Sniffles

Turns out Hannah's eternal cold turned into an ear infection. Thankfully, we have never experienced one before, and I hope we never have to experience one again. For 3 nights I couldn't figure out what was wrong with Hannah. She would wake up at about 1 or 2 am and scream her head off. She was completely inconsolable. Hannah's never been like that before and it scared me quite a bit. She would scream for a couple of hours straight and finally go back to sleep around 4 or 5. Monday night I almost decided to take her to the emergency room it was so bad.

Sometimes I thought that it must be her molars coming in since she's gotten a few already. And the resistance of laying down on the changing table had to be behavioral. Surely, the arching of the back was constipation, too. But, I was wrong. Poor little baby had an earache.

Tuesday night she started on Amoxicillin. I haven't seen much improvement yet, especially at night, but the doctor said it might take a few days to kick in. Hopefully she's all better to go see grandma, grandpa, and Aunt Lauren in a couple of days!

New Word!

Hannah says "baby" now and actually carries her doll around with her sometimes. Yesterday she pointed to the baby on her yogurt container and hasn't stopped saying "baby" ever since. Unfortunately, I couldn't capture a real clear one on video.



I thought Hannah was going to be 100% Tom Boy considering her love for climbing and things that "go". But, hopefully mommy will be able to play dollies with her every once in a while. Someone has to teach her to be gentle, though. :)

Just for Fun

Hannah got a new rocking chair from IKEA last week. A whole bunch of us met there for the 99 cent breakfast and then did some shopping afterwards. We got lots of funny looks with our big long train of strollers and carts :)



Here's Hannah's new favorite thing to do. She picks out a book and then climbs (key word CLIMBS) into anything nearby and just chills out while she "reads". She even uses her little voice to imitate the way Caleb and I read to her. It is sooo cute!
















And here's the adorable dancing baby! She LOVES clapping and swaying to any kind of music. Brings a smile to our faces every time!

Mind Your Manners

This week I'm trying to teach Hannah how to eat off of a plate (without throwing it across the room) and use eating utensils. She's doing a pretty good job and I was surprised at how well she ate her applesauce today!