Where do chocolate chips go?

This was a conversation that happened between my mom and Hannah a couple weeks ago...it still makes me giggle.
Hannah and mom were eating a little snack together of chocolate chips and raisins. Hannah was picking out all the chocolate chips and eating them. After eating one she asked where it went. Mom explained that once you chew and swallow them they go down your throat and into your tummy. Hannah lifted her shirt to see where the chocolate chips had landed. Mom explained that they go down on the inside of your tummy. Hannah tried a few more chips and unsucessfully tried locating where they'd fallen in her stomach. Finally she hands one to my mom and says, "Here, Gramma try." Mom tries explaining that you won't be able to see it because it's on the inside. Hannah insists she eat it. So mom does...Hannah then lifts Gramma's shirt to see if she can find it and....SURE ENOUGH! "There it is!" she exclaims excitedly!!! I found it! ...What she had found was a small mole on gramma's stomach which to her looked exactly like the chocolate chip Gramma had just swallowed. What she couldn't understand is why they didn't show up on HER stomach! :)

Favorite Pictures...

She found a worm and told him to go home!
A rare still moment

Bein cheesy..but oh so cute

In the green beans

Gorgeous girl

Pumpkin Patch

Saturday we went to the pumpkin patch with my brother, sis-in-law, and niece and my sister and her boyfriend. When we woke up it was SO blustery and I wasn't sure how the day would turn out but as we got to breakfast it was gorgeous outside so I was excited! However, once we got to the pumpkin patch an hour or so later the skies opened up with a nice thunderstorm and lots of rain. Which wasn't horrible, Hannah could have cared less it was just so dark and there were lots of things we couldn't really go on due to the rain. So I did not get a ton of pictures this year but we got a couple cute ones! Here they are:

Kendyl B and Troy (my brother)
Hannah Hannah!

Daddy helpin Hannah feed the goats

Just bein cute!

Abby (Abigale) Joy

So we've definitely decided new baby girls name is going to be Abby (Abigale) Joy. We'll mostly call her Abby I think. I'm excited...it seems to really fit this time around. We had considered it for Hannah when we were trying to decide names for her and it came back around this time and we both said "Ya!"
Plus in an entirely coincidental way it goes with Hannah's name. Hannah means Grace and her middle name Grace means gracious. Abiglae means Father's Joy and her middle name Joy means joyous. I promise that was purely coincidental but when we found that out it made us smile. Adam really liked the name Joy and the compromise was to use it as a middle name. And after sifting through a few names we really liked Abby it was. :) I cannot WAIT to meet this little one and see Hannah with her...and see how different and the same she and Hannah are. Just to meet another little personality and face...very excited! :)

How Hannah takes pictures now...

First you say "Say cheese!" And you get this....


Then you say "Be serious now and smile..." and you get this.

It's another girl!

I had my halfway appointment yesterday and it was determined that it is most definitely a girl! How fun! You go in knowing you're going to be excited no matter waht but it's a matter of which kind of excited. Boy excited or girl!? I am thrilled that Hannah is going to have a little sister to play with and share life with! Having sisters is GREAT fun and I'm glad they'll both have each other. Plus we have all the clothes already! So it's time to load up on diapers and baby stuff we've run out of. Everything looks good and except for feeling more nauseous with this one I actually feel a lot better this time around. I have Hannah to distract me as well so that's nice as well. :) We are very excited...and almost have a name. We keep coming back to it so it will most likely be this one name, but I have found that naming kids with Adam is very hard because we have very different opinions on names! We are excited to meet the new little one in about 4 months or so!

I just love this little dress on her...so I added a couple more! :)

Hannah's Birthday!

She is officially two! She's been sick for two weeks with a really nasty cold but she had a marvelous time at the park on Saturday playing with friends and family and eating cake and ice cream. I cannot believe she is two...two years flew by. She is such a blessing to our lives!

Mom bought her this dress for her birthday and she looked SO cute!
Natalie and Hannah. Hannah had just asked Natalie to "let me take the doggy."

Natalie looks less than thrilled to be snuggling! Hannah was just trying to give us a good picture!

Hannah

Penelope! We didn't get many of the three of them together because they were everywhere.

Penelope, Natalie and Hannah

My friends Sara and Bethany graciously brought their daughters to come play with Hannah on her bithday. Sara and Bethany are good friends that I had both in high school and have recently found again now! We happen to all have had little girls all at the same time starting with Hannah, then Natalie and then Penelope. They are all so cute together with their own little personalities. It's so fun that the three of us all have little girls that can now play together. I LOVE these pictures! (thanks Bethany!)