11 Weeks

Hannah had a big week! Christmas was so fun with her this year. She really is the best gift ever!  She is doing so good. I try and keep her on a schedule most days. On the days that we are not home and the schedule gets thrown out the window, she just goes along with it. It doesn't seem to phase her too much...yet. Hopefully she will continue to be this laid back as she gets older.  She sleeps a 6-7hr stretch at night and usually takes 2 hr naps during the day. I try to keep her awake as much as possible during the day. Right now we usually get a good hour, sometime hour and a half of wake time after she eats. My favorite part of the day is at 8 am when I go in to wake her up. Most mornings she is still asleep and I start to sing to her a silly good morning song ( I have not learned the words to the song yet so every morning there are new lyrics) she opens her eyes and stretches with a little half smile. It just melts my heart when she looks at me. I cannot wait until she starts smiling a real smile :) She has started smiling more in her sleep or after she eats so I am hopeful that a real smile will happen soon. Because she was so early the doctor said this might take a little longer than most babies her age. She would be 4 1/2 weeks if she had come on her due date. Hard to imagine. 

This book is my absolute favorite Bible to read to Hannah. It is not cheesy and does not "dumb" down the stories like other children Bibles. I have started reading a few pages to her every morning after she eats. I know that she cannot understand what I am saying or enjoy looking at the pictures yet, but I believe the words will sink into her heart and mind and she will come to know God better by hearing these stories. I did not hear the stories of the Bible or know Jesus until I was much older and I want Hannah to grow up with Jesus, knowing Him the best she can. I look forward to this sweet time with her. 

Hannah finally got to meet a few friends from work.  It was so nice catching up with everyone.

Ok...I know this is the saddest picture ever. We tried so hard to get a cute picture of  Hannah in her Christmas dress. She was not happy at all about this. 

We call this her pirate face. She makes this face a lot when she is hungry and rooting around. 

This face was all it took to make us stop torturing her with trying to get a picture. 

working out her leg muscles. She loves to push her feet off against any hard surface. She's pretty strong for such a little person

Daddy caught us dancing in the Kitchen waiting for her bottle to warm up

Here is just a couple attempts at getting her 11 week picture. She is happy one minute and not so happy the next. She makes the silliest faces sometimes. :)

Ready to go boxing