Hannah's Giraffes in Tutus Birthday Party

Today we celebrated Hannah's first year with a Giraffes in Tutus party. She was joined by all of my family and 5 of her little girl friends as well as some friends from church. We had lots of "giraffe" snacks and sweet treats. We took some really fun pictures and played games. Hannah had her first cupcake and loved it...she rubbed it through her hair and we had to dip her in the bath afterwards! Not too long after, she was a party pooper and fell asleep. We finished off the party with a video collaboration of Hannah's cutest moments. We had a great time! Here are some pics from the party.

this was actually after her cupcake and bath

the blanket I made for Hannah for her birthday

Silly faces

chocolate skin treatment

this was the reason for a bath!

yummy cupcakes with the cute toppers from Krystina! SOOO cute!

Lots of "giraffe" snacks like lettuce wraps and ants on a log

Hannah's cupcake

playing hot potato

Eisley and the giraffes

Mattea and Hannah

Aleisha and Aubrey

cute in her tutu from Auntie Bobblehead Linda

Happy family

a little too much fun in the tutu

Hannah with her cousins Zoe and Izzy

the invitation- designed by Krystina Evans (I loved this part of the planning)

Thanks Krystina!

Love you Hannah!

Stinky!

Happy Birthday Hannahbear!

what a big girl!

Yea, she's one!!!!

Almost 1 Year Old!

Hannah is officially walking and almost running. It is so cute to see her tiny little body walking around the house while she babbles. She is a doll and I can't thank the Lord enough for giving her to us. We are getting ready for her first birthday party on the 11th. Our theme is "giraffes in tutus". We had a friend design the invite and I have been all over town collecting giraffe print items for the party and making tutus for all her giraffe friends. My parents are coming up from Corpus to celebrate as well as one of her aunties.
Hannah also celebrated her first Thanksgiving. She had a great time hanging out with her little cousins and all of the puppies running around. Here are a couple of photos from Thanksgiving as well as couple of videos of her on her feet dancing, walking, and babbling.

11 Months and Counting...

Can't believe Hannah is almost a year old...wow! It seems like it has been forever but like yesterday when she first joined the Parsons' family. Today we went out for pics as usual and she is much more mobile and less interested in posing for the camera. Last week she stood up on her own and about two weeks ago she took her first steps, but since last week, she stopped both. I guess she was just teasing me! At any rate, we finally child proofed the cabinets so she can't get into any dangerous stuff! She loves to play with the diaper caddy in the living room, pulling out all of the diapers. She likes to climb in and sit in all of her toy boxes. She is so smart. She claps, high fives, waves, plays peek-a-boo, and takes things OUT of her mouth when I ask her what is in her mouth and hands them to me!

We went down to Houston this past weekend and she got to see her cousins, Aunties and Uncles, and her Gaga and Papa. It was a fun filled weekend for her. She was so content playing...it was really sweet. We are planning her birthday party...our theme is Giraffes in Tutus. She loves giraffes and we have been hanging on to a tutu that her great Auntie Linda (bobblehead) bought her to wear for her party. It should be lots of fun! We will spend Thanksgiving with my family again so we will be back to Houston for a day since John has to work. I am looking forward to the pictures that will come out of that. Here are a couple of pics from today and a video of her standing.

FIRST STEPS!!!!!

Yesterday Hannah took her first steps! It was so sweet and I am so proud of her! Before long I know she will be into everything. The day before yesterday, we went for a picnic and Hannah played with the ducks a bit. I have included some pics of her playing with the duckies as well as some footage of her taking those first steps. This weekend we are going to host a caramel apple party to celebrate the beginning of fall, endless cravings for pumpkin spice lattes, cooler weather...FINALLY!!!

Happy 10 Months my little pumpkin!

Today Hannah is 10 months old!!!! I can't keep waiting for her months to come to post on her blog because so much happens in between. Lots to report...Hannah is now standing for about 3-5 seconds at a time...I am just waiting for her to take off running. She is into everything including all of the cabinets. The other night she vomitted up book. Yes, that's right. She has great taste in literature. Must have upset her stomach. She is very chatty now saying ma ma, da da, na na, what sounds to be like her version of uh-oh. She mimics more things like clapping, dancing, and peek-a-boo. She is very smart. We finally became a "mini-van" family. We bought a new Toyota Sienna and it is absolutely awesome. It is big enough for all of our stuff. This month we took a trip to Turner Falls for a picnic, the Fort Worth Zoo, a birthday party at a park downtown, and a couple of lunch picnic dates. Hannah is going to get entered into a modeling search this month...just for fun. She gets a professional pic out of it, so I figured that was worth it. Here are some pics from today at the pumpkin patch and some others along with a video of her standing.

Pics of Hannah today for her 10 Month photo shoot at the Hall Pumpkin Patch

Big Tex and Hannah at the State fair

playing in the water at Main Street Gardens

Carousel at the Fort Worth Zoo

Posing in front of the falls at Turner Falls