Daddy's Little Girl

Little Hannah has certainly stolen her father's heart. I absolutely LOVE this picture. Funny thing is right as I was taking it she was peeing all over Dan. Now that is love!

One Month Old

It is had to believe little Hannah is a month old and what a month it has been. She popped out and two weeks later we were carting her across the country to her new home in CA, just to find out we had no home waiting for us. She has lived nearing a quarter of her little life in a hotel or in a house with no furniture. She has had to learn rather quickly how to be flexible. She is such a joy. Our family would not be complete without her.

Meeting Uncle Adam & Aunt Kristy

My brother Adam and his wife Kristy came by to meet the newest addition to the family. Don't they look like naturals?

First Haircut

It was high time Jackson had a hair cut. His curls could no longer be tamed and he had a little rat tail going in the back. We took him to Cool Cutz for Kidz. He got to sit in a chair shaped like an airplane and watch Madagascar while a friendly stylist trimmed his baby locks. I guarantee it was more traumatizing for me than it was for Jackson. I can't believe my little guy is old enough to be getting haircuts. Isn't he handsome!

Sibling Love

It has certainly been an interesting adventure to be a mother of two children under the age of 18 months! YIKES! Jackson has surprisingly done really well with the addition of his baby sister. He went through a day or two of wanting to constantly be sitting in my lap and being really fussy. He has certainly tried to test his limits getting into all sorts of things he knows he is not supposed to touch. This morning was the first time he really paid attention to Hannah. He was showing her toys and just sitting next to here babbling her ear off. He has recently become obsessed with a toilet brush...a NEW toilet brush that has never been used...and decided he should share it with his sister. We had a great time with him this morning. He is certainly a one man show and quite the ham. I look forward to watching the sibling love develop over the years.

Hannah Has Arrived!

Our Memorial Day turned into a "Labor" Day...a LONG Labor Day. But in the end we were blessed with a beautiful, healthy, baby girl with a strong set of lungs.

Hannah Grace Jernigan was born on May 26, 2008 at 5:39pm. She was 6 lbs, 11 oz and 20 inches long. It has been a long week of no sleep for me, but we are all settling in pretty well. It has been an adventure having a baby that is just 24 hours old at home. We had to wait a week for Jackson to come home.

I will do more updating later and give you more scoop, but this is all my sleep deprived mind can handle at this point.

Fun Family Week

We have now had the privledge of being a family for the past week. Dan arrived in Colorado Springs last Saturday evening. It was wonderful to see him. Jackson certainly is loving all the attention and wrestling time with Daddy. I am enjoying not being the only parent of our active little boy.

Unfortunately, Dan got the stomach bug we were cursed with a few weeks ago. It took him out of commission for two days. He FINALLY is among the living and feeling much better. Luckily the bug was not passed back to any of us.

Lastnight we had a big get together of family and friends at Dan's mom's house to celebrate Dan's 30th birthday and his gradutation from Combat Engineer School. It was a great time to see everyone.

The answer to the big question in your mind is...NO BABY YET! I thought maybe yesterday was it when I started having pretty regular contractions every 8 minutes. I occuppied my time with the party, but by the time bedtime rolled around the contractions were irregular and spacing out. So far this morning I am still having contractions but nothing that is regular. This little girl will come when she wants. I am now 38 weeks...the longest I have EVER been pregnant! We are hoping she will come soon, but more importantly that she will be healthy! We will keep you all posted!