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.

Mother's Day Gift

For Mother's Day, I received a new fancy camera.  I thought I would post a few pictures to see how they turned out.  Thanks for my gift kids and hubby!

Collin was using Hannah's shirt to flip up her cup and she laughed so hard.

Collin is playing a heavy game of T-ball, only he doesn't use the T.

Oh yeah!  She's a little Diva!  A minnie Cheetah girl!

Hannah's first time at the brook.  She got so she loved it and I had to drag her out.

Bad Hair Day

Daddy was cleaning up Hannah after dinner one night and this is what he did to her hair.  I would definitely call this a bad hair day, but Hannah is taking it in stride.

This year I was able to celebrate being a mother of 3 instead of 2 and waiting on the 3rd.  Do I have any pictures, no.  But I am waiting on my new camera that is coming in the mail hopefully soon.

Having Fun With The Camera

I was trying a new hair style with Hannah's hair, since it's getting longer.  Cody showed me how to take black and white photos on my camera so I thought I would play with that as well. 

 Look at those little pig tails and those beautiful brown eyes.

It's hard to keep Hannah still.  She always wants to see her picture on the camera before I can even take it.

That's her laughing face.

A Trip to Lancaster

We went down to Lancaster, PA for a few days with some friends.  It was a good time.  I'm a lot poorer, a little bit heavier, but also happier.  Below are a few pictures to capture our vacation.

Hannah thought she should do some driving in Lancaster too.

Here's the clan getting ready to go swimming.

Hannah's first time in the pool and daddy's taking her in.

Hannah loved the pool!

This was Collin's favorite part of the vacation!

Big brother Cody got to help Hannah swim too.

Here's the Shackelton family outside the Sight and Sound Theater.  We were getting ready to go see the play Joseph.  It was amazing!  I highly recommend it.

Making sure Hannah gets out some energy before the play begins.

Cody and Collin waiting for the play to begin.

Pretty in Pink

Here's a few pictures of Hannah and the family.

 Here's Hannah climbing under our coffee table outside on our deck.

Hannah's cousin, Melody, is feeding her for the first time.

 Just before church this past Sunday. 

Hannah's Surgery

On Wednesday, May 31st, Hannah had her cleft palate surgery. We had to be at the hospital by 6:15 and her surgery was scheduled for 7:45. What a process this was. The surgery lasted over 2 hours and below are pictures before and after the procedure.