December 2015

We started the month with our choir and orchestra Christmas concert.  The elementary choir always sings a few songs, so Hannah got to participate as well.  And my parents came to the concert so both girls got to listen....a first for them since Mommy and Daddy are always on stage playing.
(photo credit: David Alvey)

Poor Hannah missed a few more days of school.  Her only symptom was fever but it would not go away and lasted 4 days.  We're glad she's feeling better and didn't share her germs.

The preschool choir also did a little Christmas performance where they sang 5 songs they learned this semester.  No singing photos, because Mommy and Daddy were both busy helping since that's the choir we work with.  They were so cute and Abigail loved getting to sing on stage.  They did have a photo booth set up in the lobby.  (Photo credit to David Alvey)

I'm happy to report that Domino has been a very good boy with the Christmas tree.  I was REALLY worried that he would try and climb it, knock it over, take off all my ornaments, etc.  So glad that has not been the case.  He is very interested in the ribbon on the packages though.  =)

We have enjoyed Hannah's break from school!  We've baked goodies for neighbors, had some friends over the play, met Daddy for lunch, puppet shows at the library, and just played at home.  We also made a gingerbread house with Grammy, lots of coloring and played at the park one afternoon (when it was warm).

Last month I mentioned taking photos for our Christmas cards. We actually got quite a few good photos.  My mom does such an awesome job. These are just two of my favorites.

We also continued our tradition of taking pictures of the girls by the Christmas tree at night.  This photo session did not go as well....it took two tries before we actually got anything good.  Once the girls were ready to cooperate we got several cute photos.  Only posting a few favs though. This is my mom's beautiful tree and living room, not mine.  =)

Hannah is SIX

I know I say this every year...but seriously where has the time gone.  This sweet girl can't be SIX already!!

 The 4 of us went out to dinner the day before Hannah's birthday to celebrate.  Then last weekend we celebrated with my family....hence this post being late.

Hannah loved her Pinkalicious cake, yummy dinner, and is having lots of fun playing with her new doll Emily Rose.  We opted for a less expensive doll since she is young and to make sure she will really play with it before spending big bucks on American Girl!

November 2015

We've officially hit the crazy busy season at our house.  Gearing up for Christmas concerts at church means lots of extra rehearsals.  It also means time to start planning a Christmas card photo session with my mom. So thankful for her and all her hard work, think we got some cute pictures.  Cards coming soon.  =)

Hannah had the whole week of Thanksgiving off school and Nathan took vacation days too.  Nice to have some time to spend together.  In addition to taking Christmas pictures we also went to the zoo.  Then the rain came and we enjoying playing at home and putting up Christmas decorations.  LOVED having both girls home!

The church children's choir did their concert before Thanksgiving.  They did a great job!  It was so fun to watch Hannah sing and see how much she's grown up.  The choir performed a musical and then some of the small group classes performed, including Hannah's puppet group.  Nathan got a video of the puppet performance but the file is too big to include here.  So a picture will have to do.  These are black light puppets and Hannah is the pink snake in the bottom right corner. (Photo Credit goes to David Alvey, church photographer)  She knew all the words and motions to the songs. (Photo Credit goes to David Alvey, church photographer)

Speaking of Hannah growing up, she lost her first tooth.  And by lost I mean, it was truly gone.  It wiggled for about a week and was hanging by a thread.  She would NOT let us pull it.  My parents came to see Hannah's program and asked to see her wiggly tooth.  She opened her mouth and realized it was gone.  My guess is she swallowed it.  She wrote a letter to the tooth fairy and was so surprised the next morning.  She found a note from the tooth fairy saying she would look for her tooth and to enjoy a new pencil and some money.  Hannah said "Mommy I thought the tooth fairy was imagination, but she's real and she left me a present!"  Her only exposure to the tooth fairy was in books so she thought it was pretend.  So fun to see her excited!

Still can't get used to the toothless smile!