Hannah had her 3 year checkup a few days after her birthday. Here's her stats -33 lbs and 37 1/2 inches. The doctor said she looks great and was impressed with how well Hannah cooperated during the exam. No shots this time, but I think there are several at the 4 year check up.
Just realized I never wrote about Hannah's birthday celebration. We had pizza and cake with my family. My mom didn't have time to make a cake this year so she had a friend of my sister's make one. Super cute!
Before Abigail was born, we would let Hannah watch a DVD or TV show about once a week. And she didn't watch anything until she was almost one. The TV was a great distraction when Abigail was little and I had to rock her to sleep. Now Hannah gets to watch one 25-30 minute show 4 or 5 days a week. She knows it is a reward though and will not happen if she doesn't make good choices. For the longest time all Hannah wanted to watch was Baby Einstein (great baby DVD's by the way). She would occasionally watch Curious George or Veggie Tales. Her favorite show right now is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. I like that is geared towards toddlers, semi educational, and not annoying to watch. =0 In case you're wondering Abigail watches TV with us, but she usually gets bored and crawls off to play. Certain shows make her laugh and anything that has music will make her dance.
We've been talking a lot about choices with Hannah. If she makes sad choices we have her pray and tell God sorry and ask him to help her make better choices. A few weeks ago after she prayed she told me "Mommy, Jesus is here to help me make good choices. He rode all the way to my house on a camel. And Mary rode on the donkey and Joseph walked beside her." I'm glad she's listening and trying to figure out the Christmas story...even if she's still a little confused! =)
Hannah has always been a great sleeper...until recently. Once we moved her to the toddler bed we've struggled off and on with keeping her in bed. She'll usually come out several times before falling asleep. We've tried various rewards and some days are great and some days not so much. That was annoying, but not too bad. Then about a month ago Hannah also started waking up in the middle of the night. She is usually only up once, but sometimes it's two or three times in one night. We have no idea what is waking her up. I take her potty and put her back to bed and she almost always goes back to sleep. She isn't drinking more and had been sleeping through the night and waking up dry. Really hoping this is just a phase because I would like a night of uninterrupted sleep ZZZZZ! =(
As I mentioned in my Christmas post, Hannah got a play kitchen. Since we had Christmas at my mom's the kitchen was still in the box that she hunted to find. There were so many other things going on that day, that she wasn't really all that excited about her kitchen. After the girls went to sleep that night, Nathan and I stayed up late putting it together. She woke up the next morning and said "Mommy when Daddy gets home he'll put together my kitchen." I told her to go look in the play room and she was VERY excited. Nathan and I gave her pretend food and dishes so we helped her unbox those and put them away. She is having fun cooking for us and her toys. Of course Abigail loves to carry the food around the house too. And her favorite thing to chew on is the butcher knife (not at all disturbing right)! =O
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