Weeks happenings X 2

Most of Moon and Shadow cast and crew!

Sorry for the jumble of pictures, but I always seem to find one more picture to add and then it throws off my whole post.  

This is not a regular Hannah pictures so let me explain.  Paris has been working on a movie for the last 5 years called Moon and Shadow.  He did some of the filming and all of the sounds editing with my help.  I feel like I helped put the movie together with my choices of ambience music.  Thank you sweetheart for asking my opinion and making me feel part of your creative world.

I've seen certain scenes of the movie so many times, we test each other with the dialogue and repeat it back.  "Kayla, you'll be fine."  It's fun and quirky at the same time.  so on Saturday, last, We had the premier and it went very well. The sound made the movie jump to the next level.  It looked very professional and kept everyone engaged until the very end.  The Moon shots made the movie transition from one scene to the next.  Without those shots plus the ambient music that went along with it, the movie wouldn't of been as good.

Here we dressed alike on Sunday and so we wanted a picture for keepsakes.

This is the picture out of order.  Hannah is waiting to see the movie.  She was getting attention from all sorts of people that night.  She didn't really watch it, but we came to support Paris anyway.

dinner time has become a fun time and not just something to run through anymore.  She used to sleep through dinner, but now she is loving it.  This is a cucumber from the ranch.

Here is Hannah sucking on a carrot.  Once she figured out that she couldn't eat it, she dropped it on the floor and wanted to move on to the next thing.

We have our morning tummy time and here she is doing very well and seems to be enjoying it. Now that she can roll over, she lays there until she gets tired and then rolls over.

hannah likes to play in her crib and her she is among her stuffed animals

I tried capturing her smiling, but when the red light comes on from the camera, her eyes get really big and  this is what happens.

I had to put this one the blog, it's the funnies thing.  She always tries to put both legs in one pant leg.  This time I got a picture of it except she has one sock on and one off.  Very characteristic of her.

This is a great daddy-daughter photo and so here's to you sweethearts!  I love you both sooo much!

This is my favorite of the bunch.  Isn't she cute, sitting there reading her book all by herself.  It didn't last very long, but she enjoyed it and I did too.  I think there will be many more of these types of pictures to come.

Here is my first attempt at making home made applesauce with our Vitamix.  The applesauce was delicious!  

I went to Fairyland in Oakland with Shannon, Vonnie and the girls.  I couldn't resist taking a photo of Hannah as the Wicked Witch of the East.

Here she is as Galinda, the good witch. 

we went on a trolley ride and went around 3 times.

  

Here's what they look like from a distance.  For those of you who have been to fairyland, it is pretty fun. We also saw a puppet show there.  That was great.  I think many places do puppet shows anymore.

3 Year Anniversary!

It seems fitting that our trip to Pier 39 was inspired by our 3rd Anniversary on the 19th of August.  We are 3 now and we celebrated our 3rd Anniversary. I love you sweetheart. It's been fun, but stressful at times.  We definetly learned how to pack up and move. I think we have become experts in a way.  We've had laughs, arguments and seen new and interesting places.  Now we are here to raise our cute family and do the best job we can at being the kind of parents we said we were going to be.

After Hannah's morning nap and some house cleaning we went by way of BART to San Francisco.

Here we are sitting on the BART.  HAnnah did well (as she usually does.  I love that girl so much)  She loved seeing and staring at all the different people getting on and off the Fremont train we took.
We had to get a picture of daddy holding Hannah.  This is an official BART picture with the map in the background.  Paris likes things official.

I brough along one of Hannah's favorite books to read while we traveled on BART. I also nursed her while we went under water and through the bay to get to SF.  While we were under the bay, the train stopped and we were left waiting under all that water.  Kinda of a scary thought.

We made it to Pier 39 and took the F line bus to the Ferry building and then walked the rest of the way.  We got fish and chips at this great place we had to get a picture  of it.

Here they are.  I love this stuff.  We actually got Calamari and chips.  I think Hannah is as excited as I am in eating them.
I think she had a good time as well.  She saw all sorts of new people, places and sparkly things.

Aren't these funny!  I love quirky things like this.  I would never buy them, but they are fun to look at!
Here we are at the end of the Pier.  Alcatraz is behind us, if you look really close.  Boy, it was super windy!

Here we are to finish our trip  off with a picture in front of Hard Rock Cafe.  It's so fun to tour the gift shop and see all the nick nacks.  By this time, Hannah was fast asleep in mommy's arms. We then caught the F line bus which was packed. I was going to have to stand up while holding her, but a great family we met while waiting in line, scouted out a seat for me and made sure I sat down.  The wife had recently joined the church with her daughter while her husband was re-activated in the process.   They were fun to talk to. All in all, it was a great trip and fun to get out from our everyday grind to enjoy this beautiful area that we live in.

Why the name Rooster?

If you noticed our profile name is Foxy Mama, Papa and Rooster.  We gave Hannah that name because when she was a month old she started making sounds, but she sounded like a rooster.  So Paris gave her the name of Rooster at the time.  Since then we have given her different names.  Paris is always coming up with different nick names for Hannah.  It's cute.  I keep it on because it reminds me of when she was still an infant.

Time to eat! Time to eat the feet!

Here is Paris outside playing with Hannah.   We love our outdoor blanket!

Hannah got her first bowl of rice cereal this week and loved it. She couldn't get enough and wanted to help feed herself by holding onto the spoon.  Later in the week, everyday she wanted to hold the spoon and would try to get hold of it, and so i let her have it at the end of her feeding and she had this look of accomplishment on her face, but it soon disappeared when she realized that there was no more cereal on it.

We moved Hannah into her BIG bathtub and she loves it. So much more room to stretch her feet and splash.  She likes her bath toys so that CM for them.  There is plenty of room for her to grow.
Hannah woke up and plays with her animals and here she is giving her bear a hug. I think this is the first time she has given a big hug to her animals.

We went swimming for the first time for Hannah.  I haven't been in swimsuit for at least 2 years it feel like.  We went swimming with Lisa. Isadora and Thalia.  Here we are hanging out in the baby pool.
Here we are eating.  Paris got video and pictures.  What a good Dad!  Hannah was so excited to eat that she flapped her arms up and down and make all the noises she could.

I didn't think I do it!

Before I had Hannah, I did all sorts of baby sitting, had nanny jobs and babysat for my neices.  When I put them to sleep I said to myself, when I have my own kid, I am going to teach her to fall asleep by herself, non of this bouncing or rocking to completely fall asleep.  This morning I sang to her and got her to a sleepy point  and then put her down.  She did good and settled herself down and even went quite for a moment. I thought great, she did it. But it didn't last long and she started fussing again. It got louder and louder so I gave in and picked her up. SHe snuggled her face in my neck with her lovee and fell right asleep.  I told myself that I would not pick her up  and I DID!  I know what my sister felt when I helped her sleep train her daughter.  It's hard to hear your daughter/son cry and know you can do something to help!  I feel like a real mother and understand what all my sisters went through when there girls were little.

I know that the crying will get louder as she gets older, so I will try again in the next nap and see if I can do better.

A week of Firsts!

On Saturday, we drive up to Sebastpol to pick up boxes of apples at Walker Ranch.  We bought 40 pounds of apples.  You might ask yourself, 'What would they want 40 pounds of apples for?"  Well when they are only 55 cents a pound, we will find things to use them for.  We'll eat them, juice them, sauce them and make some yummy desserts!  We want this to be another family tradition of ours.  We have now picked apricots, nectarines, blackberries and now apples.  We love our fruit!

Hannah did a good job of sleeping while we were driving.  Her cousin, Ari, entertained her along with me, when she was awake and of course we had to pull over twice to feed her and use the bathroom, but overall it was very nice.

Hannah loves to have her eyes covered when she is trying to get to sleep.  It helps her settle down faster.  I make sure it doesn't cover her mouth or nose and if it does she just moves her head to the side or moves her head to get it off.

Grandpa Fox fixed the rocking horse and so here is Hannah trying it out!  When I asked her if she liked riding it, she smiled and stuck her tongue out in excitement!   Look how nicely she is holding on to the handrails!
As I was getting Hannah dressed for bedtime, she was getting mighty hungry and started sucking on her fingers which then progressed to both sets of fingers.  I thought this was pretty funny.
On Thursday, Hannah and I met the Tunte Lisa, Isadora and Thalia at the park and played for a while.  Hannah tried out the swing and had fun being next to Thalia.

Paris let Hannah play on the computer and she tried to type ( not really) but had fun touching the keys.  She likes to look at the monitor to see what is happening, she also likes to watch TV.  We try not to let her watch it, so it is usually off when she is awake.  

The other day, Paris was watching past footage of  our video journals.  I brought Hannah in to let Paris watch her while I prepared dinner and she became engrossed with the picture and sound coming from the video.  I think she recognized my voice and liked the colors from the video. Paris would love to have her become a video editor like him.  He tells her what to do and shows her all his equipment, it's cute.

The Joy of tasting and other fun things!

This is a new blanket from her cousin, Helena.  We love ladybugs and are very excited to have it.  Helena made it all by herself.  I gave it to Hannah right after I opened the package and she put it directly in her mouth.  I think she likes it.

Hannah has entered into the phase of slobbering and sucking on her fingers, clothes, blankets, and here in the picture- her bath towel.  We have some teething toys for her to suck on which but she creates so much slober which translates to her clothes.  I would just have her suck on something I can remove instead of changing her clothes.

Speaking of changing clothes, I took Hannah to have her pictures taken at Sears photo studio.  She did such a great job and was very smiley most of the time.  She started sucking on her dress half way through so with each picture I had to pull her dress down and straighten it out.  Luckily, you can see the slober from the pictures.  Here is a link to see the pictures: http://www.searsphotos.com/?=S206357806IVW2C63X

Paris said that Hannah looked like a french impressionist in this photo.   I am agree, isn't she a cutie!
Here's mom and Hannah hanging out.  I  propped Hannah on her tummy so we could have some girl talk and Paris snapped this photo of us.

Hannah, Julie and I went blackberry picking at the ranch.  They were so tasty, I'm going to miss them when there gone. This is a funny picture because when we picked apricots and peaches, I had her in the bjorn and she was sleeping as well.  I guess it's something about fruit picking that puts her to sleep.

Julie and I were entertaining ourselves while our men worked on ADR ( Dialogue replacement) for a movie they have been working on for the last 5 years.  We then made potato soup for everyone and had a good wholesome meal and a few laughs before the men went back to working.
Hannah and I were folding the laundry. She not only fits in the suitcase, but also the laundry basket.