Family Update

Look at Abby sitting by herself so well!! She's headed to her first picnic for Daddy's back to school party!!
Headed to the park for Daddy's back to school picnic for work!! Rory looks so adorable for her first picnic!! She sits so well by herself now!!
Look how pretty Rory looks in her special dress that Mimi Cinda made for her!!
Abby has such a beautiful smile!! She looks perfect in the dress that Mimi Cinda made for her!!

We woke up the other morning to find the girls cuddled together. I don't think that they will ever want to sleep apart. What a special bond they have!!
Sister cuddle time!!
Abby has started making this new face with her bottom lip pushed out. Silly Abby!!
If you look really close, you can see Rory's first tooth (bottom right)

Well, a lot has been going on in the Hanna household. The girls are, of course, growing by leaps and bounds (not to mention more beautiful every day)!! We had a check-up this last week to see how Abby's lungs are doing. The doctor gave her a completely clean bill of health!! We are so excited for her!! She now weighs 14 lbs. 3.2 oz. Rory, who has had no problems gaining weight here lately, now weighs 17 lbs. 1 oz. We are going to continue giving Abby breathing treatments through the winter. Hopefully, she will be able to stop the treatments after she turns one. That is our goal. The girls have been trying out new foods and drinks. They love to drink apple juice. Abby is a big fan of water as well. They have tried sweet corn, macaroni and cheese (the baby food), prunes (not a big fan of the diapers that followed that adventure), peaches, pears, applesauce, bananas and all of the veggies that you can imagine. They are also a big fan of the Gerber puffies. The doctor told us to let them start trying some finger foods. We're going to start that before too long. They both love to try new things. What an exciting time!! Rory now has her second tooth. She has both lower front teeth. They are like little razor blades. We have to try and keep Abby from getting bit all the time when they are playing. Both girls are working on trying to crawl. Abby is so close that we can hardly stand it. She gets up on her hands and knees, but isn't quite sure where to go from there. She also gets up on her hands and digs her feet into the carpet and pushes herself with her toes. Rory is starting to get interested in this crawling business. She's been so busy rolling everywhere that this is really the first time that she has even really considered some other mode of transportation. Overall, both girls are doing fabulous!!

Michael and I are doing well. Michael officially starts back to school tomorrow. He's glad to get back to teaching, but he's not really ready to go back. I think that he has enjoyed the summer home with his girls a little too much to really get too excited about it coming to an end. I know that the girls and I have really enjoyed having him home and will miss him so much!! He has several more administrative tasks this year that have been given to him as a sort of promotion!! He will be mentoring a new teacher in the school. Basically, he will supervise the new teacher's progress and be available if help is needed. He had to attend training and everything for the position. He will also be one of the administrative heads of detention hall this year. Apparently, his superiors know that the kids respond well to him and believe that he has the authority and discipline to handle detention time. He will still teach his regular classes on top of the new tasks. He's going to be a busy man!! This Tuesday, I will begin teaching 2 and 3 year olds at our Mother's Day Out program at church. Our children's minister needed some help and we thought that it would be a good opportunity for me to get a chance to teach and for the girls to get used to being around other children their age on a more regular basis. It will be twice a week for a few hours each time. The best part is that I will be right down the hall from the girls at all times!!! It's a perfect job for me!! I'm really excited about it!! I think that it's going to be awesome!! We purchased our first family car this last week. What an exciting and scary experience!! We bought a 2006 Jeep Liberty!! It's an awesome SUV that perfectly suits our family's travel needs. My Buick that I have been driving forever finally drove its last mile. We tried to survive with only one car, but decided that two cars really suited us better. We also needed something with a little more room for the girls. We are so thankful that we were able to find such a nice car that we could afford. Well, basically, that's all that's new with our family. We're still here and still having a lot of fun!