Trendy gal...

Sometimes when Hannah wakes up from a nap I like to take the camera in to catch what she is doing while she waits for me to come get her.  This is what I found today.  Apparently the "one-shoulder" shirt is a new fad.

Around the house...

There was a squirrel outside on the front porch and Lily and Hannah were trying to get it's attention.  Needless to say, the squirrel was not impressed by their attempts.

Hannah's favorite toy right now is the cash register with fake money.

 Already she takes after her mother:)

In Honor of..

MLK Day!   Some girlfriends and I are making dinner for a halfway house here in Columbia tonight and while they eat I am going to play a little MLK Jr. trivia with them.  In researching the questions I learned a lot so I thought I'd share with all of you.  Here are some interesting facts about the man himself:

• Martin Luther King Jr. was just 15 when he started college.  He was 5 when he went into 1st grade and he skipped 9th and 12th grades.
• He had 4 children-  two girls and two boys
• He was the youngest man to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
• He was jailed 30 times (for protests, sit-ins and marches)
• He wrote 4 books before he died.
• MLK day is celebrated on the 3rd Monday of January in honor of his birthday (January 15th).
• President Ronald Reagan made MLK day a federal holiday in 1986.

Boxed in

Hannah was all too excited to climb in the box of diapers after I had opened it.  She loves climbing in or on things and then just sitting there.  The funny thing is that there were still diapers in the bottom of the box.  (By the way, these are Target diapers which we have found are the best for the money)

Ah... the nap.

I consider myself to be a fairly accomplished person thus far in life.  I was a state champion swimmer growing up, I have a BA in Mass Communications for what I consider to be the best college around (it's practically Ivy League), and I have a great husband and beautiful child.  So with all of these things under my belt already, even the actually childbirth part, why is it that I feel so completely successful when I am able to just get Hannah to nap?  Seriously, when I hear the sound (or lack there of) of the silent monitor I feel like a million bucks.  The funny thing is, you'd think that I'm so excited because I now have the time to get a ton of stuff done.... but that is not the case.   I'm actually proving my point right now as I sit here and type during her morning nap.  There is plenty to do, dishes to be washed, laundry to be done, dog to be let out (I should probably get to that part sooner or later), but instead I will just continue to blog.... and check Facebook.

Ok, now I'm realizing how sad that is.  Who says blogging isn't therapy?  Time to go get stuff done.... or maybe I'll just take a nap.... and let the dog out.

Hannisms...

I now sit at a nice new desk my sweet husband put together for me in our bedroom so that I can spend more time writing and hopefully get paid for it soon.  I'll get a picture of this spot up soon so that you can imagine me sitting her at my cute little desk when I write.  For a lot of you that would not be interesting at all.... but for some "blog-stalkers" like myself, it might be rather amusing.

I realized the other day that there are so many cute little things that Hannah does right now that she probably won't always do so I wanted to write them down for another few years when I don't remember them.  She seems to be growing up so fast and I feel like she is doing something new every day.  Here are just a couple "hannisms".

• When she wakes up from a nap or in the morning, it's always fun to walk in her room and see her standing there watching the door.  Lately, as soon as you open the door she'll say "Heeeey" in the most southern twang.  
  
• A lot of times when I am holding her she will pat my back as to say "good job Mom".  I'm not quite sure where she got this from.  Maybe she thinks I need to burp.
• She knows the referee signal for touchdown (both arms in the air) and can do it on command.... except when the Gamecocks have actually scored a touchdown and then she just looks at Todd and I doing the arm motion and makes us feel a little silly.
• When I lay down on the floor she will get all excited and come quickly crawling over to me and lay down right up against me.  She has started doing this to Todd too.... which makes him feel very special.
• She is somehow able to differentiate between Lily's toys and her toys (I'm guessing it's the lovely smell) and she will grab Lily's toys and hold them in the air and shout "DAH".
• She loves bananas and will grab pieces and double fist them into her mouth.  I have learned that I can only put a few pieces onto the tray at a time or else she will put them all into her mouth and then think about how she is going to swallow.

There are so many more than this but I'll have to recall those later.  Have I mentioned that I love my child very very much?

 

Christmas with the Yandows