Saturday, April 26, 2008

500th Post!

Whoo Hooo! This is my 500th post for Hannah's Happenings! And to mark this special post, I'll list fifty things about Hannah.

1. We were told several times through my pregnancy "If I had to guess, I'd guess a girl"
2. Was a Y2K baby
3. Born April 15, 2000
4. She was two weeks late
5. Born at 7:49pm
6. Was 9lbs 15oz at birth, but what's an ounce, I usually tell people she was 10lbs
7. She is the first Grandchild for my side of the family
8. The second grandchild for Steven's side
9. The first great-grandchild for my side
10. Born tongue tied, like her father
11. Began sleeping in her own room the first night home from the hospital
12. Her first trip to Disneyland was when she was just 5 weeks old
13. Was hospitalized August 1, 2000, at four months of age for aspiration pneumonia
14. Hospitalized August 31, 2000, because an Upper GI suggested she had pyloric stenosis
15. Had her first and only surgery (thus far) at the age of four months. A pyloromyotomy, and had her tongue tied clipped as well. A week later we were told the pyloromyotomy was unnecessary, she had been misdiagnosed.
16. Hospitalized for the 3rd time in 2 months in October 2000 for aspiration penumonia
17. Had many tests and saw many specialists in regards to her swallowing problem. All told us she would outgrow it. She eventually outgrew the problem when she was 18 months old.
18. At 16 1/2 months of age, she came in second place for a crawling contest sponsored by Sears. We got to pick $50 worth of clothes as her prize
19. Was a late walker and began walking at 17 months old
20. First night away from home, besides hospitalizations, was spending the night with Gramma and Papa in March 2001, when we went away overnight for our 5th anniversary
21. First big trip was a car trip to Sacramento to visit Steven's brother and family
22. Potty trained at 3 years old, she wanted to go to 'school'
23. Started preschool in September 2003, she was in the Pooh Bear class
24. Wore a "I'm the Big Sister" t-shirt to share the expecting news with her Gramma and Papa. Gramma thought the shirt was a hand me down from our friends next door. LOL.
25. Was 4 1/2 years old when she became a big sister
26. Favorite foods are Pizza and Macaroni and Cheese
27. Has one cousin older than her and four younger than her
28. Is a blue senior belt in Tae Kwon Do/Karate
29. Favorite color is purple
30. Loves animals
31. Loves to hum, sing, and makes noises
32. Is tall for her age
33. Never been to another major theme park besides Disneyland
34. Has been to Disneyland more in her life than the park around the corner from our house
35. Favorite Princess is Snow White
36. Is a great big sister, most of the time
37. Is quite the little planner
38. "Grew Up" with my parents dog, she was close to Wendy, and thinks of her often
39. Her first pet of her own was a beta fish, that she named "Waggy"
40. Has impeccable school attendance. Having only missed four days in the last three years.
41. Loves to do crafts, to draw, to bead
42. Likes to write in little journal books and make up stories
43. First and only plane ride thus far was to Northern California for a tea birthday party for her cousin
44. Loves to fall asleep listening to music, on her very own iPod shuffle
45. Has a room all to her self
46. Is very much a Daddy's girl
47. Can be very silly and funny
48. Recently developed a strong like for horses
49. Still sleeps with the blanket that her Gramma made for her 1st Christmas
50. Sleeps with stuffed animal of some sort every night

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hey, this was great... a trip down memory lane!
I cracked up on some of them..especially the crawling contest. Seems like yesterday!