Wordless Wednesday!

My big girl!!!

So we have started to potty train Hannah. I started to take her whenever she said "poop". She has done such a great job of telling me. We have caught a pee a couple of times so I thought that maybe it was time.

We are on day 2 of no diaper during the day (except for nap time and bed time). I have put some pants on her to catch any pee that does not make it to the toilet. Yesterday we went through every pair of pants she has so she ended up wearing a diaper for the evening. Today so far she is in the pair of pants I first put on her. She is down for nap number one now but I have great hopes for the rest of the day. I will post again tonight to let you know how well she did and I will add some photos of her eating her breakfast today (she is just so cute!!!)

Busy summer!!

Well, summer has just been flying by. Graduation has come and gone, and so has Hannah's first birthday! My baby is one year old, walking on her own and she has 7 (almost 8) teeth. Our basement is finally finished and everything has been moved down here to make a family room and play room and guest bedroom. It feels so great to be able to use all of my house.

Mike and I are leaving for Minneapolis on the 22. We are going for our anniversary and we are leaving Hannah is the care of her Grandparents while we are gone. I am so nervous about leaving her for 6 full days but I know that she will be well taken care of. She has been coming into herself so much more these days that I am afraid of missing something. I am sure that everything will be just fine and that I have to put my trust in God. Our message this morning in church was about trusting God and not worrying about things so I am going to do my best.

The joys of being a mom!!

There are so many days when I feel like pulling my hair out and then she giggles at something little I did or she falls asleep on my chest or sits by herself and talks to her teddy bears and my heart melts. Words cannot express what a blessing it is to be a mom and to see this child changing day by day right before your eyes. Their personality changes, their looks, their height/weight. As they grow they just seem to get cuter and cuter. They also start to develop an attitude and start to do things to push the boundaries. God has given me a strong willed child and I know that He has a wonderful plan for her life. I can't wait to see how He uses this will for His purpose!!

It has been way too long!

Hey everyone!! I was just reading the last post on my blog and I realized that I have not posted something in a very long time. So just a quick over view of what our lives have been like for the past 7 months... Hannah has four teeth and she is such a happy baby. She has her moments of sadness and she even has an attitude but for the most part she is just a happy, funny kid. Mike is still at the school division but he is working part time trying to finish our basement. We now have a bedroom that is almost move in ready, a laundry room and a bathroom with a working shower. The family room downstairs just needs to be painted and carpet put in and we will be able to use the other half of our house. I cannot wait!!!

I am three weeks away from writing my final exams and being done with school forever. Whoever said that going to school with an infant would be easy clearly had never tried to complete such a task. Not only do I want to be with my baby I also have a house to clean, meals to make, school work to do... and the list goes on and on. I cannot express how excited I am going to be when they hand me my diploma and tell me that I am finished!!! Oh the anticipation.

Well, here are a few pictures of Hannah so enjoy.

Today is Tuesday!!

So today is Tuesday and I am one day behind on writing my tests for this month. I wanted to make sure that I was ready to write them as I need to get really good marks this year. I was supposed to have them written by yesterday but that just did not happen. Last week I took Hannah to the doctor and after having chest xrays we found out that she has pneumonia. So she has been on meds and has been a bit cranky the last little while. I had been praying that she would be feeling much better by Sunday as it was her dedication at Church. When Sunday morning rolled around I knew it was going to be a good day. She was so happy and content and she had a great day with her cousins. It may have been too good of a day for her though. When Monday came around she was quite grumpy unless I was holding her and when she got tired she screamed and screamed until she just could not keep her eyes open any longer. It did not help that I had to take her for another chest xray in the morning. I am not sure if I have described the chest xray process to you but i will do that now. The technician put her onto what could be described as a bicycle seat for babies. Then the other technician held her arms up while the first guy wrapped a plastic cone around her little body to hold her in a seated position with her hands up over her head. Once she was strapped in they took a couple pictures of her chest and told me to go and wait while they checked the images to make sure they got 2 good pictures. Did I mention that she had to be naked for this procedure? Well she did, she could keep her diaper on but that was it. I felt so bad for her. So bad that I thought I would leave her in the seat just a few seconds longer to get a picture so that all of you could see what it actually looked like. But alas the room was too dark and my picture did not turn out so you will just have to use your imagination.

I do not have any pictures to show this time but maybe on wordless Wednesday I will be able to scrounge up a few pictures for all of you to see.

A long day!!

So I took Hannah to the walk in clinic yesterday. We found out that she has a croupe like sound coming from her chest. I had to take her to get chest x-rays and to pick up some penicillin to help her get back to her normal self. She apparently takes after me when it comes to taking penicillin, she stays wide awake instead of konking out. She has been much crankier the last few days and not sleeping much. I sure hope this passes over soon so we can get back to normal.

Sunday is her dedication at Church and I am sure hoping that she will feel much better by then.