A little family visit

John's sister came in town is weekend for a short visit. We haven't seen them for almost a year and a half and we had never met Evan and they had never met Hannah. Evan was so sweet with Hannah maybe a little scared to make her cry but every time she was around him he was so sweet to her. Jordan and Haley were attached by the hip they were always with each other having so much fun. The girls were so sad to see them go. So it was a lot of fun but I didn't always remember my camera so to get the whole experience check out Mike and Erica's blog for some more adorable pictures of the kids.
Haley's first order of business was to show the kids her favorite thing to do (other then bug her mommy).

Jordan thought that was cool (hope we didn't teach him anything naughty that he will take home).

Jumping before bath time.

Playing in the playhut.

Limes...

Poor Hannah got her first lime taste this weekend. Not something that she seems to love. Seriously though her crazy sister loves to just eat lemons and limes so we weren't sure how Hannah would feel about them.

The park

Haley and Jordan going down the slide...


Yay I did it...

That was really fun...

Evan going down the slide

Hannah and Daddy going down the slide

Beautiful sweet Hannah

Oops... that step is tricky

Haley and Jordan running up and down the hill

Ring around the rosy...

and we all fall down

The last slides of the day.

Popsicles

Haley and Jordan eating popsicles together and being loud.

Going for a ride

We went to the BX and of course we got there before it opened so Haley had to ride the fire truck and the horse.
Even and Jordan going for a ride.

and Haley being herself.

Visiting the Airplanes

The Dads and the kids sitting in front of the F-4.

A little switch up action and click.

Haley thought is was so cool to touch the Airplanes and not get in trouble.

Twirling....

twirling with Jordan

Haley and Jordan playing with the palm tree shavings...

and showing us what they got.

Great Grandma Hekking

Great Grandma Hekking holding Hannah while she is sleeping.

Happy Birthday

Tomorrow (May, 22) is Grandma Hekking's Birthday. She wanted another video of Hannah walking and there is an extra bonus for her so these posts are for grandma. We all hope that you have a wonderful birthday and know that we are thinking about you. We love you. Happy Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday

Hannah is so cute when she walks and sometimes she tries to run (totally adorable).

The Girls Bedrooms

Hannah's room before...

Hannah's room after the paint (wall decorations to come)

Haley's room before...

Haley's room after (with a few decorations more are to come).

Bath Time

This is a hard post. I wanted the pictures to stay modest (especially Haley) so I put the pictures on that are the least revealing. We use to take tons of pictures of Haley in the bath but Hannah now bathes with Haley so she doesn't have so many bath pictures. I love bath time pictures though. The girls have so much fun in the bath tub together. So here are some cute bath pics.
Haley kept putting the cup on Hannah's head and making her laugh.

Up close cutie.

Pulling up the shower lever.

More up close cuties. Haley likes to lay down in the bath tub now it is interesting because she is still VERY cautious about it and won't lay down all the way but tries.



And just as some extra updates. Haley is getting four new molars in the back of her mouth. I feel so bad for her because she has been acting up and we were getting so frustrated but we now think that it is from the in coming teeth. I promise we brush her teeth everyday but she it is not easy so we have to pin her down still and it is still hard to make sure we get everything. Hannah is also trying to get more teeth in but that is pretty usually for a 10 month old. She is also doing very well with walking and getting better everyday. Lastly John has been studying very hard for an upcoming test that he has to take (an Air Force test). Keep him in your prayers we hope that he does well it determines whether or not he gets a raise next year.

Sisterly Fun

Haley thinks that she is Hannah's other mommy sometimes so she wants to hold her and pick her up. This time I set Hannah in Haley's lap because Hannah was laughing so hard just watching Haley rock and once she got in the rocking chair with Haley they were both just laughing so hard I had to get the camera.

Not much

There really hasn't been much going on here. So no new pictures but just for fun I think I will tell you a few things that the girls have been up to. Hannah has learned how to scream in public to get attention (that is really exciting). Anytime she wants something she screams and of course she gets what she wants. I know that is a bad thing but she feels to young to be able to get her to do something different without making other people around us suffer. Haley MUST be growing. She has been eating like crazy seriously yesterday she ate a pop tart for breakfast, then had a snack, for lunch she had 7 chicken nuggets and a bowl of peas, then another snack, then she shared an apple with daddy when he got home, and for dinner she had a bowl of mac and cheese with a hot dog in it and she wanted more so we gave her some fruit and she still wanted more. Seriously she was eating all day. Anyways, I think that they both love the new house. They have more freedom to do what they want and have more space to do it in. So that is it for now as soon as something fun happens I will take pictures and post them.

Wow Hannah

So we are WAY behind today with getting the girls to bed and now it is 11:30 and we are just about to put them both to bed. Just a busy day. The fun part in all of that is that Haley was yelling for JoJo to come get in his kennel and Hannah yelled JOJO just like Haley was doing clear as day. She is just learning so fast and wants to be just like Haley. She does the normal baby talk da, ba, ma, screaming, and her favorite way of communication is blowing her tongue at people (and everyone thinks it is adorable, weird right i guess not for a baby). Anyways Haley's first word was dog and now here we are with Hannah and her first word is JOJO (the dogs name). What's with that?

Hannah Walking

Hannah is walking somewhat. She wants to all the time but is not confident enough yet. I didn't think that she would walk earlier then Haley (at 10 months) but here she is at 9 months. She started to just randomly walking yesterday and did this for daddy after he got home from work. Both my girls are daddy's girls. I love it.

Girl Fight

The other morning the girls decided they wanted the same toy and started fighting over it (their first fight over a toy) and seriously they were like rolling over each other laughing but still fighting over the toy. By the time I got the camera this is where they were at in the fight.

Haley thinking well if I can't have the toy I will take both of you!

Hannah thinking I can't believe I actually won. WOW.

The after fight make up hug.

Marshmellow puff

Yummy yummy. The girls love marshmellow puff and I thought they were cute so I snapped some pictures. Haley is saying cheese (my goofy girl), and John is ticked about Hannah's picture because he says it is a stunning picture of her then she has marshmellow all over her face.

The living room

We have been working a lot on the house but the living room seems to be coming together so here is a picture of the room before we moved in (sorry it is at a different angle).

The room with our old entertainment center. It looks ridiculous because it is so small and the room is so large.

The new entertainment center with the couches the way I think I am going to put them.

Plans to come for the room are as follows. A new entry way light, putting a mirror on the wall in between the two windows, and putting a small seating area in the far corner or maybe a play area for the kids, and of course putting pictures up. I feel so much better having another room getting closer to completion.

Mac and Cheese

Hannah eating mac and cheese and peas. She loves peas and now mac and cheese. Oh and this is the first messy stuff that she got to feed her and I think that she stayed pretty clean. Good job Nanners!


And of course anytime Hannah has a photo op Haley needs to get her picture taken so here is being a cutie pie.