Flower Fairy

Hannah is still loving ballet and yesterday had her second recital. Her dance school did "The Littlest Nutcracker" and Hannah was a flower fairy. It was so cute and I am so proud of her!

1st Hair Cut

I always knew that Hannah would have to get her hair cut someday but it was getting so long and pretty. Alas, that all changed Thursday afternoon when I walked into the kitchen to discover that Hannah had decided to give herself a hair cut. As soon as she saw me she burst out crying. I'm not sure if it's because she knew I would be mad (which I was) or if the realization of what she'd done started to sink in.

I wanted to scold her or something but I couldn't be upset with my little girl when she was so sad. It took me almost 30 minutes to calm her down only to have her get upset again when I started to clean up and throw away her hair. She wanted me to save it so we could glue it back on. When I told her we couldn't glue it back on, we had another half hour of tears.

It was Friday evening before I had a chance to take her to get her hair cut. The whole drive to tha salon, Hannah kept telling me not to worry because the "hair lady" would make her hair long again. Luckily, Hannah sat very still and did everything the stylist told her to do.

She didn't have to have as much hair cut as I thought she would and overall Hannah enjoyed her 1st hair cut. I think it turned out pretty cute.

We celebrated with ice cream!!

Hannah's 1st Ballet Recital

Hannah had her first ballet recital yesterday and she did such a great job. She has wanted to dance on a big stage since she started taking lessons and has had many conversation about how she couldn't wait for everyone to see her and how everyone would be clapping for her (she's a ham, can you tell?). I was still worried that she would be scared about actually being on stage in front of the audience but she wasn't nervous at all.

I thought her costume was super cute!

Here she is with one of her fellow dancers, Paris.

She was very proud of the ribbon she received. Here she is showing it off with her teacher, Miss Sheila.

Hannah loved doing her recital and keeps asking when she can do it again. We are so proud of our little Ballerina.

Our Little Ballerina

Hannah finally started ballet lessons this week. She has wanted to go to "ballet school" since before she was 2 and can often be found twirling around on her tiptoes. She was so excited (probably more excited than I have ever seen her before) to go to her first class. She was very specific in that she needed a black leotard with pink tights. Her teacher's name is Ms. Sheila and Hannah adores her. Watching a bunch of 3 year old girls attempting Ballet has to be one of the cutest things ever.

Hannah's 3rd Birthday Party

Hannah was so excited about her birthday party this year. She decided to have a fancy party (inspired by Fancy Nancy of course). I was really surprised at how much she helped in planning her party. When we went to the store, she told me all the things her party needed, purple balloons, matching plates and napkins (yes, she really did specify matching), and frilly toothpicks.

The party kicked off with reading about Fancy Nancy.

Then the girls played pin the accessories on Fancy Nancy.

The little ladies then got their own accessories. The decorated their own crowns and wands and then got sticker earrings, necklaces, bracelets, tutus and some pretty makeup.

The girls had an etiquette lesson and then showed off on the red carpet.

We finished off with some yummy treats including parfaits of course!

Baby

This is Hannah and her favorite doll. Her grandma Cindy got this doll for her baby shower and ever since I can remember it has been Hannah's favorite. Hannah carries her around all day and has to sleep with her. Today, Hannah had to have her hair in two braids so she could be just like Baby.

Our little girl is growing up!

This weekend Hannah has celebrated two major milestones. After about 2 weeks, Hannah is potty trained. We're still having a few accidents but I think we're over the hump.

We've had Hannah's toddler bed in our office and showed it to her a lot to try and get her used to it. Well, Sunday morning I was cleaning up her room a little and when I went to find Hannah she was laying in her toddler bed. Hannah told me that she was a big girl now because she used the big girl toilet and she needed her big girl bed. After church, we took down her crib and put her bed in her room. I don't know what I expected but I thought Hannah would be a little sad giving up her crib. Instead she loves her toddler bed.

I'm excited to see Hannah reaching these milestones but I can't but feel that little twinge of sadness as I see my little baby girl growing up.

Happy Birthday to Hannah

Today I had my first birthday party.






Mom put up lots of decorations. We had a heart theme because I'm a little sweetheart (also because my b-day is the day before Valentines).



My friends came over and played with me.






There were lots of snacks but most important, I got to eat my first piece of cake. Yummy!!!





All of my friends and family were great and got me gifts. I really liked playing with all the wrapping paper.

I had a great 1st Birthday.

Walking

Our little girl is walking! We are leaving for our family vacation on Sunday and decided that Hannah needed some real shoes. Of course, she has had a number of shoes but these were more for looks than actually walking. Hannah has been cruising and taking a few step for two months or so but not so much that she has really needed shoes. Well, we knew that we would be out and about during our trip so we got her some cute little black shoes. As soon as we put them on her feet, Hannah walked across the whole room. It was as if she had just been waiting for her shoes!