Catch up

So life has been crazy.  Very crazy and busy.  I was cleaning out my pictures on phone the other day and noticed that I forgot to put in some pictures of Nathan, Hannah and I these last 4 months.  So here we go.

We took advantage of the 4th of July sales this summer and bought our first lawn mower -- ever! This was big for me because, well, my family never owned a lawn mower.  We always hired people to mow our lawns so this really is the first time I have ever owned a lawn mower.

When fall came we started taking advantage of the warmth from the fireplace.  Nathan was getting cozy on the floor, and Hannah decided to get cozy with Nathan.  It was very cute.

After Halloween went, Hannah took some yarn I was using to make a wreath with and decided to have a little fun with Kronk.

Hannah loves -- LOVES -- to get stickers from the cashiers at Target.  Well, one day someone gave her 4 stickers.  Before we got out of the store she had them all on her.

We started getting The Friend (a church magazine for children) seeing that Hannah is starting to get old enough now.  She enjoyed browsing through it with Nathan when we first got it.  Now she enjoys finding the sheet music in the magazine and playing the piano.

In November our church had an event called Young Women in Excellence, and we did a black and white theme.  Young Women in Excellence is an event in which young women (ages 12-18) are recognized for the good things they are doing.  It's a celebration of Personal Progress.  It was fun to help decorate with the girls for the evening.

Hannah enjoyed having Joy (one of her babysitters) come over and do her hair, along with our neighbor friend Claire.

Helping Daddy shovel the driveway.  It snowed a few days before Thanksgiving, and this is really the first time that Hannah has ever played in the snow.  She LOVED it.  The neighbor kids came over with their sleds and Hannah and Nathan played and went sledding while I played catch up here at the house.

A few days after Thanksgiving, Hannah got a little sick (just a head cold), but it meant that she got up several times in the night and took some well needed naps.  I managed to snap this shot one afternoon just after I put her down.  Life is just too precious.

Hannah had a dentist appointment, and honestly, I thought it was going to be somewhat disastrous but she was AMAZING.  We practiced a few days leading up to her appointment on opening big and behaving like a big girl.  It must have paid off because she was great.  She didn't even want to sit on my lap.  She hopped right up on the chair, asked for the sun glasses, and laid down in the chair ready to go.  That's mommy's little girl. :)

One of the prizes that Hannah got from the dentist was a new princess Belle toothbrush. Hannah is obsessed now with it and only wants to use that toothbrush, period.  It's actually quite cute and she gets super excited to brush her teeth.  Again, that's mommy's little girl.

One Sunday afternoon, we went next door and helped decorate sugar cookies.  Hannah decorated one cookie, but didn't want to eat it seeing that the frosting was gooey.  She did however keep steeling the sprinkles off all the other cookies.

Hannah and Harrison (one of the neighbor kids).  Hannah loves to play with Harrison.  A funny thought -- the age difference between Nathan and I is exactly the same age difference between Hannah and Harrison.

Lastly, Hannah has enjoyed reading The Elf on the Shelf book (about 4 times a day).  Jasper came to our family last year, but this year she is thoroughly enjoying it.  She likes to go and find Jasper each day as he usually ends up in odd places.

And yesterday, we all helped shovel our driveway.