Hannah updates

To those faithful few who read this blog, here are some updates of Hannah. (Sorry it took me so long Evelyn!) She's definitely 2 and trying her own personality out! Sometimes I have to try it right on out of her! :) She's strong willed and extremely independant. I like to say that she takes after her father. When she's in trouble, this is what she does. If I'm getting on to her, she cries..."I want my daddy." I say, "Daddy's at work." She then cries, "I want....." and she places a name of a youth. It tends to be whoever she saw last. So she might say, "I want Wes..." or "I want Robbie..." or "I want Ezra"....I guess they are all going to save her!!!

She's very funny and keeps us cracked up all the time. She recently was saying, "I want chicken" as we're in line at McDonald's. David orders the chicken and says, "I would like a 6 piece chicken nugget...That's all...Thank you." So in the back, we hear Hannah repeatedly declaring, "I want chicken...that's all...thank you....you're welcome....I want chicken...that's all....thank you....you're welcome." By the time we got to the window, David and I were crying laughing and of course this made Hannah's declaration grow even louder! It was very hard trying to explain to the nice cashier that we promise we were not laughing at her, but at our daughter. She just smiled as if to say "sure, and you haven't had anything to drink either!"

We are working on potty training. She gets an M&M when she makes a "deposit" into the toilet. So she likes to try a LOT!! She loves to bend over and watch the "deposit" leave her body. She is very intrigued with wiping herself with toilet paper. And she loves to wash her hands immediately afterwards so that she can receive her candy!

Here are a few pics. I've not been very good and using the camera, so I'll try to be better this month!

Hannah holding our friend Madeline. Something funny about the one holding the pacipher declaring the "other child" as the baby! It has taken us four months to get to where she likes Madeline and will let Mommy or Daddy even hold the baby. (Literally just recently and Madeline is 4 months old now)

"CHEESE". Notice the icing on her face. She'd just had a cupcake!

Ha Ha my favorite. I had to run to the church one day and she insisted on wearing these shoes and these "bracelets" which are really hair bows on a rubber band. She had to "wear shoes...see Daddy." I guess she wanted to dress up to go see Daddy. The secretaries at church CRACKED up at how she wore them around like they were nothing. We laughed and declared she'll be one of those "good shouters in church." She can already jump up and down with her high heels on!

We were at a big youth even and it was dark and LOUD and Hannah just "needed" her passy. She was a bit overwhelmed by it all! One of our youth workers asked me this week. "Are you sure she's adopted...She looks just like ya'll. I can't get over it." Maybe it's the cheeks..maybe it's her blue eyes...or maybe I forgot 9 months of my life where I was pregnant!!

Sneaky Sneaky...She loves to put on David's socks and shoes and "try" to walk!

Another pair of David's shoes...I'm thinking she has a think for shoes!