Our Sunshine After the Storm: June 2013

You are quite the hand full! You climb everything! You think screaming is for recreational fun. You find, target, and destroy anything you see fit, mainly peoples' food dishes drinks, dipping sauces etc. We LOVE to find the small "chocking hazard" toys come walk in front of mommy show that you have it in your mouth and then dart the other direction running and laughing...BUT my biggest pet peeve is your nude streak. So, your bedroom smells like an old dirty pee filled diaper. Why you ask? BECAUSE you like to take your diaper off A LOT! You have mastered regular diapers, diapers with shorts over them, diapers on backwards, diapers on backwards with a cloth diaper over them also on backwards with shorts. I have put you to bed in a diaper, diaper cover and full 2 piece pjs and have still found you completely naked. You have learned to pull diapers down when you can't undo the tabs. It is really hot and I'd hate to put you in full zip up sleepers, so I guess mommy will be going to the store to buy onesies. We have been getting in the pool a lot over the last few weeks. You like it but you still cling to mommy. I can't believe you are over 13 months old now. You have added "no, no" to your vocabulary. Grandma and grandpa from Alabama just left yesterday. They were here for a week. We went to the beach last Sunday. You were fearless. You just walked strait for the water. You had a TON of sand in your bathing suit when we got home. I held a tiny newborn today for the 1st time since you were that age. Most of my friends have had their babies and are done, very few are still having babies, so seeing this little boy today pulls on my heart to do it again. Then I come back home and think WHAT WAS I THINKING? You and your siblings are enough for me at the moment. Who know how I will feel later. Godzilla, even though you are having some "terrible 2s" way early, I cherish every single day God has blessed me with you and your sister and brothers. I am so thankful that I have the opportunity to stay at home with you so you can spit at me, pinch me, bite me, and pee on the floor so I can slip in it.

Where has the time gone? I am extremely late on this post you are almost 13 months old so I guess this post will be a 2 for 1. We went out to dinner for your birthday and had a birthday cake made for you. You were not a fan of the cake. You cried when it got on you. Mommy stopped pumping milk about a week ago. So we made it to 1 year and 2 weeks almost 3. You still have quite a bit of frozen milk we are working though, but have also started you on more solids and whole milk.

You are a mischievious one little girl. You have been walking and now running very well for a while now. I even seen you pulling something and walking backward today. You can now take a step down into the livingroom and step over the rail on the baby gate without crawling. You also got your first big scratch. You fell on something...really have no clue what, but you got a knot on the right side of your forhead with some scrapes. Will probably be your 1st scar.

You yell in delight. You like to ride on this zebra toy thing. You have just really come out of the "baby" stage and are a toddler. You think you are the boss. I just had to yell at you for sitting on your brother Jacob's head. You try to run with the big kids. I notice you have become more cuddly. You want to be held now. You fall asleep in my arms before afternoon nap some days. You love for me to hold you in the pool. Ava still adores you. I look at you and can't believe I started this blog when I 1st found out I was pregnant with you and see how far we have come today. I thank God you are healthy and would rather be yelling at you for being naughty than have it any other way. You are jumping so hard on the zebra toy, I'm just waiting for you to fall off.

Still no new words or signs, but definately starting to understand what we are saying better. I have heard you say NO and then mama, dada, and baba. I took you for your 1 year old check up a few days ago. You were 22lbs 4oz and I believe 31 inches long. Your head was 18. Overall you were about 75 percential all around. You got the rest of your shots and were pretty mad at me for about 10 minutes. Doctor told me you are just perfect. You have 4 teeth on the top and 3 on the bottom now.

I love you so much and so does everyone else in our family. This year has been a joy and I am so glad mommy was able to stay home with you the entire year and that we met our breastfeeding goal. I look forward to a lifetime of memories with you. My baby Hannahkins.

OH AND YOU ARE THE WORST DIAPER REMOVING CHILD I HAVE EVER HAD. I have to keep pants on you all the time or the diaper is off!