Flagstaff in the summer

No photos of great alpine hikes this time, but I slept later than Hannah every day, so the trip was a success. Hannah had a fabulous time at Baba and Nammy's house, and pitched a bit of a fit about wanting to stay. She grew up a ton in the week we were gone, much to Andy's dismay.

Fun Hannah tricks for the week: Calling my parents Bab and Nam. As in "Hey Bab! Hey Nam!" Building her very own matching block towers - photo to come! Chasing wildlife through the backyard. A fancy dinner out with one very attentive honorary aunt.

Yogurt, revisited

Andy offered to share his yogurt with Hannah this afternoon, and I was amazed at how familiar the scene looked. This is December 2008. Sorry for the sideways - still haven't figured out how to do that on this computer!

For the love of maracas

This is Hannah's latest composition, as performed on a random early morning. This is a slightly forced rendition, though not as fake as the previous video where she kept her teeth clenched the entire time, and a little more entertaining than the first one where she just rolled on the floor for a while. Note the fermata effect on the last note - my little musician. The first version sounded a bit like "Maria", but who am I to give my kid credit for singing tritones at age two?

I love that when I turned on the Gipsy Kings on Sunday afternoon, she started singing the maraca song. Is it possible for someone named Hannah to have a latin flare? If nothing else, it's possible for her to have rockin' bed head.

Wish us luck - and sleep!

Vintage! My old "Ba Boo Boon" t-shirt (now you know my secret nickname from my Dad!) and some crunchy mesh grocery bags. Hannah/Lindsey circa 1977.

Drum roll, please... it's time for the big girl bed. I picked up a little toddler bed from someone off of Craig's list a few weeks ago, and Hannah spotted it in the garage and has been talking about it ever since. So we're taking the plunge tonight. And this is what we have so far.

Yes, that's our baby under there. After all my hard work to make sleep sacks for her so she wouldn't cover herself with the blanket at 1 year, here she is at 2 (and a quarter!), with the blanket pulled all the way up over her head. So now we're doing some blanket rearranging and hoping for a full night's sleep.

Other recent fun - we went on a hike at Chautauqua with Nick, Anna and the kiddos a few weeks ago. The kids had a great time hiking together, and with the exception of Hannah taking a big digger on the downhill, a good time was had by all.

Checking out a fuzzy caterpillar! They all had to walk over every rock on the trail. Not the fastest way to get down, but still fun.

Less fun, but kind of exciting, I guess, is my job search. So now I have full-time teaching offers and have to figure out if I'm ready to go back to work full time or can turn them down and hope for the perfect part-time opportunity to materialize. Ugh. I feel really fortunate to have any job offer right now, but I have this image of the perfect part-time teaching job where I still have time to focus more on Hannah. I have to decide by tomorrow morning - wish me luck.

Running group

Hannah's creation with her dolls this evening. She told me they were running, in running group. That's my girl!

Mother's day, after a yummy brunch at Whole Foods. Had to have an excuse to put Hannah up in this cute dress that we've had since she was a newborn! We finished the day with a nice long hike and a visit to Nick and Anna and the kids. Not bad for a gray, drizzly day.


Mugging with Daddy.

Done.

Hannah's a big fan of drawing right now and is making good use of her sidewalk chalk and some amazing weather.

I can't figure out why blogspot turned this photo, but it's an "H". Seriously! We had done some together, then when I was off working in the yard, Hannah said "I made an H." And sure enough, she had! In other big girl news - and this is big for those of you who know me well - Hannah is out of her sleep sack. She now sleeps on top of her favorite sleep sack. This is a big deal for me, especially since I made two of them. She looks huge in her crib now. I sense a change of bed coming soon.

Firefighting cousins

Fun with Mama's boots.

Hannah and I met Aunt Anna and Cousin Juliet at the Denver Children's Museum last Friday and then shared a great lunch after. Both were birthday gifts from Claire and Anna - thanks!! I really wish I'd taken a photo of Hannah and Juliet sitting together at a booth at lunch, eating like young ladies (young ladies covered with syrup and drinking from sippy cups). But I did get some good ones of them playing on the firetruck at the museum. They have an actual fire truck in there!

Late on a no-nap day. She dove out of my arms after a car ride and went straight for Hank and passed out. I had to actually wake my child up to eat dinner!

Family fun

We had our niece and nephew here on Sunday while their parents went skiing. We were returning the favor - gotta love having family close! Andy's sister, Claire, was running a half-marathon in Ft. Collins that morning, so we packed the kids up and drove up there to cheer her on. The kiddos made signs and loved seeing Aunt Claire run by with her friend. (Aunt Claire rocked the really hilly race, by the way!)

Hannah, Elliot, and Juliet

On Monday morning, Hannah asked to draw with her new markers. Despite the fact that they're washable (for those of you non-parents out there who don't know such miracles - these things are amazing!), I had her take off her white shirt so we could keep it relatively clean before meeting Daddy at lunch. After about 5 minutes of quiet coloring time, I looked up to discover...

She had a yellow marker in her belly button when I looked over. The armpits were a bonus I discovered when I asked her to lift up her arms. Awesome!