Hannah Mannequin

At 9 lbs 5 oz, Hannah is finally big enough to wear the groovy duds Aunt Mel sent her many weeks ago. The sunglasses are still a bit big, so I took the earpieces off long enough to snap a picture. I can't say that Hannah was particularly cooperative as we were balancing oversized glasses on her nose, but she was certainly tolerant. She even went the extra mile and gave us a Ray Charles impression.


While we had Hannah in clotheshorse mode, we tried out some accessories that have special meaning. The pink hat below was knitted by Carla's Grandmother Anna Hoffpauir. She made hundreds of these infant hats as a volunteer at East Jefferson Hospital in Metairie, in the years before she passed away in 2002. The yellow booties were Carla's (she liked to chew on the tassels), and her little sister Cathryn wore them, too (hopefully after a good washing).


And I'll leave you with a brain teaser. I spotted the object below near Hannah's bed while we were in the NICU. It's about the size of a coaster, thin but heavy. I'll let you figure out what it is. First one to guess correctly wins a package of free preemie diapers, which still fit Hannah but not her bladder capacity. I'll post the answer in the next blog entry.