Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family. We went to the Clark side for Thanksgiving Day. It is always a great time of being with lots of family and eating lots of food. I think there were 5 corn casseroles, which gives you a glimpse of the amount of food that was available and the amount of people that attended! On Sunday we went to my parents house for our Ringger Thanksgiving and to watch the Colts win!! In the picture above, Hannah is wearing her "turkey" clippie. I got it from my church friend who makes bows (Honey Pie Accessories). She had just enough hair to hold it in!

Hannah with Grandma and Grandpa Ringger at our Sunday Thanksgiving!

With Auntie Allison- she got to see her a lot because Allison is married to Nate's cousin. She was at the Clark Thanksgiving as well.

All of the grandbabies on the Clark side. (left-right...Kristin with baby Lilly (3mo), Casie with baby Elena ( 6 weeks), Emery (2 yrs), GrammyMaggy with Hannah (7 mo), Me )

Hannah was worn out from all the people at Thanksgiving! Here she is after falling asleep on Papa Jack's shoulder!

And finally, Jed is on his way to give Hannah a Thanksgiving kiss :)

What a blessed life we have. We have much to be thankful for!

Fire Trucks and Beans

Hannah and I went to a local fire station this week with one of the mommy/baby groups I have joined. We have been staying busy with a mom's group of girls from church, MOPS, and also Mommy and Me. It gets us out of the house and with other adults and babies at least a couple times a week, so we are really enjoying it ( maybe more me than her at this point)!!! Above is Hannah sitting on the front of the fire truck. As a good mom, I remembered her hat to keep her head warm, but no socks...not so good. Ah!! She didn't seem to mind :)

Hannah trying to drive the truck in the front seat! So cute!

Sitting in the front of the fire truck! I wish I could have gotten the whole truck in the pic to show how little she looked, but there were kids running all over!!!

On a side note, Hannah has been doing an awesome job eating baby food! She has quite the appetite and really loves eating time. The first pic (below) is what she usually looks when eating.-extremely happy. The last pic is of her eating green beans...not so happy. She hated them and refused to swallow and instead just stuck out her tongue and gagged. I guess we will have to try them again later!!! She is so funny!

Our Cutie

Here are some pics of Hannah that have been taken in the last couple of weeks. I feel like we are discovering new things about her all the time as she discovers the world around her. A couple new things that are fun... Hannah has become ticklish so we can get quite a few giggles out of her, she has two baby teeth that came in at the same time, she has become Mommy's shopping buddy as she sits up in the front of the cart, and she really likes pop-up books mainly so she can put it in her mouth :) She is such a cutie!

Above: Hannah's 6 month pic with Maya

Our sweetheart

Celebrating Daddy's 29th Birthday!!!

Hannah and Jed with Grandma and Grandpa Ringger

Who doesn't love diaper pictures

I love her facial expression as she is looking at Nate!
Our 6 month photo shoot!!

Fall Break

Nate had fall break this week, so he was home for 5 days straight! I am staying home this year with Hannah (yippee!), so we were excited to have him around both day and night! Hannah just gets so excited to see him and starts smiling, squealing, and kicking as soon as she hears his voice. We visited family during some of the break, but mostly we were home hanging out. We call Hannah our "home girl" because she is always the happiest when we are home and stick to our routine. We did have a lot of fun, including Hannah dressing up for her first Halloween as our baby bumble bee. I think she looks pretty precious. She also had her first rice cereal meal, which she really loved. She was really into it and did great. She also experienced pumpkins for the first time and got to play with cousins! She is so much fun! See the pictures below!

Hannah with her newest cousin, Elena!

Hannah and Emery giving each other cousin hugs on Halloween!

Mommy and Hannah on Halloween! Thanks Aunt B. for the cute orange sweater!

Checking out the baby pumpkin!

Our little pumpkin :)

Eating the rice cereal!

Hannah with Great Grandpa and Grandma Clark!!! She liked bouncing on Grandma's knee!

Have a great week!

6 Things for 6 Months!!

Hannah is 6 MONTHS OLD...half a year already! She is doing new things all the time! Here are just 6 things she does at 6 months old that
we think are pretty cute!

1) She can sit up by herself!!! (above) As you can see from the picture, Daddy is so proud! :)

2. She reaches for EVERYTHING! She will go to great lengths to get what she wants!

3. She has enough hair to hold in a bow!! It's also pretty fun to sit on Daddy's shoulders!

4-6 videos below
4. She melts our hearts when we hear her sweet giggle! (top video)

5. Jumpin Jumpin Jumpin ( 2nd video)

6. Hannah has found her voice! She loves to squeal! (3rd video)

Our sweetheart is growing up so fast. Hannah has a new cousin, Elena Kate, born to Adam and Casie this past week (congrats to them)! It is amazing to see a little newborn and then see Hannah and think how much babies change right before your eyes!
We are having the best time with her!

Baby Contest

Hannah is entered into the Muncie Star Baby Contest! Votes give $ to charity and costs $0.25 each (min. $5). Basically, if you have an extra 5 bucks you would like to donate, you could give her 20 votes! Her pic is on the 2nd pg, bottom row, #387! You know she's cute...please vote :) http://muncie.thestarpress.com/baby/entries.asp?page=2

A few more pics just to remind you of her darling face :)

Birthdays, Birthdays, Birthdays

The month of September is full of Birthdays on both the Ringger & Clark sides! This post is in honor of some of our family members who celebrated a birthday this past month. We have the best family and are so thankful for their influence on our precious Hannah, who is already 5 months old (included is her 5 month pic with Maya).



I celebrated my 28th birthday on the 27th. Yes, I got a Snuggie for my birthday. It is awesome :) And a pic of my sweet baby with me on my birthday! She is the best gift ever.

My nephew Jed also celebrated his 1ST birthday on the 25th. Here he is on his new John Deere tractor! The next picture is of him eating his cake!











































My sister Amy celebrated her 32nd birthday on the 2nd! She is the mom of Jed :)







Hannah's cousin Emery celebrated her 2nd birthday on the 14th! She is riding Jed's new horse and being a big cousin by helping Hannah put the paci in her mouth!





























My sister in law Tiffany celebrated her birthday on the 22nd. She is having a baby in March...yay!


Uncle Steve and Aunt Bonnie also celebrated birthdays in September...the 6th and 14th.





Last but not least, sweet little Lilly was born on the 2nd to Ryan and Kristin.







My Grandma Ringger (who was pictured in the previous post) had a birthday. Also, my cousins Ben, Erin and Tyler also celebrated a birthday. I hope I'm not missing anyone :) We love you all!