Everything she does is Magic…… Hannah at one Year old

Hannah swingI pretty much can’t get enough of her. I could just sit and watch her play and interact with her world all day. I actually spend more time doing just that then I did with the boys. It’s not that she is more amazing and magical then they were, it’s just that I didn’t realize that there was really NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT then soaking in every moment of these baby years, and so, with this last baby……. I am doing just that. I’m not as fit as I could be, the house is not as clean and I’m certinly not writing as much as I could be……. but I am soaking her in. All of her. Here are some things about Hannah as a one year old girl. Yep, I said it, girl. Not baby, not toddler. Girl.

She is very independent. She stopped wanting to sleep with me at all around 10 months old. She slept better in her crib, and although she would come in to nurse at night, as soon as she was done she would sit up and act like it was time to play. She wouldn’t go back to sleep until I put her in her crib. Which she went promptly to sleep at that time. This was the baby I was FINALLY able to co sleep with, the baby I didn’t care if she slept with us till she was 5. Jason didn’t care either. But she had other plans. She also started often sleeping through the night at this time. And she also slowly started getting less and less interested in nursing. šŸ™

By around 11.5 months, she pretty much refused to nurse most times of the day and evening, only conceding to the occasional middle of the night session and consistently in the morning. And when I say refused, I means she arched her back, and screamed, or quickly bit my nipple to tell me she didn’t want anything to do with it.(this went on for at least 2 months) I’m not going to lie……. it broke my heart. I’m broken hear-ted about it………. so much I can’t really write much about it. As of ab out 4 days ago, (12 1/2 months) she is totally done nursing. This was the baby I was going to nurse until she was 2………. at least. This was the first time I have ever truly LOVED nursing. But enough about the things she won’t do……… let’s talk about what she DOES.

She’s kind, sweet, and loving.
She’s always happy. Really.
She loves Balls, and she LOVES her elephant stuffy Huggie.
She hugs any doll or stuffed animal you give to her and says……. “Awwwwwww”.
She gives great open mouth kisses.
She points at everything and say’s “Dis??” in the most adorable high pitched voice that you know she’s asking what something is.
She has many words……… bye bye, mama, Dada, Cracker, (pronounced, CRAW-Kar)ball, Elmo, hot, eye and eyes, up, down, uh-oh, when something falls, baby, bubu (for Micah), and E-shy-sha (for Elijah), and Ba for (Ben). There is so many more I’m just not thinking of them right now. She makes great attempts at words like doggy, and butterfly and flower, (some of her favorite things), but they don’t really sound anything like the words. šŸ™‚
She LOVES books. Her favorite is “Rachael Isadora I see”………. it was Micah’s favorite, and it was blackened by the fire…. but I saved it. I’m so glad I did. She loves it. She loves to touch her bellybutton when the part about Rachael’s belly button, and she pretends to splash the water on the page about the bath. Her other favorite is Mr. Brown Can Moo, especially when Daddy reads it to her.
She still loves water. From day one, she just loves to be in it. Never one moment of fear.
She still is a major thumb sucker…….. I still love it. I’m sure I won’t always feel that way.

She LOVES Elmo. This is a new obsession. But it’s adorable, and it’s one of her most reliable words.

She loves the swing at the park.

She’s totally fine to play for long periods of time with toys whatever. She loves to take things out, and put them back in. She’s a good “cleaner upper” She loves to explore.

She just learned how to use to remote, she’s turned the TV on, and turned it to a channel about woman’s hair. šŸ™‚

As from birth she’s very interactive. She makes great eye contact, and will draw you into her world with her smiles and babbles. She wants to know your with her, but then she’s fine to explore on her own. Since she started crawling, she doesn’t feel the need to be held much. (much to her mamma and Micah’s dismay). She’s pulling up and cruising now, but still seems far off from walking. She can get up and down with no problems, hold on with one hand, but is still very wobbly and unsteady. I worry sometimes, and then I remember, she’s so smart, she’s just got hyper-mobile joints and low tone like her Mamma…..

She’s obsessed with climbing the stairs. I’m so glad we got a gate to block them. This is why I can sit and write this now, as she plays around me.

I just love how she does something, then looks at me to make sure i’m looking, with the most adorable smile. I’m telling you……… everything she does is magic. Seriously.

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One thought on “Everything she does is Magic…… Hannah at one Year old

  1. Soooo adorable – but this could have been written about you or your sister – it’s in your genes to be sweet and kind. And I think girls are just more ‘interested’ in others than boys are. So glad you got to experience a little girl angel after 3 boys!

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