the new frontier... hana at 26 months

hana and bailey have grown very close. when we get home, bailey is always there to greet us and he mostly follows hana around the house. when hana is watching a movie on the couch, bailey will snuggle up close to her and watch with her (almost like they're on a date or something... gasp! did i just say date in reference to my daughter?!). if hana is playing on the floor, he's not far away. hana often refers to bailey as "kitty cat" but will call maceo by name. hana often says "kitty cat is so my fwend!" or "kitty kat so cute!" she also has this certain giggle she gets when she's excited about something. it's hard to describe but she uses it a lot when she's talking about bailey.



our other cat, maceo, is a little more skittish and spent most of the last 2 years living in the back bedrooms and cursing us for bringing hana into the house. he's affectionate, and protective - even of hana - but on his turf, and at a reasonable distance from hana. but he's starting to warm up to her... well as much as maceo warms up to anyone. lately, hana has been assigned her first chore of helping daddy feed the cats in the morning; a tasks she gleefully fulfills. now that hana is associated with cat food, i think this is has raised her stock with him and he's more open to seeing her as an asset to the household, as opposed to an irritant. he still does not appreciate her attempts at affection with him, but over time, i think her will find her undeniable (just as he was as a kitten to our late beloved poo poo kitty).

lately we have found hana getting more and more interested in shoving things up her nose. we don't like this much. i fear that someday, it will be a cause for the trip to the e.r. we don't give her many things she can shove her nose (except raisons and cheerios) but she has taken to ripping tissues into small peices and shoving those up her nose. we hope this phase passes soon.

hana is also very into music... she's lately been into singing "this little light of mine, i'm gonna let it shine..." it's pretty sweet once you figure out what she's saying. she often sings herself to sleep at night in her crib. singing is also a good distraction sitting in the car during traffic jams.

here she's listenting to beyonce. she's been listening to beyonce since day one... literally. "crazy in love" was the first song i ever heard her sing along to on the radio "oh no oh no oh no oh no". i think a future superfan is born...