My birthday present!

I celebrated my 30th (gasp!) birthday last weekend with my family. I was so excited to receive a PANDORA bracelet with 2 clips and 5 charms. I've worn it nearly every day! Here is what it looks like:

William Update

I've been terrible about blogging lately. I haven't mentioned any of William's milestones in the past couple months and he's had a LOT of them! He's been walking since he turned 10 months old and now that he is 1 he is practically running! He claps, waves, throws a ball, and rolls a ball too. He has a vocabulary of 3 words: dada, mama, and Della (our cat). He understands the word 'no' and surprisingly, he even obeys it! His favorite toy these days is a ball of any kind. He is also very fond of his grandparent's cuckoo clock. He's a pretty serious boy, but his smile just melts my heart because it's a truly genuine smile when he does break it out :)

Here are his 8-11 months pictures that I never got around to posting. I think you'll find that these pictures capture his seriousness pretty well.

8 months


9 months


10 months


11 months

He had his 12 month check up this week and is 23lbs 4oz (50th percentile) and 30.5 inches (75th percentile). Absolutely perfect, if you ask me!

We have a little speller on our hands!

Tonight while Mark and I were doing our own thing around the house, Hannah was apparently doing her own thing too! This is what she had to show us! I can't believe she wrote her name with all the letters in the right order. She is learning so much at preschool. She has really taken an interest in early reading skills, such as letter sounds and what letter different words start with. It's so cool to see her learning things and it's equally cool to see how proud she is of her accomplishments. Way to go, Hannah!

Little snaggletooth!

Here's William sharing his toothy grin!

My swinging cuties

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!)