Are You Ready For Some Football??!!!

As I type, I am at David & Susan's house. We still do not have Internet (very frustrating - don't know what the problem is but I am not liking it at all!) and we came to their house to watch the LSU vs. MS State game. I can't believe football season is here. It is so hot outside it doesn't seem like it should be that time of year, but I am EXCITED about this football season. This Saturday is Auburn's first game. I can't wait. We will be watching at my parent's house while doing a pre-celebration of Labor Day. It is the only day we can all get together. All I have to say is WAR EAGLE!

Hannah has become very good at walking - almost running. She is even standing up without having to pull herself up on something. She has cut one of her front teeth and the other one will be coming in any day now. She also has not had a bottle in two days and has been drinking real milk! YEAH!!! NO MORE FORMULA!!! We feel like we got a raise! Sunday we moved her into the "big girl" car seat. She went to the doctor on Friday and weighed 20 lbs, 11 oz. She was 31 1/4 inch long. She was 50% of weight and 97% in height. Her head circumference was also above average - which means she is a smart girl. I already knew that but it is good to have a doctor confirm how brilliant your child is! :0) Wow, she is becoming a big girl right before my eyes.

We are having our pictures made tomorrow. We have never had a family picture made - isn't that crazy? Earlier today Hannah was walking around the kitchen. I went to get some hangers out of the closet, came in the living room, heard some paper rattling, and as soon as I rounded the corner to check on her I saw the camera fall into the floor. Hannah started screaming and I thought it just scared her, but after looking at her face it smacked her right on her cheek-bone. She has a nice little black eye just in time for the pictures. :( Poor Baby! Well I have rambled on enough. I am going to watch a little football!

Computer Issues

We are having internet problems. Whenever we try to connect the internet it tells us that there is not a dial tone, but our phone is working. We are not sure what is causing the problem, but I am ready to have a computer at home again. I am at the church as we speak and Josh is at home with Hannah.

Anyway, I just wanted to hop on here and read everyone's blogs. I have been having withdrawals! :0) I want to post some pictures from Hannah's big day but I didn't put them on a cd before I came. So I will have to post them later. She had a great birthday. She turned very mischievous on me that day! Kim told her Wed. night she could do anything she wanted on her birthday and I think Hannah understood what she said. Here are eight things she did on her birthday...

1. She got up at 3:00 in the morning and was ready to play. She played until 5:30 and FINALLY went back to sleep. Although she would not sleep in her bed. Every time I put her down she would scream. So, she sleep on me until 8:30.

2. She ate a fly. Well, really just the wing. I found it before she ate the whole thing.

3. She got a special delivery by FedEx. The toy box Granna & Gramps bought her came that day. I will post some pictures when I get a chance of her opening the box.

4. She got one hand in the toilet before I stopped her and splashed it all over herself. One of her favorite things to do these days.

5. She peeled a piece of wood including paint off the closet door in the computer room.

6. We met Granna, Gramps, and Mamaw Courington for dinner at Dale's.

7. She went to Build-A-Bear and made a very cute puppy named Cuddles. She loves to hug her and has been dragging her around everywhere. Thanks Billy & Mary for the gift card! Stayed tuned for pictures at Build-A-Bear!

8. She stayed up until a little after 10:00. I guess she wanted to make it until 10:27 pm, which was the time she was born. She almost made it but finally gave it up!

Well, I hope everyone has a great day! I better get home to finish dinner!

Happy Birthday, Hannah!

Hannah is one year old today! I can't believe it. It seems like yesterday that I was as big as a cow waiting on her to get here. Now she is walking, cutting teeth, and saying Mama, DaDa, & Bye. Wow! What a difference a year makes!

Since I did not have a blog last year, I will fill you in on how the day went. I got up and decided that I was tired of being pregnant and was going to "walk" until I went into labor. I also needed to get some things that we would need when we got home from the hospital. So I went to Dollar Tree, Big Lots, and Walmart. I walked around for a good 3 hours. Big as a house, feet swollen, and hot as could be, but I was determined. After I left Walmart, I started having random contractions. I came home, ate lunch, and went to my doctor's appointment.

My doctor told me that I had not made much progress. She told me to go home, take it easy, and if nothing happened by the next week, she would induce me. I was still having random contractions.

Anyhoo, I was disappointed because I was really hoping that she would keep me. So I call everyone and tell them it is going to be a while. Then went home to watch Dr. Phil. My contractions were starting to hurt a little and they were coming more often. I laid on the couch to watch Dr. Phil and decided maybe I should time the contractions. However, I kept loosing track of when I had the last one. As I was about to get up to get some paper to write it down, my water broke. I called Josh, the doctor, and my mom. I put all of the stuff in the car and waited on Josh to get home to get me.

After waiting on the doctor for 20 minutes, he finally came in and said "yes your water broke." DUH!! I could have told you that. Anyway, he admitted me and the rest is history. Sweet little Hannah was born into this world at 10:27 pm, weighing 8 lbs, 4 oz, and was 21 inches long. The moment they put that crying angel on my chest, my life changed forever. She has been such a joy to our lives. This has been a great year. I have enjoyed watching her grow and feel so blessed that I can stay at home with her. If I was working outside the home, I would have missed so much of her first year of life and no amount of money is worth the precious moments that we have together. So, Happy Birthday to my sweet Hannah bug! I hope you have many, many more happy years of life! I LOVE YOU!