Hannah's Happenings

Hooray for Hannah's latest Happenings!
I apologize, as this post will be completely about Hannah and her newest adventures!

First, Hannah had her first official haircut! Her hair was getting quite long so we decided it was time for a trim. Here is the before picture.

And here we are after!

Daddy did a great job holding Hannah in place and a movie did a great job of keeping her somewhat entertained. We took off a few inches. I was the bold and daring hair cutter, who very much appreciates the encouragement I got from family and friends. It wasn't as hard as I thought and it turned out great!

Second, Hannah is potty trained!!! A couple of weeks ago she decided she didn't like wearing diapers. She started taking them off more and more and we didn't want to press her to keep wearing diapers so we took the plunge into potty training.
The first few days were pretty rough but then it suddenly clicked and since then things have been great! I am still in shock over how quickly she caught on and how well she has done. I truly was expecting it to be more difficult. She has had a few accidents but besides that she is doing fabulous!
Hannah loves her big girl underwear and sports just them continually.

These last few pictures show one of Hannah's newest interests. She loves to color! We have tried to drill down the fact that coloring only occurs on paper, but that hasn't quite sunk in.
One day we came in to find her decorating herself and our bedspread in black pen. And the pictures do not do justice to the job she did. She was covered in black ink! So were our bedspread and pillowcases.
Keven and I were shocked to silence. We first took pictures, laughed, and then tried to once again drill down the "no pens" rule we have. Gotta love it! Our bedspread will now have a new design made from the love and artistic ability of Hannah!

Our Current Projects..

January has flown by and I am super happy to have February here because I am definitely ready for spring!

We are keeping busy at the Wall house with different projects for each of us:

Keven:

• Framing the basement room.
• Practicing his "born-again" spending habits
• Learning how to crochet

Cary:

• Updating Hannah's baby book
• Trying to keep my pregnancy weight gain to a minimum
• Reading "Emma" by Jane Austen
  

Hannah:

• Learning not to read books when it is nap time
• Getting ready to potty train - we even have underwear. (Right now she likes to sleep with it but hopefully we will soon be wearing it!)
• Recognizing alphabet letters. So far we have I and O down pact.
  

Here is a cute picture of Nanna. She LOVES to put on our shoes and wear them around the house.

And for those who regularly read our blog, this is an update to a previous story I posted back in December. Just a little fill in - Keven lost our t.v. remote in a late night rambling about needing to hide it in a special place. Well, we did end up finding it two weeks later. It suddenly just appeared on the floor of our room one day. Keven is convinced it was Hannah's secret doing. The picture above is a special remote our Uncle Todd and Aunt Colette gave Keven for Christmas. They thought this one would be big enough not to lose! Thanks again to Todd and Colette for the great gift!