Hannah: Pretend Playing

Hannah was just playing with one of Heidi's Polly Pocket dolls (w/o small parts, like shoes or necklaces). She had also just been snacking on some dry cereal in a bowl. When she was finished, she put her doll in the bowl and said "ba ba" while she did the sign for bath. I thought it was cute that she was pretending that her doll was taking a bath in the bowl.

Mommy Forgot Show-And-Tell

Every Tuesday, Heidi has show-and-tell at school. She always looks forward to Tuesdays because that is her day for show-and-tell & Thursdays because that is her day for skittles math. This past Tuesday, I forgot to remind her to pick something out to bring to school before we left. She usually remembers, though, too.... but this time I forgot (and so did she). After I picked her up from school that day and we got into the car, she told me what a few of the kids in her class had brought to show and talk about. I didn't even think anything about it when she was telling me what her friends had brought because they have it on different days and I was just thinking that it wasn't her day for it. Then, she told me "... and when Miss Cindy said 'Heidi,' I just said I don't have anything today." She didn't sound upset about it or anything when she told me about it, but she mentioned it to me again later that day. When Brian got home that night, she was already in bed and not asleep yet, so Brian went in to say goodnight... and the first thing that Heidi told him was "Mommy forgot show-and-tell today." I felt a little bad, but at least she does have it every week. I talked to her teacher about it today when I picked her up from school and Miss Cindy said that she didn't get upset or anything and I guess she didn't want to get up and talk about anything else. I'm sure she isn't going to be too scarred by my forgetting just this one time. :)

Today at preschool, the kids got to dress up like princesses and princes (or kings and queens). Heidi wore her Snow White costume. I think it was a fun day for her. They are learning about castles and England... and kings and queens. When she came home from school and took off her costume, Hannah wanted to try it on. She held it up to her body like she wanted to wear it, too. She loves putting princess crowns and hats on her head and dressing up with necklaces ... and sometimes even likes to put on Heidi's clothes. I guess pretty soon, she might be able to start wearing the dress-up costumes. I think having girls is so fun. I hope that we can have one more!

Juice

I hadn't bought apple juice in a long time, but yesterday while I was at Fred Meyer I picked up some frozen apple juice while I was there. When I got home and was mixing some with water, I told Hannah that I was making juice. After I gave her some (watered down), I guess she reaaaally enjoyed it because she drank it really fast. Then, she gave me her cup and said "oose oose" to me. This is her new word... and she really likes her apple juice. :)

Uh Oh!

Hannah is saying "uh oh" now! ...usually when things fall down.

Hannah's Signs & Words

Hannah is 15 months old now. When Heidi was 15 months old, I made a list of things she was saying/signing, so I thought I would do one for Hannah, too... Here it is:

up (bup)
down (da)or (dow)
Mama
Dada
Daddy (da-ee)
Heidi (hi-ee) or (i-ee)
Grandpa (papa)
baby (says "baba" w/short u sound)
doll (says "do" w/short o sound)
bye bye (ba bye)
hi
hello (says "he-wo" w/short e sound)
eye
eyebrow (eyeb)
hair (haaa)
arm (short o sound)
nose (no)
bellybutton ("be-ye-bu" or "bu")
train sounds (tooka tooka woooooooo)
book (says "ba" w/a short u sound)
dog ("do" - w/short o sound)
pig (says a mix of "pu/bu" w/short u sound)
bear (ba)
fish (shhh)
snake (ssss)
chicken sound (bok bok)
cow sound (mooo)
owl sound (ooooo)
dog sound (woo woo woo)
monkey sound (oo oo oo oo)
duck (says "du" w/short u sound)
goat sound (baaa)
neigh sound (nnnn)
makes a clicking sound with mouth for horse galloping sound
bear, lion, or tiger sound (makes a growling sound)
that (dat)... she says this a lot!
hat ("ha" w/ short a sound)
diaper (says "di" and points to diaper)
night night (says "di di" with long i sound)
cup (bup)
milk (mil mil)
ball (ba)
bed (says "be" w/short e sound)
done (says "du" w/short u sound)
blanket (says "ba" w/short u sound)
bath (says "ba" w/short a sound)
bread (says "be" w/short e sound)
banana (says "ba" w/short u sound)(usually says "ba ba ba ba")
backpack (says "baba" w/short a sound)
*These are all of the words that I can think of that she tries to say right now. I guess I could be missing something, though.

Here are some signs she does:
mouse
cheese
bread
milk
cracker
dog
book
waves bye bye
puts her finger to her mough and makes "shh" sound
cookie
baby
fish
eat (1 finger to mouth)
bath
car
apple
play (she rotates her whole hand instead of using her pinky and thumb, but she does try)
*She does some other signs when she watches Signing Time, like goat, barn, rooster, and some others, but I'm not sure if she would remember them on her own or not yet.

Body Parts She Can Identify:
eye
nose
mouth
tongue
teeth
lips
cheek
eyebrow
ear
hair
chin
neck
elbow
leg
arm
tummy
bellybutton
fingers
toes
feet

I am trying to add more pictures, but am not getting it to work, so maybe I will try again later.

Pictures from our trip to Alabama

Our trip to Alabama

For the first two weeks in April, we (Heidi, Hannah, and me) were in Alabama visiting my parents. This the first time my dad got to see Hannah (other than just in pictures). Heidi had spring break and we had a free companion ticket, so we decided that would be a good time to go. Getting there was NOT fun! After having only about 2 hours of sleep, I woke up at about 3:30am to get the car loaded and get the girls ready to go. We were running a little late, so after we made it through security in the Seattle airport, I didn't think I had time to put my shoes on. I was carrying Hannah, my shoes, and a very full backpack while Heidi was following me towards our gate. When we got to the escalator, I didn't realize there would be a problem. I got on, but Heidi didn't. I kept moving down, but she kept refusing to get on. I kept saying "Heidi, get on... Come on, GET ON!" I was trying to run UP the DOWN escalator in my SOCKS while holding Hannah and my shoes. I wasn't getting very far and the spikey parts of each step really hurt when you are in socks and your toes keep hitting them while trying to run up. Finally, a man came and saw what was going on. He picked Heidi up and put her on for me. Then, Hannah screamed during most of our flight from Seattle to Atlanta. This was a LONG flight! It was over 5 hours. The flight attendant kept suggesting that I walk around with her, but this didn't help. There was a lady sitting across the aisle from us who kept taking off her eye mask and giving me mean looks, too. I was doing all that I could to try to calm Hannah down, but nothing worked. Our flight home was completely opposite. People were even complimenting them after we landed in Seattle on how well-behaved they were on the flight. If they had only seen them on the other flight...
While we were there, we: drove down to Panama City, Florida and went to the beach (where Heidi was afraid of the sand and water, but she found a HUGE seashell that we hid in the sand for her to find) and shopping, went for a drive through the Azalea Trail, went to Landmark Park, went to a special cupcake store, went to a playground, the Easter bunny came to visit, and Heidi & Hannah had fun playing with Grandma Holly & Grandpa George. Heidi misses having happy hour in the evenings with my parents, too. She enjoyed taking her sippy cup of juice outside on the back porch area of the house with my parents and visit or swing on the swing that my dad tied to the tree in the backyard. Hannah got her first two molars while we were there (both in the back/bottom of her mouth). I think my parents are planning on coming to Washington for a visit next year.
I'll try to add some pictures later... I have a crying baby on my lap right now...