I think this will be my last detailed monthly update. It is getting a tad overwhelming to do. I will try to do a monthly update with just info about funny things she says or does, etc.
Weight/Length/Head Circumference: 27.5 lbs (50-75th %), 33.75 inches (50-75th %),
48 cm (50-75th %)
Diaper Size: 5
Clothing Size: 18-24 months
Fun Facts:
~Mrs. Brenda from church made her a necklace at Christmas. She can put it on herself & then says, "Good job!!"
~She has started singing. The first song we heard her singing was "Just Believe" from the Polar Express soundtrack. She would sway & say, "Juuuuusssssst wieeeeeeeve" & drag it all out. :) She also sings, "Daaaaaaaay One, Daaaaaaay One, None" (Day one, day one, God made light when there was none). When we sing "Blue Skies & Rainbows" during family bible time, she sings 'sunbeams from .....' - she says "God" instead of heaven. It's all the same I guess. :)
~I put her pink John Deere shirt on her one day after she hadn't worn it in over a month. It just has the John Deere logo (no tractor picture). I asked her what it said & she immediately responded, "John Deere!"
~She always plays upstairs at Nana & Papa's house (that's where the bonus room is). If she wants to play, she says, "UPstairs," no matter where we are-even if it's one floor.
~She is a GREAT helper! She still can push the laundry basket to the room, throw away anything, put dirty clothes in the basket, & clean up her toys.
~I got out the activity mat for Micaiah to play on. Hannah Kate thinks she has a new toy. She was VERY upset one day when I picked him up to put him to bed & didn't calm down until I put her baby doll on the mat beside her.
~She does great with her memory verse & story from Bible time. She has recently learned 1 Peter 5:7 "Casting all your cares upon him for he careth for you" & has moved to Luke 19:5 "Zacchaeus, hurry & come down, for I must stay at your house today." (She is really into Zacchaeus & the Zacchaeus song so we decided to do this verse.)
~She can "read" the Bible words in her Bible class lesson (Joseph, Mary, Jesus, Bible). During the memory verse reading, she was pointing to some of the words & saying them or identifying letters in them.
~She still loves watching videos on our phones. She will pick up our phone, grab our finger & push it to the phone to try to get us to get the video for her. She really likes watching videos of "Mandox (Maddox), Bwinwey (Brinley), & boys (Maddox, Lincoln, & Sawyer)". She will request these by name or request "Hannah Kate singing, Hannah Kate crashing," etc.
~She's started lying in bed talking when we put her to bed at night. Sometimes she will be in there an hour talking to herself before she goes to sleep.
Things Hannah Kate LOVES:
~Christmas lights
~Playing with Maggie & Mollie
~Bert, Ernie, Elmo, & Cookie Monster ("oster")
~Listening to Dave Ramsey-no joke! She hears his theme music, claps, & says, "Yay! Amsey! Debt fwee!" :)
~Spinning in circles--then saying "Are you....pinnin'?!"
~Jimmy the giraffe paci.....she's even more attached to him now & goes to try to sneak him out of bed during the day.
~Eating yogurt-she's gotten really good at using her plate, bowl, fork, & spoon.
~Eating a whole apple-she was really into this for a couple of weeks. She did not want it cut up.
~Opening presents-since Christmas, she thinks any wrapped gift is for her. I've stopped her twice at opening Andrew & Gracie's Christmas gifts that are still here. She has opened two of her gifts that we kept back but just had sitting around.
~Praying-She is a pro at folding her hands as soon as we say that we are going to pray. Sometimes, she says, "Pray! 'Gin!" after we are finished. She has also started praying by herself. She will stop playing, fold her hands, bow her head (funny because she doesn't do this when we pray!), mumble, then say, "Amen!" Lately, she's also been praying with words, "Tank you....," & naming all kinds of random things from family members, to Iggy & Mole (Digger Doug), Jesus, Mary, Joseph, star, to anything she sees from where she is. One of my favorite praynin' (as Hannah Kate calls it) stories recently was on January 25, after we had finished our thank yous & were almost finished with the Bible time prayer, she blurted out, "Tank you Iggy! Tank you Mowe! (mole) Tank you stomp stomp (her favorite song from Digger Doug), Tank you 'erico (Jericho-another favorite song)! Tank you bew-ful sar (Beautiful Star of Bethlehem)! Tank you cwackers. More cwackers pwease! Tank you books!"
~Letters-she plays with a set of bath letters that we have in the sun room. She can identify almost all of the capital letters. On her birthday, she picked up these letters & said, "Is it ___? ___ says ____!"
M, W, N, B, P, C, K, H, S, Q, U, O, F
~Coloring
~Riding the "elebater" like Corduroy.
Things Hannah Kate Does Not Love:
~Having her temperature taken (under her arm)-the first time I said, "It won't hurt you, baby," as she was crying. Then, any time we would get the thermometer out, she would say, "hurt you baby hurt you."
~Going to the doctor. I made a book for her with pictures of her at Dr. T's to help prepare her for her well visit. That worked well enough that she stood on Elmo (on the scales) like a champ. Everything after that went downhill!
~Being dirty or having any food on her hands-she wants it wiped off immediately.
~Going into a dark room alone-she's started running back out yelling "ahhh!"
~Getting water in her eyes in the bath (like her mama!)-she says, "Wipe it! Eyes!"
~Sitting still & quiet during worship....
Words/Sayings:
~some-fin eat! jewey (jelly) on it, cwean em up (when she's ready to clean up after eating), wipe it-nose, Wes-wey (usually at a yell), my (since when does she speak in first person?!), praynin', crynin', spank her! (Think she hears that often?)
~She talks to Micaiah in a sweet, sing-songy voice when he's crying "Caiiiiiiah, Caiiiiiiah, Caiiiiiah." So sweet.
~Are you ____? with anything she is doing-she wants us to say "Are you _____?"runnin'-Are you runnin'?!, walkin'-Are you walking?!, Are you crashing? (then she falls to the floor) (dancing, jumping, sitting)
~January 26-HK: Have one, Tweat.
Me: You don't need a treat.
HK: Just. Want. One!
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