21 months old

For a minute I thought I was wrong on her age and had to actually count to make sure that Hannah really is 21 months old. How can she really be that close to 2?!? She definitely is keeping us busy these days. Here's what she's up to:

*Right before we put her into the bathtub, we count 1, 2, 3. On 3 she jumps and we then lift her way up where she lands in the tub. She's now caught on to this and is jumping all around the house, counting 1, 2, AHHHH and jumping about 1/2" off the ground. I really have to try to catch this on video b/c it's just too funny!

*She loves trains. She definitely gets this from Daddy. Once in awhile he sets up Grandpa Davis' toy train set to run around the Christmas tree. She loves to watch the "choo choo" with Daddy.

*Along those same lines, we've now watched The Polar Express twice all the way through. The second time she watched it, she was much more interactive, pointing out the "choo choo" throughout the movie, clapping when Santa made his entrance, and waving and saying "bye bye" to Santa as he headed out to deliver gifts.

*She is answering our yes and no questions with head nods and shakes.

*She is starting to pose for pictures and say "cheese." Too bad she doesn't stay still long enough for me to snap a good pic!

*When asked her age, she tells us "one" and shows us by raising one finger.

*She's tall enough now to pull herself up onto most of our furniture. Whatever she can't pull herself up on, she finds whatever she can to use as a stool to climb up. I've noticed that lately she's started reaching for the door handles. Thankfully, she's still too short to get a grasp and turn them.

*She seems to be starting to catch onto what we've been trying to teach her about God. At dinner time and bedtime, she folds her hands while we pray (initially, anyway) and says amen. She has a prayer book, and folds her hands when she looks through it. She likes to point out Jesus on the cover as well. One of her favorite activies is doing "Here are the doors. Here is the steeple. Open the doors and see all the people." over and over again.

I know I say this all the time, but we are so blessed to have this special little girl in our lives.

Imitating me trying to get her attention.

Saying "cheese" for the camera.


Our big girl.