having everyone over.  

For part of June, July and some of August Emma took ballet and tap classes.  Her friend Uma took the class too.  She started a couple of weeks later but it was nice for Emma to have a friend.  Emma liked it when she got there but it was such a fight to get her to go in the first place.  She wasn't that great of a listener to the teacher but when she wanted to she would.  We decided not to enroll her again and instead find something else for her to do.  She loves to do art so I am looking into art classes for her.

So much has happened

I really feel bad for not blogging until now.  To say so much has changed is an understatement.  The last few months have been crazy!  Hannah kept getting ear infections and finally on May 15 we got tubes put in her ears.  It was absolutely horrible to hold her as she was put to sleep.  I never want to experience that again!  However, putting tubes in her ears was the best decision we ever made. 

We went to Santa Barbara for Ryan and Emily's wedding and Emma was the cutest flower girl.  Hannah walked down the aisle with us and then we handed her off to Judith.  Emma was adorable and she did great as a flower girl.  Will had to hold her hand and tug her a bit to get her to go down the aisle but it wasn't a big deal.  She didn't drop flowers going down the aisle and instead decided to drop them while she was seating down.  After dropping them at her feet she thought that the rose petals would taste good so she kept trying to eat them.  It was hilarious watching it. 

We then moved to LA.  Jamey moved a week before me and the girls.  It was really hard moving without Jamey but my mom came up to help.  Judith came out for the first week and it was amazing!  Emma was really sad when Judith left.  She started The Tree House School and she really likes it.  She does miss her old friends (and Judith) terribly but once she starts making friends at school it will get better. 

We saw Tricia and Mona the first weekend we were in LA.  We went to lunch and then beach.  Emma had so much fun seeing them!

On to Hannah.  As I write this the poor little girl is very sick.  She has had a really high fever for the past few days (103.5-104) and it is just so sad.  I took her to the doctor to make sure that her ears were clear, and they were.  I will not be surprised if she breaks out with a rash after her fever goes away.  I am kinda hoping that she does and then we know it was Roseola.

Hannah has also gotten a ton of teeth.  She has her two bottom teeth and she has three teeth on top.  She is waiting for her top front one to come in and I can see it coming.  I can tell that she is in pain from her teeth and I feel so bad for her!

Emma went to ballet and tap class today for the first time.  She has so much fun and she looked so cute as a ballerina!

A quick update

So Hannah has two bottom teeth now.  They definitely bother her a bit and towards the end of the day she can get cranky.  But overall, considering what she must be going through she is being a champ! 

Her sleeping through the night is still not great.  It really is all over the place. This morning she woke up at 5:15am.  I wish she wasn't in our room because we would let her cry until 6/6:30 but we can't do that because she would wake up Emma.

Emma on the other hand woke up in the middle of the night (3am) crying and screaming.  When Jamey went in she said that she had a bad dream  - that skunks were trying to come in her room and bite her.  In the morning she said she was also scared that there were rats under her bed.  Jamey slept in her room with her for the rest of the night because she was very scared.  She wanted to come in our room but having one of our girls in our room was enough. 

Emma also loves to make up words!  She calls me Mamu (ma-moo) and Bunu (bun-ooh) for her bunnies.  It is pretty cute. 

She also loves making up songs.  The latest she said was a song that she made up in her heart.  We don't really get that but that's what she says :)