Happy 8th Birthday to my sweet Hannah!

Can she really be 8? Seems like we were just getting everything ready for our 1st baby not that long ago...everything from attempting puffy clouds on pink walls (not so much clouds but we just went with a basic pink...cotton candy to be exact!), putting the crib together (well, I left the room), decorating her room (which included a wall border...I tried to help, but I wasn't that much of a help so once again, Torie came through...I tried not to "direct" too much!), getting all her clothes washed & ready and just so ready to put our new baby in her room! I can remember when my sister in law was planning our shower ... she wanted to plan it September 16 and how I thought that may be to close to when I would be having Hannah ... after all, I was due Oct 3 but lo & behold, we had plenty of time seeing that she decided to wait and "cook" a bit longer and not make her sweet debut until October 11. What a beautiful fall day that was ... this fall weather always reminds me of having Hannah and coming home to windows open and taking her on her first official walk @ Shawnee Mission Park (dog park of course with our 1st baby, Brittany). Even though all of this seems like yesterday, we had so much fun since then (well, there were those 1st two weeks where we weren't sure what we had done and Torie was so sweet, we were both tired and out of solutions, so he just pulled up a blanket & a pillow and slept on her floor by her crib ... nothing sweeter than that!).  

So back to Hannah turning 8 .... she is so cute about it all and

yesterday she just said, "mom, it's fun saying you are 8!" What a sweet & happy girl we have been blessed with. What a sweet & perfect blessing from above who was so wonderfully made .... I know my mom is celebrating every minute from Heaven and she loved being a part of every bit of Hannah & Hank's lives .... thank you mom for instilling your legacy in us! Happy Birthday Hannah!