7-weeks old

It's hard for us to believe how quickly the time has flown by - Hannah is already 7 weeks old. She is full of chatter and smiles these days, so I have to take advantage of the one-on-one time I have with her when Kyle is napping to truly appreciate it. Also, during this time, she can have some uninterrupted exercise, otherwise, Kyle likes to "help" with her tummy time, which involves laying next to her and trying to lift her or draping his arm over her in a cuddle.

We have had great luck with her sleeping lately, she is usually asleep by 9:30 or so and then awake at 2:30 and again at 5:30 and will then snooze until 7am. Last night we had a little struggle getting down before 10, but after that, she was either exhausted or well swaddled because she slept until 4:30, and even then she may not have needed to wake because she only nursed for 5 minutes before falling soundly back to sleep! We will see what tonight brings.


Here are a couple more of my favorites from today.

Thinking about smiling...





...and smiling
(hidden behind her hand of course, but look at those eyes sparkle!)

Kangaroos

Because I am running around after a very active toddler, I anticipated the best thing for Hannah would be for me to have a baby sling. Since she loves to be held all day long, this was a very good bet on my part. She loves sleeping in the Kangaroo Korner pouch that I have, and will nap much longer than if I try to put her down. Which is funny, because she doesn't have a problem sleeping on her own at night, but I can't complain too much because I love cuddling with her of course (just makes it hard to get other things done around the house!)





Hannah must look so comfortable in her pouch, that Kyle has decided that Baby and Teddy both want to ride around in one too! He is so observant that it only takes his seeing it once to know how something works, so it isn't a surprise that after seeing me wearing Hannah for weeks that he decided to give it a go.








We might have to ask Maemo to make one for him to wear because after ordering a second pouch for Hannah (the first one I have is too hot for the approaching summer heat, and unfortunately has stretched out more than I anticipated) I don't think that we can afford one of the child-sized slings that they also sell.

15 Minutes of Fame

OK, it was probably closer to 15 seconds, but our photo was on the Reuters billboard in Times Square!!!
(click on it to see it enlarged) Submitted courtesy of Auntie Laura, somehow the one that I submitted was lost, I'll try again. Submit your own smile at reuters.com/smiles

Wallflower photos

We received our photos from Auntie Laura a couple of weeks ago, and I am finally sitting down to share them with everyone now. If prompted, the password is "walker" (without the quotation marks). Click on "2 weeks old" to view the thumbnails, click on a thumbnail to view it larger, and from there you can scroll through all of the photos.

Wallflower photos

You can also see some of Laura's favorites (which happen to be some of my favorites too!) on their blog

Wallflower Photography Blog


The only elusive shot for Laura was Hannah's smile, which at 2 1/2 weeks was just beginning to appear. She is all laughs and giggles these days, so it is getting much easier to capture it on film. Here's a photo from yesterday of both of our happy kiddos. Here, Kyle wanted to be wrapped up in a crib sheet with Hannah, and instead was giggling at the term "cheesy macaroni????" (Thanks to Laura for the fix!)

Daddy's Girl

With Dave home for the weekend, I didn't have any problem getting a smiling photos of our little girl. She was all grins for her daddy this morning, so I was able to get this photo!

We went to a birthday party for one of Kyle's friend's at a park this morning - amazing that it is already time for all of the two-year birthday parties! Kyle had a great time on the playground and then playing with the play dough tools (mostly scissors) and Hannah happily slept in the sling most of the time - it won't be long before she's running around at birthday parties soon and we'll have trouble keeping track of both of them!

And of course, because it is the weekend, it is time to take care of the lawn mowing again, and Kyle was there to help! This one was taken en route from the back yard to the front yard, although Kyle managed to get distracted by Hannah and my presence on the back steps, so he played with us while Dave finished (Dave was probably thankful, as progress is much quicker without having to worry about Kyle!)

One-month old

We can't believe how quickly the time has flown by and how quickly our little girl is growing! Kyle is still very excited about showing Hannah how to crawl, but we're warning him he will have to wait a little longer. In the meantime, he's asking her to "help" by holding his nail or screwdriver while he is working with his toolbox. He's always very concerned about her, running to give her a kiss if he hears her crying, or asking where she is if he can't see her. His latest favorite is having her lie next to him in his crib. She seems to be all smile lately, especially when we complement her on her eyes, and I'm trying to catch a smile in our latest photos, but I think that she is a little afraid of the camera, so it will have to be a group effort when Dave is home at the weekend!

Kyle and I took Hannah to the doctor today for her check-up. She weighed 10 pounds 9 ounces, which is smaller than the 11 pounds I expected from the ache in my back! We had to experience her 2nd HBV vaccination while we were there (I missed the first one since they did it immediately after birth) so she's been even more cuddly this afternoon, trying to recover. I'm not looking forward to the next visit when she will have 4 shots (maybe Daddy will be able to come with us that time) we're also going to be combining it with Kyle's 2 year check up - what happened to those two years?!

While at the doctor's office today, Kyle fell in love with her stethoscope, so we had to find ours once we were home. He can now put it in his ears all by himself, and loves listening to everything (inanimate objects included)

Daddy's little helper

We all look forward to the weekends when Daddy is home to play. Dave used to be able to get a lot more accomplished on the weekends in the yard, but it was never as much fun as now, when he has a toddler to chase around and keep out of trouble. This past weekend, Dave was finishing up some irrigation and he had Kyle outside with him so that I could get some things taken care of in the house with Hannah. In the end, Hannah and I ended up going outside to help supervise Kyle so that Dave could actually finish without Kyle being completely covered in mud from the large holes that were being dug. In the end, Kyle was very helpful in the cleaning up department, showing us how it was to be done and then making sure that both Daddy and I had our own brooms to sweep up all of the mess!