Throwback Wednesday

My mom came up for a short and unexpected visit at the beginning of February.  Her uncle passed away and she came for his funeral.  He was a well loved man who lived a long life so despite the circumstances we were able to have an enjoyable weekend with the family.  He lived just an hour north of Ogden (near Logan) so Hattie and I went up for the funeral and stayed in a hotel with mom.  During our most recent trip home, I emailed myself some photos from my mom's iPhone.

While there we went swimming in the hotel pool.  Hattie LOVED it.  Upon leaving the pool, I set her down for a second to put a towel around me and she ran back toward the water (I caught her before she fell in, don't worry).

Fun story- My Auntie Ann came down to Utah as well.  She asked me if Hattie's swimsuit was a hand-me-down.  Why yes, I got it from Megan.  And Megan got it from Sanya (Ann's daughter-in-law).  And Sanya got it from Wendy (Ann's daughter).  Which means that so far every granddaughter of my mom and aunt have owned the same swimsuit.  Crazy!  And kind of cool.

We also did some shoe shopping.  Hattie didn't care too much about shoes, but she did like the boxes!

Climber

Hattie will climb anything she is able to.  For example:

Dishwasher

Here

In her old car seat

And most recently, the closet!

She had a blast in her closet fort. And half the fun was learning to climb in and out (with the aid of a box):

Also, look how much she's grown since she was 1 month old!

Ogden Train Station!

There's an old train station in downtown Ogden.  There are now several different museums in the station and lots of old train cars outside.  We went with the Roths and Sam while he was in town.  I also got my first smashed penny from Ogden!  FYI- I have a smashed penny collection.  I even got one in Paris (I guess that's a smashed Euro though).  

Play area at the train museum:

Old train cars outside:

Utah graffiti!

Valentine's Day

On Valentine's Day we had the Roths and Sam over for dinner who was visiting from Washington.  The girls had a great time playing dress up!

Charlotte even gave us a beautiful rendition of Katy Perry's Roar!  It was a fun evening full of silly girls and the Winter Olympics!

13

Today on February 13th Hattie is 13 months old.  She was born on the 13th day of 2013 in room 13 of the maternity ward.  I think it's her lucky number!

Also, Happy Galentine's Day (for more info see here)!

Hattie's starting to climb!  It's rather scary for me!

She is also starting to repeat words and phrases, loves ring-around-the-rosy, and could eat pesto pasta every night for dinner.  Her only consistent words right now are 'hi' and 'bye' and also elephant noises.

Happy 13 months Hattie!

Growing up!

Exciting news!  Hattie is now using a forward facing car seat.  And she loves it!  Car rides are way better when you can see your parents and out the window.  A huge thanks to Megan and Joe for the car seat!

We also stopped by the little kid playground at the mall for the first time.  She spent most of the time standing right by me and watching the other kids.  Eventually she ventured out to say hello to the turtle:

Here she is all ready for a walk!  It's been much warmer lately (in the 40s!!!)

She's starting to like girly things- like tutus, scarves, and especially mom's necklaces!  Here she is wearing one of my scarves:

She's fascinated by the camera, but always wants to be on my side and see what I'm looking at.  She's starting to smile when I ask her to and it's adorable!  See?

We also put away the 9 month sized clothes this past week!  She just keeps growing and learning!  She's the best!

Seahawks!

In case you didn't hear- the Seahawks won the Super Bowl!!!  I'm not a big football fan, but my husband is! And of course I root for any team from Seattle so it was exciting for them to win.  I decided Hattie and I should dress up for Blue Friday (the Friday before the Super Bowl) but we didn't have any Hawks' gear.  And we no longer live in Washington so I couldn't just go to any old store and buy some.  Instead I made us some shirts using iron on transfers:

We went and visited Kurt (who was wearing his Russell Wilson jersey) to show our support in his rather anti-Seahawks office.  And to show off Hattie of course :)  

At one point while watching the Super Bowl I said 'dang it'.  I'm glad I don't use worse language:

Adorable!  Sadly, it was a one day word.  She no longer says 'dang it' even with prompting.  Go Seahawks!