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!