A busy Little Girl!!!

Hayleigh is a busy little girl!! She is always on the move, still not walking yet but on major cruise control and not slowing down for no one!!!! If you take her hands or hand she will walk with you all over the place. She will take 2 to 4 steps by herself and is getting so close but just doesn't want anything to do with it right now. I guess she will get there.

Yep here she is again riding in the Kubota!!! She loves to ride in this thing. I usually have her in a car seat but we just went around the driveway and as you can see she does have a seat belt on and we go like 5mph. She just sits and looks around and smiles.

At this point in my day it was getting close to the kids going home and one was screaming because she was mad at me, so I went out the door and screamed myself (not really, I just wanted fresh air) Hayleigh kept looking out the door at me like hello mom come and get me and take me outside.

Hayleigh was having lots of fun with daddy tonight. She would giggle and giggle, too cute!!

Then he kept putting his hat on her and she usually loves that but not at this point of the evening, it was bed time. And speaking of bed time and naptime today, she put herself to sleep in her crib. She kept fighting me at naptime and daddy at bedtime so off she went to her crib. I bet it wasn't 5 minutes both times and she was out like a light. Another sign that my/our baby girl is getting big. Now I know this could be just a fluke and that its also a good thing if she can put herself to sleep.

This was when Hayleigh had had enough playing!!!

Aren't we SOOO cute!! I even dressed us alike today, if you can see our shirts.


Look at our big girl!!!

Oh and we still love our roof roof!!!!! Even though lately they are separated because she will pounce on him like a mad cat and flip over top of him. Its really funny but Rex is 14 and even though we don't think he will do anything , you never no about an older dog. Last night Rex was on his couch/bed and she went over to him and just laid her head by his and tried to give him several open mouth kisses, it was quiet adorable.

Oh poor Kaitlyn, she is adored by my child!!! Sometimes she likes her a little too much. As you can see she is trying to sit on her lap and Kaitlyn is a whole 15-16lbs maybe and Hayleigh is 24lbs. Hayleigh loves her baby dolls too. When she sees one, real or fake, she says daddy daddy in a sweet little voice. That is right it sounds like daddy but she is looking at a baby. It took us forever to figure this out!!

Hayleigh's 1st time at a park!!!

Last Friday Hayleigh and I took a trip into the park to have lunch and to play with some friends. We had very beutiful weather too!! This was actually Hayleigh's first time to a park. She played with her BFFs'... Gabbi, Ali, Brenna, Kylie and Kaitlyn. Hayleigh and Gabbi went down the slide and played in the grass together. She had a lot of fun being outside. Hayleigh did take one step on her own in the grass then lost her balance and hasn't wanted to try since, being a little stubborn I think!!


I decided to take Hayleigh down the tube slide, what fun!!

Brenna had on a pretty cool shirt I guess or thats what Hayleigh and Gabbi thought. They both like Brenn a lot and Brenna loves them too!! My friend Karshon actually watches Brenna and I'm her backup , so with Gabbi's therapy Brenna is at my house once a week.

DOUBLE TROUBLE HERE!!!

Our Baby Girl is The Big 1 Years Old

Well this past Saturday was Hayleigh's 1st birthday party!! It of course was mommy's birthday too but it was all about our baby that day!! She enjoyed her mommy's cupcakes A LOT. She just about dove out of her high chair to get to them. Once they were in her position she went to town. I took them out of the dish I had them in and she was able to get at them much better and smash them in her face more too. It was very cute and quiet funny to watch her. This duck sings If Your Happy and You Know it.... and dances at the same time. Hayleigh loved it. Once we got it home though she wasn't quiet sure of the duck. Her great aunt and great grandma got it for her. This was among many spring/summer clothes that are colorfully filling her closet. She receive some money, a water table, sandbox, and a couple of baby dolls and toys. We had a great turn out!!!

This was her birthday party outfit, isn't she such a cutie!!! She wasn't quite sure why all her favorite people were in one spot at the same time.
I went ahead and made a few dozen cupcakes and made them into my own design instead of spending money on a big old cake. I though I did a pretty good job. Everyone seemed to love them. The frosting was make with Kool-aid instead of food coloring so it added a sweet little twist.

As I have said many times before here on this old blog of mine or on facebook, where has time gone. It seriously doesn't seem like its been a year. We couldn't imagine our lives without her of course and don't remember what our lives were like before her. I don't remember when I was able to take a shower that last longer then 2 minutes, or that getting boogers wiped all over me was so disgusting, or a time I didn't stick out my hand to catch spit-up or puke, etc.... Thank you to everyone who had a hand or say in Hayleigh's first year, IT WAS A GREAT ONE!!!

Love to all,

Dave, Jodi, and Hayleigh

Picture Day....

Picture Day wasn't so fun this time!!! Hayleigh didn't really think she needed her picture taken I guess. She was a little stinker and didn't want to cooperate at all. Aunt Heidi still managed to get a few very cute pictures. Sorry some are so small, I think its the way they were edited??? I can't believe these are her 1 year pictures and now its down to once a year for "professional" pictures, not every 3mths or so=( Makes me very sad!! Of course I take plenty on a daily basis!! I am in the process of trying to finish her scrapbook because I really want to have it done for her party next saturday (the 11th) and I still have two months of pictures to go!! I can do it, Ican do it!!!

Oh she loved the cupcake, good sign for her birthday!!!

My Favorite!!!