Hannah's Pageant debut

Yes, Hannah was in her first baby pageant today!!! Kirk, Grandpa and Aunt Bonnie escorted Hannah to the New Mexico Baby Pageant today and the first picture is Hannah charming the panel of judges with her huge smile! We won't find out her standings until later this week, and we still have two more events in the pageant to complete, a costume contest and the royalty pagaent. It's been a very casual pageant and Kirk has had fun coordinating with Hannah.

Hannah has a new cousin! A perfect baby boy, Logan Heath Blobaum was born 8 lbs and 20 inches long Thursday, October 19th to happy parents Julie and Heath Blobaum. Heath is Aunt Bonnie's youngest son and just returned from serving in Iraq in the nick of time for his son's birth. Congratulations to the new parents!

Hannah now officially has 4 teeth! The two on top finally came through after many nights of painful awakenings for Hannah, but now she is able to really bite into things and grind her teeth together! Yum, yum!! Hannah is still enjoying her swim class twice a week and has become a pro jumping off the side. She is experiencing "separation anxiety" and this means mommy is experiencing "cling-on syndrome." Hannah has burst into tears spontaneously while in others arms, so the days of easy going baby seem to be coming to an end...for now.... Stay tuned for more Hannah vision. ..

Pinch me, Hannah's 8 months old!!

We are only 4 months away people from one year old!! It is truly unbelievable! Hannah is so wonderful, and continues to make being a baby look easy. She is all over the place, her crawling skills are so refined now you have to watch your back because she sneaks up on you so fast!! Nothing is more wonderful than to hear her joyful squeal when she sees you across the room and starts to book it towards your feet!

Her favorite things now are eating more solid foods like banana, cheese, toast, cottage cheese, potatoes, crackers, and anything Daddy will let her eat!! She loves cruising around her house to find her regulars, such as, the stove, the DVD/VCR player, the toilet (yikes!), and cabinets. She starts kicking every time she sees the water, she loves it so much and is doing so well in swim class.

She also loves to bang on the keyboard of the laptop like Mommy does, and suck on the cell phones while she talks to family. If you get a strange message or email from Kirk or Erin, you know Hannah is trying to get you!! She is very helpful on the laptop, somehow she always gets the help/support window to open for Mommy! Too bad, there is no help from Microsoft for teething... Hannah is cutting her two front teeth now and has handled it fairly well. At the same time, Mommy is trying to cut out the nighttime feedings so by 9 months Hannah will be a big girl and sleep through the night. This will also help the weaning transition if she does not need to nurse to go to sleep at 1 year old! Speaking of sleep, she fell asleep next door at Grandpa's very easily-on the couch! Come over anytime Grandpa if she goes out this easy!

We had a short visit with Grandma Julia and Auntie Ave, but it was wonderful to see them. We had just about every illness in the house that weekend (bummer), but Hannah enjoyed her family here very much. For those who may not know, we are getting ready to purchase our first house in Old Town and are just waiting for construction to finish. So, in the next month or so, Hannah will have a new bedroom upstairs!! We are very excited to have more space, but not so excited about having to move once again. We will post photos as soon as we can of the new place for all those abroad!

Tune in next time for more ......................HANNAH VISION.................................