Milk Moustaches

Just a scoop on what's been going on here...

Hannah and I have had the last couple days (and all next week to come) here at home, just us...me getting to be a single mom for about a week and a half. Early Wednesday, David and Ben (our youth helper) headed off to Indianapolis, IN for FUEL, which is a youth leaders convention. David was asked to lead/speak at 3 sessions there on the topic "how sin affects ministry." The day before he left, something I'm sure the enemy loved happened - his laptop had some big error message pop up, and he lost all of his notes he had saved! He felt sick and I felt sick for him! So he got to work on that on the plane, instead of sleeping. Next week he is in Vancouver all week taking a couple ministerial classes. I'm very proud of him for everything he is doing for the Lord and even though being a "single mom" will be tough, its worth it! :)

So, now onto the reason for the title of this blog...

Yesterday afternoon, my sister Anna came by with two of her kids - Cambria and Micah, and we went to the mall to check out a great sale at Children's Place. Hannah and Micah got along so well, which was great because its just not so fun when they are always trying to pick fights with each other. Anyway, we found them each a cute hat which theyenjoyed wearing and didn't want to take off, and then Anna and I needed (maybe more like wanted:)) a Starbucks. Since the kids were good, we got them a chocolate milk to share. Its hard to see in the pic and who knows how it happens drinking out of a straw, but they got some pretty good milk moustaches. They were so cute in their new little hats with milk all around their mouths - and of course their cheesy grins, we had to get a pic when we got home.

"Pwetty Caircut" aka Pretty Haircut

So this last Friday, I went in for a haircut and decided I was going to take Hannah with me to try to see if she would at least let the gal give her a trim. Well, she sat so good, we decided to do more than a small trim. She ended up doing a cute little bob on her, and it looks adorable! She cut off about 3-4 inches...I didn't realize her hair had gotten SO long! David thinks with the new haircut she looks like Dora. Hannah did very good - she actually was very somber sitting there for the first while, just staring into the mirror, like she was wondering what in the world was going on. But then she warmed up a little and started asking what the lady was doing, and investigating the hair that had fallen on the arm of the chair. After she was done, we all told her she had done such a good job and that her hair looked pretty, and so she became very proud of her haircut and kept telling us she had a "pwetty caircut." :)

Big Girl Bed

Since Baby #2 is coming along soon, we've been keeping an eye out for a twin bed for Hannah, because we will need the crib matteress we have in the toddler bed for the crib. We came across a good deal on a matteress set, and picked it up for her this weekend. Thanks to my parents for letting us borrow a bed frame they aren't using, along with some sheets until I can get to the store to pick something out that will go with her room. Today David put the bed up, and when I came home from work, she was SO proud to show me her new bed. David told me after he got it up, she played on it for most of the afternoon, too. It did take her a while to get to sleep on it tonight...I think just because its something new for her. Its fun, but also a bit sad to see my baby growing up so quickly and already in a big girl bed! The 3rd picture is of her in time out tonight...she was telling me "no" and disobeying and I asked her if she needed to go to time out. Well, she bolted out of the room, and when I came out, here she was - she had put herself in timeout on her own...sitting in her spot, along with a pouty lip...we got a good laugh out of it. :)

Changing "bibers", Riding bike and Primping

The other day, I found Hannah this way...changing Ernie's "biber" as she calls it and telling him it was gucky (yucky) and stinky. She had gotten a hold of a wipe and had a clean diaper and was making sure he was wiped good and clean, then tried to put the new diaper on him. She sat there doing this over and over, for at least a good 10 minutes. She wiped, put the new diaper on, pulled it off, wadded it up saying stinky and started over. It was pretty great entertainment. I should have taken video instead of just pics. :)

One of our last few nice days on a Sunday afternoon, we went out and enjoyed the weather and practiced riding her trike she got for her birthday. She hasn't quite got the hang of pedaling yet, but she's almost there! Plus her legs are just a teeny bit too short to get her feet to completely push the pedals all the way around. I think the thing she most enjoyed was ringing her bell on the trike, so everyone could hear her coming!
This first pic is a bit blurry, but I had to post. She came in to the bathroom after breakfast one morning as I was getting ready, and I told her I needed to wash her face because she had yogurt on it. Well, she has been wanting to do many things herself, or first, before me, lately. So she insisted on doing it. So here she is, wiping away at her face - over and over. Then, when I told her to show me so I could take a pic she turned to me and puckered up (second pic), then continued wiping away. She is for sure a girly, girl and loves to look at herself in the mirror when she has new clothes on, or fix her hair in it. :)

Fun with the cousins!

A couple weeks ago, my sister Anna and her hubby Dan, dropped their 3 kids by for us (actually me) to babysit while they went to a football game. They are all just so adorable together you can't resist taking pictures of them. We had a yummy spaghetti dinner, which all the kids, including 9 mo old Cambria, really enjoyed. Seems like spaghetti is a hit for kids...even when they are picky eaters! We had a fun, busy evening, even though Hannah and Micah picked a few "fights"...or more like antagonized each other. And 4 year old Josiah is such a "gentleman" - he complimented me on the dinner and how good it was. He also had a very serious conversation with me about his Star Wars, and told me all about who was who. I for sure had my hands full, but enjoyed my time with them all!

Can you feel him kicking?

Hannah really likes to touch my belly and talk to her "brudder." Its so cute because she totally changes the tone of her voice and talks really soft and sweet to him. I may have already mentioned this in a different post, so forgive my prego brain of forgetting, if I did. :) But anyway, if she finds a binkie or a bottle in the cupboard where I have them stored, she will try to suck on them, and I tell her not to, because its for when her brother comes. She then proceeds to go up to my belly and hold it at my belly button and says "here brudder. Yum, yum" and smacks her lips like she is pretending to eat. I'm sure she will definitely be my little helper and very motherly here in a few months. These pics are from one evening after I got home from work and was relaxing for a bit. She climbed up on my lap, lifted my shirt and was talking to him and trying to feel him kick. :)

Precious "Hannah" Moments

I know, I know, I haven't posted anything for a few weeks...I've been slacking...so now I have a bunch of pictures to post for you all to see. These are just some cute, precious moments we've captured of Hannah lately. She's just too cute you can't help but take lots of pictures of her...I just wish there was more room to post all the pictures we take! :)

Love Grandma Georg's homemade chocolate milk and some strawberry jam! Notice her eyes closed in enjoyment...although I'm sure it was just at the moment the picture was taken, her eyes were closed. :)

Covered with the milk and jam all over her face. She LOVES to wear Daddy's cowboy hat...good thing its already falling apart, so she can't ruin it more than it is!
Playing "Hide and Seek" with a sheet - its so fun to hear her deep belly laugh when she is found.
Another favorite pastime is to sit in boxes and play...she asks to be pushed around in them too, and loves it when we do!