The Underwater Aquarium Adventure

Our Family

Alyssa & Daddy feeding the fish.

Alyssa watching the trainer feed the 60 year old tortoise.

Hannah watching the baby alligators.

Mommy and the girls.

We spent one whole day at the aquarium in between eating and naptime.

The Mall of America

I thought this one was pretty cool, with all the parking ramp levels of the mall.

We spent the majority of our vacation at The Mall of America. There is just so much to do there with the girls. Everyone had a blast!!!

All snuggled up.

Hannah snuggling up with Grandma. This is very rare, as Hannah doesn't normally snuggle. Grandma just lucked out and got some snuggle time.

Daddy and The Girls...

Under the floor.

Playing with the food.

Alyssa Nikay...

Ready to go on vacation!!!

Making peanut butter cookies for our trip.

Hannah Ellen...

Praying

Stuck under the chair.

Our little cutie pie.

During our vacation Hannah learned so much. The day we left which was last Monday she learned how to sit up on her own. Tuesday she figured out how to crawl the traditional way. Then between yesterday and today she got two more teeth, which makes four now!!!

Hannah crawling!!!

Here is a video clip of Hannah crawling, it's not a traditional crawl, but it is her crawl. I also have to let you know that Hannah finally laughed this last Friday when her, Daddy and Alyssa went to the park. Mommy got to hear her laugh today for the first time as I was not at the park with the others. It is very cute!!! Alyssa is the only one that can get her to laugh so far.

The 3rd and final wrestling match

Alyssa & Hannah

Wrestling match #2

Alyssa putting Mommy in a headlock.

She missed!!!

Hannah is pulling Mommy's hair and Alyssa is jumping on my side.

Wrestling match #1

Alyssa just got done jumping on Daddy's stomach, as you can see his face is blood red.

Goofing around!!!

Alyssa Nikay...

Here she is after helping Mommy make peanut butter balls.
Yummy!!!

Hannah Ellen...

Being silly!!!

Hannah is officially all over the place. She has perfected her worm crawl, so she can get places fast. I will have to get another video of her sometime soon. Here she is in the kitchen because she can't miss out on anything.

Trying to get Daddy's hand.

Our Girls...

Our little mommy holding her sister.
Alyssa is always wanting to hold and feed Hannah.

Feeding sis!!!

Playing on the floor together.
Alyssa is always wanting to play with Hannah, hopefully that continues as they get older. Sometimes she just wants to be around Hannah to much and Hannah just wants her own space.

The Girls...

Hannah Ellen
9/26/07
7 months old

Alyssa Nikay
12/29/05
Almost 9 months old

Alyssa Nikay

Posing for the camera.

Wearing her kitty jacket and her new winter hat.

Big Girl...

Hannah in her new big girl carseat.

Hannah's last time in her infant carrier.

I brought Hannah in yesterday to have her weighed and measured. At 7 months and one week she weighs 19 lbs. 14 oz. and measures 28 inches long. She is growing like a weed.

Alyssa Dancing...

All I can say about this video is that it is sure to get you to laugh if you are having a bad day. I tried my hardest not to laugh when I was taping it.

The Hannah worm!!!

Hannah hasn't quite figured out how to crawl yet, but she can get where she wants by doing the Hannah worm. She gets herself up really high then just plops forward and does that until she gets where she is going.

Alyssa & Hannah

Funny, Funny!!!

Oh, that is even funnier.

These pictures are so funny of Alyssa. Hannah pretty much looks the same in all of them. I was trying to just get a picture of the two of them with their new cushions and Alyssa was being a goofball. Alyssa is wearing her new leotard for gymnastics.

Bowling...

Getting ready to bowl.

Alyssa waiting for her turn.

Alyssa, Mommy & Hannah.
Hannah loved watching her Daddy and Sister bowl.

Daddy & Alyssa
9/19/07
Daddy spent his week off going to all the activities that we usually go to plus some extra ones like bowling and swimming. We had a blast having him home with us all week long!!!

Alyssa feeding Hannah

Alyssa just loves feeding her little sister. Hannah will eat a bottle for Mommy or Daddy in about 5-10 minutes, but for Alyssa she will eat the bottle in about 30 minutes. And Alyssa will feed her every last drop of the bottle too. Alyssa is our little mommy!!!

Enjoy the video!!!

Making soup...

9/16/07
Here is Alyssa grinding the pepper into the vegetable soup that her and Daddy made together.

Daddy's home!!!

Alyssa, Daddy & Hannah at the park.

Alyssa & Daddy racing down the slide.

Daddy & Hannah going down the slide together.

We picked Bill up right around 5:00 pm on the 15th of September and we were all outside together that evening. Alyssa was very excited to see her Daddy again and Hannah had to have remembered him as she didn't cry once when alone with him. Hannah has a thing with glasses most of the time, but there are some exceptions.

Mommy and her girls...

Here are the Girls and I at the park the day Bill got home.

Alyssa...

I don't really know what Alyssa was exactly doing in this picture.

Alyssa decided while I was making supper that she was going to climb into Hannah's highchair and buckle herself in, then she was upset that she couldn't get out.

Alyssa sitting on the blanket.
Cute smile!!!

Reading Green Eggs and Ham.