Anything for a cookie

So far, cookies have aided most in the walking process, although other forms of food have been known to help.

Drake Update

Drake is so big and getting even cuter! ( I know, we all thought that wasn't possible, but it is) Here are a few things he has started doing this week:

Finally understanding milk in sign language (monday)
Using the sign for milk to get whatever he points at (tuesday)
While watching the True Hollywood Story of Will Smith, he saw a guy beat boxing and now puts his hand up to his mouth mimics the noises (wednesday)
Plucking the little sparkle balls off the Christmas Tree and putting them in his mouth (thursday)
Spitting things into my hand when I put it up to his mouth (friday)
...and he still absolutely LOVES rocking out to Beyonce's "If I Were a Boy" performace on Oprah (everyday)

Christmas tree, take II

Here is another pic of the decorations, finally complete.
The tree still looks radioactive, but oh well.

Saturday Service Project

Today Johnny, Drake, and I went into Philly to help with a clothing drive for the downtown Philadelphia wards. It was a great way for us to get into the Christmas spirit and forget ourselves in the service of others!

So many people donated items, which took hours to go through.

We got through 3/4 of the womens pile before we decided to quit sorting and folding.

Luckily, there was plenty for people to choose from!

So Studious

Drake loves glasses

Radioactive Christmas Tree

Finally, all of our Christmas decorations are in order. No matter how many pictures I take of the tree, its still glows and looks radioactive.

I love the Holidays!

I know, its not even Thanksgiving and I have a Christmas background.  Yesterday it snowed for the first time and I got soooo excited for the Holidays!  I hope all of our family in Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Montana, Texas, and Utah have a great Thanksgiving!  We'll be having our first family-less holiday out here in Philly - I hope the food is edible.  

This year I think I'll go to NYC every week just to see all the decorations.  

The Hanna's Halloween

This year for Halloween we spent the afternoon at a parade outside the Phillies stadium.  Because they won the World Series, the team loaded up on buses and went around the town.  Drake was the cutest bumblebee there.  It was funny listening to all the drunk people talk about how cute he was.

After the parade we went to dinner then went home for a relaxing night in. Nothing too special, but it was fun.

He liked pointing at the news helicopters.

Drake just hung out and enjoyed lots of Ritz.

There were so many people there.

As it usually goes, the more drunk they got, the more dumb they got.  We watched a guy fall off of the light pole.

Maybe I would've had a better time had I known who anyone was.

Still happy after no naps, and a long day.

Thirsty bumble.

Philadelphia 76ers Game

On Wednesday our friend invited us to the Sixers game in Philly.  They were club box tickets so we had free food and good seats!  Drake loved clapping every time the Toronto Raptors scored a point.

It's a Boy!!!

Johhny and I will be having another little boy!  So far Johnny's hopes for having enough boys for a basketball team isn't out of the question.  

Here are a few photos from our ultrasound:

This is the baby's profile with its fist up to its mouth, possibly sucking its thumb

View of the baby's profile.

This just shows the baby's heartbeat and that it's normal.

The 3D images aren't too clear.  Normally a baby is a few weeks older and a bit more developed by the time they take 3D, but the guy threw a few in for us, just for fun.  This shows the baby's second toe being longer than his big toe, kinda like mommies.

How embarrassing for the little one, but there's no denying it's a boy!

Day in New York

Last week Drake and I went into Manhattan for the day to see Central Park in the Fall.

The trees were beautiful and the weather was perfect!  Its fun to live so close!

Drake in his little bomber jacket...

...and matching boots

After a little spill off the bench.

Finally, napping after a long day!

Trip to italy

Here are some pictures of mine and Johnny's recent trip to Italy.  We had such a great time!  It was hard leaving Drake for so long but luckily we knew Mary was taking great care of him : )

We packed so much into 10 days, but it was worth it!

Nice, France

We flew into Nice and spent a day and night there. 

(before we cleaned Drake's slobber off the lens)

These pictures were taken on the bus ride along the Cote d'Azur from Nice to Monaco.

(after we cleaned off Drake's slobber)

Nice at night.

Cinque Terre

We spent 1 night in Monterosso, and 2 nights in Vernazza.

Both were beautiful, as were the other three towns we visited.

This was the beach on Monterosso.  Crazy Johnny got in the freezing cold water, and I admired the interesting naked people.

This is Vernazza.  Our little apartment was almost at the very top, right under the highest orange building.

A fun little court right around the corner from the apartment we stayed in.

I like the narrow hallways.

At night we played checkers - sadly, Johnny beat me every time.

On Sunday we took a quick train ride to La Spezia to the LDS branch.  When the taxi dropped us off outside the building I thought he brought us to the ghetto to die.  Luckily, we got in the building and met four nice missionaries and a good looking older member (if you know of any single 35 - 45 year olds let us know!).  We got to watch a session of conference with them and they were so excited to be getting a temple in Rome! 

Riomaggiore

I wish this were my balcony.

Manarola

Vernazza in the evening.

Rome

We spent 2 1/2 days in Rome and saw as much as we could.  This was my favorite place on the trip.

I loved these fountains so much we visited twice.

One of the many painted ceilings in the Vatican.

The Pantheon

St. Peter's Basilica, listening to the Pope with 10,000 other people.

Soooooo many people

Walking along the river.  I love bridges.

From the very top of this building Johnny and I saw all of Rome.

The colosseum is right behind me.

This was easily my favorite site to see.  So much history, it was amazing.

We took a VERY long scooter ride out to Pisa (hence, the bad hair).

Florence

We spent two nights here.  This was Johnny's favorite place to visit. 

Here we are on top of the Duomo and had amazing views of all of Florence.

So pretty, I just love love bridges!

Milan

Our last night was spent in Milan.  Here we saw the third largest cathedral in the world, The Last Supper, and walked around the many streets of designer stores.

Here you can see my 17 week pregnant belly.