Danielle has been such a happy girl these past few weeks. She is generally always happy but she is really just a joy to be around. We have had some quality family time enjoying the new year and we have also had some fun times with family and friends!
Aunt Connie, Cassie and Kenzie came over for a Sunday afternoon visit! They had gifts for the kids and we had gifts for the girls too! They are always SO thoughtful, thinking of us and our kids, and the kids just LOVE them to pieces! The kids got some really neat books and Danielle got the most adorable little boots ever! They fit her little feet perfect! Danielle got in some snuggle time with Kenzie, we all know how Danielle loves to be snuggled!
We have also had a visit from Great Grandma Martin, she came by to visit the kids and to bring them Christmas presents. Ed and Alice came by, it was their first time seeing either of the kids and both kids sure loved the attention. Danielle got some fun toys from Great Grandma and some snuggles too! We will be visiting Great Grandma Holub soon and we can't wait for that!
Daddy and Dylan love their reading time. Dylan constantly brings books over to mom and dad to read. We have been including Danielle in on story time also. It is great bonding time and Danielle loves to listen as we read the books and Dylan repeats after us. These moments are priceless as our children learn from what we read!
Danielle got a new highchair type seat just before Christmas. She loves it, much better than our other high chair we had been trying to use. Feeding time is SO important and we struggled finding something that Danielle was comfortable in. After 2 other chairs mommy found this one and thankfully it is a HIT! She feels supported and she can kick and squirm without a heavy tray on top of her constricting her from moving her legs. She loves her baby food. We let her eat her favorite foods for Miss Michelle at daycare and we try new foods at home. Feeding time is going great!
Our beloved Hawkeyes made it to the Orange Bowl this year and we were SO excited to cheer them on! We dressed in our Iowa gear and got our munchies ready, Hawkeye fever was in full swing!
This was our little home 'mascot'. Dylan just loves these Hawkeye napkins and he wanted them out so we set them out showing our Hawkeye spirit! Anything to make the kids happy, right?!
The Hawkeyes played a fantastic game and pulled out a BIG WIN! It sure was a great day to be a Hawkeye!
In this year of new beginnings, we decided to pull the plug and get Danielle's ears pierced! This is something that we have frequently talked about since last Spring. We have contemplated when would be the best time to do it?! Well with Danielle having MRI's every 6-10 weeks there really wasn't an ideal time to get it done. Now that it is over 15 weeks until her next MRI we figured this just maybe the perfect time!
Last Sunday was going to be the day. Then we kind of chickened out and decided to wait. Then Tuesday was going to be the day. Daddy picked up Dylan and Mommy picked up Danielle and we headed out to the mall. The girl working at the store told us she couldn't pierce ears that day, she had a cold and they are not to do any piercings if they have any symptoms of sickness at all. We had never heard those rules before but we sure appreciated those and their honesty. So we headed back home and decided to try it the next day.
We headed back the next evening and the lady was so nice and eager to help us. We picked out little square diamonds and sat up in the chair. Danielle got her ears marked and then it was time for the piercing. She pierced the left ear first....I looked down after Danielle let out a little cry and looked at it. The earring was in the perfect spot but I was thinking' hmmm this diamond looks a little big.' Just then the lady said that the package was mis-marked and she showed me, the package was for a 3mm earring which is what we had picked....but, the earring was a 6mm earring. There was NO way we could leave it in her ear, the earring was HUGE! So she had to pull it out and re-pierce Danielle's ear. Her ear did not bleed and the most traumatic part was taking out the earring. She re-pierced Danielle's ear and the correct earring looked much better. The whole process, even with having to re-pierce one ear, wasn't too traumatic at all. Danielle did great, the lady was very gentile, took all precautions and overall the process went very well.
Daddy was happy too! Danielle looks so grown up with her little ears pierced!
Another new beginning for 2010 came for our friends Brandon and Monica. They welcomed their new bundle of joy Henley Grace Hahn on 1/13. We have anticipated the arrival of our kids newest play mate for months now, and this week she came and we were finally able to meet her! Holding a new baby was quite different than holding Miss Danielle. Danielle still seems tiny to us until we hold a newborn! At 6 pounds 6 ounces Henley is a healthy baby girl. She has such loving parents who are very excited to finally have her in their arms and we can't wait to watch her grow! Congratulations Brandon and Monica!
Danielle has also had some fun play time with her friend Lila! Lila came over to visit with her mom and dad and the kids just LOVE having her around! Lila is getting so big and busy! She will be crawling in no time! She was very content sitting on the floor with Danielle, just playing with toys and showing us her fun personality!
Danielle wasn't in the mood to sit so she laid in the boppy and laughed and giggled with her little friend!
Lila was sharing toys with Danielle, it was pretty cute! We always have a fun time when Lila comes over to play. We can't wait until the next play time comes :)
One of Danielle's favorite toys she got for Christmas is this flower. You tap it and it makes noise, lights up and even sings songs. Danielle just loves it.
She occasionally gets wild and crazy moving it all around.
It is the perfect interactive toy. Danielle sure knows how to get it to light up and makes noise. It is so much fun to watch her figure out toys and how to get them to activate. She's a smart little cookie!
Just this past week we also got something new for Danielle. She got thumb splints as a suggestion from our Visual Therapist. Danielle does not have any trouble grasping things or holding onto them, she does not clench her hands into a fist when un-necessary, but occasionally she will tuck her thumb into her hand while her fingers are spread apart. With these thumb splints, this will help Danielle to learn that she doesn't need to tuck her thumb when her fingers are spread apart. This will help her when she is on her tummy and gets up on all 4's ready to crawl. She loves when we would massage her thumbs to get those muscles loosened, we would to this when we would see her tucking it in. She also doesn't mind these splints a bit. She wears these for an hour a couple times per day, just enough to get her thinking when she doesn't have them on that her thumb doesn't need to be tucked when her hands are open. We picked hot pink for a stylin' little girl, helping her loosen up those thumb muscles in preparation for her next big milestones... doesn't get any better than that for helping our little Danielle!
We are very happy to have had such a great start to the new year! It is hard to believe that this first month is already half over! We have been able to have quite a few new beginnings this year and we also have celebrated our friends new beginnings.Thank you lord for these blessings and for our happy girl Danielle Marie!~
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