Sweet EmmaLee,
Time has certainly flown by these last few months! I can hardly keep up with you and all your fun new tricks! Your curiosity has bloomed and cannot be contained any longer. You are constantly exploring new things and quickly hone in on the unmentionables, like night lights, cords and phones. Everything that can make it into your chubby little cheeks will quickly find residence there. In many ways, you are still my chill and happy baby. But you also make your frustrations known when you don't want to be dragged around or are in need of some attention.
Your physical developments and capabilities have taken strides these last few months! You went from rolling around the floor at 6 months to sitting up at 7 months to crawling at 8 months. Now, at 9 months, you are cruising all around the place and have finally started developing the art of pulling up onto furniture. It took you almost 8 months to figure out how to get all those fun little treats and toys out of your hand and into your mouth. Now that you have, nothing is safe from your sticky little fingers! I love that I can finally put cheerios and other little food bits on your highchair for you to self-feed. However, your sisters are not so pleased that all of their Barbie shoes and other little items have been removed from the play area until safer times commence.
Your measurements at 6 months were:
27 inches tall (90th percentile)
18 lbs 11 oz (87th percentile)
41.5 cm head circumference (25th percentile)
Your measurements at 9 months are:
28 1/2 inches tall (83rd percentile)
21 1/2 lbs (89th percentile)
42.8 cm head circumference (21st percentile)
I am constantly amazed at how chill and happy you are most the time. You don't usually cry when you wake up from naps. You quietly play and babble until somebody comes to see you. You are my first child to be perfectly content in a stroller and shopping cart. You let me run errands and take your sisters on playdates during naptime. However, you have a very difficult time falling asleep in the stroller or carseat. If you do, it will only last for about 10 minutes. And if I push it too much all day then you will let me know eventually. You also will voice your frustrations when your sisters (particularly Hannah) want to drag you around like their little baby doll. This breaks your poor sister's heart. She loves you so much and wants you to stay little for forever.
Your favorite person in the world right now is Lydia. You get to face Lydia whenever we ride in the car and you LOVE talking, squawking, and laughing at her. She will be busy with her friends and you will work so hard to get her attention. I love listening to how much you adore your big sister! You don't laugh like that for anyone else. With your chill attitude also comes your mellow personality. You readily smile for us, but it takes just the right touch to make you laugh. And even then, your laugh will only last a few seconds before you are done. But you will let loose for Lydia!
Some of your other favorites right now are:
*most any type of food that you can eat, minus pickles and limes (but the faces are amazing!)
*You are happy with most of your toys. But you really love your sisters' barbies!
*You love your little pink mouse snuggly that your sisters picked out for you. For the last 4-5 months you reach out your left hand hunting for your snuggly the second you are laid down in your crib. Your right hand is reserved for sucking those ever favorite first 2 fingers.
*You still loved having your bottom half swaddled while you sleep.
Realistically speaking, you love life so much that it's impossible to list it all!
You have gotten to explore some fun new things these last few months, as well! On our family vacation to Galveston you got to experience the beach for the first time. You LOVED the sand. And I don't mean playing in it really. You loved to eat it! You took one taste and couldn't get enough of it! I guess it built your immune system?
At the beginning of September you got to go with Daddy and I to New York to see Niagara Falls and some of the church history sites, including the sacred grove. You weren't a huge fan of the Falls. They were very wet and you were tired and hungry. But you sure looked cute in your baby size poncho! You were very patient with us throughout the trip as we dragged you from one place to the next. And you constantly had at least one adoring fan to snuggle with.
You also went on an interview trip to San Angelo with us where Daddy fell in love with Shannon Clinic. You enjoyed your trip out there and slept very well in the hotel :).
The last noteworthy thing from the last few months is how cute you were in your mermaid costume for your first Halloween! You matched your 2 older sisters and were enthralled at seeing everybody all dressed up. You weren't scared of anyone. You just stared at them all in disbelief and amazement.
Sweet EmmaLee, I love you more than words. I love to kiss your sweet cheeks and all your sweet little rolls. I love watching your scooch around the house. I love hearing you babble in the baby monitor. I am so grateful that you are my daughter.
Love,
Momma
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Dear EmmaLee, You are not forgotten!
Dear Sweet EmmaLee,
Though you have not gotten as many first year letters as your sisters, you are not forgotten. You are simply a third child. I like to think that instead of focusing on taking pictures all the time and writing blog posts, I am living and enjoying the moments with you. And every moment spent with you is truly precious! You are my angel baby! You sleep amazing! You are happy when you are awake! And you eat like a champ! I can't imagine life with a baby really getting any better! You only cry when you are tired or hungry or have been laying on the floor for a good while and are getting bored. Despite my insistence that you would use the binky and not suck on your fingers, I have lost. You are such a content and happy little lady that I haven't ever felt the need to stick a binky in your mouth. So, you have found your first two digits of your chunky little hands and love to suck on them. But, you're happy.
Major accomplishments of your first 4 months of life include:
*Occasionally rolling from your back to your stomach (and then crying because you don't like your stomach).
*Grabbing onto things and putting them in your mouth. You explored sucking on a carrot in this manner today. It was glorious!
*Sleeping through the night (a typical night is from 10pm-7:30am un-interrupted) and napping well during the day either in your crib or carseat.
*Following people around the room with your eyes, recognizing people, and smiling a lot.
*Small chuckles (I'm excited for this one to develop more!!!)
Growth stats from your 2 month appointment:
Weight: 11 lbs 7 oz (53rd percentile)
Height: 23" (88th percentile)
Head: 37 cm (14th percentile)
Growth stats from your 4 month appointment:
Weight: 16 lbs 6 oz (87th percentile)
Height: 25" (93rd percentile)
Head: 39 cm (22nd percentile)
As you can see, you are a very tall and chunky little lady! I love all those sweet rolls! I never give up a chance to kiss those squishy cheeks and blow raspberries on those yummy rolls! I love having you and your sweet spirit in our home, EmmaLee! You very quickly found your place in our hearts and are a true blessing to us.
Love,
Momma
Though you have not gotten as many first year letters as your sisters, you are not forgotten. You are simply a third child. I like to think that instead of focusing on taking pictures all the time and writing blog posts, I am living and enjoying the moments with you. And every moment spent with you is truly precious! You are my angel baby! You sleep amazing! You are happy when you are awake! And you eat like a champ! I can't imagine life with a baby really getting any better! You only cry when you are tired or hungry or have been laying on the floor for a good while and are getting bored. Despite my insistence that you would use the binky and not suck on your fingers, I have lost. You are such a content and happy little lady that I haven't ever felt the need to stick a binky in your mouth. So, you have found your first two digits of your chunky little hands and love to suck on them. But, you're happy.
Major accomplishments of your first 4 months of life include:
*Occasionally rolling from your back to your stomach (and then crying because you don't like your stomach).
*Grabbing onto things and putting them in your mouth. You explored sucking on a carrot in this manner today. It was glorious!
*Sleeping through the night (a typical night is from 10pm-7:30am un-interrupted) and napping well during the day either in your crib or carseat.
*Following people around the room with your eyes, recognizing people, and smiling a lot.
*Small chuckles (I'm excited for this one to develop more!!!)
Growth stats from your 2 month appointment:
Weight: 11 lbs 7 oz (53rd percentile)
Height: 23" (88th percentile)
Head: 37 cm (14th percentile)
Growth stats from your 4 month appointment:
Weight: 16 lbs 6 oz (87th percentile)
Height: 25" (93rd percentile)
Head: 39 cm (22nd percentile)
As you can see, you are a very tall and chunky little lady! I love all those sweet rolls! I never give up a chance to kiss those squishy cheeks and blow raspberries on those yummy rolls! I love having you and your sweet spirit in our home, EmmaLee! You very quickly found your place in our hearts and are a true blessing to us.
Love,
Momma
One Year Older and Wiser Too!
Happy Birthday Sweet Hannah!
I can hardly believe you're already 3! My heart aches to see you grow up so quickly, yet I'm so excited at all of your new achievements! A lot has happened in the last year! You had to officially have your banged up tooth removed due to infection. You have taken great strides with your speech and graduated from ECI (due to turning 3). And, the biggest change of all, you are a big sister! You have taken to this new role very well! I was nervous that you would get jealous and have problems, but you are just so excited to have a baby sister around! You would love to do everything to take care of her! Fortunately, you always ask permission to hold her and don't try to drag her around anywhere. But you are such a proud big sister whenever we place EmmaLee in your lap! You are so petite that EmmaLee is half the size of you, but you don't mind. She's your baby sister :). I still love watching you care for your baby dolls. Especially as you bounce them in your arms and lovingly "shush" them! You always make sure that they have clean diapers and are well fed too. You are even practicing breastfeeding them from an early stage :).
Lately you have also taken a strong liking to the Barbie dolls. It is so fun to hear you playing with them and having them talk to eachother. You could entertain yourself for hours as you role play all sorts of scenarios with them. I wish I could understand the conversations that they have with eachother. But I can tell that Cinderella is usually the mom, with Princess Anna as a daughter and Prince Charming as a son. Other Barbies make their way in there, but those are always consistent. You also love cooking in the play kitchen and doing art projects with Lydia. And you have taken to swimming this season like a little fish! You get your floatie on and swim all around the pool with perfect intent :). I'm excited to see you develop these skills this summer!
Your speech has improved drastically throughout the year! Though you are still very much behind and have speech therapy on a weekly basis. You speak in full sentences using appropriate tense and pronouns. Well, except that everyone is a "her", there is no he, she or him. Working on that one :). Your biggest speech problem right now is that most consonants are replaced with a "d" or "b" sound. Unlike most speech delayed kids that get "firsty" (thirsty), you get "dirty". I've gotten used to a lot of it and can make out a lot of things, but it's very difficult for people who don't know you. But I have confidence that this will improve with the therapy given how far we have come this past year.
You have a lot of new favorites this year! If asked what you want to eat, it will almost always be either a hotdog/corndog, spaghetti, or crackers and cheese. You love anything princess (which is really any girl wearing a dress) or mermaid. You love playing any sort of game: phone or board game. You are very well entertained through sacrament meeting with just a pen and paper, which in the end will be covered in rows of neat circles. Your favorite friends are Lucy and Adelyn. You adore your sisters! And you love reading books.
Sweet Hannah, you are such a determined and diligent little lady! Though this can often lead to emotional outbursts, I know that you will make sure that things get done. You are perfectly content to play alone and don't need me to entertain you, but you are also very excited to spend time with friends and family. I wish I had the right words to describe your personality. You can be very shy and clingy, but also very outgoing and social. You are a little hesitant to try new things, but don't take too long to get used to them. You love to hug people and shower them with love. Your big smile and big dark brown eyes can melt me in an instant! You've got the pouty lip and puppy eyes down and you know how to use them!
I love you so much, Hannah! You are such a unique and beautiful little lady! We have many things to look forward to this year, including potty training, preschool and primary! You are officially out of toddlerhood and into preschooler mode! I am so grateful to be a part of this journey with you!
Love,
Momma
ps: your current growth stats are:
Height: 3 feet even! (35th percentile)
Weight: 27 lbs (20th percentile)
Still my petite lady! Strong woman in a small package :).
I can hardly believe you're already 3! My heart aches to see you grow up so quickly, yet I'm so excited at all of your new achievements! A lot has happened in the last year! You had to officially have your banged up tooth removed due to infection. You have taken great strides with your speech and graduated from ECI (due to turning 3). And, the biggest change of all, you are a big sister! You have taken to this new role very well! I was nervous that you would get jealous and have problems, but you are just so excited to have a baby sister around! You would love to do everything to take care of her! Fortunately, you always ask permission to hold her and don't try to drag her around anywhere. But you are such a proud big sister whenever we place EmmaLee in your lap! You are so petite that EmmaLee is half the size of you, but you don't mind. She's your baby sister :). I still love watching you care for your baby dolls. Especially as you bounce them in your arms and lovingly "shush" them! You always make sure that they have clean diapers and are well fed too. You are even practicing breastfeeding them from an early stage :).
Lately you have also taken a strong liking to the Barbie dolls. It is so fun to hear you playing with them and having them talk to eachother. You could entertain yourself for hours as you role play all sorts of scenarios with them. I wish I could understand the conversations that they have with eachother. But I can tell that Cinderella is usually the mom, with Princess Anna as a daughter and Prince Charming as a son. Other Barbies make their way in there, but those are always consistent. You also love cooking in the play kitchen and doing art projects with Lydia. And you have taken to swimming this season like a little fish! You get your floatie on and swim all around the pool with perfect intent :). I'm excited to see you develop these skills this summer!
Your speech has improved drastically throughout the year! Though you are still very much behind and have speech therapy on a weekly basis. You speak in full sentences using appropriate tense and pronouns. Well, except that everyone is a "her", there is no he, she or him. Working on that one :). Your biggest speech problem right now is that most consonants are replaced with a "d" or "b" sound. Unlike most speech delayed kids that get "firsty" (thirsty), you get "dirty". I've gotten used to a lot of it and can make out a lot of things, but it's very difficult for people who don't know you. But I have confidence that this will improve with the therapy given how far we have come this past year.
You have a lot of new favorites this year! If asked what you want to eat, it will almost always be either a hotdog/corndog, spaghetti, or crackers and cheese. You love anything princess (which is really any girl wearing a dress) or mermaid. You love playing any sort of game: phone or board game. You are very well entertained through sacrament meeting with just a pen and paper, which in the end will be covered in rows of neat circles. Your favorite friends are Lucy and Adelyn. You adore your sisters! And you love reading books.
Sweet Hannah, you are such a determined and diligent little lady! Though this can often lead to emotional outbursts, I know that you will make sure that things get done. You are perfectly content to play alone and don't need me to entertain you, but you are also very excited to spend time with friends and family. I wish I had the right words to describe your personality. You can be very shy and clingy, but also very outgoing and social. You are a little hesitant to try new things, but don't take too long to get used to them. You love to hug people and shower them with love. Your big smile and big dark brown eyes can melt me in an instant! You've got the pouty lip and puppy eyes down and you know how to use them!
I love you so much, Hannah! You are such a unique and beautiful little lady! We have many things to look forward to this year, including potty training, preschool and primary! You are officially out of toddlerhood and into preschooler mode! I am so grateful to be a part of this journey with you!
Love,
Momma
ps: your current growth stats are:
Height: 3 feet even! (35th percentile)
Weight: 27 lbs (20th percentile)
Still my petite lady! Strong woman in a small package :).
Lydia- 5 year old stats
At the time I wrote Lydia's 5 year old letter, I did not have her current stats to include. Here is how our oldest little lady measures up :)
Height: 45" (93rd percentile)
Weight: 42 lbs (65th percentile)
Our beautiful, tall and lean princess! Oh how we love every inch of her!
Height: 45" (93rd percentile)
Weight: 42 lbs (65th percentile)
Our beautiful, tall and lean princess! Oh how we love every inch of her!
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
High Five, Lydia!
Our amazing little girl is no longer 4! She now utilizes every little digit on her hand to express how old she is! High 5 Lydia! Happy birthday!
We have had a very busy last month with adding a new little angel to our home and facing every manner of illness, from head lice to 2 different stomach bugs. Luckily I had anticipated some of the craziness of having a new baby and Lydia agreed with us to have a "small party" this year. She was allowed to pick 3 friends to have some fun at Chuck E Cheese with. We still had a minor set back when she woke up birthday morning with yet another stomach bug and ended up spending the day on the couch. I'm not sure that it was a complete disappointment though. She got to watch all of the shows that she requested and got carried everywhere she requested. Our little princess was certainly pampered. By evening her stomach was feeling well enough that she still got to blow out some candles and enjoy some of her "Pinkalicious" cupcakes. And she still got to have her birthday party a couple of days later at Chuck E Cheese :). I'd say that, despite the set backs, her birthday was a success!
Dear Sweet Lydia,
This year has been full of all sorts of fun things! You've tried your hand at soccer, ballet, preschool and KidBiz (a song/dance group). I have loved watching you develop your already spunky attitude and shake those hips as you get down to the oldies! Your creative side is constantly being shared with others when you pull out you
r art box and get to work! This has been emphasized even more as you have started bringing empty juice boxes home from school to make things out of (sometimes even collecting your friends' empty boxes as well). Everytime you play outside, you come in with something new to put into your "collection box". This ranges from rocks and flowers to leaves and bugs (we put a stop to suffocating the grasshoppers very quickly)!
You have learned so many new things this year! You can recognize and write most all of your letters. You are constantly asking how to spell things so that you can write letters to your friends. You also recognize the sounds of most letters and are starting to sound out words. I am so excited to watch you learn to read this next year! You are also learning some basic math skills. You can work out some simple addition and subtraction problems. You are learning the values of different types of money and are also learning principles of time. Our biggest challenge right now is teaching you to hold a pencil correctly. I regret not correcting it when you were first learning to color and now it is a nasty habit that makes your teachers cringe! However, your teachers, Miss Cassie and Miss Dolly, are completely infatuated with you otherwise! You certainly have worked your charm right into their hearts and I think that they have definitely worked their way into yours as well!
Sweet Lydia, you are such a sensitive and loving little girl! It makes you cry to see others sad and it makes you happy to share your talents with others. You are so shy when meeting new people, but can talk constantly with someone you know. You have a wild imagination consisting of "black deer", princesses and musical productions. You love all things sparkly and pretty. Your favorite place in any store is the floral department. You could spend hours there smelling each individual flower. You are just as social as you have always been and would prefer to spend every waking moment playing with friends. Your best friends right now (based on the 3 you chose for your party and that you spend most of your playtime with) are Carly, Ava and Jadyn. Luckily you get to see them frequently at both school and church!
A few of your favorite things right now are:
Food: Macaroni and Cheese
Treat: AirHeads
Books: Pinkalicious and the Bible
Movie: The Little Mermaid
TV show: Curious George, Wild Kratts and Angelina Ballerina
Toy: Princess Barbies, Dress up, and craft stuff
Game: Matching games
School: Playing at the gym
Color: everything except black
Event this year: getting the pets
Random things that excite you: Hand sanitizer, chapstick, craft activities, playing with friends, school and anything active or social.
Lydia, it has been such a blessing to have you in our home. Your smile and excitement for life brighten our lives! We love you so much and look forward to many more years watching you grow and to share more happy moments with you.
Love,
Momma
We have had a very busy last month with adding a new little angel to our home and facing every manner of illness, from head lice to 2 different stomach bugs. Luckily I had anticipated some of the craziness of having a new baby and Lydia agreed with us to have a "small party" this year. She was allowed to pick 3 friends to have some fun at Chuck E Cheese with. We still had a minor set back when she woke up birthday morning with yet another stomach bug and ended up spending the day on the couch. I'm not sure that it was a complete disappointment though. She got to watch all of the shows that she requested and got carried everywhere she requested. Our little princess was certainly pampered. By evening her stomach was feeling well enough that she still got to blow out some candles and enjoy some of her "Pinkalicious" cupcakes. And she still got to have her birthday party a couple of days later at Chuck E Cheese :). I'd say that, despite the set backs, her birthday was a success!
Dear Sweet Lydia,
This year has been full of all sorts of fun things! You've tried your hand at soccer, ballet, preschool and KidBiz (a song/dance group). I have loved watching you develop your already spunky attitude and shake those hips as you get down to the oldies! Your creative side is constantly being shared with others when you pull out your art box and get to work! This has been emphasized even more as you have started bringing empty juice boxes home from school to make things out of (sometimes even collecting your friends' empty boxes as well). Everytime you play outside, you come in with something new to put into your "collection box". This ranges from rocks and flowers to leaves and bugs (we put a stop to suffocating the grasshoppers very quickly)!
You have learned so many new things this year! You can recognize and write most all of your letters. You are constantly asking how to spell things so that you can write letters to your friends. You also recognize the sounds of most letters and are starting to sound out words. I am so excited to watch you learn to read this next year! You are also learning some basic math skills. You can work out some simple addition and subtraction problems. You are learning the values of different types of money and are also learning principles of time. Our biggest challenge right now is teaching you to hold a pencil correctly. I regret not correcting it when you were first learning to color and now it is a nasty habit that makes your teachers cringe! However, your teachers, Miss Cassie and Miss Dolly, are completely infatuated with you otherwise! You certainly have worked your charm right into their hearts and I think that they have definitely worked their way into yours as well!
Sweet Lydia, you are such a sensitive and loving little girl! It makes you cry to see others sad and it makes you happy to share your talents with others. You are so shy when meeting new people, but can talk constantly with someone you know. You have a wild imagination consisting of "black deer", princesses and musical productions. You love all things sparkly and pretty. Your favorite place in any store is the floral department. You could spend hours there smelling each individual flower. You are just as social as you have always been and would prefer to spend every waking moment playing with friends. Your best friends right now (based on the 3 you chose for your party and that you spend most of your playtime with) are Carly, Ava and Jadyn. Luckily you get to see them frequently at both school and church!
A few of your favorite things right now are:
Food: Macaroni and Cheese
Treat: AirHeads
Books: Pinkalicious and the BibleMovie: The Little Mermaid
TV show: Curious George, Wild Kratts and Angelina Ballerina
Toy: Princess Barbies, Dress up, and craft stuff
Game: Matching games
School: Playing at the gym
Color: everything except black
Event this year: getting the pets
Random things that excite you: Hand sanitizer, chapstick, craft activities, playing with friends, school and anything active or social.
Lydia, it has been such a blessing to have you in our home. Your smile and excitement for life brighten our lives! We love you so much and look forward to many more years watching you grow and to share more happy moments with you.
Love,
Momma
Welcome to our Newest Little Angel!
Sweet EmmaLee,Welcome to our crazy home! We are so excited to have you officially here in our lives! The past 9 months have definitely had their trials of nausea, varicose veins, heartburn, exhaustion and many other forms of discomfort. And the months and days leading up to your birth were plagued with many different illnesses and trips to San Antonio so that I could be with Grandma Anderson through some of her treatments. I hardly had time to get bored or nest at all during your pregnancy. But, rest assured that we were all happy that you had a relatively uneventful birthday and joined our family healthy and strong! You politely waited until I could be at the hospital for induction day and made your appearance after just a few short pushes. The most complicated part of your birth was that you chose to keep your right hand up on your face as you came out, causing me to tear more and you to bruise a little on your nose and cheek. You came into our family at a strong 8 lbs 6 oz and 20.25 inches, a huge surprise to us all! Still not sure where you were hiding all that weight in there!
Another reason for your name, the inspiration to use it as it is, is from your Great Great Grandpa LeeRay Sorenson. I have fond memories of Grandpa Sorenson. He always had gum hidden in his filing cabinet to give the kids that came to visit. And he had neat handmade wooden toys that he would get out for us to play with. The name Ray or Rae was passed on in several generations after him. Coincidentally, your also have Lee in your name. Also, you have a Great Great Grandpa LeeRoy Matthews and a Great Grandpa Malcolm LeeRoy Matthews. The Lee is found in several names in your ancestry in many Great and valiant examples. I could tell many stories of these amazing people. And I'm sure I will someday. But just know for now that they are looking down on you and are so happy to have you continue their legacy.Sweet EmmaLee, you have already been back to the hospital since your birth. At 12 days old your eye became very rapidly swollen and began to ooze nasty gunk. It went from me thinking that you had a simple clogged tear duct mid-afternoon to me questioning that more was going on just a few short hours later. As soon as I showed your daddy pictures of your eye, he packed you up and took you to the emergency room (and you should know that your daddy doesn't send y'all to the doctor for anything unless he is confident that a hospitalization is required). Sure enough, you were admitted the moment the doctors saw your eye and they immediately got you started on antibiotics. You spent the next 2 days in the hospital receiving treatment and undergoing testing to make sure the infection hadn't spread to your blood, urine, or spinal fluid. Fortunately, nothing was found. It was determined that you got a small infection while in the birth canal and that you would be just fine with no damage to your eye.
We are so grateful to have you as a part of our family. Your sisters have loved and adored you since the moment they saw you. You are constantly showered with loves and kisses. I have never seen anybody so excited to bring your clean diapers and wipes and throw away your dirty ones. I frequently catch them doting on you with kisses, high pitched voices and every toy imaginable. You have certainly found a special place in all of our hearts. We love you so much!Love always,
Momma
ps: It took me long enough to get this letter posted that you had your blessing given on Sunday, February 15th. Grandma and Grandpa Dickinson and Uncle Matt came down from Washington, Grandma and Grandpa Anderson and Neil came from San Antonio, Aunt Brittany and Uncle Glenn came from Rexburg, and Uncle Josh and Aunt Ciera came from Waco. We were so blessed to have so much family there for your special day. You looked beautiful in your dress! Unfortunately it was difficult to get a picture with everybody in the group since people had to separate in different directions. But you can trust me that they all were there. Daddy, Grandpa Anderson, Grandpa Dickinson, Uncle Josh, Uncle Glenn and our good friend, Dave Halverson, all stood in the circle as your Daddy blessed you. You were blessed that:
*Heavenly Father knows you and always will. He knows your great potential. You were chosen to come to earth now to share your light with the world. And that Light comes from the Savior. It will be a beacon to those around you.*You will grow in beauty, knowledge and stature.
*You will come to know the Savior. That will be the most important relationship in your life.
*You are a chosen spirit and He loves you.
To Hannah at 2 Years Old!
I know this is super delayed. But I wrote this letter for Hannah last May and never posted it. And I just have to post it officially before I put up Lydia's birthday post and EmmaLee's birth post. Hannah is definitely not forgotten or loved any less!
Sweet Hannah,
I think that I have a harder time believing that you are really 2 than I have at any point in your development so far! You are my baby girl still! And yet your development is definitely proving otherwise! You have definitely gotten down the 2 year old attitude quickly! In fact, I think that you spent the months prior to your birthday practicing.
Despite your 2 year old attitude, you really are a sweet little lady. You LOVE taking care of your babies and I often hear you singing to them. I think this is my favorite thing to see you doing. Well, that and when you randomly decide to hug your sister and tackle her to the ground. You have a great career in wrestling! Your favorite thing to do first thing in the morning is to sit on my lap with your sippy of milk and snuggle as we watch a show. The show is not always necessary, however the blanket draped over our laps is! It doesn't matter how hot it is. You must have your "bobbee" (blankie). You also are very very strongly attached to "Aiee" (I don't know how to spell that pronunciation, but it means her owl snuggly). It is carried everywhere at home, often accompanied by thumb sucking and has also found her way into the car whenever we leave the house. Luckily I have convinced you that it does not leave the car into stores, etc in fear that it may get lost (and I don't ever want to face that trauma!). Aiee has already had very severe reconstructive surgery, and I anticipate several more before she finds her death bed.
A few month ago you had a very unpleasant experience when you tripped on your nightgown getting down from a chair. You fell flat on your face and chipped your tooth clean in half. We were able to get you into a dentist office within a few hours and you were well on your way to recovery. It was a terribly experience though! Unfortunately you had chipped your tooth all the way into the pulp and needed to get a pulpotomy (baby root canal) before they could put a composite crown on it. Because of your age, they chose to strap you down into a papoose and perform the procedure with you awake. I could hear your screams all the way across the office the full 20 minutes. It was so hard to hear you in such pain and know that I couldn't do anything to help you. After they brought you back into my arms, I didn't want to let you go. I wish I could keep you from many of the pains that you will experience in this life! But I know, as I knew in the waiting room at the dentist office, that I cannot. They are there for you to learn from and grow stronger (and to keep your tooth from getting infected and falling out). However, please know that I will always be there to comfort and love you!
We went to the doctor last week for your 2 year old checkup. It was a VERY traumatizing visit. The moment that we stepped into the back for your weight began a huge wrestling match and it didn't end until we walked out the door to leave. The only thing I can figure is that you are still very much traumatized after your bad encounters with the dentist recently. Either way, the only way we were able to get your weight was for me to hold you on the scale and then put you down to figure out the difference. And we had to pin you down and stretch you out like a newborn to get your height. And that was only the beginning of the visit. Sigh. I am so glad that you didn't need any shots this time! Sigh. After talking with the doctor, we did determine that you are definitely behind in your speech and we are now taking the steps to get your evaluated by a speech therapist and an audiologist. I don't think that you have any problems with hearing, but the more I think about it, the more I wonder. So we'll see about that soon. You do say several "words", however the only ones that anybody else would understand is "bye bye" and "no". However, even "no" is often very confusing because you also use it in reference to any form of beverage. So, even that is deceitful. Hopefully we can get this squared away soon! And despite the battling, we were able to get your stats. You are falling into the lower percentiles, but the doctor isn't concerned yet because your body is still in good proportion. You are a teeny little lady though!
Height: 2 feet 8 inches (19%)
Weight: 23 lbs 9 oz (12%)
Head circumference: 18 inches (20%)
A couple more of your favorites to end on a happy note:
You LOVE to get dirty! You got to go to the beach in Galveston a couple weeks ago for the first time since moving a year ago and you HATED the water. Just like you don't like swimming pools or even bathtubs. But you were in heaven playing in the sand! Everytime we go outside you find the dirt to play in. You love exploring in it.You still LOVE slides. And really anything at a park. You are very good at holding onto the grown up swings and love rocking back and forth in them. You love the freedom of running around and doing new things.
If I had to pin down your favorite food, I would say Mac and Cheese. That is always a guarantee. Along with most any fruit.
Sweet Hannah, you are such a fun, energetic and silly little lady! Without you, our family would not be complete. I love you and am so excited to see what the next year holds!
Love,
Momma
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