Catching Up

I know it has been a long time since I've updated Hannah's blog, so I'm going to try and catch up a bit.  This summer has been a blur and has involved Collin's 7th birthday and Hannah's 2nd birthday(but her 1st with us).  Cody's 10th b-day is coming up on the 29th and I celebrated my 38th b-day.  Michael's is also coming up on Sept. 25th.  We managed to squeeze in a not so wonderful camping trip as well.  Now I'm back to the grindstone with 7th graders coming on the 8th.

I forgot, I also celebrated my 20 year class reunion.

Hannah's 2nd birthday.

Hannah's castle cake compliments of Amaris.  Of course Cody handles the fire.

Hannah's cooking ensemble and kitchen set that she got for her birthday.

Collin at Old Forge.

Hannah was loving the animals at the petting zoo at Water Safari, as long as daddy was holding her.

Hannah and mommy at grandma's.

Here's the youngest cousin, Josiah, chillin with grandpa.

Big cousin Cody and little cousin Josiah.

New Cousin

It has been quite a while since I have posted anything but that doesn't mean that I haven't been busy.  My sister Loretta just had her first baby this morning.  His name is Josiah and he weighed 7lbs. 2oz.  We all went up to see him and mommy this evening.  Hannah was a bit jealous while I was holding Josiah, but she was also very curious about him.

The proud big cousin Cody, with the new little cousin Josiah.

Here he is yawning.  He had a rough day.

Here's the other proud big cousin, Collin.

Here's the proud Auntie(me) with little Josiah.

Now even Hannah is a big cousin.  I got several kisses from her while I was holding Josiah(jealous maybe?).

Bathing Cutie

Here's Hannah in her new bathing suit.  I also had her don the sun hat as well to cover her soft skin and try to keep in her silicone plugs in her ears.  She wasn't in the mood in the beginning but once we got in the water, she was much happier.

She was not happy here.

Here she is with her cousin Isaiah, and they were both watching a little boy that just caught a feather.

Now she's more in the mood.  The infamous cheesey "cheese".

A Little Fun in the Sun

Today Hannah, Collin, and I went to the pool in Bainbridge, but it wasn't open yet, so we had to improvise.  Collin dug out the spider web infested slip-n-slide and we put the hose on it(b/c I couldn't hook the hose up to it, long story).  At first Hannah loved watching Collin slide down it and laughed hysterically.  She even seemed to enjoy going down the slide with Collin holding her.  When I tried to slide her down on her belly or even her butt, she wanted nothing to do with it.  She cried.  These pictures are after the whole sliding incident and I think she was cold and not really in the best mood.  Collin was in a good mood though.

She would not say cheese for me.  She was pulling her infamous "ignoring mommy" routine.

Collin always says cheese for me.

Cody's National Honor Society Ceremony

We are so proud of Cody.  He was accepted into the Elementary National Honor Society. 

Is he proud of himself or what?

Hannah was there to see her big brother Cody on stage too.

Collin's Last Concert at Guilford School

Last night Collin performed his last concert at the Guilford Elementary School.  It was so cute.  It was also hotter than Dutch love. 

Get down Collin!

Hannah was so excited when she saw Collin on stage.  She was dancing and trying to copy Collin and she was screaming with joy!  It was so cute!!

Hannah's First Hair Cut(in the States)

Hannah's hair has grown quite a bit since we brought her home, so yesterday she had her first hair cut.  It wasn't a pleasant experience for anyone involved, but Colleen did her best by trying to console her with cookies and a teddy bear. 

So far so good, but then, nobody has touched her yet.

Here come the cookies(food is truly the way to this girl's heart).

Now daddy is feeding her cookies so Colleen can cut hair.

This is how she was most of the time, but she can turn it off and on, like that.

This photo was actually taken pre-haircut, but it was so cute I had to share.