Oh Girl, That Hair!

To say that Hannah Claire doesn't have that much hair would be an understatement. We have finally gotten enough to start experimenting. Hannah Claire is all about it since she is such a girly girl. We tried pig tails for the first time. I think the look on her face tells you exactly how she felt about them.

She loved them so much that she requested them for school the next day.

Some mornings we have to throw in the towel and wet the madness and start from scratch. I guess she had a rough night of sleep.

Happy Birthday!

We celebrated yet another birthday. We had the traditional meal at PF Chang's. It was yummo and Hannah Claire loved it! She ate some of everything we had. When I got home from work, Shane had gotten my other favorite....Edgar's strawberry cake!

Hannah Claire was very excited about the cake.

I taught her a few bad habits, like doing the finger swipe around the bottom of the icing.

She is a natural. I love that girl!

I had a perfect birthday. It was real low key and got to spend it with my loves! Who could ask for anything more?

Getting Ready for School

Mornings can be absolute craziness with a 2 year old. Some mornings go more smoothly than others. One morning I couldn't resist getting my camera. I found Hannah Claire after she ran away from me here...

This is the attitude I get when I tell her to come on and finish getting dressed.

How dare I interrupt her coloring.

Homecoming at the Capstone 2010 - Gameday

Saturday morning we had our traditional gameday biscuit from Jacks and started getting ready for the day. We peeked outside and found a meeting of the minds. I'm still not real sure what they were looking at but it must have been very interesting.

Nana, Hannah Claire and Mommy did some shopping before all of the festivities kicked off. Since the game was so late, the parade didn't start until 12:00. We headed over to see the parade. It was good but I'm disappointed that the sororities don't do floats anymore. That is the main reason to go see the parade and now they just walk. FYI ladies, we don't really care to see you walk. I need to see some effort put forth in decorating a huge 18 wheeler flatbed truck with lots of chicken wire, pomp and spray paint, like we did when we were in college. Okay, I'm off my soapbox. Hannah Claire was excited none-the-less.

After the parade we went to the quad to meet up with some friends. Alicia works in an office Shane calls on and it was great to see her, her huband Ray and their buddy Scott. We usually see them at least once every football season. Morgan Leigh who works with me is an Ole Miss alum and was in town for the game. HC loves her some Morgan Leigh, although she was getting fussy and sleepy.

We then headed over to sorority row to check out the lawn decorations. This is my favorite thing about homecoming (maybe because I was on the lawn decorations committee while I was in college). I must say, I did not think the best one won this year. Zeta got 3rd. They should have at least been 2nd. Poor HC never saw the decorations this year. She was too busy snoozing and there was no chance we were waking her up.

The Pi Phi house had some cool statues to get your picture made with. Check out the white Mark Ingram!

After a pretty good nap, Hannah Claire needed a little snack. There may have been more cheese puffs on her face and hands than actually got in her mouth.

She created a new way to play cornhole. She won, I guess!

Nana got all of us matching shirts from a super cute shop in Tuscaloosa. It is owned by a sorority sister of mine and she has the cutest stuff. We didn't all wear our shirts to the game but we did put them on to take a picture.

Now, we may not win parents of the year for taking our two year old to a game that kicked off at 8 p.m. However, we did it and she had a blast! I guess we passed the cranky phase and got to pure delirium. Prior to kickoff we got a family shot.

Hannah Claire was cutting up throughout the game. She and Nana did some serious cheering (and laughing).

"HOLD EM!!!"

Of course we brought some things to keep her happy including ol' crazy suckers and gummies. Gummies make her giddy.

Pappy shared his binoculars with HC. I'm pretty sure her eyes were closed the entire time she looked through them.

As the night went on the temperature started dropping some. We had to pull out the hat. This provided lots of great entertainment too.

Mr. Bob who sits on the other side of Pappy didn't make it to the game because it was so late. The people who came left at halftime to go sit with someone else they knew. It worked out perfect so HC could have her own chair. She kicked back and enjoyed the game.

In true Cochran form, Hannah Claire has mastered the "4".

Apparently she had enough and was giving Nana the hand. Diva!

This picture explains itself. I'm not sure who did it but HC didn't mind letting them know it was "stanky".

She started hitting her breaking point late in the 4th quarter. Some folks in front of us had left so HC & Daddy got down on the rail to watch some football. What a sweet picture!

Sweetness didn't last long and craziness quickly returned.

I was very nervous about how the game would go. Hannah Claire did better than we could have ever predicted. She even did good the following days with very minimal crankiness. We said when we had her that we would not drastically alter our life because we have a child and that she would have to learn to go with us and do as we do. Well, she did and she did great! We don't make a habit of keeping our kid up until midnight but I am so thankful for her ability to go with the flow and enjoy herself wherever she is.

Homecoming at the Capstone 2010

We planned early on during football season to take Hannah Claire to homecoming. Well, who knew that kickoff would be at 8pm! Seriously? That is too late for me. We decided to push forward with our plan and make the most of homecoming weekend. We headed down Friday evening so that we could hit the pep rally. We got there a little before Nana and Pappy so we waited on them at the Coliseum. Hannah Claire was ready to go.

She was even passing out kisses.

Was that Big Al!?! I think it was!

Once Nana and Pappy arrived we headed over to the quad. Hannah Claire was not very excited about the pep rally so we visited the mega Big Al!

Since the pep rally wasn't such a huge hit, we headed back to the motor home for some dinner. Of course HC suckered someone out of a sucker before dinner.

The table in the motor home only seats four so we created HC her very own table inside. She LOVED it!

This kid was fired up about getting to spend the night in the motor home. She flopped all over that bed. Mommy & Daddy were not quite as excited, but we survived! It is always nice to have some Nana help. It is amazing how kids will do things for people who are not their parents.

We got a somewhat decent night of sleep before a LONG day of tailgating.

Bookworm

Hannah Claire loves to read. She will now read aloud to us. It is mostly jabber with a few words we know thrown in there. It is so cute. She brought this Clifford book home from school the other day. We are not sure why or who gave her class books but they did and she LOVES it! As we were trying to get ready for school this is what I have to deal with. I mean I can understand if she is a teenager and defiant and reading a great book, but already?

She is so proud of herself and thinks she is so funny!

Friends and Football

The weekend of the Bama vs. Florida game was a very exciting weekend for us. We welcomed the Karr's in from West Virginia. This was the first time Hannah Claire and A.J. got to meet. They were a little skeptical at first but ended up having fun together. Aaron, JC and AJ arrived on Friday evening. HC and AJ got a few minutes to play together.

Sweet AJ is just learning to walk so he is a little wobbly.

Of course miss priss has something to say about everything.

I could say she was showing him how to do it but I think she was bossing him around. I have no clue where she gets that? :)

They did have some sweet moments too.

JC, AJ & HC. I think I need some initials!

JC's roommate from her freshman year of college lives in our neighborhood so she and her family came over for some Dreamland ribs. Haley has two kids that HC loved playing with. She was a little timid at first but before they left she was right in the middle having a blast!

These Bama kids look like they have been friends forever.

We headed out early Saturday morning for Tuscaloosa! Once we got settled in for the day, we gave Pappy his birthday present. Of course he got some help from his little Petey Bug.

HC & AJ have the same shirt so we had to have a little photo session. They are about the cutest things ever!

Daddy was not happy but AJ is already making his move. As you may notice, HC didn't mind at all.

One of Hannah Claire's favorite things to do while tailgating is to go see Big Al. Not so much the real Big Al but the inflatable Big Al's. Pappy is her go to person to make the rounds through the motor home parking lot. We had a serious issue when they spotted one that had been blown over. No fear, Pappy & Petey Bug to the rescue!

Hannah Claire was all about sharing her love for Big Al with AJ.

The little stinker also swiped my Dr. Pepper. This kid loves a "sup".

Mrs. Barbara, JC's mom, came and kept the kids so that the adults could attend the game. It was an awesome game with a final score of 31-6 . Afterwards we finally got an adult picture! Roll Tide!