4 months old!

Hannah is officially 4 months old! Yay! She had her shots on thursday and is doing great.

Update on what she's doing these days:

-rolled over the day before she turned 4 months (back to front)

-growing like a champ (95% for height; 50% for weight)

-not a big napper but sleeps pretty well through the night

-enjoys putting everything in her mouth

-doing great at daycare and her teachers like her

-loves to smile

-reaches out and grabs toys

-loves to blow bubbles

-loves to kick during bath time

Wedding Weekend

We had a great weekend in South Bend, Indiana this past weekend. My brother Bryan got married to Jessie and we had a blast! Hannah did great in the car and was a trooper. Here are a few pictures from our adventure:

Groom's Dinner

At the Wedding

Family Pic

Nearing bedtime for Hannah...but not before a lesson from Aunt Jessie...Diamonds are a girl's best friend!

Go Gophers!

Here's a quick update:

Joe and I went to Minnesota this past Wednesday because I had training Thursday and Friday at the office center. Joe had a week off before the start of a 4 week urology elective at the University of Minnesota to get a look at another program. We had a great weekend with family and even celebrated Grandparents day on Sunday.

Hannah is doing fairly well these days. In the past week we have experienced her first cold and first ear infection. She continues to grow and play more and more each day. She is really reaching for things and tracking people all around. I had a couple rough days week 1 of daycare dropping her off, but we seem to be in a routine and she is thriving. She is such a blessing and she is doing so well! Here are some pictures from the weekend.

3 months old!

Hannah is 3 months old today! She had a great week of Grandma daycare and mommy survived her first week back to work. Hannah will start daycare tomorrow. We are enjoying a great weekend and I thought I'd share a few pictures.

What we've been up to...

Sorry I didn't update sooner, but Hannah has been keeping me busy as I prepare for my return to work next week. I can't believe my 12 weeks are already up! It has been such a blessing to be with Hannah full time, but I hope the transition will go smoothly as she goes to daycare and I go back to the real world of work.

Hannah has been learning new things every day and it has been so much fun to watch her grow. Her 2 month check-up with her first round of shots went well. It was a little hard on me to watch her wail, but she calmed down quickly. She weighs almost 12 1/2 pounds and is already growing out of her 3 month outfits, it's amazing! Hannah's little head is much steadier these days and she loves to stand up and have weight on her feet. She loves to babble and smile, especially in the mornings. She still hasn't mastered the skill of taking naps throughout the day in her crib or pack 'n play, but loves to sleep in mommy's arms. She has been consistently sleeping through the night for the past couple weeks which I am a big fan of!

Hannah will have one week of Grandma daycare next week before starting daycare full time. September will be a little choppy for her getting used to daycare as Joe will be doing 4 weeks of an away rotation at the U of M in Minneapolis starting September 14th and I will have a training and recruiting during that time as well as Bryan's wedding.

Here are a few pictures from playtime, etc. from the past few weeks:

Hannah met Henry Hemming at Jessie's Shower

First Twins game

With mommy in our new gliderMom's attempt at cute pics...Tummy Time
At Christian and Maureen Woeltge's wedding with Marky (one of Joe's good friends from High School)At Woeltge's wedding

Learning new things each day

Hannah and I are at the Clapper cabin this week while Joe is on his anesthesia rotation back in Iowa. The weather has been a little chilly, but we have been enjoying some time with Hannah's Great-Grandparents and Grandparents on the Clapper side. Hannah has started to put weight on her legs and smile lots more. Her Grandma Clapper got a toy bridge and she has played with it a few times. She is sure a talker and loves to wiggle and look around. Constant motion with her. She gave me some false hope by sleeping through the night three nights in a row, but last night she was up at 3am again. I guess we'll have to wait a little while for her to really sleep through the night. Here is a little video I took of Hannah under her toy bridge talking and wiggling around.

Baptismal Weekend

Series of Events from last weekend:

We made it to Minneapolis about 12:15 friday night to start a weekend of celebration for Hannah's Baptism. Saturday morning we slept in a little and so did Hannah! We stopped Friday night at the Git 'n Go in Charles City about 9:30 to start her bedtime routine of vitamin drops, pj's, and nursing. She fell asleep by about 10pm and slept until 5:57am! I haven't slept that well in 8 weeks! She has been sharing in many snuggles from family members and we are sharing some time at the Zabell's and Clapper's seeing lots of family. Here is a picture of all the living Zabells:


After spending time at the Zabell's on Saturday morning and lunch, we went back to the Clapper household to see my grandparents who came in from Billings for the Baptism. We had some hors d'oeuvres and spent time with the Clappers, here are some pictures:

Joe, Hannah, and cousin Jason

Great-Grandma ClapperHannah's Baptism was at the early service at Incarnation Lutheran on Sunday at 8:45 am. Pastor Markquart, who married Joe and I just over 2 years ago, baptized Hannah. We feel so honored to have Emily Trapp and Brian Park as her baptismal sponsors. They are both very important to Joe and me and we look forward to their involvement in Hannah's life as well. My parents hosted a brunch afterwards and we felt so fortunate to have close friends and family there. Thank you to everyone who came from near and far to be at Hannah's baptism, we feel so fortunate to have you in our lives.