Nana and Bumpa's Camera

Here are some pictures from recent that were on Nana and Bumpa's Camera.

These pictures are from the 3-Day in September. Miley was a HIT when all the walkers were leaving the starting location on Day 1- she was full of high fives and smiles to help get the walkers excited about the 60 miles that lay ahead of them.

These are at the closing ceremony. Miley was so excited to see her Nana. And of course, all decked out in her 3-day gear!



This was our camping trip in Fairbault at the beginning of Oct. This handy dandy little highchair was perfect for Miley. She could eat her dinner in it and also sit outside like a big girl on the camping chairs.



This was on Miley's first sleep over at Nana and Bumpa's. She was fasinated by their TV and playing in the DVD cabinet. And she loves watching Wheel of Fortune too!




Here is Miley and her cousin Danielle on Halloween. Danielle was Miss America and Miley was a big fluffy bunny. Danielle even got to help feed Miley her supper since we were taking a pit stop at Nana and Bumpa's do eat.



And Miley loves taking baths at Nana and Bumpa's. Nana gave her quiet the hair-do here!

10 Months

Miley is offically 10 months old today!!
At 10 months Miley is doing so much more then I thought a 10 month old could do!

For food she eats pretty much anything that is put in front of her. Her diet consists 99% of table food- she occasionally gets some baby food fruits or veggies but for the most part she would prefer to eat table food and feed herself. It's hard to name favorites because she likes it all, so I'll name the VERY few items she isn't a fan of: Oatmeal, must be a texture thing- but she likes Cream of Wheat, and table food veggies we are working on- she LOVES cooked carrots but the other ones she is adapting to- and yup- that is the end of my dislike list. :) She even loves grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup, french toast, pancakes and cheese, just to name a few. :)

For mobility- she can get to wherever she wants. She pulls up, she climbs, she crawls and just tonight- two times- she let go of one thing and took a couple steps (without hanging onto anything) all by herself to quickly grab onto something else!
Here she is playing with her Rody- she was first trying to stand on top of him and Taylor told her- No Climbing on your Rody- and she looked at him, sat down and then wrestled with her Rody. It was very cute to watch!



And her newest trick of climbing into her rocking chair and then standing up! Taylor was watching her this evening and he said he about had a heart attack when he turned around from the sink and saw this! He had no idea she could even climb into her chair, normally we have to set her in it!


She is getting very good at understanding what we tell her. She knows when she isn't supposed to be doing something, she knows when we get excited, if you tell her to hug her baby she will give her a big hug, she is getting good at giving kisses if you ask for one, if you tell her to get something most of the time she will go and get it and bring it to you, tonight I asked for her baby and she crawled over and got her and brought her to me, and of course if you say- Is it Bath Time- she gets VERY excited!!!

We are working on signs with her- she knows how to do More when she really wants more of something, its not all the time but once she does it one time, lets say for food, she will continue to do it for that whole session. She also knows the sign for Nurse- she only does this one when she gets upset and really wants her Mommy and wants to Nurse. She points at everything! If she wants something she will point at it and if she is curious about something she will say What's That and point (mind you its more like 'wasss tat').

She goes to the chiropractor every once in awhile just for a check up with me and she told me that Miley's body is very symetric and strong and she has some good muscle tone which we have noticed as she can pick up things I never thought she could pick up and her leg muscles are strong as when she is going to fall down she catches herself pretty well so she doesn't land so hard on her bum.

Miley also is really good at figuring out how to get out of things if you trap her in, for instance, at Gramma Pam's she tries to block off the entrance to the entry way with the toy boxes and Miley knows that she can pull and tug and push on the toy boxes to get them out of her way so she can head for the stairs since climbing stairs are her new favorite past time!

She is growing and changing with each passing day and I am so excited for the up and coming holidays and all the family traditions we get to finally share with our new little family!!!

Lots of new TRICKS and some TREATS too

This year was Miley's FIRST Halloween!! She went to Pam's house all decked out in orange and black with her spiffy Halloween shirt.

Then when I got off work she got all dressed up in her costume- a Pink Fluffy Wabbit is what it was called. Her girlfriends Peyton (a Fawn) and Sophie (a lamb) came over and we all headed down to the parade downtown.


We made it to a few houses to visit, we did the best we could with a 9.5 month old who only had about an hour and fifteen minutes total for naps that day. But she did really good when we were downtown. She held her own basket and when we made a pit stop at Nana and Bumpa's to eat some chicken nuggets she dove right into her basket. She would dump out the candy and then pick it all up and put it back in her basket! I was very happy to see her learn this new trick- now she can clean up her own toys! HAHA




SO-- the past three days have been quite exciting for us in our household... Miley has learned a few new amazing new tricks!!

First new trick: Independence
I was working in the kitchen and she was playing in the entry way of the kitchen and living room and then I heard her crawling thinking she just went to the living room and when I went to check she wasn't out there! Then I heard some noises down the hallway- she had crawled to her bedroom and pulled out the toys in there and was playing all by herself in her own room! It was just so fun to see her do that all on her own and not be scared! I had to snap some pictures of what she was doing in there.



Next new trick: Playing in the Fridge
My mom was over on Saturday morning and we were both getting stuff out of the fridge and when turned around to go in there again this is how we found Miley...

Then this morning Taylor was getting something out of the fridge and Miley wanted to check out the fridge again- so he let her and the little stinker pulled out a tupperware and pushed it right up against the door and stood on it like a step to better get in the fridge!! She is just getting too smart for us!


AND I Saved the BEST trick for last: DRUM ROLL PLEASE..... WALKING!!!!!!!!!!
I don't have any video or pictures yet but I will try to get some but on Saturday afternoon Miley took her offical first steps all by herself!!!! It was amazing!!! Me, Taylor and my Mom were all here to witness it! Taylor had set her down on the ground like he always does just to see if she would walk to me- it never has happened before normally she sits and crawls- but not on Saturday- she took 4 steps to get to me!! We were all VERY excited! We made her do it three more times! And now whenever she is in the mood we keep practicing so she doesn't forget how to do it and so she can keep getting better.

Disco Math

Here is Taylor on Disco Math Day at school! Apparently it is a really fun way to teach the student one of their math lessons- all the math teachers get together and do it together in the gym! Doesn't he look hilarious!

Miscellaneous Miley Fun

Just some updates on what we've been up to....

I had to give Miley a little trim of her bangs for the first time- she just had some fly-a-ways that were longer then the rest of her bangs so I just wanted to clean it up a little bit.


Saturday we stopped out at Gary and Sue's for the annual Booya. It was very yummy and Miley had a blast playing in the leaves!










And in case you missed it- it SNOWED on Sunday! That would be OCTOBER 26! Too early for me!! We were out at the farm with my parents winterizing the motorhome and I had to snap some photos of the snow collecting on the mirror and trees! It was CRAZY to see!



Sunday night we carved Miley's first pumpkin and baked the seeds- YUMMY! She wasn't too sure what to think of the whole experience, it was almost bed time which didn't help, but she was a trooper and stayed awake until we were done. When Taylor brought her over to touch the goo she looked at us like- OK- what do you want me to do- then she touched it, looked at us again like= OK you guys... then grabbed a bunch and went for her mouth! She was looking at us like- OK- I guess I'll try it.. it was just soo funny-- one of those- HAD TO BE THERE- moments because its not as funny as I type this.. but hopefully you can use your imagination.


Here she is sitting by her pumpkin-- again- not too thrilled and we couldn't get a smile out of her- but she also headed to bed right after this.. maybe we can get one of her smiling on Friday with her costume on!

The Progression of Waking Up a 9 Month Old

I walked in to Miley's room one morning to wake her up and saw her sleeping sideways at the head of her bed without any covers on and I just had to take a picture... and then my one photo turned into this progression of waking up a 9 month old... this process took a good 3 minutes before she would wake up... enjoy!

Still asleep

'Good Morning Miley, time to wake up'- Starting to stretch


Finally rolled over but still mostly asleep

Rubbing the eyes

Starting to roll over-- she hung out in the position for a little bit- I think she wanted to go back to sleep! :)

Ok Mom- I'm sitting up-- don't take a picture of me

Fine- I'll look at you but I can't believe you are taking a picture of me with this bed hair- and enough with the flashing of the camera- I'm up!

Hunting

So- this year Taylor is trying his hand at Bow Hunting and so far- for not getting anything- he really enjoys it. He had a good opportunity to get a 6 pointer but he thought Bob wanted to keep the little guys around to grow big for the up and coming years-- but as soon as he told Bob that he let him walk away he couldn't believe it! He said that for his first time bow hunting he should have shot at it! He said it is way different then gun hunting and the next time he sees a buck no matter how big or small (unless he still has spots of course) he should try shooting at it- and once he conquers his first deer with a bow then he can work towards a trophy holder!

So-- Needless to say- Miley and I have spent our fair share of evenings by ourselves as Taylor attempts to get us some meat. But this past Saturday night he talked me into coming and sitting out in a stand with him so I could see why he likes it so much. I said under one condition... Bob lets me play his Nintendo DS- and it had to have Mah Jong Tiles on it.

So- we headed out to Bob's, got all dressed up and walked out into the woods. The stand was just big enough to fit us both but there were also a couple spots higher in the tree that I felt I could relax in so I climbed up higher and sat between some branches and played my game as we sat out there. Let's just say that I MUCH rather enjoy hanging out with Miley at home! We only saw a few squirrels and racoons-- but that is probably due to the neighbors cows that got out on Bob's property, again, earlier that day. Taylor said that if I ever saw a deer I would feel that sense of excitment and then I would enjoy sitting out there... I said- I had fun playing my game but then my fingers got cold and I see plenty of deer in the ditches when I'm driving in the country- so go ahead and enjoy this by yourself. I like playing with Miley anyway-- and I do enjoy the meat when he gets one. We are hoping this year we can get a grinder so we can make venison burger instead of so much stew meat.

And Taylor- it was alright while it lasted and Thank you for inviting me to go with you, but I think it is a hobby you will have to enjoy on your own, just like I always have to go shopping by myself. :)

Meet Owen Scott Hansen

Owen was born on Tuesday, October 21 around 5:30pm

He is 8 pounds 6 ounces and 21 inches long

He has long fingers and long toes and LOTS of brown hair!!

He has his Daddy's ears and his Mommy's nose!

Megan's due date was on Monday the 20th and I told her that she needed to celebrate the fact that she was already a wonderful mother because she carried her baby to full term and that is something to celebrate by having a pepperoni pizza for supper just like I did on the night of my due date (and Miley was born the next day). SO she sat all day on her exercise ball hoping that would help get the baby to drop and then ate her pepperoni pizza for supper. Then at 2:45am her water broke and they headed to the hospital. Once she dilated to a 3 they decided to get her some medicine to get the contractions back up as they were starting to die off and then gave her an epidural around 11:30. Her and Scott were then able to rest for a few hours and then it was time to push. She pushed for an hour and a half and as soon as he crowned he came right out. Everyone is doing wonderfully and they are so happy to finally meet their baby boy.

A VERY cute little story-- when we showed up to meet him he was in the lab getting some blood work and so Scott show us some photos of him and was saying- He is SO cute- I just love him and when the nurse brought him back in Scott jumped up to get him from her and was saying to his baby boy-- Hey little guy- I love you so much- he is SOO happy to be a Daddy!! It was just too cute to not share! :) Hope you don't mind Scott! :) :) :)

She's Growing Up So Fast!!!

OK- Our little 9.5 month old is growing up WAY too fast!! I just HAVE to share this little story of our evening this evening.

We went down to Red Wing to meet baby Owen and then needed to head to Wal-Mart to get some diapers so Nana, Me and Miley stopped at Culvers before going shopping. We ordered Miley her OWN meal- thinking she'd eat some of it and I'd finish it off so I got a smaller meal. WELL-- to our surprise my 9.5 month old ATE IT ALL!!!! Her meal consisted of 2 chicken tenders and applesauce (by the way, LOVE that you can get that option instead of fries for kids). YES-- she ate it ALL!!! We couldn't believe what we were seeing!! She LOVED the applesauce and then took down her chicken tenders like a champ! She LOVES chicken! Granted they had to do some sweeping of the floor after we left but there really wasn't that much that hit the ground. I'm just shocked that she isn't even 1 years old yet and we can already order her her own little meal!

THEN- we headed to Wal-Mart and looked at the winter hats and my mom put one on her head from the baby section but it kept popping off her head- so we went to look in the girls section and we found a hat there- THAT FIT HER! My BABY is wearing a Girls hat!! Oh man... no wonder I'm jealous of all my friends with little babies-- because mine is growing up so fast!! I will say though that it doesn't make me sad because I am SOO excited for her to learn all her new tricks and to watch her grow up because it is SO much fun... but sometimes I miss my little tiny baby-- so to that- NO- we aren't done having kids... but Taylor just started going back for his Masters and won't be done until May of 2010- so we decided we love our little family right now and we will try again once he graduates. We are looking foward to the next two years with just our little Miley. :)

Here is Miley at Culvers eating so wonderfully!

Enjoying her Cream of Wheat by feeding herself with her own spoon

Not a flattering picture- but Taylor couldn't resist...this is the morning after her sleep over- I missed her so much I took her morning nap with her

Miley's first sleep over

Just a quick note to say that Miley's first sleep over went well! She was having so much fun playing with Nana and Bumpa she didn't want to go to sleep-- she only had an hour and half nap in the morning and an hour nap in the afternoon and she still was up until 10! She wasn't crabby though- just awake.

Taylor went hunting on Sunday morning so I told Mom to call me as soon as Miley got up- I knew it would be 7am-- and sure enough- right on the nose. So I went over so I could nurse her.

Taylor and I had a wonderful evening! Ichiban's was SOO good- and very filling! And the Guthrie was beautiful!! The play was different- we decided maybe a little more theatrical then we were ready for- it had some funny moments- but some things were over our heads. We decided our next play will be something we are more familiar with.. perhaps A Christmas Carol.. :) Or the Nutcracker Ballet! :)