Hannah is growing up!

The other morning Hannah made her bed all by herself without being asked. She was so proud (as was I)! I think she did a great job for a 3 year old :)

Leo

Hannah's preschool class pet joined us last weekend and we had tons of fun with "Leo." Leo is a stuffed dog backpack. He became an instant part of our family and even I was a little sad when it was time for him to go back to school. Hannah LOVED having Leo with our family! She slept with him each night and made sure he sat at the table with us for every meal. We took him to two parks to play and have a picnic and even took him to a dog park called Wiggly Field :)

Snow Babies

I'm excited to report that Hannah really liked the snow this year. In the past she's always been hesitant to walk on the snow because she said she didn't like the way it crunched under her feet. So we suited her up as any good Southerner would, with bags on her feet and off she went!

William wasn't so much a fan of the cold. Actually, he never has liked being cold or having something cold touch his skin (like my ever-frozen hands!)

The belated Christmas post

What can I say, I've been a very bad blogger. Here is a long overdue post with some Christmas pictures. We had a wonderful Christmas season with our families and Santa was good to all of us! Hannah really got into the excitement and anticipation of Christmas day. Every day during December she told me she wanted Santa to bring her a batman toy and a princess toy. I think she has a crush on Batman...that, or the little boy at school who is always talking about Batman ;)

Christmas love!


Hannah's princess castle from Aunt Mandy. She is very protective of this castle and won't let William anywhere near it.


WJ modeling his new UGA hat (and a huge booger)


Hanging her stocking on Christmas Eve


Santa came through!


The kids sporting their Christmas "fancies"


And a few family shots :)

Christmas babies!

William is growing and changing SO quickly. He started crawling about 10 days ago and yesterday he cut his third tooth. Tonight he pulled up to standing for the first time. He is ALL OVER THE PLACE these days. He moves FAST when he crawls. He is also self feeding cheerios and small pieces of food. He'll eat anything and everything we put in front of him and never turns his face away to any food.

Hannah is very excited about Christmas this year. She still refuses to go anywhere near Santa, but she has asked him for "a batman toy and a princess toy." I'm sure Santa can come through on that :) Here is a picture of the kids in their coordinating Christmas jammies:

Tonight Hannah and I were talking about Thanksgiving and what the celebration is all about. I was trying to explain to her in terms that a 3 year old can understand. I told her that it's important to think about and be thankful for the important things in our life and the things that make us happy. When I asked her what makes her happy she said, "My Daddy." She clearly understands the concept I was explaining, right?!?! So then I said, "Hannah, what do you think makes Mommy happy?" She replied, "Work!" Hmmmm...not exactly what I hoped she would say. I hope that I'll be able to show her that my first and most important job is being mommy. Nothing is more important than my family. But it does make me wonder why she responded the way she did. Sigh...such is the life of a working mom, I guess.

Passed Out

William's latest accomplishment is pushing himself up to a sitting position. We put him down for a nap today and this is how we found him sleeping...

This new skill has made diaper changes and clothing changes quite a challenge. He does NOT want to lay flat on his back. I think we better lower his crib a notch since it probably won't be long before he tries to pull up. Oh boy!

Family Photos

On Friday we had a fabulous outdoor photo session with Stylized Portraiture. It was a beautiful day to take pictures at the botanical gardens in Athens. Our photographer, Heather, was wonderful with the kids and did a great job getting Hannah to smile. What 3 year old wouldn't bust out laughing when someone yells "booger waffles!!" Both kids were in a great mood (thank goodness!) and Heather did a fantastic job of capturing their personalities (Hannah's spunkiness and William's seriousness).

I could not be more thrilled with the preview pictures our photgrapher posted on her blog. You can check it out at the link here:

http://www.stylizedportraiture.com/a-little-bit-of-an-awesome-family/