hannah is doing better playing on the floor some now. we have a little basket in the kitchen with her toys, that she can find on her own and dump out.

she can pull herself up to standing, even in the bath. she can crawl in my lap, too.

she ate food yesterday, for the first time. it was a hit. but then i tried again today and she just blew into the spoon so it made a mess and got cereal all over me. oh well.

so here we are, in opelika. (oh puh lie kuh). i'll have inside pictures later, we aren't exactly completely settled. or clean :-) we have a nice fenced in backyard with a few trees.



we had a good time in charlotte while patrick was in florida. hannah got to play with her cousins.

we went to the park, too.


normally she's in an infant swing, but they didn't have one here. but i think she liked this one too.

our first meal in the new house. (catered from kroger)
that was a few weeks ago, i guess. we've made many meals since. patrick and i are both very committed this time to eating healthy and losing weight. i think we're doing pretty good. we had our cheat meal yesterday at cheeburger cheeburger in downtown auburn. barbque bacon cheeseburger with french fries and a chocolate milk shake. i think we'll be dreaming about it all week until our next cheat meal. or maybe pizza?
so we've looked at parks, gyms, churches, grocery stores, restaurants, library, the mall, all kinds of places now. patrick's been in birmingham, atlanta, and i think he's going to nashville soon. it's definitely different than last semester. i don't see him for 11 hrs at a time. i guess that's real life. we are doing really well, though, getting settled in our new life. thanks for checking on us!