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We’re not dead - we just got married! And I have a blog that I’ve been working on for 3 days drafted. Stay tuned an update fer reals. <3
27
Jul 10
Good Morning!
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Taryn gets up early in the morning! She was sneaky this morning and took this shot while we all slept. It was quietly left on the card for me to find it… so I secretly made this post without her knowing. 
Nice shot Honey!
…and here are a few shots of our little Panda.
she’s learning to use mommy’s camera.
30
Jun 10
Panda’s are amazing.
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How can one of the cutest girls on the face of the earth take such a turn so quick. I know that I may be expecting a lot of my daughter, but this… not really. So we’ve been having “happy bullseye target poop-time” (as Hanna would say) lately but she taken to peeing on the floor. After a bath, between changes, even after get has a good sit on the toilet she runs away all naked butt and then randomly stops to take a pee break. I’m putting this question out to all the other parents out there, is this some sort of territorial pissing stage that she’s going through? We’ve had Koa & Liz visiting (meaning babysitting) the last few days while Taryn and I are both at work, is she feeling like her space is being invaded? Or is it just this “funny” thing we get to deal with for the next little while? It is kinda funny & we do have easy to clean tile and hardwood laminate.
This morning she enjoyed a little oatmeal & strawberries before she mashed them in to her face - sorry no pic. 40 min & spoons later Hanna’s fruit & fiber skin treatment was done and it was bath time. It took some work to get her clean, but she’s all ready to go now.
We are off for a little walk to the doctor to have my shoulder checked out again. That car accident made me feel more crackly & crunchier than normal. The left shoulder took the most of it, bracing for impact.
Oh yeh, last night again the sleepy little Panda ended up at our bedside in the middle of the night.
I know this is going to be a regular thing… as long as she doesn’t start mixing her two new tricks, I’m okay with it.
Oh yeh, here’s a pic of her screaming at me this morning.
Isn’t she cute?
29
Jun 10
Its Official
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Hanna is now old enough to crawl out of her big girl bed in the middle of the night, walk herself down the hall, and pull herself into our bed. Last night I woke up to the patter of her little feet on the hardwood floor. There she was all groggy eyed and smiling with her arms out. Its so damn cute! How can you say no.
We’ve been trying to get her to sleep in her own bed lately and it’s been going very well. She gets through most of the night by herself, but she just can’t make it past her snack time. Around 2am the boobies seem to call her name.
Things have been pretty busy lately. Taryn has started a full time day time position at the hospital so Hanna and I have all the weekday mornings together. I think they will usually go something like this:
- i wake up
- 15 min later hanna wakes up
- do a lap around the apartment and say ‘goodmorning’ to everything
- have a sit on the toilet and see what happens. the last 4 days we’ve struck ‘gold’
- breakfast. this takes a long time
- bath time
- skype with the grandparents
- walk to the dog park so Hanna can get her outside time and her dog fix in
- meet mommy for lunch @ 11:30am
So far so good. I get a few minutes to answer email and do a few little things during the family skype time. Have we told you guys how much skype rocks!? Its amazing to watch Hanna with my parents, getting all chatty and excited when she see’s them. It really makes being this far from them a lot easier.
Although soon we will have a house full of Langemann’s for the wedding. It’ll be all cozy up here in our little apartment.
Hopefully we all survive!
The wedding planning is moving along. We are working on the timing of things now, locking down more and more details.
Well that’s about it for the moment…
More to come…
27
Jun 10
Everybody poops.
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We are four for four with pooping on the potty. Like seriously signing (her version) of poo and walking with me down the hall the bathroom. She holds it while we take off her diaper, sit her on the toilet and then she starts working it out. It’s amazing! She hasn’t pooped her diaper in days. I never thought I would get this excited about poop in my whole entire life. It’s so ridiculous.
18
Jun 10
Oh hai! <3
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Today was the first day we’ve had off together in a while. Life has been crazy busy with emphasis on crazy, and even more emphasis on busy. I’ve been picking up lots of extra shifts at the hospital to help out with the wedding and I start working full time next week for the rest of the summer. Syx has been teaching lots and lots and just finished two weekend Nude in the Environment photography workshops, one in Nelson, one on Gabriola Island. Both produced a lot of amazing images! Yours truly even got shooting, with Hanna on my back in the Ergo and everything!
So, a lot of working calls for a much deserved day off. HP, Syx and I decided to try out the zipcar service since we don’t have a car anymore (long story short - an ICBC write off. Did I say something about life being crazy earlier?) and we took a cruise through Stanley Park to Ferguson Point to spend some time at the place we’ll be getting married later this summer. The view from there is amazing. We’ve been nailing down a lot of wedding details this week, it feels good to checkmark the boxes.
Hanna is growing like a ferocious little weed. She’s signing ‘dog’, ’sit’, ‘friend’, ‘play’ and ’star’. She knows that when she sits on the potty, she’s supposed to poop. She really like peanut butter and jelly, cottage cheese, plain pasta, and fruit smoothies. We experimented with coloring and then she tried to eat a crayon, so we decided she wasn’t ready. We took one side of her crib off and lowered the mattress to turn it in to a ‘big girl’ bed. She’s had 3 naps in it and slept half a night in it since yesterday and she seems to really like being able to get in and out of it by herself. Syx and I are really enjoying not having to tip toe around and feeling like we have part of the house to ourselves!
Next post: picture update!
24
May 10
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SYX!
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Even though I’m at work and it’s super boring and slow because it’s a holiday weekend and I can’t help but feel like I should’ve just called in ’sick’ *coughcough* I’m still here wishing my favorite man the happiest of birthdays.
I love you Syx!
PS. I have so many photos coming your way guys!
10
May 10
Hanna on Granville Island
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Last Saturday… yes I know this post is way way last, but any way… Hanna came with me to class. I had to teach a photographic composition class down on GI, and since Taryn is back to work, I pulled double duty.
It was a great day to take Hanna to the island. The sun was out and it was starting to feel a lot more like spring.
The ducks were out with their goslings and there were a whole bunch of people to keep Hanna amused once she woke up from her nap.
Here is she is eating…
These are her first ever photos.
I held the camera and she kept hitting the button, the people walking by thought she was so clever.
This is Hanna and I hanging out on the hill where Taryn proposed to me… some of you know the story…
… and here is Hanna eating, again…
Over all we had a great day! This is only the first installment of the Hanna Panda Camera Chronicles, I can’t wait to see when she actually figures out focus… and how to keep the peanut butter of my camera!
