Author: Tiffany Hatcher

Close It

February 8, 2012 by Tiffany Hatcher·0 Comments

It must be a phase, but Kayden is obsessed with closing doors, drawers, cabinets, trashcans, and basically anything that can be closed. She’s always closing the trashcan while I’m in the middle of doing dishes and cleaning up the kitchen. She closes the washer door after I pull out the first shirt to put in the dryer. And of course, she closes EVERY room door! She follows me around the house saying ‘Close it! Close it!” I know she means well because I’m pretty sure she’s trying to help me. If I’m in the laundry room she’s closing the door behind me. If I’m in the bedroom she’s closing the closet door and the room door. No matter where I am, my little one is closing me in! Don’t get me wrong, she is really enjoying closing things, but she isn’t shy to opening up the kitchen cabinets and unfolding all of my themed dishtowels and unloading the pots and pans! I love that she is exploring and finding new ways to get into mischief. I also love that at this age she’s pretty good about putting things away after she makes a mess! We sing the the ‘Clean up, clean up, everybody, everywhere’ song and she gets right to work!

And by the way, everything she does these days seem to be in the buff! She just figured out how to take her diaper off. Oh the joy that’s to come from this new revelation!

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Sneak Peek

January 30, 2012 by Tiffany Hatcher·1 Comment

A few weeks ago I had my anatomy ultrasound that informed us that we were expecting another precious daughter. During that ultrasound they measure every part of the developing baby. Bones, head, feet, limbs, facial features, you name it and they measure it! Our second darling daughter is a lot like Kayden so far in that she is a mover and shaker! She was dancing the whole ultrasound and consequently made it very challenging for the technician to measure each thing! She was able to get a good look at everything except for the heart. She measured the heart beat and looked at it thoroughly, but she wasn’t able to measure anything. My doctor decided to refer me down to La Jolla to get a better look at the heart, just to officially clear it. I went down this morning and little Miss was just as active today as she was at the first viewing! After about an hour of pocking and prodding, we were able to get a good picture of everything. Her heart beat is strong and everything is developing on track. The technician did mention that her feet are pretty big- her tootsies are measuring at 23 weeks and I am 21 weeks and 5 days. Her legs are also measuring a week ahead of schedule. Kayden was the same way! Looks like we’ll have another baby with all As in height, weight, and head percentiles!! Go Hatcher Girls!

Here are the bragging shots from today’s ultrasound. I was really surprised when the technician showed me a 3D shot of the baby! I didn’t get that luxury shot with Kayden, so it was kind of cool to see her up close! I might be biased, but I think she’s pretty darn cute!

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Here is her big ‘ol foot!

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Head shot!

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… And the proof is in the dots. The three dots show that our developing baby is a girl!

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Daily Activities

January 27, 2012 by Tiffany Hatcher·0 Comments

On baby duty days we have to be creative with the two kids. Whether it’s a walk to the park at the beach or playing out in the drive way, we know we have to keep these babies active. Around this time last year we could just prop the kids up and move around getting random little chores done. Now our little ones require daily outings! One of my favorite things to do is open the front door and follow the kids around the complex. Eli usually takes off running and Kayden tries her best to keep up. Unfortunately, walking only sounds like a good idea when we are still at home! After about 5 minutes of walking, Miss Kayden is tapped out. She will stop immediately in her tracks and refuse to go any further. She will begin screaming and saying ‘Uppy You! Uppy You!” (She’s got her pronouns all messed up!) I try to keep walking and say “Mommy’s going bye bye!” To which the pitch of her scream gets elevated, face turns red, and feet start stomping! I cave every time! When princess is done walking, she’s DONE walking! Unfortunately, I don’t have video of that episode (I’m not highly motivated to stop and pull out my phone to catch that on video!) Here are the kids on the start of one of our nature walks (It’s also an update that I sent to Maica, so excuse the narration!).

And here are the kids playing out in the drive way.

“Happy Jer Jer”

January 22, 2012 by Tiffany Hatcher·1 Comment

Saturday was my brother, Uncle Jer Jer’s, birthday. We spent the day up in Yorba Linda celebrating with my family. Kayden went on a boat ride with Grampy and spent the day running around from person to person getting spoiled with attention. In the morning before we left Kayden refused to keep any clothes on. I stripped off her pajamas and she instantly got a jolt of energy and ran laps around the downstairs. After a few laps she demanded I put on her Uggs. A second wind and she was off again!

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After dinner with my family we all sang happy birthday to my brother. Kayden, to my surprise, was able to say Happy Birthday!! She got a little tripped up when we asked her to say ‘Happy Birthday Jer Jer.’ There were just too many words for her! Instead she would say “Happy Jer Jer”!! When we were singing, we’re pretty sure she thought we were singing to her. In her defense, however, even though we were singing to my brother, everyone was looking at Kayden. After the song ended, she wanted to keep on singing!

We had a great time celebrating Jer’s 32nd birthday!! Happy Birthday Jer Jer!!!!

Elmo… Elmo… ELMO!!!!

January 19, 2012 by Tiffany Hatcher·0 Comments

Kayden has never been one to watch the TV, even though it seems like it’s on all day. She’d rather be playing with her dolls, running around, or helping mom rearrange the cabinets. One night after dinner Scotty was on his iPad and Kayden was really interested in what he was doing- geek blogs probably! Anyway, he stopped what he was doing and sat her on his lap to watch some Elmo YouTube videos. To my surprise, she was totally engaged! I really don’t want to make TV watching a habit for her, but I’ll take a few minutes in front of the iPad to get some light cleaning done! She can usually only get through one or two 2-minute clips, but it’s cute to see her ‘bop to the beat’ and participate by pointing to the different body parts they are singing about! She is currently obsessed with Snuffy!

Here’s how it all started- A father with his daughter… watching Sesame Street!

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And here she is enjoying Elmo on the actual TV.

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Now any time the TV goes on or I take out my iPad, all I hear is “ELMO! ELMO! ELMO!”

I hope that she always prefers playing to watching TV. And I hope she always dances when a good song comes on… whether it’s on the radio or on the TV!