More Faces of Hannah

Hannah is over 9 months by now, moving faster by the day. She loves to climb over us when we sit on the floor.

As she's crawling everywhere she inspects every little fluff or litter on the floor, tasting any that manage to reach her mouth. Grandma's floors were never so inspected. A tissue is first pulled into pieces and then put into the mouth. In the past week we have fished so many items out of her mouth. If she swallows something inedible, the next step is to vomit it out, along with the contents of her stomach.

She adores her family, but each new 'stranger' is inspected with caution. Smiles have become difficult to coax. A few uncles have made her cry.

But she's still her usual passive, contented, cubby little being, who brings us lots of joy. She's trying to pull herself up on everything...here come the bruises!

And her fifth tooth broke through last week, making it easier to devour the cheerios she loves.