The many faces of Hannah

As an infant, Hannah has a little less in way of facial expressions than her big sister but all of them are so cute. Her faces range from "I'm sleeping" to "I'm happy" to "I'm hungry". She is getting so big and cooing and lifting her head up off the floor from tummy time. She does her "exercising" which is her tummy time while Mommy and Caroline exercise next to her. We work on good diversions for Caroline so Hannah can have two seconds by herself as her big sister loves to entertain Hannah whenever she is awake and sometimes even when she isn't. (those are the long days for Mommy!!).

The many faces of Caroline

With her sunglasses
Wearing Daddy's Panamanian hat

Making cookies with Grandma

Upset about something??

Riding her tricycle

As a two year old, Caroline has many facial expressions. Some happy, some sad, some mad, some hurt and some just funny. These are a few of those moments. Enjoy!

Sisters...

Relaxing next to each other

Decorating Hannah with stickers!

Caroline requested I take this picture

Cute sister shots...

Having sisters I know that growing up you have a love / hate relationship with mostly love until you have to share a car, clothes, phone, etc. or in our case - mommy!! Caroline is adjusting pretty well to being a big sister but we have our moments of "Mommy hold you!" (which really is hold me) when I am holding Hannah or feeding Hannah -- you get the picture. We are learning to slowly adjust. These are some cute pictures of them together. Hannah is becoming much more alert and if looks prove to be true, she is going to look a lot like her big sister. We shall see!!

Hannah's premier!!

Since all of the videos thus far have Caroline as the star, I thought Hannah needed to have her own little video though she is not doing too much yet. She has started smiling which is so wonderful and cute and started making cooing sounds which is what she is doing in this video. She loves the bath so this is what we do if she is fussy at night and she can relax without the watchful eyes of big sister!

Summer fun!

We have been enjoying the holiday weekend with the two girls -- we spent the weekend at the beach, the pool and the park. Caroline even made an attempt to sleep on Daddy's boat one night -- made it until about 10 pm and then came home but she had a great time. Hannah is getting bigger by the day and I swear she smiled at me the other day but it could have just been gas also -- a mother's wishful thinking! Caroline started swim lessons this week and she is loving it as she has become quite the fish between swimming at the pool, kayaking and stand up paddle boarding (as evidenced by the video with the "surfboard") with Daddy she will certainly grow up to be a mermaid. Let the summer begin!

Two little girls

Gaga, Papa, Caroline, Mommy and Hannah on the boat

Taking the helm

Out on the bow

Papa, Aunt Laurie and Caroline

Trying to suck her thumb

Grandma and Hannah

Caroline trying out Hannah's chair

So we are starting to get used to saying "the girls" or "the kids" as it has been almost a month. We are surviving the lack of sleep and are loving all of our wonderful neighbors and friends that have brought us dinners and supplies so we haven't had to even think about that. And between my parents and Trent's parents visiting we have had lots of help. I even did a week by myself and survived! Hannah is quickly getting bigger and loves her tummy time and being held by mommy (surprise!). She has had three trips out on the boat already and has been to our local park more times than we can count! These are some new pictures of both kids with the grandparents.

Ten Days Old....

Hannah's 2nd bath -- she didn't even cry!
Hannah and Caroline

The first bath didn't go very well for either of them

Just relaxing...

Hannah is officially ten days old already -- the time has flown but my sleep deprived self is telling me that is seems longer than 10 days. Actually my parents have been here and helping SO MUCH that I am really going to feel sleep deprived after they leave! Hannah is doing great -- already gained a pound and is obviously eating very well. Caroline is adjusting well also though we have had a few more temper tantrums than normal and she loves kissing on Hannah even though she has a very runny nose : ( ! She has been impressing my parents by showing off her reading skills -- I think she has every book in our house memorized and she can even imitate my voice inflections. Pretty smart cookie! These are just a couple more pictures of Hannah. Enjoy!