Our Baby Is One Today!

I can't believe it has been a year since we had our beautiful baby girl! She has grown so much and I can't get over how much I love her. She is an amazing little girl and we are so blessed to have her in our lives. Her actual b-day party isn't until Halloween but we had to give her one of her presents on her birthday. She actually picked it out but then we hid it so she could open it on her birthday. She loves Mickey Mouse so she saw this Mickey fire truck and went crazy - she didn't even want the cashier to touch it to ring it up. So cute!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRETTY GIRL!!

Silly Girl Videos and Pics

Hailey wants to walk so bad but it scares her a little bit so she has figured out she can "walk" on her knees. She does it all the way through the house now and she is so proud of herself.

I have a few dance costumes that I have put in Hailey's room. She has discovered this pink tutu and she is always bringing it to me to put on her and then she wants to jump around in it. She also likes to look at herself in the mirror when she has it on. Our little princess!!

(Please ignore the mess in her room - I am going through all of her clothes and packing things up.)

Hailey has two pairs of super cute boots now - one pair came from my mom and dad and one pair came from my friend Tina and her daughter Nevaeh. She just loves them both and is constantly trying to put them on herself.

Scott and I went to the first Seahawks game of the season and had sooo much fun!! We didn't take Hailey because we had taken her to her cousin Isaac's footfall game the weekend before and whenever the crowd cheered or yelled she started to cry because she thought they were yelling at her. We thought the Seahawks crowd would not be a good idea for her so Grandma Hall watched her and we had her all sported out in her jersey for support. It was a great game!!

My Favorite Things

Hailey is at the greatest age right now. Everything is a learning experience for her. I could sit and watch her all day she is so stinkin’ cute! Here is a list of Hailey’s happenings and my new favorite things about her:

1. She can say Daddy, fishy, cat, kitty, yay and whussat (what’s that)
2. She stands up in the middle of the room all by herself and then claps for herself
3. She loves to hide her toys in different places – like the diaper box and under things and then gets so excited when she finds them again
4. She dances every time (good) music comes on and when she watches So You Think You Can Dance
5. She still jumps non-stop and thinks it’s hilarious to watch herself do it in the mirror
6. She loves to be naked and crawls away when I change her diaper and giggles because she thinks it’s funny (haven’t had her pee on the floor yet…)
7. She loves to be read to and she has to turn the page or she gets mad and she tells you when she’s done because if you stop reading before she wants you to she lets you know
8. She still likes to suck on her toes and I wish I could be flexible like that
9. She is finally popping her teeth in and she looks so cute
10. The look on her face when I walk through the door from work and how fast she crawls to me so I will pick her up
11. The way she raises her eyebrows when a cute boy walks by and that she is so not shy about it
12. The way she loves her Daddy with all her heart and the eyes she has for Daddy only
13. I love that she looks like Scott and I get to admire two very good looking people everyday!!

My baby girl is growing up so fast and I am loving every minute of my time with her!!

Our Trip to Idaho

We drove down to visit my parents a couple weeks ago and it was so great to see them and for Hailey to see them again. The last time my parents saw hr she was only a month old! The drive down was good we stopped and stayed in hotels and had a blast. The ride home wasn't as nice because we drove straight through. We are so lucky to have such a relaxed child - she just chilled for most of the 10 hour trip and watched Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on her little DVD player. She was such a good baby! Mommy and Daddy had a rougher trip and we were glad to get out of the car after 10+ hours. My parents are so wonderful and I cannot explain the blessing they are in my life - I have the greatest parents in the whole world and I miss them so much! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for a super fun time - WE LOVE YOU!!

My poor baby girl got her first really big owee :( She loves cats and she wanted to sit with Elvis (who has never hurt a fly) and he decided he didn't care for the little thing that was the same size as him and attacked her face. I have never heard cries like that before from my girl - it broke my heart. We are so lucky he didn't get her eye!! She was fine after about 10-15 minutes but mommy was still a wreck - I hate seeing her in pain. She is healing quickly though and it doesn't seem to phase her one bit - and she still wants to play with kitties so it must not have traumatized her too much.

Other than that it was a great trip - I will post more photos soon but I wanted to post something quick while Hailey was napping.

Paranoid Momma

I know I am not the first mom to be paranoid about their child getting hurt but sometimes it really gets to me. I can literally work myself into a frenzy worrying about everything that could happen to her. It's not normal things all of the time either - Scott laughs at some of things I can dream up. I have horrible visions of her being carried off by a wild animal and I will never see her again or an eagle will come down with giant talons and carry her away. It sounds silly when I write it down but my imagination can get the best of me sometimes. I just look at her and know I would just die if anything happened to her.

She has found this new serious side to her personality and I love the looks she gets on her face, she concentrates so hard -I just could watch her all day long!!

To add to my paranoia, she can stand up all by herself and is trying to walk - now I get to imagine all of the falls she could have on top of the realistic fear of an eagle swooping down :)

I love our baby girl!!

Mischievous Miss

Hailey is so stinkin' fast now. I can't keep up with her already and I know it is just the beginning. I had just cleaned up the toys so we could go to bed and I turned my back for 2 seconds and Hailey found the toys mommy had nice and neat.

I absolutely love her "I wasn't doing anything" look - she does it ALOT!!

She loves mommy's phone and is already running up the phone bills for us - typical girl ;)

I have been trying to take some really good pictures of her lately but she is so interested in the camera - I usually get a really good close up of her hand and face. I love her baby blues though - pretty girl!!

She has started to pull her self up onto her feet using the couch - she is so proud of herself when she does it - she is growing too fast!!

Mobile Baby!

Hailey is crawling like crazy. It happened sooo fast. About a month ago she wouldn't even try and then all of the sudden she got on her hands and knees and started cruisin' like a pro. She is growing up so fast!