Update of Hannah

Hannah is 9 and 1/2 months old and growing by the minute. She now eats all her meals with bits and peices in them and she's a pro at chewing! Yea Hannah! Also she knows how to turn off the lights, and if we turn them off she looks at us with her puppy dog look...it's so cute, she never lets us forget that she can do it (so that's her thing now). We've been trying this week to switch Hannah over from a bottle to a sippy cup and we were just going to switch the middle bottle out of the day for now, but it wasn't working. So, today we decided to go "Cold Turkey" and she is doing awesome! I think that's what it was supposed to take...we're blessed that Hannah can do so many things and we know it may be early for her to stop the bottle all together for most babies but Hannah loves her sippy cup. God's def. preparing us all for the new baby who will be here in a little over 2 months and it's such a blessing that Hannah is doing GREAT learning new stuff!
On another note: Hannah loves Curious George and so for Christmas we got her the cutest pj's...we took picks tonight before she went to bed! Enjoy!

Videos!!

Blessings!

I just want to thank the Szala Family for a very fun evening last night. Trey, Hannah, and I went over to the Szala house around 5 yesterday to have Christmas Dinner after we had spent lots of family time together playing with our (well Hannah's) new toys and presents. It was us, the Szala's, Joanie, and Lori's sister's family and we had a blast. We not only had great food but great fellowship. We were sad that we weren't able to be around our families for Christmas and have Hannah enjoy all her grandparents and aunts and uncles for her first Christmas, but what a blessing it is to have the Szala family in our lives. God def. has blessed us with them and we do consider them our family!!!! I do have to say though that the team I wasn't on last night somehow I know cheated in the game of Taboo...just kidding! But to our family far away, we miss you so very much and can't wait to see some of you when the new baby is here. Oh by the way, we have another name to consider: Noelle Grace....but we're still in prayer, just wanted to keep everyone updated.
We're doing our best to get all the videos uploaded and pics on the blog too, but we hope you enjoy what's on here so far and whats to come (excuse the mess of the blog)!!
And we have a feeling Caleb will be here by the end of next week. Trey and I were talking and it's so weird to think that the stage Mer is at now in her pregnancy, Hannah would've already been here if it was my last pregnancy. It's so neat to think that when Hannah was almost a week old, she was as big as Caleb is now inside Aunt Meme! God is amazing!!!!!! We love you already Caleb and can't wait to meet you, whenever God has planned that you will come!
Pics from last night:

What Fun!

Video From Christmas Day!

Pics of the Holiday!

Christmas Day Is Here!

Well, Christmas has finally come and we have had an amazing day thus far. First last night was wonderful. Trey had to work 6 hrs yesterday and so Hannah and I stayed home and cleaned and got dinner all prepared. After Trey got off work we headed to church. The place was packed and our prayer is that everyone who was there on last night will come back to church each week(not just making this a once a year appearance). After church we came home and Hannah finally got to wear her reindeer pj's and she was off to bed. Trey and I enjoyed a nice huge meal: meatloaf muffins, green beans wrapped in bacon drenched in barbecue sauce, mashed potatoes, and for dessert we had Grampa Cliff's famous Oreo Cream Stuff. Mmmmm!!!!!
Hannah woke us up at 6:45 am...she must have known it was Christmas. We all showered and got dressed, and after Hannah ate breakfast we read her "Little Baby Jesus Is Here" and then opened Christmas presents. Hannah was half interested in opening the first present, daddy was in charge of getting all the toys out and ready to be played with. She had a blast while mommy opened the rest. Hannah got: lots and lots of clothes (all SO very cute), some curious George pj's, a cute jacket, a walker (the kind you walk behind), a play phone, a stacker, a 'bead thing', and music player, a walking pooh, and a turtle with shapes. Trey got: shirts, a rain coat covering, a spotlight, a haircutting kit, and a watch. Ashley got: a monogrammed makeup bag, furry slippers, jewelry, a pillow, and body spray. Our family gifts included lots of money (that was such a blessing!) and a cool GPS that Trey can't seem to put down!!!!!!!! Thank you so much to everyone! We love you all!
We know that as Hannah gets older she will be able to participate more and more in the Christmas present opening and also to better understand the true meaning of Christmas! You should have seen her when we were reading her book to her about Baby Jesus!!!! This was our 2ND Christmas as a married couple and first with Hannah, each year will bring more joy as our family grows! "Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!!!"
Here are some pics above and hopefully video, we'll put more on here in a bit!

Chilly!

It is so cold in the "Burgh"...I think when Trey left for work at 10:30am it was 4 degrees. Boo! And then with the wind, it makes it so much colder! Our weekend was wonderful, we did some last minute shopping and Trey took me on a after-birthday date to the movies. Friday night he brought me home a mini cheesecake, put a candle on it and sang Happy Birthday to me!!! Hannah now has a "big" girl car seat and she loves it! And now Trey only has to carry Hannah up and down to the car, not the whole carseat!!!! Hannah is getting so big and every morning I remind her that there are 5...4...3...days til' Christmas. She just looks at me and smiles! I took some pictures and more video of Hannah! The other baby is doing great, reminding me by her kicks everyday that she is not far from being here, and we can't wait! We're still praying about a name for her and we know that God will show us which name will be best (thank you family for your input, we know before we talk to ya'll which names your going to like and not like, we sometimes just like to be humored by all of you). We have seemingly narrowed it down to 3 names: Ruth Anne, Rachel Hadassah, Rebekah Noel-we love all 3!!!!!!!

Another Video From A Couple Weeks Ago!

Videos!!!

O Christmas Tree!

Well, I don't mean to mention my own birthday, BUT it's my birthday!!!! And even though there's nothing crazy going on today, it's the BEST birthday yet because I have a wonderful husband (he made last year's birthday the best until now) and a beautiful baby girl (and another on the way who wished me Happy Birthday this morning by giving me a big kick)!! My hubby is taking me to a movie tomorrow afternoon and sweet Hannah this morning woke me up with saying "ma ma"...I went into her room and she was all smiles and laughs. Is there any better way to start off your birthday (even at 7:15am)??? I don't think so!!!!!!! Christmas is right around the corner and we are so excited. We went and bought Hannah's Christmas gifts last night and so now everything is wrapped and under the tree. Thanks to all the family for all the beautifully wrapped gifts and I'm sure whatever is inside of them is going to make us all very happy come Christmas morning! The tree has been up for about a week now and so far Hannah hasn't really attacked it! There's some new pics, I'll post some more later too!!! Love you all! And another quick note, I know Aunt Meme won't be having her baby today...even though I secretly kind of wished for that. But we want her to know that we love her and Uncle Matt so much and can't wait for Caleb~We pray all goes well at the doctor's office today!!!!

Our Little Rudolph!

Pictures

I took some pictures of Hannah the other day that I think are just so cute! Enjoy!

Mer's Shower

We're Back!

We've gotten a lot of hassle about not updating the blog lately and we're sorry about that. There's been a lot going on lately and now we have a ton to write about.
Hannah is huge! In reality she's just growing up fast and we are so blessed to have her in our lives. She brings lots of laughter and tears (good ones) to each new day and it's just incredible how God created such a sweet little girl. Whoever lot we could love someone so little so much! She's been doing her "army drag" for a long time now and has been sitting up on her own for a little over a month or so. Her favorite thing to do now is to be "free" on the floor in the living room. She does her super roll (rolling 4-5 times really fast) to make her way to the kitchen or the tv set where she loves to try to pull down the Christmas decorations. She's been pulling up on things and is very close to successfully sitting herself back up...it'll happen one of these days. She just brings so much excitement to our lives and we know that she will be a great big sis.
And speaking of the new little one...I should be returning to the doctor very soon, but our last and final ultrasound we had last month showed that she is doing great. They didn't get great pics of her heart in October because she was moving around so much so they just had take a second look. Her due date still stands at March 10th, which seems to be approaching rather quickly!
THANKSGIVING! Trey and I were blessed to have some family here to celebrate the holidays with us...my parents arrived the Monday before Thanksgiving (Zach and Jacki came tues. and Mer on wed.) and we just had blast. We're grateful to Matt for sparing Mer for their first Thanksgiving as a married couple and with her being soo pregnant it was just a blessing to be able to share the holidays with her. And we thank God for her health (she's doing great now) and for Caleb who will be here sooner than we know it. And thanks Mom and Dad for all the ways you blessed Trey, Hannah, and I while you were here (even when you aren't here we feel blessed for all you do for us)! And Hannah loves her Uncle Zach and Aunt Jacki and just had so much fun with all the family that week! She's just now getting over the fact that Mommy is only one person (since she had so many people to play with that week) and I can't entertain her every minute of every day. And thank you all for all the pre-Christmas gifts and just gifts...we are THANKFUL! And to all the family in Mississippi, we're so thankful that Hannah has so many people that love her and even though ya'll couldn't spend the holidays with us, you were here in our thoughts and in our hearts!
So I'm blogged out I think...Christmas will be here 16 days and we can't wait! Hannah's first Christmas and we can't wait to read to her the 'Baby Jesus Story' from her little book with the furry sheep, but we're def. going to have some fun with the whole Santa thing too (even if she can't understand everything yet)! Don't worry I won't write this much each time, but there was a lot of time we didn't blog about....we love you all!!!!!!! (I posted pics from the shower we threw for Mer and others from that week)