For Dave & Karen

The whole point of this video was to thank you for Hannah's Christmas gift and to let you know that she's excited about going to the "Jungle" in April. But Samuel was really curious about the camera and apparently Hannah thought I was talking to you on the phone...so this video is a little crazy!! Samuel doesn't wave good-bye, he snaps. So at the end he's snapping bye!

Trampoline Fun

Static electric hair and camel nose.Samuel loves playing on the trampoline with Hannah.

Bouncing's what Tigger's do best!!

Princess Night

Every Thursday Chick-fil-A has a family night and we've been to almost all of them. Tonight it was Prince & Princess Night. "Come dressed in your finest and have your picture made with the fancy cows!" Hannah was so excited and could not wait to go! Bobby & Samuel stayed home because Bobby said that tonight's festivities sounded too girly. So we took my mom with us instead. Here are some pics from our girly Princess night...

My sister bought Hannah this dress for Christmas. It's just too stinking cute...

Making her tiara.

Princess Hannah

Katie paints Hannah's fingernails. We've been to so many Family Nights that Katie knows us by name.

Hannah and the Fancy Princess Cow. She did not want her picture with the Fancy Prince Cow.

Birthday Fun at Ryan's

As many of you know Hannah, Samuel and I go out to eat with my parents every Friday. And we always go to Ryan's (I don't think they realize that there are other restaurants in Seneca!) Anyway, we went to Ryan's the day after Hannah's birthday. The waitresses all know us by name and they love Hannah & Samuel. So they brought Hannah a piece of cake and sang their birthday song for her. Hannah thought they were too loud and wanted them to stop singing. She did enjoy the cake though. Samuel on the other hand, loved it when they sang and was laughing!

Happy Birthday Hannah!

It's hard to believe that Hannah is already three years old! When did she get so tall and so wonderfully verbal? She gets more beautiful every day and her vocabulary expands at just about the same rate. She loves to read and knows several of her books by heart. She's a wonderful helper with Sammy - just yesterday she was holding his hands and helping him walk across the living room. She loves animals and she's very affectionate with Oscar and our neighbors' dogs. She wanted to buy MayDay two cats for Christmas from Pet Smart.
She can recite the entire alphabet and recognize the majority of the letters. She can even write an 'O' and a 'M'. She can also count to 20 and only skips to or three of the numbers. She's going to be a genius just like her Daddy :)

Anyway, we celebrated today with a party for our sweet baby. A lot of our friends and family came to join in the festivites. It was so much fun and Hannah had a blast! Here are some pictures of all the excitement....

The Birthday Girl being un-ladylike under the table.

We bought bubbles to give out as party favors (to the three kids that came :)

June, that works with Bobby, made these cakes for Hannah. I can't believe how awesome they look - and they tasted so good! Thank you June for the beautiful cakes!!!

This was the cake for everyone and....

this was Hannah's personal cake.

Our crazy family....

This isn't even half of what she received.

Sammy & Papa cuddling.

Sammy & Lily play with the pianos.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HANNAH!! WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE YOU IN OUR LIVES. YOU'RE A WONDERFUL DAUGHTER AND AN EXCELLENT BIG SISTER.
WE LOVE YOU,
DADDY, MOMMY & SAMMY

Pictures...Finally!!

Hannah & one of the Chick-fil-A cows.
Hannah & her HUGE pez dispenser.

Hannah just likes the icing on the cake and not the cake itself.

Bobby & Samuel at the Chick-fil-A party. Sam was just there for the food...

Hannah looked so cute for Bobby's work party at Wingin' It. We had so much fun. I think this is one of the cuter pictures of Miss. Banana.
Bobby & Sammy at the his department Christmas party (Bobby's party...not Sammy's!) Sorry Sammy is a little blurry.

Hannah playing with Lego's at Wingin' It.

Hannah had to bundle up to play on her new trampoline (it was one of those rare cold days right before Christmas.) She wore a pair of Bobby's socks over her own to keep her feet and legs warm. She's so cute in this picture. You can't really tell but her little nose was sooo red and she still didn't want to come in!!

There just wasn't enough room for our presents!

Sammy & his Rock 'N Play Piano. Perhaps he'll be a musician some day...

A somewhat blurry picture of the dress Emily gave Hannah.

Bobby & Sammy rest after all the excitement of opening presents.

Samuel plays with the guitar Papa Jordan gave him.

Merry Christmas!!

The Tale of Christmas...

December was a very busy month for us (and it's still not over!)

The Thursday before Christmas we went to the Cow's Christmas Party at Chick-fil-A. There were two cows and one was dressed like Santa. The "real" Santa was there too - he gave Hannah a candy cane and she was very disappointed. She doesn't like candy canes and said that Santa should have given her "chocolate instead." She played pin the Star on the Tree and had a big piece of Christmas cake. When we first got there I entered her in a drawing to win a huge Chick-fil-A Cow Pez Dispenser. I was just telling Bobby when they started the drawing that Hannah never wins anything - and they called out her name!! This dispenser is huge!! It holds like 8 packs of Pez.

The next day we went to Bobby's departments Christmas party. It was at Wingin' It in downtown Clemson. We had so much fun. We ate tons of food and Hannah was constantly wanting to go to the bathroom b/c one of the walls was a chalkboard and they had a huge bucket of chalk. She and Samuel also got an early Christmas present from June: Samuel got a stuffed cow (complete with udders) that sings 'Old MacDonald - With a Moo Moo here...) and Hannah got a Spongebob coloring book, crayons and a Spongebob umbrella. Even though it wasn't raining when we left the party she walked all the way to the car with her umbrella open!

The Monday before Christmas we had a "party" during our Monday Night Bowling League. Everyone brought finger foods but there was a ton of food! We brought Hannah with us b/c we thought another little girl was coming. Anyway, Hannah didn't eat any supper and completely filled up on snack foods - chocolate covered Bugles, a brownie with caramel in the middle, cinnamon squares with cream cheese icing and half a can of Mountain Dew. I know, I'm an excellent mother ;>) (Hey, it's the holidays and sometimes you just relax and let them eat what they want.) She was so hyper that evening - she talked non -stop and ran all over the bowling alley. On the way home she decided she was going to spend the night with my parents. I tried to warn my mom that Hannah had nothing but sugar that evening but she still said yes. The next day she called and asked me what we'd given Hannah because she had talked until mid-night. My mom would doze off and Hannah would say, "Not yet Granny. I'm not sleepy...." Now my parents know how we feel when she comes home from their house - maybe next time they'll think twice about giving her Little Debbie Cakes and Cream Soda!!

Our internet was out for a while so I also missed Sammy's 11 month update. He's standing by himself and will walk if we hold his hands or if he's got a push toy. He says "Yeah" "Mmmm" (for Moo) and "Papa". He loves to read books and can turn the pages if I help him a little. When we're bowling on Monday's he and Hannah stay with my parents. When he's tired and done playing he'll crawl over to my Dad and reach for him to pick him up. We'll home & my dad is sitting in his recliner holding Sammy - who's generally sleeping. It's too sweet. He's growing like a weed and gets more gorgeous every day!!

As for Christmas, Bob & Tommy spent Christmas Eve with us. We watched movies and baked cookies (not for Santa!). Christmas morning my family came to our house and we made a big breakfast for everyone - this is a family tradition. We rotate houses each year. There were presents galore and we just about drowned in wrapping paper and boxes. Hannah got: Ratatouille, a Little Einstein movie, a beautiful dress-coat-and scarf set from Emily, a McDonald's cash register set, some bubblegum scented body wash/shampoo/bubble bath, two Spongebob books, a Spongebob sleeping bag, a set of stuffed animals from Madagascar 2, and of course her trampoline. Samuel got: a set of huge lego-blocks, a Baby Einstein movie, two different little piano sets, a cute 'First Christmas' sleeper, a Wal-Mart gift card, some snacks and a guitar (from Papa Jordan of course!) They both had a blast and love playing with each others toys. Last night Hannah got out her guitar and Samuel was playing with his - they were both just sitting there strumming away. I have a video I'll post soon. And as soon as Bobby's phone learns to cooperate with me I'll post some pictures of all of these events.

Now we're preparing for Hannah's 3rd birthday....