Catch-Up Time

Know what happens when you neglect your family blog? Your husband starts posting things like the previous entry, that's what! The Shamwow guy IS pretty funny but he can never be as awesome as my little girl was as Christmastime. Here are some photos of Christmas Eve at my parent's house and the day after Christmas in Oklahoma with my grandparents.

Shamwow

This guy is awesome.

-Sean

Christmas...Round 1

Well, Christmas officially began for us this past Sunday when we had our get-together with my dad's mom and brother, 1 cousin and my parents. My aunt and other cousin couldn't make it because Kelsie broke her leg in a basketball game and was in quite a bit of pain, obviously not in the mood for a 4 hour drive to Denton.

Anyhowsers, my Granny cooked a delicious lunch and Hannah got to open her first Christmas presents! Even at just 7 months old she had no problem whatsoever getting the hang of ripping paper. One of the most exciting gifts she got (well, mainly exciting for me, the mama!) was her Rainforest Jumperoo! See photo below. We are already enjoying this immensely and I highly recommend it for you moms out there who do not have one. You can actually get one as soon as the baby can hold its head up well...we are just a little slow (and poor) so we had to wait until Christmas!

Hannah was in a great mood all day and enjoyed all her new toys. Tomorrow evening for Christmas Eve we are having dinner and presents with my parents. Yes, they were also present at Round 1 but we did not exchange presents with them at Granny's. We have always done presents with them on Christmas Eve and it is just a special time with them and us. I am looking forward to our traditional Christmas Eve mexican food! My contribution is homemade apple pie.

We will be travelling to Forney on Christmas Day and then up to Okie land the next day where we will be spending the night AND going to our friends' wedding in Duncan. Pray for safe travel with the baby...and my sanity.

Here are some pictures from Christmas at Granny's on Sunday!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We enjoyed Hannah's very 1st Thanksgiving at my parent's house in Lake Dallas. This photo was taken in front of their fire place--can we say Christmas card? :-)

Hannah was in a very good mood all day and enjoyed her visits with Sean's parents and sisters, my Granny and my parents. Hannah even got to have sweet potatoes like the big folks at lunch (granted hers were pureed and sans marshmallows).

I can't believe that Hannah turned 6 months old on the 18th of November! She had her 6-month well baby visit and a few shots (yes I'm one of THOSE people who have created an alternate shot schedule) :-) We found out at this visit that she weighs 16 pounds, 15 ounces and is 27 inches long! The 27 inch length puts her in the 95th percentile so she got her mamma's long legs I suppose.

Hannah has entered a super-fun stage of playing peek-a-boo (she actually pulls the blanket over herself and pulls it down), babbles all sorts of unrecognizeable sounds, blows spit bubbles, rolls all the way across the living room floor and is just very playful. I think she will crawl pretty soon because she sure is working hard to try!

Here are some photos of her recently:

Changes...

Lots of changes have recently taken place in the Deitrick household! I have compiled a bulleted list of the major happenings since I am Type-A like that:

• I quit my job as Special Events Coordinator of the City of Lake Dallas to be able to stay at home with Hannah (and re-gain my sanity).



• I have also started my own event planning business to do consulting and contract work on the side! It's called Something to Celebrate and sprung up from all of the great contacts I made while working for the City for almost 3 years.



• Hannah is 5 months old!



• Hannah is a little roly-poly, is almost sitting up on her own and can grab at anything with those little hands of hers (watch out if you have hair, glasses or dangly earrings)



• I put together Hannah's walker and she loves it although her feet do not touch the ground in it yet. She loves the toys on it and for daddy or I to push her around in it.



• Sean continues to be an awesome small group leader and has taken on a larger role with the Marketing Committee at CrossPointe. He is even writing a blog for the church and it is so funny yet makes some good spiritual points. I am very proud of him.

That's all for now! Here are some recent photos of our little girl:

Four Months Old!

She's growing so fast! Look...I can blog about my family too, and on my birthday nonetheless. For all the criticizing I took earlier for not being a part of this blog, it looks like I'm the only one using it now...

-Sean

Sean Wuz Here

Booyah.