Teeth, Teeth, and Crying

On Wednesday of this week Hannah started getting fussy. She is normally not a fussy girl at all and happy most of the time. Wednesday night she woke almost every hour even if it was just to let out a howl and go back to sleep. She also had a fever of 100.7 (first fever so far). On Thursday when Hannah woke up from her nap she had sad tired eyes, and was so fussy and clingy I couldn't put her down. She snuggled on me all afternoon and evening and wouldn't hardly eat anything. (but she would drink her water and bottle) I felt around in her mouth and sure enough she has two top molars coming in on one side and two bottom molars coming in on the other side! There might be a few more breaking in I can't feel quite yet, but from all the crying and sad faces I know these teeth are giving her a hard time. Last night she woke only once and actually let us sleep in until 10am!! Today she has been more of her happy self. While I enjoyed the extra cuddle time, I am thankful the crying grumpy days are (hopefully) coming to an end.

New Bedrooms

We are getting the new rooms upstairs all set up. Here is Hannah's side of upstairs: We moved everything against the wall to cover the window and also create a play area for Hannah. In the side corner of the room I put her little kitchen with all her play toys.

This is little brother's side. You can see it is not decorated all the way. I still need to put up my sports decals and bring the rocking chair up from downstairs. Also I need to clean off the shelf with the "junk" and possibly change the curtains. Once we decide on a name (again) I will buy letters to hang up too.

Park Pictures

Here are the park pictures I promised to upload. Hannah LOVES to swing!!


VIDEO UPDATE: CHECK OUT THIS CUTE VIDEO OF HANNAH PLAYING IN HER NEW ROOM UPSTAIRS.

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Day at the Park

Hannah has had some fun park visits over the past week now that the weather has gotten warmer. I will have to post our pictures here in the next day or two.

On another note we are now discussing again baby boy names. I have put a poll up on the side column. Please vote/and or leave a comment on you choice and why. This is so hard to decide!!

PS if we name "little brother" Andrew he will be nicknamed "Drew".

I think this is it...

Little brother is finally going to have a name! If I can get out of the habit of calling him "little brother" it is just so easy when talking about him with Hannah. Okay, are you ready?

Andrew Hudson Tillman

Now, keep in mind we do have the right to change this, but I have been feeling like Andrew Hudson should be our little boys' name. (probably call him Drew most of the time) And last night Josh was just like, we should name him Andrew. I haven't bought the letters for his nursery wall yet, but I am pretty sure I am going to be buying the letters that spell "Andrew". Thought you all should know!!

Hannah is getting much better at walking. She is super cute just trucking around the house. She can get pretty far without falling. She is so smart.

That is about all for now. Josh is on the home stretch with classes, only 3 weeks to finals and 4 weeks until graduation!!!! We are SO excited! Keep on Josh!!

Prayer Requests: Please continue to pray for a healthy growing baby boy and for Josh to study and finish up these last 3 weeks of his exams with flying colors.

Videos of Hannah Walking

The first video of Hannah walking.

The second video of Hannah walking!!

First Steps

Well, Hannah finally made her first steps! Hannah has been walking behind her little push cart for the past three months and has become quite a pro at steering around the house. Over the past few days, Hannah has let go of the cart (or couch) and would just stand all by herself. I knew walking was coming shortly. Josh and I have been coaxing her to walk to us or reach for her bear or doll but she would drop to all fours and crawl to us (or make sure she was holding onto something). This morning as we were sitting in the living room Hannah pulled up again and was standing all by herself. Josh held out the bear or Hannah to take and she shuffled three steps to get there!! Josh and I looked at each other and Josh said, "Does this count as her first steps?" Maybe we were expecting fireworks to go off with "Hannah's 1st steps!". We praised Hannah but alas, she did not want to do it again. This afternoon on two more occasions she has taken a set of 3-4 steps to get somewhere she wanted to be. We are so proud of our little girl. I can't really call her my baby anymore. She is growing up so fast!

Our New Wheels

Josh and I have been looking for sometime to replace our camry with a vehicle that could transport us, two babies with carseats, and allow other friends or family members to ride with us too. We searched the internet for deals and looked at several minivans at car lots. We almost signed a deal on Friday night but God put a few stops in there and we had to walk away, much to the pushy dealers dismay. It wasn't a minivan that had everything we wanted, but were willing to settle. How I am glad we didn't!! When I came home Friday night I was sad we hadn't gotten the car, but felt there was a reason God did not want it to go through. I began searching cars.com again and found this beautiful tan/gold 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT. It had the milage we were looking for, features, one owner who had taken good care of it, great price, etc. I came downstairs and said, "I have found the minivan that has everything." Josh began e-mailing the dealer and this morning we went and took a look. It was everything we had hoped. They gave us excellent value for our trade and we signed the papers and drove away! Here is our new van sitting in our driveway. Hannah is strapped in her seat.

She loves to ride facing forward!! When we put her in the carseat to ride home she kept looking at the other seat, I think she thought the sales guy was going to hop in and sit next to her like had been done before. So here we go into family minivan driving territory. I didn't think I'd be driving a minivan... ever!

Happy Easter 2008!

Happy Easter Everyone! I can't believe Hannah is celebrating her second Easter! We had a lot of fun today and Hannah looked super cute in her dress and shoes from GG. Here are some pictures from our day.

This picture is Hannah digging into her Easter "basket" she got in the mail from Grandma.
Here is our pretty girl in her Easter outfit complete with a bow and cute new white shoes.
Of course because it was freezing cold today Hannah had to wear a sweater and coat when we went to church...

Such a cute smile!! You can see her cute teeth too.

Hannah eating her chocolate bunny. (don't worry I only let her eat that small part of the ears today)

The end of the photo taking session. Hannah had just gotten out of her chair and really wanted a snack. No more pictures Mommy!
I go to the doctor tomorrow to get a check up on little brother. I know he is still alive and kicking, but I'll get to hear his heartbeat and overall general checkup. No official name decided on yet. We have thought of "Hunter Samuel Tillman" or "Andrew Hudson Tillman" (to go by Drew), or "Hunter Joshua Tillman". We will update you once we decide!

Hannah's Favorite Sound

Hannah has been more and more expressive in her verbal communication over the past week. Most of the time I have no idea what she is saying, but she is SO cute trying! Hannah has been able to "bark" like a dog for a few weeks now, but this week has decided that she LOVES ducks. Rubber duckies in paticular! She carried around her duckie all around Target yesterday making "quack quack" noises. (sometimes it sounds like a cross between a quack and a bark) This is her favorite sound to make so far. As far a "real" words, Hannah has started saying "Da-Dee" (Daddy) instead of just da-da, "AYE" (hi), "kitty" (I think that is what she is saying!), ball, and ma-ma. I'm sure there are more, she is like a little sponge soaking in everything everyday. I'm hoping she will take her first steps here in the next coming weeks. Exciting stuff!
Other news here at the house, Josh finished the last of THREE of his correspondence classes he is taking this semester. He originally thought he had until the end of the semester, but got a notice in Feb. that everything for all three classes (which he hadn't started working on yet) were due by March 30th! He really worked hard and finished the last paper for the class this morning. He is a little closer to graduating! He still has to finish the rest of the FIVE courses he is taking including Greek, his biggest challenge. Go Josh!
I have begun feeling "little brother" move around tons. It is so encouraging to know he is alive inside me by feeling him move. We found a crib we really liked and decided to go ahead and purchase it at the good price we found. It is all set up now and waiting for him! (except we still need a mattress) I go for another dr appointment next Monday and we will get to hear the heartbeat again and just get a normal checkup. Pray that everything is well.
More news and pics to come!