trip to the fair

we went to the county fair last week. when we walked through the gates, hannah gasped and said, "oh, there's a ferris wheel!" though she didn't want to get on it, she did enjoy riding in a car ride, sliding down a big slide with daddy (which she asked to go down three times), and the carousel. it is so fun now that hannah is a little older and can really enjoy things like this.

in baby news, i had a 34-week ultrasound today. everything is looking good, the baby is in the 60th percentile for growth and weighs 6 pounds 4 ounces. i am measuring a little bigger, at 36 weeks, so maybe she will come a little early?! she is already head down and ready to go!

first auburn game

we went to the auburn game on the 2nd. it's always fun having new experiences with hannah. she loved the ride from tiger town to the stadium in the bus. once we got there, she liked seeing all the colors and people but after we sat down her focus, of course, became how to move around! she danced on the bleachers and kept tim busy running to the concession stand.

my pretty girl

ever since we got a point and shoot camera this year, i take most pictures of hannah with it while we're out and about. i don't take enough good pictures of her! we walked down the road this evening to get a few shots. i just wanted to go somewhere quick, so we went to an empty lot filled with weeds. some of the weeds have recently turned a really pretty yellow, though, so it made a nice background. it may turn into our new picture-taking place.

tim took a few pictures of me. 34 weeks tomorrow, we are so ready to meet our newest girl.

other things we did this summer

looking back at our pictures of the summer i'm realizing how busy we stayed! but oh, we had so much fun. the past couple of summers with hannah have been so great. we fill the long days with laughter, watermelon, playing in the park, and hopefully a trip or two. here's a bunch of pictures of things we did that i didn't blog about.

we saw disney on ice in may with melissa. i've never seen hannah sit so still and enjoy something so much.

we had a picnic downtown opelika during the noon tunes tuesdays.

we picked blueberries and visited with sweet baby allison and her mom.

we went to savannah during the 4th of july weekend! we had SO much fun. it was great to get away for a while, just the three of us. one morning we went to tybee island on a dolphin tour and hannah rode on a boat for the first time. the ride was really bumpy but she loved it.

kyle and mclean were there, too! hannah loved them.

we played a lot with her friend grace.

we met my friend katherine for lunch.

and we painted two bedrooms!

i'm so glad to have these memories. hannah makes every day so much fun! now we are ready to bring on the cooler weather and all the things this fall and winter will have to offer.

pizza, baseball, rainbows and fireworks

tim's birthday was saturday and we had a great day. i made him a birthday breakfast casserole, we did some shopping, and then we went to montgomery later in the afternoon after hannah's nap. we made a stop at our favorite pizza place, tomatinos, and then went to a biscuits game. hannah had a blast chasing around other kids and we had a blast watching her. she liked hanging out with the big boys, even if she was getting on their nerves. how is she to know that 8 year old boys don't want to be pulled on or hugged? she even chatted it up with the baseball players on the other team. she was so funny. it was a perfect family night, and there were even fireworks after the game.

hope you had a great birthday, tim! we love you!

at tomatinos

hannah spotted this rainbow from the car window. it was much bigger and prettier than it looks.

daddy took her to get a biscuits stamp on her hand, and she was so proud of it

this is the smile she wore all night

first day of preschool

today was hannah's first day of preschool. she will be going every tuesday and thursday from 8:15 til 12:30. she was excited to go this morning, and i think she did really well. she was crying when i went to pick her up and told me she was crying because she "wanted her momma back." her teacher said she was a good girl and she had fun with the other kids. i'm thankful that we are able to send her to school this year, i think it's time for her to be with other kids and have that time away from home. i'm excited for her but also a little sad to see her looking all grown up.

i tried to take some pictures of her outside, but as soon as we stepped out the door my lens fogged up from the humidity.

this isn't the best picture, but this is right after she ran away from us and we had to try to steal kisses and tell her bye quickly before she disappeared again.

pictures by mari wilkes

we got together with another local photographer for a photo swap tuesday. my friend mari wilkes is very talented, and we had so much fun hanging out with her. i put my watermark on these just for protection, but she took them and i edited them. i'm so grateful to her for taking these pictures. i don't think we had one good family picture all together before this! i'm always behind the camera! and she got some great expressions out of hannah. i love seeing my favorite subject through the eyes of someone else.