Into the Wild

This is crazy January weather!  It was 70 degrees today!  We took advantage of the beautiful day and headed to the zoo (we love our annual passes!).  Hannah loves going to the zoo, especially so she can take pictures of all of the animals with her iPod Touch.  She "pictures" all of the animals and even Mom and Dad.  She does like to scare us though when she is a little too reckless with holding the iPod over the rail to get a picture!

"Wow.  Impressive wingspan."

Hangin' Out

 Hannah loves hanging out with her family,
especially with these two guys!

Uncle Jonathan is painting Olivia's nursery today.  We love having him around, and he is definitely wrapped around a certain three year old's finger!  Hannah is keeping him entertained by talking nonstop.

Bedtime Ritual

Every night before she goes to bed, Chet always reads Hannah a Bible story.  After the story, Hannah decides what she wants to say thank you for in her prayer, and we pray together as a family.  Most of the time, she says thank you for her family, her friends, her school, Bible class, or sometimes what we happened to do that day like seeing the animals at the zoo.  Then we tuck her into bed.  Occasionally, we will yell "I love you!" back and forth until she bursts into giggles.  No matter how crazy the day (or she) has been, this always makes me forget.  No better way to end the day!

Recreating Memories

One of my favorite pictures ever of Hannah is this one taken on Christmas Day in 2008.  She was nine months old and we were in Walt Disney World.  We found Chip and Dale hiding in a corner of Disney's Animal Kingdom.  Hannah just thought it was the funniest thing to be in between the two chipmunks and sat there with a huge grin on her face.

Fast forward almost three years.  We just got our Photopass pictures back from our latest trip in December to Walt Disney World and I found this one.  I had forgotten all about it!  We found Chip and Dale again decked out in the Christmas gear in front of the same gazebo.  Chet told them about the picture that we had done before and they immediately grabbed Hannah and sat her between them.  I love watching my girl grow up with these fun memories!

Decorating Olivia's Nursery

When I have a few spare minutes, I have been working on getting Olivia's nursery together.  Hannah loves to help me!  She has already sorted through her old baby clothes, proclaiming, "Ah, this is cute!" for each one.  Today we started working on a fun mural to hang on the wall.  We don't really have a specific theme in mind.  I found a turquoise blue and pink paisley fabric that I have been decorating around.  It matches a stuffed pink and blue paisley Tigger that we found in Walt Disney World on our last trip.  Lots of bright colors and pretty patterns.  You can see a little of the crib skirt behind Hannah.  I'll post pictures once it is all finished!

Mini Cake Boss

 

It has been a cold and rainy day today!  Hannah spent the afternoon making play-doh birthday cakes.  We are all very excited that school starts again tomorrow!

Sewing Like Mom

I have been sewing most of the day for Olivia's nursery and Hannah decided she needed to as well.  It is amazing to think it has been four years since I prepared the nursery for the precious little baby in the picture frame.  Now she is excitedly helping me do the same thing for her little sister!