Christmas with Hannah

Well, Santa came to our house! Christmas was a blast for Hannah this year. Christmas Eve was spent with her Nana, Grandy, Bubba, cousins Carlee, Allie, Raegan and Aunt Tracy and David. We got smart this year and let all of the kiddos take turns opening all of their presents first and then got to ours. :) They had so much fun!

Christmas morning Hannah slept in til after 8:30! When I brought her downstairs and walked her over to the tree she just stood there staring at everything in awe. It was so cute! It didn't take her long to start tearing through everything though and checking it out!

Here are a few pics of her Christmas morning~


ETA: internet not working good so more to come later! :)

Hannah n Santa

Chad and I took Hannah to see Santa this past Tuesday night at the mall. We went on a weeknight thinking we'd beat the crowd but I think everyone else had that same idea as well! We waited for almost an hour to see the jolly old man himself. We even made a few friends during our wait! :)

Hannah had a blast playing with all of the kids in line and was in such a wonderful mood until it was her turn.....


Once I went up there with her she calmed down long enough to somewhat look at the camera. I was not prepared to be IN the picture though- I thought I was safe BEHIND the camera! :)


*sigh* perhaps next year she'll think Santa is cool :)

Smarties!

It has been my mission the past couple of weeks to get a good picture of Hannah for our Christmas cards. It has been a very long journey to say the least. This is what I had gotten- keep in mind my "backdrop" was wayyyyy far to my left. ;)





After a trip to the annual Christmas parade this past Saturday (it was a looong two hours), we came home with a huge bag filled with candy much to Hannah's delight. She took a real interest in the smarties so I thought I'd use it to my advantage. I decided to try just one more time to get her to sit still so I took her out to my "studio" in the garage and gave her some smarties. Holy cow- she sat there!! When she'd run out I'd toss a few more and it worked like a charm. I happened to get these two shots that I'm quite happy with. :)





This means I might just have my Christmas cards done in the near future- coming to a mailbox near you! :)

Sips-n-Strokes

Some of the girls from work and I went to Sips-n-Strokes here in Birmingham tonight. We had so much fun sipping wine and painting a picture of poppies! Perhaps we had a little too much wine seeing as how we were the "loud" and most candid group out of the bunch. oh wait- but we're always like that! ;)

Here are a few pictures from our evening:

working on our "vaaases"


adding the final touches...


The finished product!

A girl and her bear.

Long time, no post. I know, I'm a bad blogger. I've just been super busy these days with the holidays coming up, proofing sessions, working full-time and chasing after Hannah. If only I could have a few more hours in my day- then I could promise a daily post.

Here are a few pictures from today. It was such a nice day so she and I went out and played in the yard for awhile. She LOVES to kick around in the leaves and throw them in the air. I love to chase her around with my camera. :)

Of course, Bear is always anywhere Hannah may be. She absolutely adores Bear and he must go EVERYWHERE we go. The grocery store. The doctor. The mailbox. The bathroom. You get my point. You're pretty much guaranteed to see him in any picture of Hannah as well. He is her main sidekick- it's just so cute. Poor poor Bear is looking pretty shabby these days though-but he's a trooper. Let's all hope that he lives a long, ripped-off-body-part-free life. :)

and now.... a girl and her bear.






Peek-a-boo Bear!

Happy Halloween!

What a fun day (or week rather!) it has been! I couldn't wait to get home from work so I could get Hannah all dressed up and take her trick-or-treating. She's been practicing walking around with her pumpkin ("cunkin" in Hannah talk) saying "tick-o-tee" for over a week now. Of course when it came time to actually put her to the test, there were no "tick-o-tee's" coming out of her tonight but she sure was brave and would march up to each neighbor's house! Our cat, Cat-Cat, also followed us door to door. Silly kitty!

After a round of trick-or-treating we went to our church for their annual festival. She loved seeing everyone all dressed up- especially the princesses. She called them all "Rella"- she loves Cinderella!

Hannah got so many compliments on her costume and many ask if I made it myself. Ha! If they only knew me and my lack of domestic skills!

Hope everyone had a great Halloween! I know we sure did! Here's a few pictures from our day.

Pumpkin Hannah and Mommy Kitty


All ready to go Trick-or-Treating




Checkin' out the "cunkin" she and I carved last night. It looks a little pitiful ;)

More beach pics!

Just for you Gwen!

Thought I'd share a few of my faves with you while you wait so patiently! I'll have your gallery up soon, I promise. :)

I have had the best time going through these pictures- I had a blast with you guys! I hope Hannah and I can come back down soon!