Twenty Seven Months

Hannah is doing lots of new and fun things right now. She can count to 12, understands the concept of hard and soft, and loves learning. Here's the new letters we learned this month: D, E, F, S, V, and M. We're working on G, but still get it confused with C. She can also recognize just about all the numbers 1 through 10. I hope she is always this excited about learning! =)



Her newest and favorite phrase is "So how you doing?" She will ask multiple times a day. You would think she'd been watching Friends. =) Hannah has always loved music and can now sing several songs. Some of her favorites are: 'The B-I-B-L-E', 'Jesus Loves Me', 'Old MacDonald', and 'Bingo'. So cute!

Hannah also enjoys posing for pictures which is good since Grammy always has her camera! =} She loves looking at pictures of herself even more that having them taken. My mom makes her a photo book every year and Hannah LOVES to look at them.

Hannah is still doing lots of mimicry in her pretend play. The other day she had all her stuffed animals laying face down on the floor. She then told them "Okay it's time to practice lifting up your head." "Oh good job!" Can you tell what Abigail has been working on. =) Such a sweetie! Here's one more cute photo of both girls together.

Two Months

This post is a few days late, but Abigail had her doctor's appointment this morning. She is GROWING. The latest stats are: 11 pounds 5 oz and 24 1/2 inches long. She's already wearing size one diapers and has officially outgrown newborn size clothes. They just don't stay tiny for long!!

She is not the greatest napper. She will sleep, but not for more than 45 mins or an hour. When she wakes up I usually try to keep her quiet so she can at least rest. She just gets grumpy if she stays awake for too long. She is doing well at night though. For the last 2 or 3 weeks she has only been waking up once at night between 2:00 and 2:30. Then she goes back to sleep until 6:30 or 7:00. I've had an alarm set for 2:30, but have only needed to use it the last few days. The doctor said today that since she is over 10 pounds she may be ready to sleep all night. So I will be turning that alarm off!

Abigail is smiling and cooing much to our delight! She is also tracking objects and responding to sounds. We do small amounts of tummy time throughout the day. A lot of the time she is content to just lay on her tummy and rest. But eventually she gets mad and lifts her head up. =)

She got 3 of her 5 shots today. We decided to break them up so she'll get the other 2 next month. Poor baby is having a rough afternoon. I can tell she doesn't feel good. I've given her Tylenol and I'm letting her sleep on me. Once we started sleep training, she's been doing much better about sleeping in her bed, but I don't mind bending the "rules" when she doesn't feel good.

I'll leave you with a few photos.
7 weeks old in this shot.


The outtake: I think Hannah is pouting because she wanted to get down. =)

Twenty Six Months

Hannah is really enjoying being a big sister. She LOVES to bring me things like the pacifier or burp cloth. If Abigail is crying she will gently pat her and say it's OK. She helps me burp her and requests to hold her from time to time. In the photo above she put her hand on Abigail's head all on her own. So sweet! She is still ever the mimic and it's fun to watch her pretend play. She rocks her toys, wraps them in blankets, puts them to sleep, burps them, tells them it's OK, and changes their diapers.

Hannah is fascinated with words right now. She knows they say things and will point and repeat "that say" over and over until you tell her what it says. We've decided to take advantage and begin teaching her letters. She now knows A,B,C,H,O, and X. We've shown her D once or twice, but she doesn't quite remember it yet. Ever the observer she finds these letters in books, on toys, our clothing, and many other places.

Hannah is finally getting some more teeth. The two canine teeth on the bottom have poked through the gums. Thankfully they weren't too painful and only bothered her a little. You can't see them in this picture, but it's still cute!

LOVE watching Hannah and Nathan play together. She LOVES her daddy. They play all sorts of silly games. She gets excited when he comes home from work and comes running around the corner to give him hugs.