Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a great Thanksgiving this year... probably because we have so much to be thankful for. Eric and I are so grateful for Hannah and we tell each other every day how lucky we are to have her, but it's so easy to forget all of the other great things in our lives. We both have good jobs, we have great family and friends, and a loving marriage. But, most importantly, we have an amazing God who has given us all of these blessings.



Here is Hannah, sitting on my mom's countertop, helping us cook on Thanksgiving morning!!

We spent Thanksgiving this year in Tahlequah with my family and our friends from Tulsa, Scott and Julie and their daughter Addison. Scott and Julie are from North Carolina and are friends from our old community group who have come to Thanksgiving in Tahlequah for the past couple of years. Two years ago, Julie was pregnant with Addision, and last year I was pregnant with Hannah, and then this year, Julie is pregnant again with her second baby girl! Hannah was completely enamored with Addison... she kept staring at her and smiling, and Addison would swap toys with her and make Hannah smile even more!

It was also Hannah's first taste of table food... sweet potatoes! I don't know if she totally loved it, but it was fun for Eric and I at least :)

I'm a Boo, I'm Six Months Old!!!

Happy Six Month Birthday to my beautiful baby girl!!!

Hannah - we can't even believe how big you are getting! You can sit up on your own - something you just started doing a week or so ago. One day we sat you on our mat and you just didn't fall over. It is so great!

You have now had three rounds of shots, including a flu shot and an H1N1 shot (someday when you are older, you'll actually know what that all means!).

At your six month appointment this week, you weighed 18 lbs, and were 26.5 inches long. That puts you right around the 75-80th percentile.

We look at you every day and think how amazing you are and when you give us hugs and kisses, we're pretty sure you think we're alright too :)

We love you Hannah!

Connecticut or Bust!

This past week, Eric and I took Hannah Northeast to meet her CT family and friends!

Saying goodbye to Papa at the airport

We were pretty worried about the flight and how Hannah would do since it was hard to stick to her normal routine, but as usual, our daughter was awesome. She mostly slept on all of the flights, and seemed to enjoy meeting everyone. She loved being held by everyone and it was so great to see her interact with so many people. We arrived on Saturday, Nov 7th, and spent the night with Eric's dad and Jeanne.

Meeting Pepre's parrot, Taco (Hannah loved Taco!)

With Memere

On Sunday, we drove to Ossining, NY to visit my friends from college, Rob and Katie. Hannah loved their sweet dog Jane!

Monday, we went to Watertown so Hannah could meet her Grandma B (Eric's mom, Betsy), Grandpa B (Betsy's husband, Bill) and her Grammy and Grampy(Eric's Gram and Gramp).

Grandpa B and Grandma B

Grammy

Hannah loved being held and was so good the whole time! That afternoon, Eric's uncle John, aunt Joanne and cousins Jamey and Joanna came over. Uncle John made his infamous clam chowder (yum!) and we had a great dinner and hang-out time with everyone.

Uncle John

Cousin Jamie

Tuesday, we hung out with Norm and Jeanne and that evening went to Eric's favorite wing restaurant, Archie Moore's. Hannah enjoyed herself also! Ha!

Me, driving Jeanne's Corvette

(She and I were both born in 79!)

Checking out Pepere's dogs

On Daddy's old Jeep (Eric LOVED this Jeep... he has a framed picture of it in our office!) It's now Norm's snowplow :)

Wednesday was a day for us to just chill and relax. We went to lunch with Eric's best friend Bill and his wife Melanie at a place called Ted's that we had seen on TV. They have super yummy steamed hamburgers.

Thursday, we went back to Watertown for more Grandma B, Grandpa B, Grammy, and Grampy time!

Thursday afternoon, we also went to see Andy and Rene, Eric's youth pastor and his wife, and their two children. We try to visit them every time we are in CT because they had a big impact on Eric when he was in high school and they are perhaps the nicest people I've ever met :)Unfortunately, we forgot our camera!

Friday, Pepere and Memere babysat Hannah while Eric and I went out with Gary, Katie, Bill and Melanie to the Nordic Lodge. It's this awesome lobster buffet restaurant in Rhode Island that is so delicious... my mouth is watering just thinking about it! It's pretty expensive at $80/person, but it's definitely worth it. Katie ate 8 lobsters! 8!!! Afterwards, we went the Mohegan Sun Casino, where I lost all of Eric's money... but Melanie walked away with over $200, and Gary turned $75 into almost $600!

Katie and Melanie with the lobster guys

Melanie and me

The guys

Saturday was our last day in CT and we just chilled out and then had dinner with Norm, Jeanne, Gary and Katie.

Sunday we flew home and while we were sad to leave CT and all of our family, it was nice to be home. When we walked in, Hannah looked at all of her things and just started smiling and giggling. I think she was happy to be home also!!!

Thanks to everyone in CT though for a super fun trip... we were so glad Hannah got to meet everyone and we're already looking forward to our next trip!!!

Hannah loving CT!!!

Happy Halloween!

Hannah was a Halloween Fairy this year... although her outfit didn't quite make it the whole day :) Her Mama and Papa bought it for her and it was super cute while it lasted!

Hannah and I went tailgating at the Arkansas game with my parents and the Nolans while Eric stayed home and worked on a paper for his class (he is in the process of getting his Master's degree). We had a great time and Hannah was a big hit!

When we got home, we discovered Hannah had had an accident and her outfit was banned to the dirty clothes. So, we went trick -or-treating dressed not in costume. We walked around the neighborhood with Hilary and the twins, Carter and Calla, and Hilary's sister, brother-in-law, and nephew Cade. Hannah and the twins are too young to really trick or treat, but it was funny watching Cade (who was dressed as a ninja) go up to people's doors, ring the doorbell, then run away.