Hannah is 4!!

It's been a busy year for this little girl! At the end of last summer, she began getting stubborn, oral-antibiotic resistant urinary tract infections resulting in hospital stays, picc lines and eventually a corrective surgery in February! Whew! It was a lot to take in each time but she was a little champ, enduring through it all. Not always happy about it...especially after many trips to the hospital she knows what having an IV put in entails and although she would cry and say she didn't want one, she complied anyway. That's going to be something she'll need all through life, so I'm thankful to see those life skills being developed so early.

Hannah-Banana...we still call you that. You are the life of the party! ;) You are so cheerful and happy, fearless and social.

You and Caleb are the best buddies. Since Abby and Elijah were in school full-time last year, you spent three days a week playing with Caleb and the afternoons after he came home from preschool. He adores you and you both play really well together.

This picture pretty sums you up: A ballerina with a sword! ;) You are very girly but can play "spies" with your brothers at the same time! We all love that about you! You're just a fun girl!


One of your favorite things to do is to play "the baby game", which is playing babies, mommy and daddy. It's not Caleb's favorite thing to do though so he tolerates it for awhile and then wants to move on to something else. If you could find a way to play it by yourself, I'm certain that you would...but you're just so social that playing by yourself seems like torture!

 

Whenever our neighbors are out...you are out. So many times I turn around to find that you're missing and find you across the street chatting with Kay as she gardens. You usually get a shovel and my big pair of gloves and go join her. For your birthday, Kay gave you two pairs of your own gardening gloves! A perfect gift from your gardening friend. Jana next door, gave you a Princess gardening shovel with a diamond in it! You are set now! 

This spring Abby took a gymnastics class and since then, you've been all about tumbles, cartwheels and the trampoline. You're pretty good at it all and have caught on quickly! Abby has been a good teacher to you.

You have a new friend this year. Her name is Emily Rasmussen and you're always asking to play with Emily! You're both 4th born's so you'll have some things to work through in the years to come. ;) So far, you're developing some good conflict resolution skills because of it though. ;) 

You LOVE taking selfies on my phone! I find so many pictures like this on my phone. Sometimes I don't know if YOU know that you're taking them. There will be 20 in a row...all of the same facial expression! I try to keep one or two just to remember this sweet part of you. Sometimes they're an interesting view into your world.

 

While the kids were in school this year, we were able to go on many coffee dates together! It was fun to have that sweet time with you!

You and Daddy have such a special relationship! I was interviewing you about Daddy for Father's Day and you said you enjoy when Daddy plays with you. I'm pretty sure you mean when he wrestles with you on our bed and throws you into our pillows. You're an adventure girl and we love that about you.

And finally! Would you please just poop and get off the pot already?!! We've been working on getting you to poop in the toilet for about 2 years now and you're still not doing it. Ugh. We're tired of it but we haven't given up and we still love you, despite cleaning out several pairs of underwear a day. It's something I pray for you as silly as that seems. God cares about everything about us, little one.You'll get it one of these days and we will celebrate big time....and go buy some new undies!! ;)