Monday, December 5, 2011

8 Months

You know what I have realized in the past month... its a miracle your 2nd (in our case 3rd) child survives once they are mobile. Hannah Kate is always always on the go. Aside from naturally picking up the smallest piece of dust, food, etc. she can find on the floor, she can also find Parker and Emma Jane's smallest toys despite my attempts to hide them! 

She is such a happy baby 95% of the time. We went to Jason's parents house for Thanksgiving which had lots of carpet and Hannah Kate was in heaven. She pulled up to stand on every piece of furniture in sight and would just fall down and laugh. She was even able to stand on her own for a few seconds. 

In the past month Hannah Kate has also learned how to drink from a straw cup. She has an unhealthy obsession with Parker and Emma Jane's water cups. They are.her.favorite. And with this obsession she has learned to drink from them- so we will just skip the sippy cup! 



An attempt at a group shot
"Oh... I'm not supposed to play with that??"

Saturday, December 3, 2011

More Fall Fun

Between May and this coming December (including our upcoming Christmas trip) the Broges will have traveled 7 times to places at least 5 hours away. This doesn't include the 4 extra trips Jason or I  have had to take without the children.... thats a whole lotta car time for some little people. No one can say we don't try :) Anyway, at the beginning of November my brother's little girl Lily turned 1 and this was a party we definitely couldn't miss. Off to Chattanooga we went. Lily had a great party. It was good for Parker and Emma Jane to experience a birthday party where they weren't the center of attention and they didn't get to open presents. Hannah Kate and Lily also got to have some bonding time which involved sticking their fingers in each other's mouths. 




Lily was a master cake smasher!! 

This was one of many attempts to get a group picture... Lily thought jumping on the couch would be more fun. 



Fall also means leaves! The girls once again "helped" Jason rake some leaves and were rewarded by getting to jump in them. So much fun!