Every Little Things She Does...

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic!

Hannah thinks everything Claire does is hilarious. She has the cutest belly laugh that comes out from time to time when Claire is entertaining her. I heard it from the other room a couple of times recently and grabbed the video camera to capture the moment.

I've titled this one "Here's Your Pennies" because that is what Claire kept saying to Hannah. I think she was playing some game with her where Hannah was supposed to buy something from her store so she was giving her some pretend pennies and Hannah found it hysterical!

A big brother who reads...

The BEST thing about having a big brother who can read, is that he can read stories to his little sisters!

Thanksgiving Prep

The night before Thanksgiving we started some of our meal prep for the next day. Aaron and Claire helped me make cranberry salad, a family tradition receipe, using Grandma's old crank grinder to grind the fresh cranberries. Aaron even said, "Hey, I remember this from last year!"

After they had baths, they came back to the kitchen to help with the pies...pecan and (fresh) pumpkin. Even Hannah pulled a seat up to the counter.






I really don't like this picture...it was the end of a long day filled with doctor's visits, antibiotics, and cold medicine, and I looked terrible. But, since I'm rarely in pictures, I guess I'll treasure this one.


I love Hannah's face in this one. Huh? She looks so much like her dad!


Sweet sisters!




My kids are the best!

Hannah smiling and cooing

Hannah is getting quite animated. She particularly loves laying on her changing table--I almost always get smiles and coos when she is in a fresh diaper and looking at me. She's started doing some little laughs too. I could just eat her up! I took some video of her this evening. The kids were wild in the background and at one point Aaron was quoting scripture to Claire, which really cracked me up. They were being really sweet to Hannah at times, and it just melts my heart!

Hannah loves her big brother

When I scheduled my surgery, I racked my brain for someone to keep Hannah. My friend Michelle immediately came to mind--she is so good with babies, and she breastfed her children so she understand the issues that go along with that. I called to see if she would keep the baby, and she offered to keep all three! I just knew she was crazy, seeing how she has 3 of her own, but she insisted.

The kids did great--Claire loved Emma Grace's doll house and girl toys, and Aaron and Cade played very well together. Little 1-year-old Avery Beth had trouble staying away from Hannah!

Michelle told me that when it was time for Hannah's first bottle, she got really mad and worked up. She could tell Hannah was hungry but she wanted her MAMA! Michelle called Aaron over to talk to Hannah, and as soon as he started talking to her, she calmed down. How sweet is that?

Some sweet Hannah pictures

A good smile!




This is a big smile!



One day last week I had made Hannah a bottle to leave her with a sitter. She didn't end up needing it while I was gone, so when we got home I told the kids they could help me give her the bottle. It only worked for a couple of minutes, then she got MAD and didn't want anything to do with it! I got some sweet pictures though!

Ahhh...the love!

One day Claire wanted me to play dollhouse with her, and Aaron wanted me to watch what he was creating with Legos. So I sat in their bedroom floor and played. Then the baby woke up! So I brought her in there with us, and she fell back asleep. Rather than carry her back to her bed, I just laid her on Claire's pillow for a few minutes.




The kids immediately thought it was great and climbed up next to her!


Trying to get a good picture is hard!