Visit from Aunt Annie!

Aunt Annie came out for a visit this week and it was so good to have her here. It's amazing preparing dinner without a child on your hip! And, it was such a treat to have someone else do the cooking too! We went to Baltimore one day (to see a lax game), went around Annapolis another and visited downtown Annapolis on a beautiful sunny day. We had some fun down around the water.

Harry

At a baby shower for Hannah Gray, she received books instead of cards. She now enjoys those books more than you can imagine. At that shower, she received the classic, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" along with a little stuffed animal of the hungry caterpillar himself. We have since named him Harry (he's a shaggy little creature). Harry has always been at her changing table to have something to distract her, but she's really only noticed him probably the last month and a half or so. And since then, we don't go anywhere without him. He's the perfect size for her little chubby hands and she'll wrap her arm around him so he's secure in the little nook of her elbow. She even sleeps with him and even then, he's usually in a tight grasp! She has begun to sleep on her belly now and this is how she manages to hold onto Harry while sleeping for the time being at least...

Visit from Jen!

One of my dear friends and former lacrosse players was in town with UC's team to play against John Hopkins. So Annie (who was in town at the time- more pictures to come), Hannah Gray and I ventured up to Baltimore and saw Jen and Allison (another former Sycamore player). It was SO good to see her! We're looking forward to seeing her again in April for a few days!! Unfortunately, I don't have any

pictures of Hannah Gray watching the game. It was extremely bright and sunny (despite the evening shot above) and would have been difficult. She enjoyed this game as well! Go 'Cats!

In Daddy's Equipment

Hannah Gray tried on Daddy's ski gear for fun... she's a little ham and she's well aware of it. She just looked around at everyone in the lodge and waited for them to notice her, which most did. She enjoyed it very much! :)

More Killington

Hannah Gray also took a liking to our skiing snacks and plates at Mexican restaurants.

Killington and snow!

The last weekend in February, we had our first little family vaca. We headed up the coast and into Vermont to ski at Killington. It was so refreshing to be outside and in the mountains. I think it was just what Ethan and I needed. We ha some crazy weather while there, but it was great to get out and ski again. It's been about 2 years now since we last skiied at Breckenridge. Hannah Gray stayed at kids club (something "Penguins", I forget now) and loved it! She loves being around older kids. She also became a little snack thief while we were there too! We were told that kept nabbing another kid's banana pancake and they tried to move it out of her reach at the little table, but she kept ending up with big 'ol handfuls of it- they said she loved it!! Which is so funny b/c she's eating solids, but it's almost all pureed foods, not chewable stuff. So maybe she's trying to tell me something.

Anyway, we had fun together out around town and in our hotel room. Here are some picturs of the long weekend. OH, we also ended up with a snowstorm once we reached home. It's very unlikely for Annapolis to get more than an inch or so of snow and we had probably 6+ in. So it was crazy here for a few days. We also have some pictures of Hannah Gray's first real snow storm.

lacrosse!

A couple weeks ago we went to Navy to watch my goalie from Sycamore play with her new Detroit Mercy team. It was so fun to see a game again, but this time with the addition of Hannah Gray. It was cold out, but she loved it! She stood on our laps the whole time and just watched the field. Perhaps we have a little athlete on our hands?

Here are a couple pictures from her very first lacrosse game (out of the womb that is).