All things Hannah Kate

Hannah went in for her two year appointment. She is currently 34 inches (45 percentile in height) and 26 1/2 pounds (42 percentile in weight). We were pleasantly impressed by the 3 lbs she packed on since June. Overall, she is growing and developing wonderfully--something we certainly don't want to take for granted.

Some other random things about our dear Hannah:

• She refers to herself as "Hannah Tate!" 
• She calls Micah "ga-ga" and if she refers to him as Michaiah it's "me-ga-ga"
• She calls Elizabeth "la-la" but more recently she will randomly say "wit-a-beths"
• She moved from saying "da-da" to "daddy". It melts my heart.
• Sadly, she has started to abandon mama and resorted to mom. She is 2 going on 15.
• She takes apart her sandwiches. 
• She likes to string her string cheese.
• She loves bananas.
• And elmo.
• And Woody.
• and Wendy (from Peter Pan).
• and princesses.
• She also likes shoes. and jackets.
• She doesn't like to wear mittens.
• And she likes to touch the snow. 
• Yeah, not a good combination.
• She loves, LOVES the "kismas twee." 
• And I love to hear her say it so much, I may never take it down.
• This kid has some hilarious dance moves.
• Her first question in the morning is always, "where daddy?"
• And her favorite question is, "why?"
• She counts like this: one, TWO, free, nine, TWO! It's too cute to correct right now.
• She's a really great helper. She will take shoes to the front door, try to hang up her jacket, grab a diaper or the wipes, and throw diapers and trash away. 
• And if I can't get her to do any of those things, Woody gladly does it for me. 
• She likes music.
• And she likes to wear big sister's pajamas. 
• She knows most of the animal nosies. But if she doesn't know, she will say "meow"
• She quivers her chin when she says "Naaayy." 
• She is loaded with personality.
• She likes to say, "A-MIN!" for amen.
• She is currently cutting all 4 of her 2 year molars. Poor girl.
• She gets the most compliments on her hair.
• And the next, being those big blue eyes.
• She's a cute one. and she knows since "Wook at mee!!" is a common phrase.
• If she gets caught disobeying, she freezes. except her eyes. They are moving up and down and side to side with big blinks in between.
• She hates getting her hair brushed. 
• If she doesn't like her food, she likes to say, "eww! uck!"
• She's a hoarder. She would hoard her food and toys if we let her.
• She likes to snuggle.
• And put her cheek next to yours when you slow dance.

And these are only the beginning of the things I love about her.  

Photo taken by Jordan Cave