It is almost Birthday time, and Hannah is getting warmed up. She is really looking forward to sinking both of her hands into that first birthday cake. It will look really good in her hair too.

Slowly but surely, Hannah is getting some hair. It is fun to see which direction it is going to end up after she plays around for a while. Momma tried desperately to brush it, but her hair goes where it wants to. I think Hannah is trying to duplicate Momma's big hair days back in the 80's.

Hannah discovered a baby doll in her room this week. She really loves holding it and hugging it. The doll was Stephanie's when she was young, and Hannah really likes her too. Hannah was nice enough to give us a little view of her two teeth in this picture.

We're Still Here

Hi. This is Hannah's Mom (aka the one without the camera). No, we have not abandoned our site. We do have some pictures that we've taken of lil' bit, but just haven't posted them. I will beg Pickle's Daddy (PDiddy) to post more pictures tonight. I think he got some good ones of us at the playground the other day!

Do I want a chocolate or vanilla birthday cake?

If I could only be a frog too!

On a totally unrelated subject... While Hannah and her parents were driving home on Monday Hannah spotted this trailer on the road near Atlanta. I guess it is related because Hannah will someday officially become an American Idol. For now she accepts her unofficial title of "American Idol Junior Champion." -Management

It is difficult to see in this picture, but Hannah is getting her second tooth! The bottom two front teeth are in place. Hannah was not really showing any signs of her teeth/mouth hurting her while these teeth are moving in. I guess she advanced through that stage quickly, as in all other stages with her. -Management

Hannah is getting good at "getting Daddy a beer", but sometimes she does not make it all the way back to Daddy before the beer is empty. -Daddy

I can not put my finger on it... I have no idea why Hannah was so tired?

After a long hard day at the beach, it is time for some rest and relaxation. Hannah was worn out on her first trip to the beach where she could get in the water. She did not like the sand between her toes, and she did NOT like getting in the water. I have never seen or felt Hannah cling to someone as hard as she did when she was dipped in the water. She was so preoccupied by the water then for the first time she did not mind wearing a hat. Normally she will pull the hat off her head immediately, but not at the beach.

Her Pop is explaining the difference between a blue claw crab and a stone crab. Hannah can now order crab at many fine restaurants, for her Daddy. Soon she will learn how to get him a beer from the refrigerator.

Hannah also got to hang with the other side of her family this past weekend. Here Pop is showing Hannah the fish swimming around his boat house. Pop lives on a canal where the fish are easily visible. Hannah was disappointed when Pop did not offer her any Sushi.

After Hannah had been held by Papa for about 2.5 seconds, she decided it was time to get down. She always wants to get down, now that she knows how to walk.

Hannah got to spend some quality time with Papa on this trip. Here Papa was teaching Hannah the finer points of using the cordless phone. She mastered the basic concepts almost immediately. You can see in this picture Hannah answered a call for her mother, then called her to the phone. The person on the other end of the line was a little confused, but that is OK.

Hannah did sit still long enough for her cousin Curran to hold her for just one minute. Hannah was interested in the baby doll that was in the room, she just did not understand it was not a teething toy.

The cousins want to hold her, and she wants nothing to do with them.

Over the holiday weekend Hannah got to see her cousins (Curran, MaryKeenan, and McKay). They enjoyed playing together, but Hannah's cousins could not understand why Hannah never wanted to sit still for even one minute. Ever since Hannah has been walking she finds no pleasure is sitting still.

Hannah still enjoys getting baths in the kitchen sink. She is very active now, and constantly reaches for the water sprayer, or the level to turn the water on. She can not sit still for any period of time. You can also see in this picture, she has a very mischievous look on her face at times.

Since Daddy is using crutches, G has been helping to get things done around the house. Sometimes Daddy wonders if G came to help with Daddy or Hannah? Either way, Hannah has been making Pop (G's husband) very jealous by saying "G". Pop is jealous because he did not make the trip to see Hannah, or Daddy, and wanted Hannah to be saying his name instead. Hannah will be perfecting "G" on command to further tease Pop when she sees him next week.

Hannah has been interacting really well with G since she came to town to help her father after his knee procedure. Here Momma was giving Hannah a bath, and the photographer noticed you can see Hannah's hair a little better when it is wet, what little she has. Hannah does not rank very high in the Hair percentiles. -Management

Hannah wanted to say Happy Mother's day to all the mothers out there. Hannah is the luckiest little girl on Earth because she has the best mother around. Happy Mother's day Stephanie, from both of us. -Hannah and Daddy

Hannah and her parents went to the park today because it was such a nice day out. Daddy brought a soccer ball to the park and taught Hannah how to play. She was a natural and as you can see in this picture, she has already grasped the concept of NOT using her hands to touch the ball.
All kidding aside, Hannah is really getting confident in her walking. In just the last week she has started walking to everything, rather than crawling. You can actually see her confidence getting better everyday. She is looking forward to showing off her skills at the beach in a couple weeks. -Management

As I said below, Hannah was none too happy about her wake-up call. She took some time on Momma's shoulder to recover. We will try again to get a picture of her new tooth soon. -Daddy

Hannah has spouted her first tooth! Stephanie and I noticed it early this week, but have not been successful in getting a good picture of it. This was the best we could do. I never would have imaged how unhappy Hannah would get if we opened her mouth to take the picture while she was asleep. I guess I would not want to wake up with two adults holding my mouth open either. This was the best picture we could get of the tooth. The top of the tooth has broken through the skin so hopefully the painful part for her (and her parents) is over, for this tooth. -Daddy

While this is old picture, it has not been posted before. New pictures could be posted each day until Hannah is 18 years old, and none would be duplicated. -Management

Update on Hannah

Today Hannah met with fans from her website. She showed off some of her
tricks (like walking and waving) to impress the massive group of adoring
fans. It was very much like American Idol, only there was no singing, there
were no judges or competition, and no cameras. Other than that it was very
much the same.
Hannah asked management to thank the fans via this post. Hannah enjoyed her
time with everyone at lunchtime today. Hannah was disappointed she missed
one of her big fans from the office at lunch, but looks forward to seeing
her again soon. Hannah will be making appearance across town this weekend.
Look for her to be buying formula and a present for her mother for Mother's
Day. -Management

PS- Management heard the calls from the fans today to post more pictures.
Hannah's photographer will be off his feet (knee) for a little while, but
will return with more pictures soon.

Hannah is looking forward to wrapping "G" around her finger some more when she comes to help when Daddy has his surgery next week!

Hannah can now walk by herself!

Hannah Walking, by herself...

Google is currently reviewing Hannah's newest video. Per their policy they
review the video to make sure it is not pornographic prior to allowing it to
be viewed. Anyway I tell you this because as soon as it is released it will
be posted here. Those who have seen it already have been impressed with
Hannah's ability to walk at just 10 months old! I think the video will be
released for viewing Monday afternoon. -Management

All the walking Hannah has been doing is really tiring her out! Today Hannah stood up several times by herself and walked to Momma. Momma was on the phone and bored Hannah, so she fell asleep.

Hannah's website

All,
After looking through the pictures from the crawfish party,
there really are not any good ones of Hannah to post. However, there is
a really good video on the way! Last night Hannah decided she would
walk a little bit, and we got it on tape. Transferring video to be
posted on the site takes a couple days, but keep an eye out for it.
-Management

Crawfish weekend update...

Unfortunately Hannah was not able to pose with any crawfish this weekend.
The trip left her tired and when she arrived the morning of the party the
lively crawfish had all met a very warm ending, thus no pictures were taken
with the crawfish. There were many pictures taken over the weekend, and
some time this week management will post them. Please keep any eye out for
them later in the week. -Management

This is likely the last post before this weekend's annual Bug Boil party! Hannah will only be there a short while, but she will most likely pose with a crawfish for the first time on the trip. Be on the look out early next week for that. -Management

Another lesson Mommy and Daddy learned that day is that Hannah does NOT like the feel of grass on her feet. I hope she likes beach sand. -Andrew

But they are few and far between when all your daughter wants to do is sleep and not be bothered.

There might be a good moment sandwiched in between the cranky ones.

And it gets louder.

But it gets worse, and so do the pictures.

Mommy and Daddy learned a valuable lesson this past weekend. It is NOT a good idea to take your sleepy child to the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame, or any other place for that matter, and try to get some really good pictures of her. You will see our progression on the next few posts, but it will not give you a true to life feel of how bad an idea it is to wake your tired child up for pictures.
It does not look so bad here, does it?