Happy Chinese New Year

from us to you! Welcome to the year of the rat.

It's Hannah's second lunar new year! The first one was last year after she was only a few weeks old...and when I ended up back in the hospital... She barely made it into being born in the year of the dog - otherwise she would have been a boar/pig like her aunt C and my aunt J. Instead she's a dog, like her daddy and her A-ma. I'm a dragon like my A-ma (Hannah's A-zo). Random tidbits of information, eh?

We're excited for her birthday party on Saturday! We went shopping for party & cake stuff on Tuesday and borrowed some more cake decorating stuff yesterday (b/c mine's somewhere in storage and up in the DFW area). I'm planning on making her a cake...a fish, aquatic theme. We got coral reef themed plates & cups. I need to buy more stuff today and get the place decorated.

Hannah's A-ma, aunt C & uncle N are all coming in town to help celebrate. Yay!

Last night Hannah had ONLY big people food for dinner. We fed her little bits of assorted peas (black-eyed & green), carrots, and avocado. She even had a little cherry tomato picked fresh from our "garden"...she's been wanting them for awhile. She likes them a lot. When she first bites in, her face shows surprise at the juicy burst of flavor. She spits it out, plays with it in her hand, and then puts it back in.

The other day she had already helped herself to a cherry tomato that was on the counter. We only realized afterwards when we found some remains of it scattered on the carpet - she doesn't like the skins. We fed her green peas the other night too after she refused to eat "baby food" from a spoon. She pops the peas out of their skin, eats the inside, and leaves little green pea skins lying all around. Daddy picked them off of the floor for us.