Hannah is 8 1/2. She is doing a lot of growing up these days.
Sometimes it just smacks me in the forehead how much she is changing.
Ryan was traveling all last week and when he got home I was filling him in on how challenging it had been all week to understand where Hannah was coming from…sometimes she is independent and mature and sometimes she curls up on my lap and wants to be held. Its hard to be sure if little kid Hannah is responding or pre-pubescent Hannah is there…the cute face is the same.
The morning after Ryan returned from his trip we went to IHOP for breakfast. Hannah said to her dad, “You know, Dad, I am tall for my age and I am getting older, so I don’t think I am going to take a coloring sheet when we go to a restaurant anymore.”
Smack! My jaw dropped. Glad Dad was there to respond to that one.
When she sits down on the sofa to chat or hang out, she crosses her long legs like a young lady.
Smack!
Both of her Grandma’s have commented on the fact that she carries on real and informative conversations over the phone with them.
Smack!…Hope those conversations aren’t too informative and Mom gets told on…
Tonight at dinner, I almost choked over my pasta when she looked over at Ryan and said, “So, Dad, how was work today?”
Smack!
Oh, then she went out and rode her bicycle all evening and played in the mud with her sister.
Phew, I still have a little more time…