Memorial Day

We spent a beautiful Memorial Day weekend in Chatham. The weather was absolutely perfect and Hannah had a great time exploring everything! She particularly enjoyed playing on the deck. Grandma created a nest for her so when she tipped over, she landed on soft pillows. And she LOVED playing with Mia - who was a very patient dog this weekend and let Hannah pull her hair and her tail and her ears. 

Hannah also thoroughly enjoyed digging in the sand and putting her toes in the ocean. Unfortunately the beach pictures seem to be lost in cyber space but we guarantee there will be other beach shots of Hannah this summer. Given how much she enjoyed her first trip to the beach (and how well she slept after it!), we plan to spend lots of time there this summer. 

Despite the lost beach pictures, Grandma did an excellent job getting several other fantastic pictures this weekend. Here are a few (or a dozen!) to enjoy..... 

Exploring the grass..... 

Playing outside with Daddy....
"Gardening".... 
Playing with Papi and Mia.... 
Please stop taking my picture...... 
Entertaining us on the deck in the afternoon sunshine..... 
Reading..... 

Mmmm..... 

Laughing with Grandma.... 
A very interesting deck.... 
My hat strings make a good toy when I can't find anything else..... 
Catching up with Uncle Eben.... 

Just hanging out at my desk...

May

Happy May! We're sorry for the lack of posts lately - we've been busy!! Hannah's perfected the art of sitting and rolling and is currently working on crawling. She gets up on all fours but doesn't actually go anywhere.... we're predicting she'll be moving pretty soon though! 

Here she is modeling her Red Sox gear - and my lens cap! 

Balls have become a new favorite toy now that she can sit up. She loves having the ball rolled to her although we're still working on teaching her to roll it back. Usually it (like everything else) just ends up in her mouth! 

Now that the warm weather is really here, we are spending lots of time on the porch. Hannah loves her swing! 

The Bartlings Visit...

Wilson's cousins came over for a visit a couple weeks ago and we had a great time catching up with them.

Here's Jim holding Hannah - despite her face in this picture she was all smiles for him earlier in the evening. And she's very excited to meet her new cousin in September!

Tony didn't try to hold Hannah as I guess he doesn't usually get the best response from babies. But she did flash a few smiles his way and was happy to hold onto his fingers. And she really liked chewing on Jess' bag...
Meeting Wicklow....

And she LOVED the Tigger toy that Tony and Jess brought her....

Sitting

Hannah is now officially sitting - and very proud of herself!

Spring

Spring has finally come to Boston and with that comes two things.

Baseball hats (Hannah is particularly partial to Wilson's Dartmouth hat - we think it's because she misses her Aunt Allie).... 

And swings! We put up Hannah's first swing on our back porch this past weekend and she already likes it. We're anticipating spending lots of time on the porch with Hannah in her swing and us in our rockers this summer.... and we can't wait! 

Happy Birthday!!

We helped John celebrate his birthday this evening. As we've mentioned previously Hannah recently discovered cups and spoons. Tonight she discovered cans also make good toys (edit for those that are concerned - we didn't actually let Hannah play with a can - this was just for picture purposes!) .... 

Ezra was over to help celebrate and entertained both Hannah and Molly.... 
Aunt Kate was here last weekend and brought Hannah her first piece of Michigan gear. I suspect her new sweatshirt will get lots of wear on Saturday's starting in the fall.... 

Hannah's officially six months old today. Hard to believe until you look at a picture of her when she was first born and realize how far she's come.... but we still think she should slow down on the growing!