To say “time flies” would be the understatement of the year! Well, just the fact that it has been 6 months since my last blog entry should say somthing about how we’ve just been trying to hold onto our hats with the pace!
Since Hannah has been born we have moved into our new home, traveled to Seattle, Utah and Canada to show Hannah off to family and friends (more about all these events in another blog to come), Mike has continued working hard to get his new career established at the University of Idaho, I’ve started teaching badminton at the U of Idaho very part time, we’ve worked hard to try to meet people in our new home-town of Moscow and -of course the most time consuming and wonderful and busy part of it all – we’ve tried to keep up with Hannah’s rapid growth!
She is now 7 months so I wanted to give a “review” of what she has been up to lately.
Mostly we can sum it up by saying “experiencing” is the focus. Touching, seeing, and tasting. It seems she hasn’t experienced it all until she has done all three!
So, of course food is really fun! She has 2 teeth now so we have starting feeding her some soft foods. She has a new high-chair Mommy got at the Thrift Store so now she can sit in her own seat at the table and pound for MORE!
Hannah’s first real food was actually a taste of tomatoe out of the garden. She was so excited and suprised at the flavor! Her favorite thing to eat is pear.
She sucks on it, gnaws on it and won’t give it back once she has a grip on it. One pear can keep her busy for a while while Mommy does the laundry 
Hannah is also very much into plants! She loves looking at them, touching them and eating them. If Hannah is crying, Mike can put Hannah right infront of a green plant and she will stop immediately. We think “tree” might be her first word or her field of study in the future.
Here is Hannah wanting to taste Daddy’s Traffic books!
This sequence of pictures is one of our favorites. Hannah can now pull herself up to standing at the window and her crib! She loves looking out the window and contemplating life there…and, looking at the TREES.
She loves smiling and giggling (we love when she does this too!)
I just like her little fingers in this photo. I know Mom, in a few years I won’t like seeing her little finger on this window! But, for now, I’ll just think it is cute!
She loves wearing hats and sweaters now that it is autumn time. I don’t know if you can tell in this photo but to her left is a bright red tree changing its colors.
“Look at me Mommy! I’m doing it all on my own”. It has been fun to see how proud of herself Hannah is every time she does something new!
Hannah also loves driving in Mommy’s new car:) We call it “the blue-bird”. We got it second hand and compared to the Toyota Tacoma, it feels like a race-car. Much easier on Mommy’s back to take her in and out of. (It’s a Hyundai Elantra for anyone that is interested and we have been very happy with it so far!)
Hannah also loves going for bike rides in the charriot behind Daddy’s bike. Daddy loves biking with Hannah even more than she does!
Playing in the leaves with Daddy.
And eating them.
I have a feeling this is not going to be the first year we will be found playing in the leaves!
Hannah Joy has been meeting alot of other Hannahs. There is usually another Hannah in every crowd. This Hannah we met while we were cutting down wood for our fireplace this winter.
Hannah loves adventures just like her Mommy and Daddy! In this picture we let her out of her car-seat on route to the forest and she was giddy with excitement. Bouncing up an down and looking this way and that!
Hannah’s side career has been doing some baby modeling for Mommy’s friends hats they were making.
