Hello 2012

Well 2012 is upon us with a vengeance. We have survived the first two weeks. Thankfully. The first week I had to go to Atlanta for the whole week for work. That was definitely a stressor for our family. Laura struggled the most. She had a couple of melt downs, and she was definitely happy when Friday came. Hannah actually did pretty well. I'm not sure that it phased her much. As long as some one gives her food and meets her basic needs, she's good to go.

Then this whole last week, Hannah and I have had a cold. So we pretty much just struggled through the week. Hannah of course seems to being doing much better; she can breathe at night while she sleeps. I am still a hot mess though! It went into my eye (which only seems to happen when I'm pregnant), and I seem to be getting more congested instead of less.

Overall, we really can't complain though. All is well in the Adams household. Laura is learning and excited about taking showers by herself. We are getting ready to transition Hannah into Laura's bed at night, and Laura is looking forward to this new "responsibility."

Hannah is getting more independent by the minute. I can't even imagine what it will be like when the new baby comes! She scolds us several times a day with a very serious scowl on her face. She will say "No, Mommeeee!" And she will point and say it in a deep voice. It's so cute! She wants to do whatever Laura is doing, more than ever now. For example this morning, Laura put on a jumper, so Hannah had to put on a jumper. Laura is trying to play with letters on the fridge right now, and Hannah has to be right there with her moving letters around (usually frustrating her sister). Normally, they really play very well together.

Hannah is my "dragger outer" too. It's like she can't handle a clean space. She drags out toys, books, movies, crayons, whatever she can get her hands on and drops them everywhere. Laura, on the other hand, understands the concept of cleaning up rather well. She doesn't do it on her own, but if I ask her and tell her several times during the process, she does a good job.

So this is the grand finale story of the week.....are you ready????

I bathed Hannah this morning, and as I've mentioned several times, she likes to run around naked a few minutes after her bath. Well I was letting her enjoy it. And yes, we have had a pooping incident in the past, but I try to keep an eye and don't let her go too long. Well this morning, I was getting Laura ready to take her shower. And Hannah likes to play in our closet lately. Well she was in there hiding, and Matt was "finding" her. Matt started downstairs, and I picked Hannah up to dress her. When I picked her up, I happened to notice a poop in Matt's shoe!! Oh yes, Hannah pooped in Matt's shoe! That just made my morning! Most of you know that Matt is extremely poop averse, so he was totally disgusted. It was hilarious! Happy weekend All!

These are a couple of pictures from our Christmas Eve dinner.