Hess Happenings: Hans Turns One!

Saturday, March 4, 2023

Hans Turns One!

Our best little buddy turned 1.

Hans continues to bring about an element that our all-girl family was missing. Trucks, tractors, and anything else with wheels litter the carpets and decorate the floors. While he isn’t much of a talker, he is astoundingly talented at making vehicle noises.

Our December babies! Dec 17 & 20 birthdays.

He can say and sign more, he has said mom, da, and no. He likes to hold food over his tray at the table and wait for someone to notice. When we look he says “no”. Sometimes he will put it back on the tray and other times he throws it. After throwing the food he covers his mouth with his hand as though shocked that the food has gone flying. The hand covering the mouth is rather adorable and his go-to method of distracting us from naughty behavior.

I have a feeling Heidi and Hans will join together in the next few years and cause quite a bit of trouble and, potentially, damage to all things breakable.

Hans, much to my surprise, is not walking yet. The trouble seems to be that he would rather run. He has taken 3 steps to Anne and one or two to Ruth and Maggie but in general he crawls as fast as he can and runs along the edge of furniture.

Hans loves days when Trent works from home. He wants to sit on his lap and rest his hand on the arm of the chair. Then quickly slam his hands down to smash the keyboard.

He really doesn’t cry much. He is very laid back but also busy. It’s an interesting combination. He spent so many months as a squishy, snuggly guy that it’s been a little difficult for me to let go of that and recognize that it is a healthy part of growing and gaining independence.

(He’s so surprised that the computer turned off when he pushed the red button we’ve told him 1 million times not to touch 🤪)

Hans is such a special part of our family. We are grateful to God that he blessed our family with this little boy. We cannot picture our lives without him.

Early morning stories with dad.