Our 9 month Hannah

Hannah is just...so perfect.  I feel so blessed to be her mother.
Here are some of the cute things she is currently up to.

Our little Hannah Ayelen...

• shakes her head vigorously when she's excited or upset or playing
• HAS A BOYFRIEND.
• pulls a blanket or my shirt up to her lips when she's tired, closes her eyes, sucks on her lips till she falls asleep
• has very very very smiley eyes
• loves a good waving toy
• is still my cuddly girl.  Randomly will drop her head on my shoulder and just lay there for a second before popping back up to smile.  She also lately cuddles by pushing her forehead against whatever part of our body is closest to her- arm, leg, cheek, forehead, nose.  She just really likes being close.  She seems to feel that she's never close enough to me even if I'm holding her all day.  I feel lucky to be the one she is so attached to.  
• rivals audrey in loudness- she quite enjoys yelling as a hobby
• is a mama's girl every minute of every day.  If I'm even close to her without holding her she gets so mad.  
• is still so cuddly.  She likes being cheek to cheek and will bury her head in my neck and hum sometimes.  I love her every touch.  Her smooth beautiful skin...I love baby skin.
• loves when daddy comes home
• enjoys "cuddle" playing with daddy
• dances in your arms when she's excited- gives no thought to whether or not she'll go flying
• hops up and down on her bum- and gets air!
• does these excited double takes.  smiles at someone and when they smile at her she smiles huge and buries her head in my shoulder, then pops back up to see if they're still looking at her.  she can make anyone feel like the most special person on the face of the earth.
• has the most hilarious and adorable baby laughs
• loves when audrey cries- she laughs and gets so excited
• launches her food and toys, likes to hold things just so she can throw them
• loves seeing audrey in the morning- when they haven't seen each other in awhile audrey breaks out in happy screams and hannah does her double takes and excited dancing in my arms
• is learning to wave hi, loves when someone is waving hi to her
• says mama and dada- and actually more like MAAAAA and maMA and dydydydydydydy
• gets so mad when I am anywhere near her and not holding her
• has lovely thin brown hair
• likes to kiss the floor- bends in half over her legs and presses her face into the floor and all we can hear are her muffled hums.  Then she pops back up with a smile.
• is finally starting to eat better now that we've been focusing on it better
• is SO CLOSE to crawling- I bet my dad ice-cream that she would be crawling by New Years.  If I win he 's buying me Ben and Jerry's, if he wins I buy him Hagen Daas.  So...we practice everyday.
• loves the Christmas tree lights.  We turn off the main lights every night before scripture time and sing Silent Night and Away in a Manger.  She just stares and smiles at the tree, hopping up and down.
• claps her hands and gives high fives.
• loves to dance!  When a beat comes on she moves her little body up and down or bobs her head and loves to be praised for it.  
• is starting to have opinions about sharing with her sister.  They both are.
• has darker hair than Audrey right now, but it's lightening little by little.  Audrey's hair is pretty golden now and Hannah's is darker but is still turning to a lighter and lighter brown.  
• can almost always be calmed by the song I Am a Child of God (almost like it's against her will even.  She just can't help but stop crying.  It's like a button.  Silent Night is moving up there now too because we sing it so often right now).
• is more comfortable if Audrey's around.  Hannah hates being left in a room by herself.  She will yell immediately, before the person even gets all the way out of the room, even if she can still see people.  She just loves to be part of everything. 

hannah and her boyfriend james enjoying a date at toddler time.  they're betrothed.

nemo and snow white in love

she's a good sharer

2 dainty little princesses.  she played the part well for Halloween

uncle matt's favorite game

frizzy bath hair.  she's definitely my daughter

matching headbands.  sewing attempt by mommy

i know they look a lot alike but this picture shows how different they look which is what i see all the time.  hannah's very round face and audrey close set eyes....i always think they look so different!  they are each their very own person.

baby selfie

I LOVE MY BABY GIRLS.