Memorial Weekend

Memorial weekend in the Northwest is the kickoff weekend to camping. We had great intentions to join in on the festivities, but when we checked locations to camp everything was taken. Instead we stayed in town and hiked Saturday, went to Yakima to visit Blake's parents Sunday, and had a BBQ with friends on Monday. By Tuesday, we were tired. Hiking was so much fun. It was Hannah's first time, so I was curious to see how she did. She loved it, but then again what's not to love when you're carried around for 7 miles. Lucy had a great time too. She loves being outside in the woods. When we got to the top of the mountain we had our picnic and enjoyed the sights of the waterfall. The way down was the funniest part of all. Lucy was wet from the hike up, but fairly clean. Until she saw the biggest area of mud. She literally went up to it, laid down, and then proceeded to roll around a few times. She was completely covered. Hannah made us laugh coming down the mountain as well. She was making noise and kicking around, and then all of a sudden she was silent and her head was down. She had fallen asleep.

Crawling Mishap

Hannah is in full blown crawling. We thought she would never master "commercial baby crawling" but she surprised us a few weeks ago. She getting really fast, and likes to get into everything. Today I had the laptop on the floor and I turned my head for one second, she grabbed the top of it, her hand slipped and her eye met the laptop. She's usually tough when it comes to hurting herself, but this one made her cry and left a mark. I felt soooo bad.

Thanks Grandma Gibbons

Blake's mom made this dress for Hannah a few months back and she finally fits into it. There was this adorable cherry stocking cap that went with it, but the weather has gotten too warm for that, so I made a headband that matched.

Daddy's Idea

I walked into the room to this last week. Blake thought he would take every ring to Hannah's toy and have her wear it. I think she was fine with it until she realized they didn't slide off very easily.

Lucy's 2nd Birthday

I can't believe it's taken me this long to post these pictures. Lucy's birthday was back on April 22nd. There's this local pet store called Paddywacks that have these special birthday dog treats, so we picked out one that looked like a cupcake for Lucy's big day. I thought the birthday hat was only fitting for a picture :)

Growing like a WEED

Hannah is already 9 months old! The time has gone by so fast. It makes me sad sometimes to think how big she's getting. I keep reminding myself to cherish each day with her because the day will come soon enough when she doesn't want me to snuggle and rock her to sleep. I think that will be the thing I miss most as she gets older. She is such a snuggle bug and I love that about her. Hannah is at such a fun stage in life. She has such a little personality that makes me laugh. She will chuckle when you tickle her. She's big enough to sit in her stroller without the car seat attached; she loves to look out and see where we're going. She has two little chicklet teeth on the bottom. She will eat just about anything you give her, especially ice cream and Greek yogurt. She's starting to warm up to my dad, and that's a big feat for her. She loves the sunshine. There for a while she acted like it was going to burn her eyeballs. Now each sunny day we have a play date in the backyard with toys and Lucy. She loves Lucy and I can't wait to see her chase Lucy around in the backyard. They're such good pals. I took these pictures about 3 weeks ago, before her teeth started to show.

Easter

Hannah's first Easter dress


Easter dinner at Grandma Pitts house, outside enjoying the sunshine

This past week was so much fun. We took a trip out to Utah for 5 days to spend time with family and friends, and to see our niece Halle be baptized. Hannah loved being around all of her family. I think she enjoyed all the attention she was getting.