it's a girl!

i'm 19 weeks pregnant, and we went to get our second ultrasound today. we found out that we're having another little girl! we're so excited! i'm so glad hannah came with us to see the baby, she really was fascinated and she talked about the doctor's visit the rest of the day. she kept saying that we heard the baby's "heartbeep" and that it went "bump bump bump." that made a big impression on her. the nurse mentioned that the baby's head is facing my back, so of course hannah remembered that and talked about it, and said that the baby is "scratching momma's back." for some reason she named the baby tommy a couple weeks ago, so now we have to convince her that that's not a girl's name.


hannah talking about dr.'s visit - it's a girl! 6/30/10 from julie cottrell on Vimeo.

hannah at huntingdon

i hadn't been back to huntingdon since i graduated five years ago, but i've been wanting to take hannah there for pictures for the longest time. wednesday, we went to montgomery to have lunch with my friend katherine and it gave us the perfect opportunity for a quick photo session. she liked it there. she called all the buildings castles and pretended to be a princess.

arts & crafts

these past few months we've been keeping busy with projects. we've stocked up on paints, play-doh and coloring books. we're also taking an art class at my friend maria's store, mamunchis. i think hannah's favorite is play-doh. for some reason she gets a kick out of squashing my creations.

visiting grandparents

we've made visits to both brewton and huntsville over the past month and hannah has had a blast being with her grandparents. at mimi and pops' house she spent a lot of time at the pool, especially while i was away one day photographing a wedding. she would sit on the steps and pretend to be a mermaid but she couldn't be convinced to go out into the water. (all of these pictures were taken with my new point-and-shoot, which i'm loving! i can keep it in my purse and never miss a moment.)

at granny and grandpa's we did some swimming too, and dad gradually got her out into the middle of the pool! she started by walking on this step that ran the length of this smaller pool and then moved onto the big pool. she rode on grandpa's back through the water, splashed, kicked her feet, and pretended to find spongebob on the bottom.

we went to a fair on memorial day and hannah had so much fun. she wanted to ride everything, even the really fast and upside down-rides. i think she rode these cars at least seven or eight times.