Hannah's First Word

Not sure why but I don’t count mommy and daddy as the first word – so whatever word comes after that becomes the official 1st word in the baby book! 

Today Sam and Hannah were in the playroom while I was in the kitchen getting dinner ready – Sam yells to me “Mommy! Hannah signed for book!”  I sorta didn’t believe him but said “Oh that’s great!”  Later that night I was in the playroom with Hannah and she brought me a book and then SIGNED for Book!  OMG she does know the sign for book!  (Sign language is like that… just when you think they don’t know it they sign!) Then she said it “Book”.  Ok so it sounds more like “bk” but it was definitely book – considering she signed for it as well!  Way to go Hannah!

As a side note I always worry about their speech…. With Sam I was a wreck – he followed the normal “1 word at 12 months and 3 words by 15 months” but I was still concerned he didn’t know more words… then at 16 months … BAM! He knew 20 words!  So I am trying to remember this with Hannah and not freak out….yet….. lol

The past 3 nights

Have been rough!  I can only guess she is getting more teeth.... mommy and daddy

are crying right along with you peanut!!

Sensory Fun

Most of Hannah's sensory stuff has been limited due to the fact that she puts everything in her mouth! But she is doing much better these days and when I tell her no she wont.... so when Sam asked if Hannah could play with the rice and beans I said yes!

She loved it!  She just rolled her hands through and through - we also practiced loud and quiet - when the rice hits the aluminum cupcake liners its loud, but when it hits the paper ones its quiet.  I also had Sam show me which was the smallest and the biggest sizes - the rice was smallest and the beans were the biggest. 

Then I pulled out the vacuum and cleaned up the mess =)



I love my hubby!

I went grocery shopping by myself today (yes in mommy world this is a real treat! Haha) and when I got home about an hour later Mark had BOTH kids asleep!  WHAT?? Sam napping on the weekend?? That hasn’t happened since Sept when he moved to a big bed…… It was wonderful!  Mark and I went outside and did some mulch and planted some hostas all.by.ourselves….. it was dreamy! Hahah

Happy Birthday Piper

My "first" baby turned 11 years old today!!!  Sam and I decided to make her some special doggie treats for her to enjoy

Sam mixed up the batter - peanut butter cookies!

Rolled out the dough

Since we didnt have a bone shape Sam wanted to make gingerbread men

Then I decided it was WAY easier to do hearts!

Sam had a taste.... he didnt like them -lol

Time to blow up the balloons!

Piper was not amused!

Then I tried to get a picture of my three "kids" but it wasnt happening.... oh well!

Happy Birthday Piper Wiper - we love you!



Life with a toddler

Where I found Sam at 6:15am when I got out of the shower.... playing with
spaghetti....at least he remembered to use a pan =)

Just like Mom

When I get home from work the first thing I do every.single.day is put my hair in a ponytail - Hannah grabs it so back it goes. Well Sam decided he wanted to be like me so he handed me a ponytail holder...

heehee.... dont tell Mark!

Laundry Day

I love doing laundry on days like this

Yep, I found $110 bucks in there

Mark called foul and I said "Well maybe next time YOU should do laundry"

Anyone want to go shopping?



Penn State Blue/ White Game

We got up early and Sam played outside for a few hours and then we headed off to the game - they were calling for rain all day but we didnt need to worry about that, no sir, we had tickets in the suites - wahoo!!!!!! 

I tell you what, if I had suite tickets I would go to every single PSU game there is! haha

Here is a  pic of us with Lori - she owns the suite and got us in - thanks Lori!!!!

Hannah was just about to fall asleep but I had Mark take a picture of her at her first Penn State game in front of the stadium just in case we forgot later..... guess what... we forgot! 

Inside the suite

Hannah wearing her first PSU beads

 

 This has turned into a memorial for JoePa - doesnt it look sweet.... little Sam going up and putting flowers down.... yeah well if you know know Sam you know thats NOT what happened.... he told me he wanted to go touch the flowers so I said OK.... he proceeds to touch them then pulls them out .... my little stinker!!



We had a great time!  It never did rain either!

Fun with Gramps

We headed out to Happy valley this weekend to catch the Penn State Blue/White Game  -we stayed at Mark's dad's house and got to visit with him.  Gramps has the kind of house that every little kid dreams of.... 12 acres (to run arund), a nice long driveway (to roll golf balls down), a big deck (to scream off of), and of course

a go-kart

a tractor

a motorcycle

and a tire swing!

Sam is already asking when can he go back =)

Curls

look at these sweet curls

To Sam's future wife

This is what was call the Sam face..... hopefully he wont still be doing this 20 yrs from now....

Coffee Date

If we were to sit down for coffee this week I would have a ton to share with you!  First I would thank you for meeting with me – I haven’t seen you in forever! 

Then I would tell you about my car. It wasn’t my fault – I was distracted – I was backing out of the garage and BAM!  Hit the mirror ….. Then I hit the side panel – OMG!!!!  I was beyond mad!  I got out of the car and then Sam got upset because I was upset. I had to get to work so I just left. I called Mark, crying. I just wrecked the car! Told him we were fine but the garage and car were not.  I was able to push the mirror in enough so it wouldn’t flop as I drove but as soon as I opened/closed the door it would flop off again.  When we got to Sam’s school and I got out of the car it fell off and Sam shouted “I will fix it! I will fix it!”.  So he gets out and walks over and inspects it… then in his little 3yr old voice says “Mommy, I think you need a screw!”  Can you tell he spends lots of time in the garage with his daddy?

Then I would tell you how much I am loving this weather – lots of outside time – love it! 

I would share that my little peanut is finally starting to sleep thru the night at 13 months!  I swore when she turned 12 months I would night wean her but I just couldn’t do it…. If she wanted to wake and eat/snuggle then I was going to let her do it.  I have also been making sure she really fills up on solids in the evening – so she nurses, eats a snack, has dinner, nurses, has a snack, then nurses – all in about 3 hours.
I would then tell you that I have such mixed feelings on never having any more kids.  I always wanted three…. I can’t believe I will never be pregnant again and feel a little one kick inside my tummy.  No more bottles, swaddles, or tummy time.  But I am also so excited to get on with the next chapter of our lives. It has been nice getting rid of the “baby” stuff since we won’t ever need it again but its bittersweet knowing that I won’t ever need it again…. Ya know?  And usually by the end of the night after the kids are in bed and the house is clean and everything is ready for the next day I am so happy I won’t have any more kids…lol….not sure if I could really handle anymore. But in the end I think I will always both smile and feel a little sad when I see a pregnant girl but that’s just life, right?!  I am hoping Zac gets married and has babies sooner than later - heehee

Oh and I have to tell you we finally got our driveway paved – woo-hoo!  I think it was 20 yrs old – such bad shape!  Sam rode his bike on the new driveway the other day and it was a nice smooth ride!  Then we got the back patio re-done and it looks great! That too was falling apart but now it’s such a wonderful place to sit – love these changes we made! 

I would tell you my new favorite indulgence is Greek vanilla yogurt with honey – so delish!

Then I would ask what you have been up to and drink my coffee while I listened to you tell me about your crazy life!

Thanks for having coffee – we should do this again soon!

Happy Easter

Here comes Peter Cottontail hopping down the bunny trail.....

Happy Easter everyone!  I took Sam and Hannah and headed to MD for the long weekend.  Hannah was exhausted after the long day on Saturday and slept fpr 13 hours without a peep! crazy!  Sam and I got up around 7am and we went looking for some Easter Baskets!

He found Hannah's first

And then he went searching for his....

...still looking...

....still looking...

...found it!

Then Hannah decided to wake up =)

Then we headed outside for some pictures in Hannah's Easter dress

Did you notice the grass?  Remember it from this post?  We grew our own grass for the basket - I loved how it turned out!

This pic of Hailey and Hannah would have been sooo cute but Hannah was eating and when we tried to take it away she was mad - so this was the best one we got....still cute though!