Just Hannah

Sometimes I think Hannah suffers from middle child syndrome. She is often overlooked unless it's because she's done something wrong then she's busted and seems so devastated. Like when she pulled the hook down in the hall that Jeremy had recently hung. It came down with about 6 inches of drywall. She's still paying that one off....

Anyway, I've been trying to give her a little more attention. And this is what I've discovered about Hannah:

1. She likes to talk. There have been times that I've taken her to the store and she doesn't stop talking the whole time, and I'm talking an hour long trip to Wal-mart. She comments on anything she sees in the store, anything on her mind, anything.

2. Hannah likes to ask questions. Movies are her specialty, even movies I haven't seen yet she'll ask questions about 15 seconds into. Last night our family got tickets in the suites to the Sundog's game (semi-pro hockey team in PV). She sat by me and asked questions about the players, the uniforms, the score a hundred times, the rink, the mascot, the zambonis. Hopefully this means she's absorbing the info she's getting and becoming a smartie pants.

3. I've always known she aspires to be famous, but last night at the game it really hit home. I told her if she danced the Chicken Dance or the YMCA she might find herself on the jumbo tron. She was skeptical at first until she asked (see #2), "If I'm on TV does that make me famous?" "Yep," was my answer, "famous here for this moment". That's all it took. She shook her bootie forever trying to get on the big screen. It finally happened at the end of the YMCA when our little suite made it on with Hannah as the only one dancing, and dancing hard I might add.

4. She is not an unhappy child, but she's never been one to smile a lot. She has a great sense of humor and can laugh, tease and have fun, but she doesn't smile a ton. So when I can get her to smile, I know it means something real. It melts my heart because it is so sweet though sometimes a little unnatural.

5. There are a ton of other things I love about Hannah: her love for kids (specifically Hadlie), her ability to memorize movies, her growing sense of fashion, her imagination playing Barbies...

I love you, Hannah. You make our home lively and you are a treat.