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A future Banker Perhaps?

Posted by Maggie Fri, 11 May 2007 19:02:00 GMT

I’ll start with a funny Hannah story that happened just this morning and then give you an update on things.

Hannah skipped her nap yesterday and was asleep soon after 8 (very unusual for her) and as a result woke up at 7:30, so while John and I were getting ready for the day Hannah sat on our bed and played with things on my dresser. One of these things is a small box that I keep change in. She was having fun bouncing the coins on the mattress and hearing them clink. I came and sat with her for a little while (making sure nothing was going up the nose, or in a ear, or anything) and she asked to get down. We have quite a tall bed, I need a stool to hop in, and she can get up, but down is a little difficult for her. So I helped her and a fist full of change down. She looked back at me and said “I’ll be right back” (in her own language of missing letters of course), so I sat patiently to see what she would do. Usually those words result in something quite amusing and today was no different. She came back with a piggie bank that Grandma Rita got her for her birthday and put the change in it and asked for “mo’”. So she went through out our room finding any change she could and Daddy let her empty some of his change bank and now her piggie bank is quite full. When she received the bank for her birthday my aunt and uncle put change in it for her, but that was over a month ago and since then the bank has just sat, until this morning. It amazes me what picks up on and what she remembers that may not emerge for months later!

Updates: My back was in quite a bit of pain after the popcorn incident, but I’ve had some better days since. We purchased a La-Z-Boy just my size and that is one place that I can sit/lay very comfortably with little pressure on my back. I also got a back brace from my chiropractor that works wonderfully and has significantly reduced the pain while I’m wearing it. Some wonderful ladies have provided some meals for me and have offered to help me clean, which has helped me be able to rest more. We are so blessed to be in such a wonderful church family. I hope to be able to take over some of the light housework soon.

Some people have asked about potty training, well she’s back in diapers for the time being. Right now there are more important behavioral issues with her that need to be addressed and a fresh start later may be more productive. She does still go before bedtimes in order to delay, but not much else than that.

I had my first appointment with my midwife yesterday and we were able to hear the baby’s heart beat. I’m excited to have a Christian caring for me and my baby during this time and am excited about having this little one in an environment that I am so comfortable in. I’ve been a birth story junkie lately and am dreaming up my own ideas of what I want this birth to be like.