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She did it!!! Hailey crawled across her room last night,
July 24th 2009 (exactly 6 months and 2 weeks old)
She has been working on it for a few weeks now and
had begun to crawl 3 or 4 paces before falling down,
but last night she just took off! Time to babyproof!

A Girl and Her Dog

6 Months Old

Hailey turned six months old last Friday. We just can't believe it!
We celebrated with a "half birthday" cake. It was so cute and Hailey couldn't wait to get her fingers in it.




Monday was her 6 month checkup. She weighs 16lbs 15oz and is 26 3/4 inches long. She is still in the 75-90 percentile. She's gonna be a tall girl like her momma!

Milestones at 6 Months

• Hailey grabs objects and can hold a sippy cup
• Loves her baby food, so far we haven't found anything she doesn't like
• Can sit by herself
• Trying to crawl - she's up on all fours but can't quite get the arm movements down
• Recognizes familiar faces and is beginning to show preferences

In other Hailey news... our baby is a TV star!!!
I sent in one of her swimming pictures to 40/29 Summer Shots and they put her on the news!
Before Hailey was born, I kept saying that I wouldn't be one of those parents that entered their kids into contests and pageants, but I just couldn't help myself. She just has the cutest smile!

Fun in the Sun

The weather this past weekend was great, so we just had to get Hailey out for some fresh air.

Friday evening we sat outside while Kevin was mowing and I let Hailey feel the grass for the first time. It was so cute! She just kept wiggling her toes and then she had to bend down and grab a handful. I know its just grass to us, but she had never even noticed it until now. It was fun to watch her take it all in.

On Saturday, Hailey took her first swim! She loves the tub, so I figured it was time for a little swimming pool. Like most new moms, I probably went overboard- she just had to have a cute little hippo pool, a swimsuit, and sunglasses! It was so worth it, she absolutely loved it! I was a little worried that she might scream at first, but oh no- she wanted to do the backstroke! She did get a couple mouthfuls of water which were followed by some coughs and sputtering, but she was right back at it. ***Check out the video below***

Yummo!

Hailey has been eating from a spoon for almost a month now. So far she's had rice cereal with fruit, oatmeal, applesauce, pears, sweet potatoes, and carrots. She loved them all- she's like a baby bird begging for more. I have a feeling that may change when we try peas and green beans next week. Hopefully, I will be wrong and she will love her veggies, cause I sure as heck don't!

First Taste of Cereal

Hailey Likes It!!!

Are you kidding me?

I do believe Kevin and I were just officially initiated into the new
parent's club. Warning! If you are easily disgusted, stop reading here!
But despite the grossness it is hilarious. I'm sure all you seasoned
moms out there will get a huge kick out of this!


So here's what happened...Sorry its a little lengthy................

We finally got Hailey a jumperoo and she was so happy to play
with it tonight. She can't hardly touch the ground, so we had to put
a couple books underneath it. She was jumping away, the dog was
running around, and I was playing on the computer.

All of a sudden I realized that Oliver was under the jumperoo and he was licking something on the book that Hailey was jumping on. Kevin said, oh I think she spit up all over herself and it ran down onto the book. As I get closer I realize, that's not spitup, but poop! Her diaper had shifted while she was jumping and needless to say, there was a major accident. She was dancing in poop!

I was so disgusted, then I started laughing hysterically. I mean the look on our faces was priceless! So there we are with a messy baby trying to figure out what to do next... We finally got her stripped down and into the tub, and what does she do? She tinkles in her bath water!

I just couldn't believe this was happening, then I realize that this is just the beginning of many a years of cleaning up messes. A year ago I would have been totally grossed out and tossed my cookies in the floor, oh my how a baby changes things so quickly. Welcome to parenthood!

Weekend Fun

With all the rain these past several weeks, we were really looking forward to getting out of the house this weekend for a family outing. I was so disappointed to hear we were in store for yet more rain!!! However, we did find some breaks in the weather to fit in some family fun.

Friday evening was beautiful, so Hailey and I sat on the back porch while Kevin did yard work. I don't know which was funnier, watching Ollie chase the lawn mower or watching Hailey watching Ollie chase the mower! She has taken such an interest in him and so far he doesn't seem to mind.

We decided to take a shopping trip on Saturday afternoon. We had alot of fun choosing Hailey's summer wardrobe. She had fun too trying on sunglasses and hats. We must have put ten different pair on her and she didn't seem to mind a bit. She was so good while we were out, but didn't really like sitting in her stroller so long. Of course, why ride when Daddy will carry you?
























I'm gonna have to start working out if I'm going to be carrying her around all the time, she is getting heavy already. We went to her 4 month checkup last week and she weighed 14lbs 7oz and was 25 1/2 inches long. She is taller than 90% of babies her age! Imagine that, I don't think she really had a chance of being petite!

Waiting for Dr. Chris

She had fun crinkling the paper on the table

Finally an update!

It's been almost two months since I've sat down to get this thing updated. It's unbelievable how much busier our lives are now. I can't believe that I used to actually get irritated cause I was bored and there was nothing to do, now we rarely sit down until bedtime. I recently changed jobs and will be getting home earlier, so that should help alot.

Hailey keeps us so busy- she's getting at that stage where she likes to be entertained all the time and its so much fun! She babbles alot and laughs occasionally. I'm still waiting for the all out baby cackle. Its fun to interact with her cause you can just see the wheels turning in her head, she's trying so hard to figure everything out. She also turned from back to belly last night while she was sleeping. We better watch out! Now that she has the whole roll over thing down, I have a feeling she's gonna be rolling all over the house soon.

Other Hailey tidbits:

--She now can support herself on her elbows while she plays and looks around. It's fun watching her discover new things.

--She's recently taken a liking to our dog Oliver. It's like she's never really noticed him until now, but she loves to watch him chase the ball - gotta know where that dog is at all times.

--She loves her big girl tub! I put her in her big plastic tub last week and she had the best time splashing and trying to swim. I really need to buy a baby pool this summer.

--Her favorite toy right now is her "lovey" blanket. She carries it back and forth to daycare everyday and loves to play peek a boo with it.

--We do alot of singing. Her favorites are the ABC's and Old McDonald (Yes, I know I sound like an idiot and my singing is terrible, but whatever it takes to see her smile)

--I'm beginning to think she is going to be a morning person. She's always bright eyed and ready to go! Too bad Kevin and I aren't that way.

Monday is her 4 month checkup and more shots. She's grown so much, I'm curious to see how much she weighs now. And of course here's a few pics....

Hailey Rolls Over!

Hailey rolled over for the first time tonight! Actually she did it three times and we were lucky enough to grab the camera just in time for the third.





It was so unexpected. We were in her room reading a book and all a sudden she just flops over!
She's always wiggling around, but I never dreamed she would try rolling over already. I started screaming and clapping and she just looks at me like "what are you so happy about momma?"

I know I really need to get some new pics up, but that will have to wait for another time. Just wanted to brag on my HaileyBug!

Cousins!

Friday night we went to Nana and Poppy Johnson's house. Cousins Caden and Addison were there too. Caden is 2 and Addison is just a few months older than Hailey. It was fun watching them interact. It was quite crazy at times with three little ones-I can only imagine what its gonna be like when the girls start walking.

little wiggle worms

What a crazy bunch!

Two Months Old!

Miss Hailey is TWO MONTHS old today! It really has gone by fast. It's already getting hard to remember all her "firsts".

She is getting really good at holding her head up. She just has to know what is going on around her! She also smiles quite a bit. At first just at mommy and daddy, but in the past few days she has started giving a shy little smile to other family members. There's nothing that melts your heart more than a big gummy baby smile!

Other "milestones" include the beginning of little coos and sleeping all night (most of the time). I just couldn't believe it the first morning I woke up and realized that neither of us had been up to feed the baby. What a great feeling!

Hailey is doing really well at daycare. Miss Judy and Miss Cara say she is a good baby, and she seems to be really happy there. I'm still adjusting to being back at work. I just can't hardly bear being away from her all day. The day can't go by fast enough for me to get home and see my girl!

Here's some more pics from the past few weeks. I can't wait to see how much she continues to grow and learn.

Back to Work

Today was my first day back at work and Hailey's first day of school. Okay, so she's actually not in the preschool section yet, but I know she will be all too soon. She's growing so quickly already!

I was pretty worried about how we both would do today. She's not always a happy girl and I was afraid she would scream all day. Then there's her big crybaby momma - having a baby really changes a person. I now understand why my mom would tear up over the silliest little things when it came to us kids. I even cry over songs on the radio, there's several out right now about little girls growing up and I just bawl like a baby while I drive down the road (pathetic I know)

Anyways, we survived. I think we both did pretty well. I only cried a few tears after dropping her off and the ladies at daycare said she was very good today. Enough writing for now, I gotta hold my sweet girl!