The Hannig Home

First of all, Meredith is almost 6 months old (on Jan 2nd).  I missed her 4 month stats - she was 87% for height and 85% for weight (16lb 8 oz).  She gets smothered with kisses from her brothers, who cannot seem to get enough of her.  They crawl in her crib the minute she wakes up in the morning and for about 20 minutes they kiss her and love her.  And she just chills out and takes it, whether or not she's hungry or wet from a full night of sleep, she is sweet and kind to her brothers and doesn't complain.  See pictures below!  She doesn't roll over yet, but started eating some solids recently and is sitting up on her own pretty well.  She is the most content little girl ever.  She will go for hours without making a peep, just sitting with anyone who wants to hold her.  She likes to chew on her bottom lip and talks to us in a very high-pitched squeal, excited to hear her voice and learn how it works.  She has beautiful blue eyes with long eyelashes.  So far there isn't

Earlier in the Fall, as Paul drove away to head back to work after lunch, I heard Ben exclaim in his booming loud voice: Dad's got a HOOKER, mom!!!!!!!!!!!!! He continued to point this fact out in different ways, such as: Do you see Dad's hooker, mom? Dad's driving away with his hooker, mom. I didn't know dad had a hooker, mom. Why does daddy have that hooker, mom? It took me a few seconds to understand what he was talking about.  I looked out the window and realized that Paul was driving the Rambow (company) van and it has a HITCH on the back.  Ben refers to those as 'hookers.'  And why wouldn't you?  Things hook onto it.

Last February of 2012, when Ben was not quite even 2 years old, he moved into Luke's bedroom to prepare his room for baby Meredith's arrival.  We have 3 bedrooms on the main level and one in the basement, but we didn't want to move Luke downstairs, so Ben moved in with Luke.  Ever since then, Ben has been the boy without a bedroom.  Since last February he has referred to the bedroom as "Lukey's room."  Here are some sample conversations: Ben, where are you? In Lukey's room, Mom! Ben, have you seen your socks? Oh yeah, in Lukey's room, Mom. Ben, it's nap time, honey.  I want to take a nap in Lukey's room, Mom. I put my clothes in Lukey's room, Mom. Ben, it's your room, too.   Tonight, almost a year later, Ben referred to the room as his.  He has a home - finally! He's been fascinated by his little flashlight lately so he turned out all the lights and with excitement yelled: Come in my room, Mama!  I turned out the lig