stickers for Hunter

Hannah seems to be okay with the fact that she is having a brother now that he has a name. She talks to him a lot, hugs and kisses my belly, tickles hims, pats him and even gives him stickers. She does not like for me to take them off. I am will not be surprised if I go out of the house one day with them on my belly. She says that he can only play with her toys when he is big, like her. (Sorry the picture is a little close up, I was taking it myself. I do not think my belly is as big as the picture makes it look, but it is growing daily.)

Dad is a fast worker

Derrick got all of the nails out of the floor and started taking up the wood. It has to be replaced with better wood for the hardwood floors to go down. The ceiling guys came today and put more/new mud on the ceiling and will come back tomorrow or Saturday and sand them. The floor guys will come on Monday to start putting down the new floor. Derrick and Kyle unloaded all the floor and it is sitting in the living room (it has to get acclimated to the temperature in the house before it can be put down). Derrick took a picture of all the the nails he pulled out of the floor. He sure is patient. He will spend Saturday putting down the new wood to be ready for Monday. Hannah has already started telling him, "Thanks for making me a new room."

our new pets

When Hannah and I got home today we both noticed all of the buzzards on the power tower. Derrick said they had been their all day. Hannah says, "They are a family. A dad, mom, sister, brother, grandma, and grandpa. They all love each other." It is a little scary to me that there are so many of them that close to our house. Thanks dad for taking a picture of the buzzard family that has decided to live in our yard.

the things she thinks of

I was so excited that we had Hannah in the bed at 7:40. Tomorrow is back to the real world so we are trying to get all of us back on a schedule. Derrick was in the construction zone working and I was in our room working on finishing report cards. She had been very quiet so I thought she was asleep. About the time I finished that thought in my head I hear, through the monitor, "Mama, are you asleep, yes or no?" I did not answer her. A few minutes later she says, "Mama, are you in the bed, yes or no?" I told her I was in the bed and would go to sleep soon. Then she says, "Mama, I need to go potty." She knows that will get us up and to her quickly. I went and took her to the potty and let her see what Derrick was doing. When I put her back to bed at 9pm and told her I was going to bed, she went on to sleep. It makes me laugh the things she says and thinks of.

let the construction begin

Derrick is almost finished scrapping all of the ceilings. (Not a neat, clean job to do.) He took up all of the carpet and started taking up the baseboard. Hopefully the ceiling guys will come next week and the floor guys the next. He is very good at tearing things apart, and thankfully he is good at putting them back together and making them look great. Uncle Kyle got the boot to the basement. That is the other project Derrick and Uncle Kyle are working on.

Hannah's (new) room
Hannah and Hunter's bathroom
Hunter's room. (This is the room we had Hannah in.)
The hallway.

why were all the animals in the floor?

"They were sleeping in them beds, mama." That is why they are all face down. That is how she put all animals and babies to sleep. She says they like to sleep on their bellies.

she did go to sleep

By the time i finished typing the last post she was very quiet. When I went to check on her this is what I found. I am not sure why all of the animals she sleeps with are on the floor. I will have to ask her when she wakes up. YEAH for nap time!

my morning with Hannah

When I woke up this morning at 6:30 there was a sweet little girl laying beside me. Derrick said she came and got in the bed with us at 3am. We all slept until about 7:30 when she announced, "It is time to wake up and eat pancakes for breakfast." After she gave Dad a couple of kisses he got up and fixed her some pancakes. (We tell her we can't get up without a kiss from her.) She told me that she did not need a bath before we went to school. I had told her that she could go to school with me to do a little work. She said, "I want to go to your school, but I want to watch Barney shapes." After we got ready we went to school for a little while. She was very good so I could do a little work. She watched two Barney's and then said, "I think it is time to go eat lunch now, we can come back later." I asked her what she wanted for lunch and she replied, "I would like a hot dog on a stick, like I had the other day." Since she had been good and asked so nicely I took her to Sonic to get a "hot dog on a stick." When we were leaving Sonic she said, "Hey where is my shake?" I asked her what a shake was. She said, "A milkshake, and I want chocolate." I told her if she took a good nap and was good for Dad he might take her to get one tonight. She ate and good lunch and then played a little Wii with Dad before laying down for a nap. (I will post the video of that later.) She is in her bed in her "new" room. She just said, "Mom I do not want a milkshake, I just like to wake up." This is the second day in a row she has not taken a nap. I need her to still nap, hopefully going back to school next week will help her get back to wanting a nap. I enjoy spending time with her. She is great to talk to and carries on the funniest conversations. I wish I could just record her for a day and share it with everyone, you would laugh a lot. I am sad that it is almost time to go back to school. I have enjoyed my time with her and Derrick. We have a limited number of days left to spend with just her. That makes me excited and a little sad at the same time. I know we will keep making great memories. Thanks for letting me share them.

Hannah playing Wii

In the first video you hear me say, "Where were you?" Derrick made us Mii's on the Wii that look like each of us. He was up the bat on the screen when they were batting. Hannah is a much better pitcher than batter, but we will let her keep practicing. She bats in the first video and pitches in the second.

Happy New Year!

I hope that everyone has a Happy New Year! We were glad to spend our day as a family. We played with all of Hannah's new toys. She has been busy cooking for us all day. When she would get tired of cooking she would draw on her "weasel" or do stickers. She even practiced her golf game.
We had a great 2008 and a looking forward to an even better 2009. We hope the same for you and your family.