Wordless Wednesday: The Many Faces of Hannah Grace

There is never a dull moment in our house! Just this one little girl always keeps us entertained :) Lately, she has loved showing us her different (feeling) faces. Enjoy!

Can't resist the happy face!

We call this "the angry eyes" I can't help but laugh every time she makes this face.

Hannah likes to say "I sad" and put out those lips. I think this is her favorite.

surprised!

which is your favorite?!

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Happy Homemaker Monday

The weather in my neck of the woods: Cold, cold, cold. I know that it is December...it's just hard to believe that winter is here already. We had a few snowflakes today, but nothing stuck to the ground...does that count as our first snow?

One of my simple pleasures: listening to my baby girl sing

On my beside table: Still working on "For Women Only"...it's a tiny, easy read...I should be done by now...I think I spend too much time on the computer :)

On my tv: it's off...and it's even the evening.

On the menu tonight: grab 'n go. I had a missions meeting and Seth had an elders meeting..we both ate late and grabbed whatever we could find.

On my to-do list: finish the Christmas decorations, finish online orders for Christmas, dishes, fold laundry.

New recipe I tried last week: sweet potato chips (a healthy snack that Hannah loved, next time I'll use less salt and make them a bit more crispy..but still good), baked garlic parmesan chicken, quick crescent taco bake and pudding poke cake (for mom f's bday...it was yummy)

In the craft basket: I started this cardboard wreath this weekend, can't wait to finish, knitting projects, and Christmas projects

Looking forward to: A playdate with our church friends

Favorite blog post this week: I appreciated these family ministry ideas for children and children's books for Christmas.

Kristi wrote another great post this week: Tough questions and an age-old lie

Favorite Photo from last week:

lesson learned the past few days: give the gift of time ;)

On my prayer list: church friends, family friends

Devotional, Scripture reading, key verses: Micah 5:2 "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from old, from ancient times."

Christ was born in Bethlehem as a human baby in a specific place and time in history and remains the Son of Man and Son of God, who loves and understands us.

Thanks to Sandra at Diary or a Stay at Home Mom for hosting Happy Homemaker Monday each week!

Surprise!!! Happy Birthday Grandma

We had a lot of fun surprising Grandma this weekend. She didn't think that she was going to get to see us until Christmas...but we couldn't resist making a trip to surprise her for her birthday. We enjoyed birthday dinner at the Chinese buffet.

Then a day with Cody and Erica on Saturday. We went to Bob Evans for breakfast and spent the rest of the day relaxing and playing with Hannah at home. It was a great time! Happy Birthday Mom Finnegan!

My Christmas Tree

Hannah is really excited about our Christmas tree this year. She comes out of her room every morning, looks at the tree and says "wow!" She loves to get to flip the switch that turns it on. She wasn't super interested in helping put it up, but did help a little.

She enjoyed handing Daddy branches while he put it together

we put the tree up with the lights one night and decorated it another. Here's Hannah just looking at the lights and the angel at the top before bed. She loved that there is an angel on top (I guess I should have taken a pic of the angel too).

Here she is talking about the angel

Hannah helped put up some of the ornaments...she always hung them on the lights instead of the tree branches.

she was particularly fond of the star ornaments and of this spot on the Christmas tree.

this picture is for our church friends...just wanted you to see a happy Seth decorating the tree :) If you're interested in hearing the story behind the picture...go here to hear his sermon. :)

(this was the picture from our first Christmas that Seth talked about in his sermon. He wasn't too happy with me...but we've worked things out..and love decorating the tree together now :)).

Great Grandpa meets baby Ethan

We love our Grandpa! One of the great things about my Grandpa is that he is a faithful prayer warrior. He has been praying for his Hannah Grace since she was in my belly, and the same goes for little Ethan. He prayed and prayed for Ethan while Beth was pregnant. It was really neat to see Grandpa meet Ethan for the first time. He was so proud and thankful for the gift of this new life. He's so excited to see his family growing. It was so sweet to see Grandpa just stare and him, and completely adore him. These pics still bring tears to my eyes.

Grandpa with his great-grandchildren

He was nervous at first to hold him, but did a great job!


new life and old...

Richfield Christmas Tree Lighting

We started the evening outside with lanterns and the lighting of the tree in the middle of town.

then enjoyed yummy cookies

and a visit from Santa. I was watching him, and asking if I could go see him, but when Daddy tooke me up there...I got too nervous, so Santa held Ethan. :)

Happy Thanksgiving

I'm catching up on all the pictures from last week. It's sad to say good-bye to fall...such a wonderful season. We had a great time celebrating all that we have to be thankful for with my family. This year was a little bit different, for the past 7 Thanksgivings, we have traveled to see both sides of family in on weekend. It's a lot of driving. We enjoyed doing it, and were happy to so that we could be with both families. This year we decided that we would start taking turns with our families. Although we missed our other family, it did make for a much more relaxing holiday.

my mom hosted the dinner this year. She made a delicious meal!

our family

Hannah enjoyed the meal too!

Ethans first Thanksgiving

now relaxing with our laptops :)