18 months

Hannah turned 18 months yesterday. She seems so old to me! She walks around the house like she's in charge. She can be very sassy!




Hannah repeats pretty much anything you say to her. Her vocabulary is quite extensive. The word you hear her say most often is "no." I think she hears her sisters use it too much. She loves to swim, slide down slides, swing on swings, and ride on her little bike.

She also loves to show her independence by brushing her own teeth. It's only a matter of time till the "I do it" phase begins!


I can't get enough of these curls.

She adores her sisters. If Allie and Ava are playing together in their room, Hannah will be watching their every move. She loves to sit at their little table and color or play barbies with them too.

Good night kisses!

Hannah is outgrowing her changing table too. Not too long and we'll start potty training:)

Hannah's favorite foods are yogurt, fruit, burritos (surprisingly), apple cinnamon oatmeal, and anything that has sugar in it. Just like her sisters, she has a sweet tooth. Her favorite person is still Papa! She squeals when she sees him and cries when he leaves. I love it!

She LOVES her blanket. And she has a Bumble Bee pillow pet that her sisters named Biggby. She loves to dance. If any music comes on, she immediately starts moving. She sleeps about 12 hours through the night and gives me one 2 hour nap each day. We love her sassy little atitude, which is good for her with two older sisters. Ava and Allie are great with her too. Ava is such a helpful big sister. Allie can have her moments of pushing or hitting, but for the most part, she genuinly enjoys having Hannah around. Happy 1 1/2 birthday Hannah Margaret!

Hannah's boo boo

Poor little Hannah was hanging on the back of one of our dining room chairs and the whole thing came down on her face. She ended up with a bumped nose and a black eye. She really did handle it well. She cried but not too bad.

Sisters

It's really fun having a house full of girls. Dramatic and emotional for sure, but fun all the same. They are growing so fast. Ava is 5 1/2, Allie is 3 1/2, and Hannah is 18months. Hannah is the biggest diva of all! Her favorite word at the moment is "no."

Ava refers to these dresses as Hula dresses. And they love to match, at all times.


Silly faces


Big girls getting ready for bed, washing their faces and brushing their teeth!


Hannah and Allie

This was a really strange looking bug the girls found in the yard. I love that they're unafraid of bugs! Notice the matchy matchy again!

Pole Barn

With Mike being a carpenter, he has a lot of crap:) Just kidding. He has a lot of very useful tools. He's been wanting to build a shed/pole barn for a long time. I don't blame him. Our garage is so full, he can't even park his truck in it. So he took a coulple weekends and constructed this monster in our backyard.




We might christen it after the concrete is poured inside, with a nice big game of floor pong!

Garden

I have not posted in so long! We have been very busy this summer. I'd like to say that that's my only excuse, but it's not. You see, my computer is getting slow in it's old age. Even with this post, I started to upload some photos and my compter froze. So I had to restart it. It's really annoying. But I'm blessed to have a computer, and a digital camera. So I'll stop complaining now:)

We really have had a busy summer. I don't even know what we've been doing! Actually, I did start a job. I'm working two mornings a week at Biggby coffee. It's really quite fun and I enjoy the adult interaction! And I love making lattes.

Our garden is doing magnificently. We planted a wide variety of fruits and vegetables this year. A few didn't make it. Once again my watermelons didn't come up. I'll have to figure those out someday because we really love watermelon. I also planted spinach, onions and beets that never came up. Not sure why. But everything else is doing great.

Here are a couple pictures before we planted anything. Mike did a fantastic job on the fencing.

And this picture was taken at the end of June. It's even crazier now!

We have lots of lettuce, cucumber, zucchini, sugar snap peas, and squash. And I'm just now starting to get peppers and tomatoes. I also planted pumpkins which are coming along well. This was my first year for raspberries and strawberries so didn't get anything from those. Oh and I planted two blueberry bushes and the berries are just starting to turn blue. I really do love gardening. I have so much respect for farmers because it is hard work. But it pays off!