All About Curt

The last few weeks have been a whirlwind in our house! Curt recently had hip replacement surgery due to a condition in his hip called Avascular Nicrosis. Unfortunately, the reconstructive surgery he had in October to avoid a hip replacement wasn't successful (we knew this could be a risk) so on Friday, June 10th Curt had the total hip replacement. Thankfully, our prayers were answered and the surgery was a success! Curt did have to spend the night in the hospital for 2 nights so that meant Hannah had to stay with family so I could stay with him at Centennial. Hannah did get to come up for a very brief visit to see her Daddy and she was so happy to see him and we were so happy to see her!

We also recently celebrated Curt's first Father's Day! We started the celebration on Saturday night with my Mom's family at a dinner celebration at my Aunt Jan and Uncle Paul's house. The whole family was there - Nana, Poppaw, Honey, Albo, Jan, Paul, Matthew, Hillary, Parker, Keaton Collin and the 3 of us. It was so fun to have everyone together and especially fun for Hannah, Keaton and Colin to play together. Keaton and Colin are my cousin Matthew and his wife Hillary's twins who are 3 months older than Hannah. Now that Hannah can sit up (that's right we are sitting up!!) she played so well with them. I was a little worried that because they are older and used to playing with one another they might be a little rough with her (not purposefully of course) but she gave it right back to them! I think I even saw her grabbing one of their little faces! Here are some good shots:

This is Keaton and Hannah playing together with the exersaucer. Hannah has a jumperoo at home so she thought she could bounce in the exersaucer which was pretty funny to watch.

Colin (I think) and Hannah

Sweet Parker (Matthew and Hillary's oldest son) loving on his cousin Hannah

Good shot of Hannah sitting up like a big girl!

Hannah with her Poppaw

Curt's new job requires him to work on the weekends so Hannah and I got up early on Sunday and cooked him a special breakfast full of eggs, bacon, and hashbrown casserole. Hannah had already eaten her breakfast but she sat at the table and talked to her Daddy and helped him open his presents.

We also went to church with Albo and then went to brunch at Richland afterwards to celebrate. Sadly, I didn't get any pictures because Hannah was so tired at lunch and we had to rush and get out of there before she had a meltdown. On Sunday night after Curt got off work, we headed up to Clarksville to celebrate with his family. Hannah loved playing with her cousin Jacob. She smiled at him the whole time.

Hannah is 5 months old!

Today, Hannah is 5 months old!!! The past 5 months have been so wonderful and Hannah continues to bring us joy everyday. Hannah continues to be the happiest baby. She usually always has a smile on her face and makes the sweetest "coos." Curt heard Hannah laugh a few weeks ago and so did one of her teachers at school but sadly, I've still yet to hear it. Hopefully, sooner rather than later, she will start laughing regularly so I can hear it. Hannah also is working on sitting up. She wants to so badly but hasn't quite figured it out. Funnily enough, Hannah has loved to be held in a sitting position since she was about 10 weeks old so it doesn't surprise me that she is trying so hard to sit up on her own. I think that she will get there by the end of the month. Hannah still isn't sleeping through the night so Curt and I are looking forward to her growing out of that but for now we will continue to keep our fingers crossed. Hannah continues to love eating solids - she likes squash, sweet potatoes, peas, carrots, bananas, apples, pears and even mangoes! Here are a few photos of Hannah trying out some news solids:

Hannah loves her jumperoo! Here is Hannah playing the other day - she was squealing and smiling the whole time!

In other news, we recently celebrated Memorial Day weekend with friends and family. On Saturday night, we went to Neel and Graham's for a cookout along with The Camps and The Mulloys. All the kiddos were there and the big kids (Maddie, Emalyn and Carrie) played in the blowup pool and with all the toys in the driveway. Hannah loved watching them and I know she will have so much fun with them next year when she's a little older. We tried to get a few pics of Hannah with her feet in the baby pool but she wasn't having it!

We also did alot of swimming at my parents over the holiday weekend. It was chilly a few days before the weekend so the pool wasn't quite warm enough for Hannah's liking. She hated it which was surprising (until we realized that water was too cold for her) because she loved the pool when we went to Sea Island in March. Mom got Hannah the cutest float but Hannah wasn't in the mood! She did like her Albo holding her and watching Mommy and Rhodes swim.

It has been so hot in Nashville this past week so we took Hannah swimming last night and she loved it! The pool was much warmer and Hannah loved swimming with her Mommy, Daddy and brother Rhodes! There is alot more swimming in our future this summer now that we know Hannah loves it!