IT'S A GIRL!

Hannah is going to be a big sister and is so excited she will have a little sister. We are so excited to have another girl joining our family in August. Robert really wanted another girl and Aleasha didn't have a preference. We are both feel so blessed to be intrusted with another sweet child.

Hannah has fun taking her baby shopping with her "big sister" balloons!! She loves playing with her balloons and often points to them and says "sister". She also loves going to the fridge and pointing to the ultrasound picture and saying "baby". She has also started feeling my baby or will say "see" and try and pull my shirt up to see my belly. She is so cute and will be a great big sister. I am sure she will have an adjustment period at first.

 Let it snow; let it snow; let is snow!!! 

We have had several big snow storms this winter and have enjoyed watching it snow and playing in the snow. 

Hannah loves it when I bring a bowl full of snow inside for her to play with. She began asking for it almost everyday.

Hannah enjoyed eating her snow ice-cream. Mmmmmmmm

Our neighbors got to dig their cars out of the snow after the snow plow came down our street.

Here is Robert standing in one of our tallest snow piles. It is almost up to his waist.

Park City

We enjoyed a few trips to Park City to watch the World Championships on the half pipe for skiing and snowboarding.

Hannah enjoyed running around in the snow more than watching the event. She was content when I let her run free.

Olympic medalist and well know snowboarder Shaun White was one of the participants. He fell on his first run but turned it around and won gold with his second run. The times I have seen him he always had long curly hair. He has since cut his hair and I didn't recognize him at first.  It was amazing how many athletes fell and didn't get hurt.

Just a cute video of Hannah dancing. She was watching herself on the TV while dancing. She loved it but then I think it made her scared that she was on the TV.

Christmas 2012

We had such a wonderful Christmas this year. It was nice to be able to travel to New Mexico and see both of our families.

Cute Hailey and her new stroller and doll. Hannah still hasn't stopped mentioning "Haywee".

Hannah found out where the pineapple cookies stash was and would take anyone who didn't know she already had her fair share to get her more. She came out with 2 this time. She sure has her dad's sweet tooth. These cookies are one's that Aleasha's family made her whole childhood and it was fun to see them in the same yellow bowl at her Grandma's house.

Hannah and her uncle Steve

Hannah loved opening her gifts this year and also everyone else.

Hannah helping her Nona open gifts.

Loving on Scout!

We went with Robert's brother Taylor to see the lights on Salt Lake's temple square.They are just so beautiful!

Hannah insisted on walking around. By the end she laid down on the ground. I asked her is she was tired and she replied with the saddest "yeah". We then carried her the rest of the way to the car. 

We have enjoyed some snow this winter. Hannah had gotten this elf outfit when we went to Texas and it was perfect to play in after one storm. PS: she is leaning up against her sandbox which is cover with snow and just looks like a mountain in our yard.

We did a few decorations this year. Robert and I always have a debate on what color of lights we are going to put on the tree. I like white lights and he likes colored. I offered to put colored lights on if he would help put them on and decorate; to which he replied "let's do white lights". Though I got to put on the lights myself I got the white ones.

Hannah got out her book and opened it. I asked her what rhyme it was and she immediately started doing pat-a-cake. We have really started noticing how aware she is of things and how much she it learning and growing.

We received many amazing gifts for Christmas. One of the greatest gifts came before Christmas. On December 8 I had a feeling that I was pregnant. I had several signs but dismissed them because of how long it took us to get pregnant before. I had those feelings so many times before in years past and it was always negative and didn't want to spend the money for a test. On the 8th I decided to finally take a test. It came out POSITIVE. I was excited but still didn't believe it. So I took another one or two. Robert was playing his cello for our ward Christmas party and I didn't want to take his thoughts away from that so I waited till after. It was funny because during the party he held a friends baby and it was fun to see him holding a baby. Afterwards I made a comment about how he looked like he was enjoying holding the baby. He said, "Yeah, why can't we just have another one?" To which I replied "Well, actually.......I'm pregnant!!!". He was totally shocked and thought I was kidding. Once he saw the tests he started getting excited. A few weeks later the for sure signs kicked in: nausea, can't brush my teeth without gagging 2 sec into it, and smells that make me puke. Since I was so sick we decided to tell our family on Christmas since we would be there.

Hannah was the first person I told. Two days later I asked her what was in my belly. She said "A baby". I quickly grabbed the camera and got her in video saying that. She was the one who broke the news to our family. We showed them a few pictures/videos and ended with this video. 

 Texas Trip

The day after Halloween we flew to Texas to visit Aleasha's dad and step-mom.

Hannah was a trooper on the trip. She grabbed everyone's attention around her.

They had a sandbox and Hannah was is heaven. She loved playing in the sandbox.

We visited the Science Museum and I am not sure who had more fun....Robert or Hannah. They had a pretend news station in the toddler play area and that is right where Robert headed. Before long he was announcing the news and singing impromptu songs about Hannah and I. The best part is that the microphone was real and everyone around us could hear him. I was dying from laughter and embarrassment.

Hannah just loved the music area.

Her favorite area was the grocery store.

We went to visit Prairie Dog Village. It was super windy and just reminded me of areas around New Mexico where the Prairie Dogs have taken over.

Chuck E. Cheese’s: 

They took us to eat and have Hannah play. She wasn't into most of the rides but loved running around and seeing all the kids. 

Hannah on the only ride she would do.

She also like helping to drive the race car.

Tickle time with Grandpa. I just love her sweet smile and laugh

She just loved Nina and Pa.

Aleasha's half sister Melanie and her husband were there the first part of the time she was there.Hannah just loved playing with her.

Robert got his last box of Hostess donettes at work. Aleasha was crazy and did a late night just to see if she could find anything else. We found quite a bit and put them in our freezer.

 

Hannah loved playing in the leaves and then was a helper to clean them up.

We had a free zoo day with our Utah Pass of All Passes. Hannah loved watching the animals, running everywhere and saying "hi" to all the kids.

Her other favorite part was playing in the dirt and looking through the fence at the construction.