Jogging with Hannah

I'm trying to jog 4 times a week.  Sometimes I take Hannah with me and sometimes she stays at home with Richard and plays.  When I do take her I give her my phone to keep her busy and keep her from trying to climb out of the jog stroller while I'm running.  I never really know what she's doing since I'm concentrating on pushing 35lbs of toddler and 15 lbs of stroller, usually up hill.  I looked through my phone and found out what she was doing yesterday along our 2 mile jog. 

A first for Hannah

If anyone knows me, knows I'm a bit of the food police.  It all started when Hannah was born and me and my friend Kristen would get together and make batches and batches of homeade baby food.  We made yummy cubes of sweet potato, corn, peas, green beans, and anything else we could steam and mash.  It was great!  Then Hannah graduated to more solid foods and off to Whole Foods I went.  I was in search of the best, most fresh, organic, whole grain, super colorful food I could possibly find (and afford!).  As she's getting older I've become more lax about her food intake with exception of some things.  She still drinks organic milk, eats organic fruits and veggies whenever possible, does not eat fast food, and her plate looks like a rainbow at every meal.  I just know on her first day of Kinder she'll be the kid trading her food for ANYTHING other than what's in her re-useable lunch sack.

Hannah and I venture to Starbucks sometimes on the weekend for a treat.  She always wants something from the delicious pastry case.  This one particular day, her sweet smile, and repeated "please, please, please" got the best of me.  I bought her her first doughnut.  It was the vanilla sparkle mini doughnut.  It was heavenly.  I took a picture to remind me that non-organic, white flour, pure sugar icing on top doughnuts are not the enemy.  She was so happy to be able to have the whole thing without me asking her 100 times if she'd like to "save the rest for later" (ie; which means I throw the rest away). 

Frozen Yogurt

Hannah is following after her Mommy's love of sweets.  It's a sad fact in the Lunoff house, if there is ice cream, cookies, or cake....I will eat.it.all.  I have no shame, I just can't help myself.  We found this great place at the Hill Country Galleria called "Yogurt Planet".  It's a place where you can pick from a dozen or so flavors of fat-free frozen yogurt and then add toppings on top as  you choose.  Hannah's favorite is vanilla with strawberries on top.  My favorite is vanilla with Reese's peanut butter cups. 

It's official.....diapers are not welcome here anymore.

So long Pampers, Huggies, Pull-ups.  It's official...Miss Hannah is potty trained.  It took all of 3 1/2 days for the little Miss to decide that pull-ups are for babies and she's a "big girl".  We can't believe we're finally done with diapers (except for night-time)!  She's so good about telling us when she has to use the potty and will go by herself and wash her hands after-wards using her special soap from Bath and Body Works (that she got to pick out)!  So, adios Pull-up's, diapers, wipes, and diaper cream!