There never seems to be the words to describe what you are to us! Your laugh can brighten my darkest days! Your silly made up songs make me laugh. And your motherly way of helping everyone around you is beautiful (when the receiving party is wanting to be helped). However, you are still a very strong willed young lady. If you don't want to do something, there isn't much I can do to change that. And if you do want to do something, well... you get the picture. We are working to point you in the best direction for your independence. But I think that your desire help those around you will definitely boost things.
Hannah, you have grown so much since I last wrote you a letter! Not a ton physically. Right now you are 40 inches (35th percentile), 31 lbs (12th percentile) with a 9 percentile BMI. So, you are our little itty bitty. No booster seat for you yet. But it seems that those in the smallest packages are the loudest to be heard. And that certainly rings true for our Hannah Banana!
Your speech is continuing to develop. You had a wonderful speech therapist, Miss Angie, at the elementary school last year that you LOVED! You were always so excited to go play with her and you learned a lot! You also saw another speech therapist at the clinic, Miss Jenny. You weren't very fond of her and so you didn't work very well with her. Unfortunately, we didn't find a good match for you at the clinic until it was time for us to move. So, though you met Mrs. Joan and loved her, you didn't get much time to progress with her. We are working to get things set up for you at the new school and clinic. You are very excited to meet some new speech therapists to play with you! Especially since EmmaLee is already starting her speech therapy and you want to join in!
You had a wonderful first year in preschool and are VERY excited to start at your new preschool tomorrow! Last year you attended a small preschool in Mrs. Spring's home with several friends in our ward. This was a perfect setting for you to get started since it was a small class, just twice a week (9am-2pm) with some of your favorite people. This year you will be attending preschool three times a week (8:45am-1:30pm) at St. Luke's Methodist Church. Mrs. Tana will be your teacher and you will have a few more people in your class this year. We are so excited to watch you grow more!
Oh sweet Hannah, you are so loved by all who know you. When first meeting new people, you are very shy. We learned quickly that I need to disappear from sight during speech and other things in order for you to open up and work with other people. However, once you do open up, you are very talkative and engaging! Sometimes there doesn't seem to be a quiet bone in your body! You may be the smallest one, but we can always hear you when you wake up and run down the hallway! You are very quick to follow directions during classes and follow structure.
I could continue to go on talking about you and all the things that you do right now. But for now I'll just write a few of your favorite things and some of my favorite things that you say. You call frogs "Ribbits" and pigs "Oinkies". I sometimes hope that you never stop doing that! You still love spiderman, dinosaurs, and "D-O-D-O" (R2D2)! This completely took me off guard when you asked for the "D-O-D-O" waterbottle at the store and you had never seen StarWars, at least not with us. So, while you are a pink, sparkly, princess loving little girl, you definitely have your adventurous side. I love your unique personality! Your favorite food is "padeti" (spaghetti). Pink is your favorite color. You love to read most any book, but especially if they're silly. You love to play with your baby dolls, kitchen, dressup, coloring/art stuff, and your Kindle.
Hannah, you are so special to us! We love you more and more each day!
love,
Momma
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