Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Her Eighteenth Birthday.

It's hard to believe it's September 4, 2012.

Eighteen years ago today, 
my brother and his wife had their first daughter, 
London Michele.

My first niece. 
She was such a butterball at 10 pounds, and we all fell instantly in love with her. 

She went to Heaven far too soon.
She was only 4.5 months old when she passed away...
mere days after receiving her 4-month vaccinations.

I was only 13.
But they lived with us, so I was so blessed to be able to spend lots of time with her.
She was such a happy and healthy baby.

And I was blessed enough to take the last photos of her.




Now, I wish I had kept this outfit for Hattie to wear.
That would have been so neat. :-)




Happy 18th Birthday, Sweet Girl!
We all love you so much! :-)

Thursday, July 26, 2012

PhotoBoothing with Hattie at 11 Mos.

Man, I'm late with this EVERY month! 
I guess that means I'm hanging out with my girl instead of blogging... 
which is good. I do miss blogging though. 
I need to make a mental note, "Blog while Hattie sleeps." :-)

I usually move her hair out of her face, 
but I decided to keep it on her forehead, so I could remember
how long it is at this point. LOL. I do love it side-parted though. :-)


Happy girl!




Waving at herself. Hee hee. 

Kisses from Mommy!


Can not BELIEVE she is almost a year old. 
Less than two weeks to go. 
They're all right when they say it...
it goes by SOOOO fast! :-)

Monday, July 2, 2012

PhotoBoothing with Hattie at 10 Mos.

Before it's time to do her 11-Month PhotoBooth shots, 
I thought I'd better get the 10-Month ones up here! LOL.

GAH! Just love this little cutie-face!



(How cute is this strawberry top? Adorable! :-) 
And still size 6-9 months. Skinny little thing. :-p )



And we're dancing... 




Oh, she looks so much like me in this one...
(Hooray!) 



Love this monthly tradition.
Way too much fun.
It will be fun when we have a new baby to throw into our PhotoBoothing sessions.
Not that I'm pregnant now! I'm not!
But you know... soon, I hope! ;-)

Friday, June 29, 2012

PhotoBoothing with Hattie at 9 mos.

Oops!
Completely forgot to post our last two months of PhotoBooth sessions! LOL.

Here are the 9-Month PhotoBooth photos. 
I'll try to remember to post the 10-Month ones soon... 
hopefully, before she turns 11 months next week! LOL. :-p

Usually, it takes me a while to get her to smile for the camera.
But this day? 
She was *all* smiles! Heeee!

She wanted to wave...
"Hi, Hattie!" 



Extreme Close-up! 


Then I put her rubber duck over the camera... 

Then I let her grab it.
Rubber ducks make her laugh. :-) 

Oh, she is way too much fun. :-)



Friday, June 15, 2012

Climbing in a Box.

We got a package in the mail the other day...


No, not this adorable baby. Hee hee. ;-)


I just ordered a bunch of stuff from Amazon.
I *loathe* shopping. With a passion.
Online shopping is AWESOME-SAUCE. :-)
I buy pretty much *every*thing online.
I'd buy my groceries online if I could.
(or maybe I can, but I don't want to pay extra... ;-) )


Anywho, one of the things we ordered was this book:


She loves it. 
It's a good thing too because it's quite possibly the strangest book ever written.
(Okay, I'll have to save that post for another day.
And *believe me*, you'll want to tune in for that one!)

Anywho, after we opened the box, Hattie crawled right inside with her book.
So I had to take these photos.


Not sure what she was doing here in this next photo. 
Maybe her toe stuck to the tape? Tee hee.
I just love the look on her face though.
She's thinking, "What the heck is on my toe?!"


Apparently only big girls climb inside boxes.
"How big is Hattie?"
"So big!"


I love this girl.
Wearing socks.
With a fox.
Or in a box. ;-)




Thursday, June 14, 2012

Growing up: Hattie at Ten Months

I just forgot how to write a new blog post. No joke.

LOL. Maybe I need to blog more? ;-)

Just having too much fun hanging out with this cute, little TEN MONTH OLD! (Seriously?!)



 She's 29.5 inches long. (85% percentile)

She's 17 pounds, 15 ounces. (25% percentile)

Favorite toys: shape sorter & blocks, rubber ducks, maracas, Hot Wheels cars (thanks to Nichole!), books, ceramic bird (hangs from the ceiling... ;-)

Favorite books: Babies, Animals (by Happy Baby), Poky Little Puppy, Are You My Mother?

Favorite things to do: play in the water...


...attempt to kiss and pet the animals (LOL), be outside (preferably playing in the dirt and leaves. LOL), look at photos.

Favorite foods: blueberry pancakes, pasta, sweet potatoes, turkey, peas, smoothies, all fruit, 
bananas (she will open up a book and point to a banana, shout some gibberish, and then sign "eat" and make eating noises. it's the cutest thing!)

Loves birds. LOOOOVES birds. 
It's become an obsession 
(thanks to Jeremy's dad, who also loves birds and showed Hattie all the ceramic birds in his house... 
then gave her one to take home). 
A day or two after we got home from his house, she started saying, "bird" constantly! 
And now she thinks that anything up high is a bird. 
Lights hanging from the ceiling at church? Birds. Knick-knacks on a tall shelf? Birds. Leaves on trees? Birds. It's adorable.

She can sign "milk," "more," "potty," and "eat" (but more often than not, for "eat" she just smacks her lips together and makes yummy noises! Ha!)




She can say:
 Mama 
Dad and Daddy
Bird (sometimes sounds like "buh!" instead of "bud!" but I know what she means ;-) )
Ruby (well, she says, "Bee!" and points to Ruby. LOL.)
Duck (but she usually just says "bird" for ducks. tee hee.)

She is SUCH a girl. She loves having her nails clipped, her hair brushed, pretends to dress herself, loves to look at nail polish and jewelry. (She crawls into our closet, stands up under my hanging necklaces and points and shouts at them. It's so cute!)

FINALLY fits into size 6-9 month shoes and socks! LOL. She's still rocking her 3-6 month sandals though. 
She has the cutest, tiny feet!

Can pull up to standing and cruise along furniture.

*Trying* to stand on her own, but on those tiny feet... she usually just falls. ;-)

Has such a great wave! We call it her "Disney Princess Wave" because it's so refined. ;-)

She finally has figured out that crawling on all fours (which she's been able to do since 8.5 mos)
is faster than her army crawl. She still does her army crawl occasionally, but it's like she then
realizes, "Oh wait! Crawling on my hands and knees is faster!" LOL. :-p



We're doing Elimination Communication a lot more now, and she's doing so great! She actually wakes up from her naps with a dry diaper now, so she can pee in the potty. And she has asked to potty several times (after waking up, after meals and during/after nursing... but doesn't ask if she's playing or reading a book. LOL. :-p) It's just nice to have this added connection and communication with her. Plus, I love changing A LOT less poopy diapers. ;-)


This is SUCH a fun age! 
She is still SUCH an awesome baby.
Every single day, I'm SO excited that I get to hug and kiss this cutie. :-)





Friday, April 27, 2012

Confessing my Love for Ju Ju Be.

My new favorite diaper bags:



And how cute is that song?! Love it.

I think I've become obsessed with this company. Okay, I have. Kind of embarrassing, but really, I have.

Honestly, (in my opinion) as far as functionality and loveability (I just made that up... but come on! ... a Mommy pocket in most bags, and the bags are machine washable?!? HELLO!??!), they blow Petunia Pickle Bottom and Coach's diaper bags out of the water! They're awesome.

That is all. :-)

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

PhotoBoothing with Hattie at 8 mos.

Every month, I try to come up with something different to get her to smile for the camera.
But she's had a fever off and on (she *is* cutting four teeth, but I don't think that's what's causing the fever) 
for the last week, so she's a bit... not herself. :-(
Then again, I'm sick too, so maybe we're both just a couple of sickies right now. :-p

(Please pay no attention to the water stain on the carpet. Oy.)

This pretty much captures her look most of the time right now... :-(

But she's usually in pretty good spirits, despite her fever. :-)


This is where I place my chapstick on top of the camera... LOL. ;-) 
(Man, she LOVES that chapstick! ;-) )

Then it's time to chew on something...

 Ah yes, here we go...
the more she stares at herself on the screen, the happier she gets. LOL.
And when she gets excited, she claps her hands...


Then I decide to tickle her,
and she erupts into hysterics. LOL.


Oh, I love her little laugh... and her blurry little self. ;-)