Catching up with Hannah

I am sitting here on the couch using one arm to hold Hannah and trying to type this with the other. I feel like time is slipping away and I haven't had time to document Hannah's life yet. Before I had her I remember thinking I would be so much better at blogging once I was at home with her all day because I would have all the time in the world. All of you moms out there are probably laughing at me right now and I am sure it only gets worse with the more kids you have. It is interesting how perspective changes depending on the stage of life you are in. When I was working, a productive day was getting ready for the day and seeing 4 of my patients before noon. Now a productive day is getting Hannah and I ready for the day and getting a morning walk in (if we are lucky) before noon. Learning to be a mom so far has been both exhausting and wonderful. I wouldn't trade it for anything. I have loved watching our little Hannah grow over the past 7 weeks.

Here are a few things we are discovering about Hannah:

Hannah loves going to bed late (2:30 am was the usual bedtime for a while, but it has gotten a little better). As a result we have all learned to take advantage of nap time when we can. Hannah is better at this than Jake and I are.

Hannah loves her bath. This is her first official bath after her umbilical cord came off (2 weeks old).

Hannah loves her car seat. She would sleep for hours in it if we let her.

Hannah loves going on walks. She and mommy go on a walk together every morning. Daddy got home from work early one day and came with us. We decided to go up to Silver Lake and enjoy all the fall colors before it got too cold.

Hannah is a true girl. She loves looking at herself in the mirror and often talks to and laughs at herself while doing so. She also loves the hair dryer. She will be screaming at the top of her lungs and all we have to do is turn the hair dryer on and it calms her right down. (She usually only gets this luxury when we get desperate).

Hannah loves her changing table. Lots of times if she is upset all we have to do is set her on there and she calms right down. This is her first blow out. There have been plenty more since then and little did we know at the time that this is a pretty mild one.

Hannah loves her daddy. We called him on the phone while he was at work one day and I put the phone up to her ear while Jake talked to her. When she heard his voice she got a huge smile on her face and started cooing. I thought maybe it was a coincidence so we tried it two more times and she did the same thing. Her daddy knows just what to do to make her smile. This is Hannah visiting him at work one day.

Hannah loves her Great Grandma (Louise) Miller. She is named after her. We were visiting with grandma last week and Hannah was upset. Jake was trying to sooth her and grandma asked if she could give it a try. I was a little nervous about this at first just because usually Hannah needs you to stand up with her and bounce her to calm her down, but I decided to let grandma give it a go. As soon as Hannah was in grandma's arms she calmed right down and started smiling. She loves her Great Grandma.

Hannah loves visiting all of her family. This is her with her cousin Clair "playing" together.

Luckily Hannah has a pretty tough stomach and has never spit up much since she was born. The few times that she has spit up have come after she has had a bottle. This is what happened this particular day when Jake fed her a bottle while I was teaching Young Womens. She conveniently both peed on Jake and spit up on his suit pants 5 minutes before he was supposed to go home teaching.

This is Hannah's first Halloween party. My mom loves celebrating Halloween and has a party for the grand kids every year. We had it a month early this year because my sister Rachel was in town and my other sister Lisa is moving next week. Hannah was a giraffe.

Part of the Halloween tradition is my Dad telling the story of "The Harry Toe" to all the grand kids.

When my sister Rachel was in town she took family pictures for everyone. She is still working on editing most of the pictures but sent me a few of Hannah. Rachel did such a great job. We are excited to see the rest of the pictures. This is Hannah at 1 month.

We love our little girl! This Hannah at 7 weeks.