Sunday, April 19, 2009
Happy Easter from Grandma and Grandpa Davis
Last week was a busy week for us. The boys of our regular babysitter had their birthday on Wednesday. Normally, my schedule is flexible and I can switch the days I work pretty easily. However, I happened to have to attend an all-day meeting on Wednesday. That being the case, Grandma and Grandpa Davis agreed to come over and babysit Hannah for the day. I think they all had a great time.
Since we were in Frankenmuth for Easter, Hannah got a special Easter bag of goodies during their visit.
She had no problems at all pulling all of her treats out of the bag - bibs, cute outfits, and even some chocolate.
Since we were in Frankenmuth for Easter, Hannah got a special Easter bag of goodies during their visit.
She had no problems at all pulling all of her treats out of the bag - bibs, cute outfits, and even some chocolate.
I'm sure they're all looking forward to the next time they can come to babysit!
Afternoon at the Gardens
Since becoming members at Frederik Meijer Gardens, we have been anxiously waiting for the weather to break so that we could finally head outside to enjoy the outdoor gardens. Saturday was finally the perfect day! Apparently, everybody else had the same idea. The place was packed, but there were a considerable number of people inside catching the last of the butterfly exhibit. Since we'd already seen that earlier in the season, we headed right outside.
Our first stop was the Children's Garden. It's a fabulous area with tons of activities for the kids. They have a really neat water area, but we decided we weren't up for getting soaked, so we played in the sand instead. Needless to say, Hannah will be loving the beach this summer!
After emptying the sand from our shoes, we ventured back to the farm area, where it was much quieter. Hannah seemed to enjoy looking at the animal sculptures. I'm sure they'll have some neat things going on there through the summer and fall.
As we walked down a trail in between gardens, we were joined by a friend.
We wrapped up the afternoon by walking through the sculpture portion of the Gardens, where we encountered this beautiful waterfall exhibit. It made us anxious to go swimming this summer!
After being outside, we worked up an appetite, so we ended our afternoon by grabbing a late lunch on the patio at Boston's. It was so nice to be warm outside! With this nice taste of spring, we're definitely looking forward to more warm weather to enjoy the outdoors!
Our first stop was the Children's Garden. It's a fabulous area with tons of activities for the kids. They have a really neat water area, but we decided we weren't up for getting soaked, so we played in the sand instead. Needless to say, Hannah will be loving the beach this summer!
After emptying the sand from our shoes, we ventured back to the farm area, where it was much quieter. Hannah seemed to enjoy looking at the animal sculptures. I'm sure they'll have some neat things going on there through the summer and fall.
As we walked down a trail in between gardens, we were joined by a friend.
We wrapped up the afternoon by walking through the sculpture portion of the Gardens, where we encountered this beautiful waterfall exhibit. It made us anxious to go swimming this summer!
After being outside, we worked up an appetite, so we ended our afternoon by grabbing a late lunch on the patio at Boston's. It was so nice to be warm outside! With this nice taste of spring, we're definitely looking forward to more warm weather to enjoy the outdoors!
13 months
- She's walking regularly along walls and furniture. She's still hesitant to take off by herself, but if she's not thinking about it, she'll take 2-3 steps on her own.
- She's quite a monkey. She climbs on the car she got for her birthday, gets down from furniture on her own, and loves to climb all over us when we're sitting on the floor.
- She's babbling lots. She says mama, dada, ba (ball), and lots of her own words. She does seem to be getting closer to saying distinguishable words and has lots of "conversations" with us.
- She's learned to blow. Not sure where she picked that up, but she puckers her lips and blows a lot.
- She lets us know when she wants to be picked up by crawling up to our legs and stretching her arms up. Pathetically cute!
- She has 8 teeth (4 up, 4 down) with what seems to be some 1-year molars on the way.
- She seems to be learning more cause and effect with her toys - She puts them inside of things and shakes them. She puts blocks into the holes on her activity cart and watches them come out the bottom. She's definitely a busy body.
- She has acquired the Oberholtzer sweet tooth. Anytime we eat something sweet, she speed crawls over to our feet and begs to be picked up to share.
- She loves to cheer for herself. Whenever she does something good and we praise her up, she gets a huge smile and claps for herself. What a little ham!
Within the last month, it seems like she's really started transitioning from a baby to a little girl. As much as we loved cuddling her as a baby, we are totally loving this stage of interaction and learning. Every day she learns something new. We are truly trying to cherish every minute. She is a total blessing!
Rummaging for toys
Hanging out in her cave
Helping Mama in the kitchen
Little Miss Sunshine :-)
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Easter
The Easter bunny managed to find us in Frankenmuth this year. Hannah had gone over to my parents house the Thursday before to get some extra Grandma and Grandpa time. This also gave Jason the opportunity for some Mommy and Daddy time! We had a wonderful Friday - dinner at 6-1-6, a movie (Sunshine Clean, just ok), and dessert at The Melting Pot.
Hannah had a great time hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa. As always, she got totally spoiled - Grandma and Grandpa doing their job :-) She spent a little more Grandma and Grandpa time with them on Saturday night, as Jason and I went out to dinner with Todd and Courtney. It won't be long before they become a family of three, so it was nice to be able to go out before their world gets turned upside down!
We celebrated the Lord's resurrection on church Sunday morning. We sang all of my favorite Easter songs. I absolutely love Easter! It's always such a renewal of my faith. After church, Hannah collected Easter eggs at my parents' house. She quickly figured out that if she shook the eggs hard enough, they would break open with all of the contents flying everywhere! She definitlely had fun!
Hannah with her Easter basket from Uncle Todd and Aunt Courtney
Hannah taking in cousin Mark.
Hannah had a great time hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa. As always, she got totally spoiled - Grandma and Grandpa doing their job :-) She spent a little more Grandma and Grandpa time with them on Saturday night, as Jason and I went out to dinner with Todd and Courtney. It won't be long before they become a family of three, so it was nice to be able to go out before their world gets turned upside down!
We celebrated the Lord's resurrection on church Sunday morning. We sang all of my favorite Easter songs. I absolutely love Easter! It's always such a renewal of my faith. After church, Hannah collected Easter eggs at my parents' house. She quickly figured out that if she shook the eggs hard enough, they would break open with all of the contents flying everywhere! She definitlely had fun!
Hannah with her Easter basket from Uncle Todd and Aunt Courtney
Our attempt at a nice family picture
Collecting Easter eggs
Early in the afternoon, we headed to my aunt's house for brunch. As usual, we had a wonderful feast - quiche, spinach soufle, eggs, bacon, baked french toast, coffee cake. Oh, so good!!
Hannah taking in cousin Mark.
Jason finishing off his meal with a nice cup of joe.
A satisfied little girl
Happy Easter from the Oberholtzer clan!
Happy Easter from the Oberholtzer clan!
Monday, April 6, 2009
Bunny alternative
If you know Jason, then you know he's got a passion for trains. As I was scanning the Saturday paper, I noticed that the Bunny Train was running Saturday at 11, 1, and 3. Since Jason had some things he wanted to get done around the house, we decided that 3:00 would be the time. You can imagine his disappointment when we arrived and found out that the times in the paper were wrong, and we had missed the last departure by an hour!
Rather than wallow in our sadness, we took advantage of the nice day and drove out to the lakeshore to find a park to swing instead. We found a little park tucked away between Grand Haven and Holland, but unfortunately there were no baby swings. They did have a "big kid" swing for Jason, though!
I wish I would have video taped him getting out!
Hannah and Daddy did do the twisty slide.
We continued on down the lakeshore and ended up at Kollen Park on Lake Macatawa in Holland. They had a great "miniature" playground perfect for the little ones.
Hannah is certainly our little daredevil. The higher the better! 
Waiting impatiently for her pizza.
The perfect ending to a practically perfect day!
Rather than wallow in our sadness, we took advantage of the nice day and drove out to the lakeshore to find a park to swing instead. We found a little park tucked away between Grand Haven and Holland, but unfortunately there were no baby swings. They did have a "big kid" swing for Jason, though!
I wish I would have video taped him getting out!
Hannah and Daddy did do the twisty slide.
We continued on down the lakeshore and ended up at Kollen Park on Lake Macatawa in Holland. They had a great "miniature" playground perfect for the little ones.
Hannah is certainly our little daredevil. The higher the better!
After all of that activity, we worked up an appetite, so we went to New Holland Brewery for pizza.
Waiting impatiently for her pizza.
The perfect ending to a practically perfect day!
Friday, April 3, 2009
Steps
I swear right before I took this video she took 4 or 5 steps on her own. At least you can see 1 in this video. We just have to distract her, and she'll take off. She's such a chicken!
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