Hannah at Five Months

An Overdue Blog Update

I’m such a blog slacker.

I’ve been quite busy lately with a lot on my mind, making it hard for me to slow down and actually gather my thoughts. So to jump back into the blogging swing of things, I’ll start with a general update.

We’re alive and well and generally pretty happy. Hannah is growing into a giant child, soon to be as tall as me! She is certainly her father’s daughter in most every way. And if I do say so myself, she might be the most beautiful thing I’ve ever laid eyes on. Turns out Chris and I make cute people. :) She’s also doing all kinds of cool stuff, too, like talking loudly and rolling around. I can hardly believe that just a few short months ago she was completely helpless, and now she’s about to be 6 months! I’m afraid to blink - it’s going by so fast!

As for Chris, he’s been plugging away at his school work, which hasn’t been easy for him lately. On top of managing a personal life AND kicking off the new school year with the college ministry AND working on his own school work, Chris’ body decided it was high time to have a kidney stone or two. Now, he gets a few every year and passes them like a rock star with no pain and no interruption to his life whatsoever. But for whatever reason, his body decided to wuss out on these two stones, sending him back and forth to the urgent care clinic and the emergency room over the past two weeks. I’ve never seen Chris in so much pain. It was awful. Anyway, the pain is past him, yet he’s still waiting on the last one to make its exit… in case you needed to know. :)

And me, I’m just working my butt off and trying to squeeze in every moment I can with the family. Since Hannah goes to bed fairly early, I rush home to spend as much time with her as possible. And since classes have started back at UT Tyler and TJC, Chris stays pretty busy with the college students. So I crave the evenings and weekends we’re all home!

There’s a lot more going on that I should blog about, but I’ll leave all of my many, many blog followers chomping at the bit for more as I promise to blog more this week!

Wake Up Sleepy Head

I’m feeling a little bit like Rip Van Winkle post-nap these days.

A little over a year ago I went into pregnancy hibernation. Morning sickness left me queasy all day with exhaustion I can’t even describe. And as I eventually moved past the icky feeling, I had what many women come to experience - a full-blown case of baby brain. Naturally, everything revolved around the growing little girl in my belly and few other things in the turning world mattered to me.

Much like my buddy Rip, it seems that I too am slowly waking out of a slumber, realizing that things are different! It’s taken a while, but I’ve grown accustomed to this smiling, eating, pooping, sleeping bundle of joy added to our home. Perhaps it’s that I’m actually getting consecutive full nights of sleep that I’m actually able to have clarity of mind. No less, I feel a little more awake these days.

So like I said, I’m waking up. And wow, things are so different! When did I have a baby? I mean, wasn’t I just pregnant? I feel like my life is flashing before my eyes. And I really feel like there’s no time to catch up on the moments that have past as I try to come up to speed on what’s happening in the now. So my prayer for today is that God would miraculously slow things down a bit because I really feel like the world is spinning faster than I can keep up with.

Check Out Those Paws

You know how you can typically determine a puppy's size based on the size of their paws? Well by the size of Hannah's hands, she might grow up to be taller than her Daddy!

At 4 months, Hannah weighs in at 17.5 pounds and measures 26.5 inches. To put it into perspective, she's in the 105th percentile in length and 98th percentile for weight compared to other children her age! She's even fitting into some clothes made for 9 month babies because she's so tall!

She's such a fun little girl and is doing such big kid things! Like she's sleeping completely through the night at a solid 12 hours, rolling around everywhere and beginning to eat cereal from a spoon. She has the best laugh in the world and we'll do just about anything to hear that sweet sound. We're having a blast with little Hannah Bo-Nana!

Hannah Cracking the Code

At four months, Hannah is one smart cookie. It took her no time at all to figure out her little spinny thing (official term) on her exersaucer. I believe we have a genius on our hands.

Tummy Time is the Bomb, Dad

Maebe Gets Her Butt Chewed Out