Journey of Love

We had Hannah's 2 year check up today. She weighed in at 27 pounds and is 34 1/2 inches tall. So in the past 6 months she has gained 2 inches and 3 pounds. The doctor said all looks well and Hannah is right on track with her growth and development. She had her last immunization today, so she is done until she turnes 4. Yay! We also had to have blood drawn today for her 2 year lead test. It was a very traumatic visit for her. After the visit I took her to the mall to get a cookie as a treat for being a good girl. While we were there she had her picture made with the easter bunny. She did very well, I expected her to be scared because one day we were at the mall and the Chik Fillet cow was walking around and she flipped out. But she did good for the Easter Bunny it didn't hurt that he gave her a sucker afterwards. :-)

 Hannah turned 2 on March 26th. I can't believe that my baby girl is 2 already, she is growing up so fast. We had her a birthday party on Saturday that was dora themed of course. We had it at a local elementary school in the gym so that the kids would have plenty of room to run and play. She had so much fun. On her actual birthday she and I went to lunch and shopping and then when Josh got home from work we took her to dinner and let her open her presents. She chose Outback for dinner (oh yeah baby girl has good taste). They sang to her when they brought her cake and she loved it, the whole time they sang she clapped!

 Hannah started gymnastics a few weeks ago and she loves it. She is actually pretty good at it considering how small she is. She goes every Thursday night. It is a mommy and me gymnastics class. No worries , I do not get out there and do gymnastics! I am not that flexible nor would that be a pretty site for anyone involved! lol! I am just there to spot her and make sure she doesn't break her neck!

 She has her 2 year doctors appointment tomorrow, this is her first appointment since she was 18 months. I am anxious to see how much she has grown. She is so tall but so small around the waist. At her last appointment she weighed 24.5 pounds and you know they weigh them in just their diaper and at my doctors appointment last week she jumped up on the scale and she only weighed 26 and that was with her clothes, coat, and big heavy tennis shoes. So by the time they strip her down it doesn't look like she has gained anything! I promise I do feed her! She has shot up in height though. Poor little thing, we can't find any clothes to fit her. She needs a 12 months in the waist and an 18-24 in length! I can't wait until shorts season so it doesn't matter if her clothes are a little short!

 Well gotta go, baby girl is waking up from her nap. Enjoy the pictures!

Hannah is now in a big girl bed. On January 22nd during nap time I  heard "hep mommy hep!!" I go running in there thinking that something has a hold of her only to find her hanging by one arm from the side of the bed! I tried to get her to show me how she climbed out but she is too smart to share her secrets. Needless to say no nap that morning but during her evening nap I watched her through the crack in the door until she fell asleep because I was worried sick that she would climb out , fall, and break her neck! When I heard her stirring from her nap I went and peeked in the door and saw her putting her stuffed animals in the corner of the bed and using them as a step to boost her up enough to climb over the side of the bed! I gotta give it to her, it was pretty smart thinking! That evening we went out and bought her a toddler bed. I called around until I found someone who sold dora toddler beds because I knew that if dora was on it she would be much more excited about it and more apt to stay in it than if it were just a plain bed. I finally found one and we went and got it that evening. She was so excited to have a dora bed that she couldn't hold still, the whole time Josh was putting it together she danced around the living room like she had ants in her pants. That night we put her to bed and she fell right to sleep no problem at all. I was all ready to have to tell her to get back in bed a thousand time but she did great. She did well but mommy cried for 15 minutes after she went to bed because she wasn't in a baby bed anymore! I know, I'm crazy! She loved her bed so much that after I made her breakfast the next morning she took it back to her room and ate it in bed! She has been in it for a while now with no problems. We redecorated her room in Dora and she loves it. As I am sure you can tell Dora is her favorite thing right now. Josh laughs because he says walking in Hannah's room is like walking into a shrine to Dora.

Hannah is growing up so fast it is amazing. She is doing to saying something new everyday. She is talking in small sentances now and it is funny to hear some of the things that she says. She still loves music and dancing. If there is music on she has to stop what she is doing to sing and dance. She's pretty good too! She has the mambo down pat! Who knows maybe we have a future American Idol on our hands! If we are in the car and she hears a song that she likes she will say "Mommy , it's our song!" It is so cute. Next month will be her 2nd birthday! It is hard to believe that she is almost 2 years old. We are planning her party now, of course it will be in dora. What else!  When we ask her what she wants for her birthday she says "diamonds". I am training her well. She loves jewelry and diamonds. When we go to the mall she likes to look in all the jewelry stores. We bought her some new earrings last week and when we went to the jewelry counter the lady asked if she could help us and before I could answer Hannah looked at her and said "need diamonds". Josh is going to be in trouble, he has two girls that love jewelry! Needless to say she is not getting diamonds for her birthday. We got her Elmo's restraunt. She loves elmo and I don't think she will mind a bit giving up her diamonds for him!

 

 

I hope everyone had a great Christmas! I know we did. Hannah's first Christmas was as exciting as we expected it would be. It was a busy Christmas season, going from house to house but she enjoyed spending time with family and really got into opening presents. Everyone was so generous! She got so many neat new toys. We had to rearrange her room just to make room for everything!

On Christmas Eve she and I made chocolate chip cookies for Santa and then that night we layed them out with some milk. After she went to bed Josh and I set up the living room with her presents so that everything would ready for her as soon as she woke up. On Christmas morning Josh went and got her out of bed and I had the video camera ready in the living room to catch her expression when she saw all of the presents. It was great, she came down the hall not knowing that it was different from any other morning and then when she saw all the presents she started dancing and went over and dug right in. Just watching her and seeing all of her excitment made my Christmas. We truly enjoyed our first Christmas as a family and look forward to many more.

Hannah is doing really well. She continues to progress daily. She is now 32 1/2 inches tall and still weighs 24 pounds. Her vocabulary is unreal. She can say anything that you tell her too and repeats everything she hears. She knows all of her shapes and can say her abc's and count to 10 with a little help. She is so loving, she loves hugs and kisses. She is an amazing little girl. God is so good!

 

Happy New Year!

The Plumley's

Wednesday was our very first "Gotcha Day". For those of you who don't know what this is, it is the celebration of the day that we met our baby girl. On November 26,2007 we were introduced to the most amazing little angel. From the moment we saw her we knew that she was meant to be our daughter. We thank God daily for bringing us together and for allowing us to be her parents.It is amazing to think that it has been one year since we met our baby girl. On one hand it feels like she has always been here and on the other it's hard to believe that it has already been a year.  To celebrate our very first "gotcha day", we took Hannah to Chuckie Cheese. She had a blast playing games and eating pizza. We also took her to Toys R Us and let her pick out a toy.

 

Thursday of course was Thanksgiving and we had a busy day. We had Thanksgiving at Josh's grandparents at 12:00 and then with my family at 5:00. Hannah did very well she had a lot of fun visiting with every one. Today we did the dreaded Black Friday shopping. I go every year and this year I decided to take Hannah with me. She loved it! I told her before I put her to bed last night that when she got up we were going shopping. This morning when I woke her up she sat straight up in bed and said "shopping?!". She was very chipper this morning at 5:30, every one that passed us she would say "Hi" and blow them kisses. We came home around 11:00 and she is now sleeping soundly.  I thought that I would post a few pictures to show you how much baby girl has changed over the past year.

 

 

November 26, 2007

 

 

 

November 26, 2008