I was at Target the other day, and saw this bike on clearance. Even though I thought it may be too big for her now, I decided to buy it. Randy put it together and we sat her on it. Her feet can't reach the pedals yet, but she loved riding on it. And I know, no helmet. We are horrible parents.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Harley Girl
I was at Target the other day, and saw this bike on clearance. Even though I thought it may be too big for her now, I decided to buy it. Randy put it together and we sat her on it. Her feet can't reach the pedals yet, but she loved riding on it. And I know, no helmet. We are horrible parents.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
A Short, but Sweet Visit with Grammy and Grandpa
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
She Doesn't Like Grass
Monday, March 16, 2009
When I walked into the family room...
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
A few updates...
Lots going on around here. We are finally all well. Randy and I got food poisoning on Valentine's. I spent most of the night on the floor of the bathroom-so romantic. We also recently purchased a tread mill. Randy has used it several times since last weekend, and I, well, tried it. It's nice. I just have to "find the time" to walk.
Hattie keeps amazing us with all of her skills.
She now has over 40 signs and 12 words.
She is standing up by herself (not balancing on anything). She claps like a mad woman when she does it.
Not walking yet (I'm secretly happy about this).
She loves scrambled eggs and bread.
She is imitating us a lot. When we were sick, we blew our nose often. One day she took a napkin, held it up to her face and blew raspberries with her lips. She held onto the napkin all day and would "blow her nose" every so often.
She "reads." Not really, but when Randy and I read to her, we point to the words on the page. She opens her books and "points" to the words and says, "da da da."
We stopped her bottle about a month ago. Only sippy cups now.
She is still showing an allergy to milk.
Even though she is still sleeping from 6-6, she has dropped her afternoon nap. I so looked forward to that 2:30 time. Sigh.
She is finally growing out of her 6-month jeans!!!
She knows the sounds of the letters z and b.
When she wakes up in the morning, we hear her say, "mama" "dada" over the monitor.
I took her to the doctor today for a weight check, and she weighs 18lbs. 11oz.
She can make the sounds for 5 animals (cat, dog, monkey, cow, sheep)
She knows 3 body parts-mouth, hair, nose (see photos).
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Meet Smoochie


It looks like I won't be sharing Christmas photos by Valentine's Day. We have all been very sick around here. First Hattie, then Randy, now me. I called my mom to come up and help because I just couldn't get off of the couch. Now we are all finally starting to feel better. I have a little bit of a headache, but I am sure that will be gone by tomorrow.
Instead of Christmas photos, I will introduce you to Smoochie. Smoochie was sent to Randy in a care package while he was in Iraq. He has since become our family's mascot. We take him with us whenever we go on a trip and document his adventures. The photos show the places he has been to so far. He was even able to reconnect with a long-lost cousin at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. Keep a lookout for him. You may never know when he'll show up.
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Shedd Aquarium



I'm so behind on photos. I'm hoping to get though Christmas by Valentine's Day. Here are a few photos from our trip to Chicago way back in October. We went to the Shedd Aquarium. It was an amazing place with lots of sea life and very cool fish. Hattie was definitely fascinated by them. It will be fun to go back when she has a better understanding of it.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Tunnel Fun
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Captain Brody



Happy Birthday to Brody! He turned 1 on Friday and he celebrated his birthday on Saturday with a pirate-themed birthday party. Hattie and Brody are great friends. Even though Hattie can't keep up with him yet (he's been walking since he was 9 months old!), she sure tries and they are cute to watch together.
Hattie has been giving lots of hugs and kisses lately. She especially loves giving open-mouth wet kisses. We must also have Kleenex around now.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Birthday Celebration
Last weekend in Los Banos, we threw Hattie a birthday party. It was a pink hippo theme. The inspiration came from a book called, "Hattie Hippo" and a pink hippo blanket I found early last year (yes, I have been planning this party since she was about 3 months old). Randy made 2 hippo cakes: one for everyone to eat and another smaller one as a smash cake for her. I wish I had a better photo of the cakes, but I was busy running around. If anyone has one, can you email it to me please?
She was a little timid around the cake at first, but she came around and enjoyed spreading the frosting all over her legs.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Happy Birthday Randy!
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
12 Months and What a Year


I can't believe this day is actually here. It has been the most exciting, rewarding and best year of my life. Of course in the beginning it was hard, and we still have some trying moments (some listed below), but we would go through them all over again for her.
She:
-is not walking, yet
-has 4 teeth with number 5 starting to appear
-says a few words: water, mama, dada, cat, duck, hi, Hattie
-has 30 signs total with the newest ones being: help, tickle, bib, all done, mad, cheese, Santa, snow, phone, rabbit, car, monkey and toilet (poop)
-likes to rub her food in her hair
-still hates having her hair washed
-loves the snow
-acts shy around strangers
-takes her clips out of her hair (and shakes her head no while she is doing it)
-still sleeps from 6pm-6am (unless we are on vacation)
-takes 2 naps a day
and a Happy Birthday to my friend Michelle!
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
More Snow Fun
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Snow Much Fun
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