Hannah, little bubs, Bubby, Hannah-bean, Monks, my mini best friend....my little lady is getting so big so fast! I can't believe she is 2 1/2 years old already. She certainly doesn't seem 2 in my mind, I still see her as the tiny little baby who stole my heart.
Here's my big girl! (26 lbs at the Dr for our sick visit)
Hannah is so talkative, I bet she says over 200 words! I am so amazed with how well she speaks. She uses complete sentences, even the tense she uses is correct. She understands so well too. I find it so crazy that I have complete conversations with her. She says some of the most hilarious stuff. I wish I had a recorder sometimes to catch her witty comments. Some of my favorite things she says: opi-meal for oatmeal, squirdel for squirrel, come with me to see this- its incredible, We have to do what we do because so...I really will start writing more of her words and sayings down.
Hannah will sing us her ABC's, count up to 20, count down from 10, spell LaMacchia "l-a-c-c-h-i-a", sing songs, recite books back to us, and make up her own stories to her books.
Hannah loves to watch Thomas the Train. She loves "Blue Mountain Mystery" and asks to watch that frequently. We also love Daniel Tiger over here, he is such a cute tiger and that show is adorable. We have learned many new songs from him, including our favorite Potty song. (When you have to go potty, stop and go right away. Flush and wash and be on your way.) We aren't big TV watchers in our house, which I'm glad for, but we love books. We are constantly reading something, stacking and re-stacking the giant pile of books in our living room.
Speaking of Daniel Tiger and the potty song, we are pretty much potty trained. We still wear the pull-up at bedtime because there are some overnight episodes, but during the day its big girl panties and potty time. We have gone out to many places and church every Sunday and haven't had any accidents. She is very good about telling us that she has to go potty. We are beginning to think she wants to be done with the pull-ups at night because we find her without the pull-up when we go in her room to check on her before we go to bed. John has gotten good at putting it back on without her even waking up! Part of the pull-up wearing at night is partly my fault. Quite honestly, I don't want to be washing her bed sheets all the time, it's a lot of work! But I need to get past that factor. We are so proud of how well Hannah potty-trained and that she is so successful.
Hannah loves to sing and dance! "I'm a singer dancer ballerina" is frequently coming out of her mouth as she spins around. She loves to play dress up in her tutu dress, "my pretty pink dress" as she calls it.
We have been learning how independent our little lady really is. Hannah wants to do everything by herself. Dress and undress, go to the potty, climb up into her chair at the table, EVERYTHING! If she doesn't get to do it alone, we are frequently met with tears and protesting. It's hard to let her do it all alone when you know it will be so much quicker to help her. But these traits will only make her a stronger woman someday!
Here's my baby girl saying our prayers before eating dinner.
My dear Hannah baby-
I love you to the moon and back. You are such a strong-willed girl, I know you will be an independent woman some day. For now, you will always be my sunshine, my best-friend, and my snuggle buddy. I am so amazed by how smart you are, how you captivate the room and make everyone smile. You are the sweetest girl, giving hugs and kisses, always making sure no one is sad. I love that you are a big sister and can't wait to see you really cherish that role as you get older. I often wish time would just stop so I can always remember how special you are right now. I love you more than words, I'm so grateful to be your momma.
Love Mommy
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