Full House

Kayla continues to be a pleasant happy little girl. She thrives off of her "somewhat" structured schedule and still sleeps for 8 to 9 hours at night before she needs to eat. She has audible giggles now and what a joy to see her smiles turn to laughs.
Sarah and her family stayed with us for a couple of days in between moves and what a great time we had. In this picture the three girls are laying in front of the TV watching the Little Mermaid. It seems that Gracie and Kayla are interested in the movie and Ruby is all about the camera spotlight!

While the Smylies were staying with us, Sean had a birthday. Grace was really excited to be at Sean's "birthday party" which was really just a pancake breakfast and opening a few gifts before church. As you can see Grace lacks nothing in the way of giving the attention to the birthday boy. She swiftly jumped on the couch and nestled her way right in between Sean and I, she is such a fun little niece!

One of Grace's favorite things about being here is that she had a whole new mass of shoes to wear. She would always find a pair of my shoes and wear them around, as if they fit her perfectly. The day they left she thought she better put a pair of my boots on since she was about to do some heavy lifting!

100 Things About me...

1. My name is Hannah
2. I have one sweet baby
3. My husband's name is Sean
4. We went to Alaska on a cruise for our honeymoon
5. Since then, we "plan" another cruise about once a month
6. We are still in school
7. My husband is a Marine
8. My husband became a Marine while we were married
9. I have 5 sisters and 3 brothers and parents that are still in love
10. My favorite childhood toy way a little horse with wheels I could ride on.
11. I love to snowboard
12. I had a secret crush on Jonathon Taylor Thomas when I was 14
13. I love reeses pb cups
14. Chocolate gave me heartburn when I was pregnant
15. Sean was at Bootcamp/ SOI all but three months of my pregnancy
16. I love to longboard
17. While cruising on my longboard I crashed and got a huge black eye
18. I went to the health center to get it checked at school and they never forgot my face after that day
19. I used to cut class in highschool almost every day to skimboard at the beach
20. I always had a sibling that played hooky with me
21. I love swimming
22. I had the third granddaughter on my parents side, there is yet to be a grandson
23. I love sunshine coming through the windows
24. I never valued a good solid eight hours of sleep until I had a baby
25. I love the movie "The Notebook"
26. I am a total Lord of the Rings geek
27. I like watching Disney movies and singing the songs
28. Sean and I love hiking
29. Our first date was rock climbing
30. I am secretly afraid of the dark
31. I served a mission in Australia
32. I worked as an EMT for 4 years
33. I have seen some crazy stuff
34. I love new fragrances
35. I love math
36. I love college classes, if I could make a career out of being a student I would!
37. I love learning new things
38. I pretend like I know things that I really don't sometimes
39. I am a "red" personality type and I try to deny it
40. I am competative in trivia games (I am not that good at them)
41. My sisters and I used to pretend like we were The Little Mermaid when we went swimming
42. We may have even started to believe we were her!
43. I served a mission the same time that my brother served a mission in Africa
44. My dad takes all his kids to Half Dome in Yasemite every year, we love it!
45. Sometimes I loose focus in conversation and try really hard to save it, many times I have to resort to admitting it
46. I love coastal storms, especially watching them with my mom
47. I used to fight alot with my oldest sister and adore her now
48. One time I threw a little plastic dog at my brother when we were little and he had to get stitches
49. I like York Peppermint Patties
50. I love celery
51. I have never been to the East Coast
52. I developed a fear of flying while I was pregnant (who knows why)
53. I am employed with an investment firm
54. I just discovered My Space and I have loved getting in touch with old friends
55. I wear size 7 shoes
56. I am 5 feet and 4 inches tall
57. My husband is 6 feet and five inches tall
58. We still look cute next to each other
59. We can't wait to see how tall our kids will be
60. I love newborns
61. I tried to talk my husband in to naming Kayla "Chloe" or "Lucy" I love "Kayla" too though:)
62. I felt Kayla kick at 16 weeks
63. I delivered Kayla 5 days late
64. I used to have blue eyes and now they are green
65. I wear contacts
66. I love punk rock shows, I have been to alot of them
67. I had braces for four years
68. My sister is an NCO in the Army
69. I have relatives living in South Africa, I want to visit them oneday
70. I used to have Epilepsy when I was 5 and grew out of it by age 10
71. I used to have nightmares about psycho cats when I was little
72. My oldest sister was just married in Japan
73. My husband and I want to live in Alaska for a year
74. I love seafood (fresh Alaskan King crab is my fave)
75. I hate hackers
76. I love looking at my three month old when she is sleeping.. so beautiful
77. I love baby giggles
78. I want to be an artist
79. I want to a writer
80. I want to be a good mom
81. I want to be a scientist
82. I will see what I can do
83. I went to a Goldfinger concert and got the bass players guitar pick, he gave it to me when I was standing in the front:)
84. My little brother was bitten by a dog
85. I have been caught in a bees nest three seperate times in my life (age: 7, 16, and 19)
86. I have a phobia of bees
87. I love the snow
88. I can ride the funbox on my snowboard (my claim to fame)
89. Sean's friends and I conspired to throw Sean a bachelor party, they kidnapped him and carried him to the van
90. I tell my husband he is "cute" and he doesn't get offended, he understands what I mean
91. I don't like the war in Iraq and hope Sean doesn't end up there
92. I used to wipe my snot on my dad's pantleg at church and say "Awky daddy, awky"
93. I love backpacking
94. I went camping in the Uintas with Sean when I was in my third trimester
95. I try to be a good listener
96. I genuinely care about my friends and family
97. There are tons of my friends I have lost contact with that I still think about and pray for
98. I love watching the stars
99. I have a hard time keeping a clean house, I am working on it though
100. I love my Sean and Kayla soooo much!

What a Cutie!!

I do not know if any of you agree, but I do believe this is the cutest picture I have ever seen in my entire life. This little girl is my joy. Her newest thing is her bedtime ritual. I get her ready for bed and lay her down awake. She will lay there for about 20 minutes staring at the wall and trying to wiggle her legs inside her swaddle. We will then hear her begin to make squeeking noises. After a little bit I will go in there and say "sweetheart, it's time to sleep." As soon as she sees my face she puts on the biggest smile. I melt every time. This will happen about two times before she goes to bed. The best part is that we never need to pick her up, just remind her it's bedtime and tell her we love her.. just one more time.

Blessing Day

This wasn't set up to impress, he really does change daipers.. every day! I love how tiny she looks compared to her daddy, it's adorable!

Kayla had her Father's Blessing on Sunday. It was so awesome to hear Sean give her a blessing and hear all the things in words that we desire so much for her in life. Before we know it she will be eight and wearing her baptism dress. That blessing dress will seem so tiny then.

Isaac and The Dog

I have a little brother named Isaac. He is ten years old. Isaac is a very brave boy with lots of energy. There is one thing, however that scares the heck out of him: Dogs. He has now been attacked twice and bitten right in the.. eh em.. bum. And now he has been attacked again. This time the dog did not bite him, but attemped to right before a heroic act by his sister, Naomi. Poor Isaac was traumatized all day. Here is the story told from the man's own mouth:
Isaac: "I was almost bitten by a dog this morning. Like Elder V (serving in our ward who had a dog encounter story in Tonga, his home), I felt like booting him right in the jaw, but when I was about to, Naomi chucks her keys at the dog (I didn’t know) and all I hear is the dog yelp and run off. Naomi’s keys had hit the dog. Meanwhile I’m crying, well pretty much screaming. I can hardly eat so I last on three Wheat Thins until 12:30. Oh, the dog’s name is Rascal. Why am I not surprised?"
Even though I feel that it is dreadful this has happened, something about this story told by Isaac makes me laugh, hard. It might have something to do with the Wheat Thins!

The Brother of Jared

My little brother Gideon just went into the MTC last week. Gideon is the middle boy in the family. He is a number of things, the "peace maker", the "comedian", "Jared's right hand man", "Mr. Suave", a "lover of the otter pops", "video game goo roo", "life of the party", "Katie's boyfriend", and much much more. Whatever he may be to each of us, we will miss him dearly and know the Atlanta Georgia Mission will NEVER be the same! We love ya Gid!!

Okay, obviously there is something that Kayla thinks is really really funny. One of the best things about a baby's smile is that it is always genuine. Us adults, we smile because it's polite, or it's the appropriate thing to do. Babies, on the other hand, only smile when they are happy.