Just another thing for the baby book...

Hannah Climbs the Stairs!

October 15, 2008

Suddenly, when no one was looking, Hannah ventured up the first two stairs in the living room! Boy, was Mommy in for a surprise when she saw Hannah playing with a shoe on the third stair! Mommy pulled Hannah off the stairs, then watched Hannah climb the entire set of stairs, just so she could find Daddy (who was showering upstairs)! Hannah was so pleased with her new trick, she spent the following 20 minutes crawling from one end of the hallway to the other as fast as she could. Mommy and Daddy decided they need to be better about closing the baby gate at the bottom of the stairs.

The wedding of the century

Bridesmaids dress - $203
Alterations - $110
Updo hair style - $75
Seeing Dave and Kerry get married after 9 years of dating? Priceless.

Congrats Kerry and Dave!

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Throw it at the wall and see what sticks...

Today I did it.

I took the plunge.

I submitted a final draft of an article I wrote for publication to a local parenting magazine base in New Hampshire.

I'm trying to take on some extra work as a freelance writer for some local magazines, so I got my first article finished and sent off to the editor about five minutes ago. This is really exciting for me, and if they accept it for publication, you all will be the first... 10 to know =) Pay for freelancing isn't great, but it's some extra spending money that would cover a weeks worth of groceries and then some, so it's pretty exciting.

I wrote my article about attending a moms group and the benefits you can reap from going to such a group as a first time parent.

Anyway, that's the big news from here. The family is doing well, John is busy with weddings this fall for some odd reason. Of course, I'm in a wedding this coming Saturday, so I guess it's just a busy fall for weddings this year. John is playing in a different wedding, so my in-laws will be babysitting Hannah for the afternoon on Saturday. Kerry and Dave (my college roommate and her boyfriend of like... 9 years) are getting married (finally!) on Saturday, so it will be a fun time. It will be a tough day for me too, because I will be away from Hannah overnight for the first time, but at least I know she'll be safe at home with her dad for the night.

Speaking of Hannah, I have lots of photos to update!!!

Hannah has discovered a cool new hiding place

Hannah sitting with her grandad on Saturday night.

Hannah and Daddy at the cider pressing party and lobster bake

My "artsy" photo of Hannah and I

Hannah's pumpkin hat.

yearbookyourself.com

I can't remember what years these all are, but this website is SO much fun! YearbookYourself is a great way to kill time!

Hannah's Winter Hat

Look Ma! No hands!

Okay, so not exactly no hands, but anyway...

So yes, Hannah is crawling now, which is very exciting. She's getting quite good, and moving pretty fast... when she's not experimenting with the bear crawl... It's fun to watch her move around, and I'm glad she doesn't go near the stairs yet, because I've been having issues with getting our gate mounted. She stays away from the basement stairs too, because we have a pressure mounted gate in the hallway, so she can't even get down the hall.

Her new thing now is pulling herself up to stand!


She's been having a lot of fun pulling herself up on our coffee table - it's just the right hight for her as you can see in the photo.

Today my parents came over and helped us plant some new shrubs in front of the house:

The ones on the far outside of the house are lilacs (yay!), the middle ones are holly and the ones next to the steps are boxwood. I have to be diligent about watering them, which could prove difficult, but since I want them to do well, I will be doing my best to water them every day for the next couple of weeks. I'm so excited to have shrubs planted here - we've been in our house for... 2 years now? Wow, has it really been that long??? Man, time really flies.

Anyway, that's pretty much all of the current news. Hope to get back to posting more regularly, now that we're back on a pretty normal routine!

Hannah crawls!

Hannah Crawls

September 5, 2008

On September 5, 2008, Hannah showed her independence as she started to crawl. Nothing is out of reach for Hannah now -- including all the stuff mom hasn't had time to babyproof yet! Mom and dad are so proud of the accomplishment, and also a wee bit nervous about what Hannah will get into next...