Just wanted to share some new pictures. Things have been pretty busy around here with my doctors appointments, taking Hannah to storytime and Mother's Morning out and to the park when it is nice out. It seems like it is finally starting to cool off here and it is nice to be to take Hannah outside without getting all sweaty. She went for her 15 month checkup today and was 21 pounds. That is quite an increase for her and we are glad she finally seems to be growing!

We are working on getting her to use a fork or spoon when she eats. As you can see it is not going so well and mealtime is still very messy around here.
Hannah is loving running around the backyard and finally will go down her slide all by herself.

Just wanted to share some pictures...

Hannah getting tossed in the air by daddy!

Playing outside.

Just wanted to share a few pictures. Hannah is loving her mother's morning out and is bringing me home all kinds of fun projects she makes there! She is so worn out when she gets home! Today was the first sunny day in like two weeks up here and we went to the park today. This was the first time she actually toddled around and climbed on stuff. Usually she just stands there and looks at me when I bring to the playground. She really enjoyed herself today! Sam and I were very excited that Hannah gave us kisses for the first time a couple of days ago. She has been given kisses to all of her toys and our pets for awhile, but she would never kiss me or Sam! Well she is finally doing it and it is so sweet!

Playing in the bathtub...

This is Hannah getting ready to leave for her first day of Mother's Morning Out. She does not look too thrilled, but it was early. She really does love it though!

Number 2!

Hannah has been keeping us quite busy these days. She no longer just walks everywhere....now she can run and she moves fast. She has really been keeping us on our toes! Hannah and I went to Orlando a few weeks ago to visit my side of the family. We brought Hannah to the beach for the first time and it did not go so well. She pretty much hated the sand and the water and screamed everytime we brought her near it. The only time she was happy was when she was sitting up on the blanket under the umbrella eating snacks. It was still a good time though and maybe next time she will like it more.

This is where she was happiest....under the umbrella with her blankie and a cracker in her hand!

Hannah has been doing some artwork for me too! She likes to color and it keeps her entertained for a few minutes, until she starts dropping all the crayons on the floor. Hannah will be starting to go to Mother's Morning Out this week. It is like baby preschool! She is going to have so much fun and meet other little babies to play with and hopefully learn some new stuff, plus mommy gets a break for a few hours a week!
Sam and I also have some other news to share.....we are expecting another baby! Baby number 2 is expected to join our family around March 7! We are very excited to add another child to our family and can't wait for Hannah to be a big sister! We will keep you all updated!

finally caught her on video walking....

Here is a video of Hannah walking a little bit. She has been doing this for a while now but it has been difficult to catch her on video. Enjoy!!

Quick update

I have not updated in a while, since Hannah's birthday I think. Hannah is doing more new stuff! She has been walking a little bit but she still prefers to crawl around real fast. I have seen her take up to 6 or 7 steps at a time and then she just gets down and crawls to get where ever she is going. I think she is just not patient enough since it takes her longer to walk places.

Sam and I went on vacation a couple of weeks ago. We left Hannah with grandma and grandpa Sampson for the week. It was my first time being away from her overnight. She did really great and had a good time with her grandparents.

She has been keeping us really busy lately. She is constantly into everything and loves putting things into containers and then taking them back out, taking everything off all of my shelves and putting her own toys there. It is pretty cute but keeps me really busy chasing after her.

We have been going to storytime at the library every Wednesday for a while now too. She really likes getting to be around the other babies! Anyways, just wanted to let everyone know what she has been up to lately! Enjoy the pictures.

More birthday pictures...

blowing out her cake candle!

Singing Happy Birthday to Hannah!

She is starting to get into the cake....

We were about to take it away at this point...

Birthday Pictures

Here are some pictures from Hannah's birthday party last weekend! Sorry it has taken me so long to post them! She had a great time. she loved all of her presents! She got a ton of stuff. I think smashing up her cake was the best part for her. She cried when she first touched it, but after she tasted it she could not stop eating! She was just smashing handfuls of cake into her mouth! We eventually had to take it away so she would not be sick and she got so mad about that. Anyways, the party was fun. We wish more of our family could have made it but everyone lives so far away! Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Here is Hannah with her new favorite toy!

First Birthday

Hannah's first birthday was yesterday! I can't believe she is a year already! It has gone by so fast. We had a very fun filled day yesterday. Daddy even got to stay home from work! We went to the lake in the morning. It was Hannah's first time doing anything like that. She played in the water and in the sand. She liked going out in the deep water with her Daddy. We didn't stay too long because Hannah was wanting her nap. After she woke up we went to Toy R' Us and got one of those outside playsets for her to crawl on. More pictures of that to follow.... anyways, she loved it and took a tumble from the top soon after she started playing on it. She forgot about falling about 30 seconds later and kept on playing. It was a very fun first birthday! Her party is on Saturday and I will post pictures of that when I get them.

Good morning Hannah! She woke up so happy on her birthday....ready for fun!