Hailey is 4 months old today!

Four months ago today I gave birth (through c-section) to Hailey! I can't believe how much time has gone by. I know I say it over and over again but it's just unreal! I have three friends giving birth soon and am so excited for them.

Hailey is taking LONG naps. I was getting worried about it but my good friend Stacey, she's my personal baby expert, told me that she's just growing and to let her sleep. Growing? Growing more?! Ah!

Here's a list of recent changes

1. Hailey has found her feet and loves to play with them. Has not discovered that
she can put them in her month yet. =o)
2. She has started to wake up in the middle of the night some. (Especially since
I have put her in her crib)
3. I don't swaddle Hailey anymore at night. She was getting out of her swaddle and
instead the blanket would be on her face so I stopped that right away. Instead
I just dress her in the pj's with feet in them so she stays warm.
4. I have to put Hailey down for naps. It sounds like "duh" but when she was a
newborn she slept automatically.
5. Toys make her excited.
6. We are spoon feeding her cereal tonight! I will start giving her cereal at night
and probably in the morning as well.
7. Hailey scoots. She scoots down to the bottom of her crib. She also scooted
almost all the way off the couch!! I have to watch her more!
8. Hailey grabs things. She tried taking her dad's pizza from his plate last night.
She got the sauce all over her hand. She also knocked down a glass the other
day.
9. We love the bumbo! Hailey sits in her bumbo all the time. She holds her head up
so well I don't have to worry about it wobbling anymore!

Busy, busy

It's been busy around the house this weekend. Saturday morning Sean had a guitar lesson to give. While Hailey was down for a nap (in her very own crib in the nursery!!), I went to a couple parking lots to put flyers out for Kitchen & Bath Options. I made it back before Hailey woke up. Then did house work while Sean left to do a couple hours of work. Hailey and I then went jogging and got ready for the church wide progressive dinner.

The progressive dinner was so yummy! We went to three houses and then ended for desert at the church. The first house had southwestern chili... yummy! The second house had finger foods such as pizza rolls and spinach dip. The third house had chicken parmesan... delicioso! It was a fantastic time visiting with our friends. Thanks so much Carrie for putting it all together!!

Friday night we went to the Schuessler's for dinner. Carried made chili and it was so good! Adam put mashed potatoes in his chili, which I had never thought of before. I recommend it! I'm on a chili kick so I'm going to make some this coming week.

Merry Christmas!

Sorry it's been a while since I have posted. When I get a moment to be on the computer, I'm on facebook.

Thanksgiving:
My sister Stephanie got sick with the flu so we had to post-pone Thanksgiving to the saturday after. We did however to go my in-laws on Thanksgiving. Both of our parents had ham. Steph's boyfriend Patrick (Patty) gave us a turkey! So I brined it (something new I learned and will do from now on) and put cajun seasoning on it. It was the best turkey I've ever had. I'm not just saying that cause I made it either. It was extremely good!



Sean had to clean the turkey... I can't touch it. It's gross!

Jacob's birthday:
This past weekend Hailey went to Jacob's 1st birthday party. Hailey had a lot of fun even though she couldn't eat some cake. I look forward to her first birthday when she can dig into some cake. Sean had no problem digging into his when he was a baby. Me on the other hand, I didn't want to touch it cause I didn't want to get dirty. My Uncle Dan ended up taking my hands and putting them in the cake. Then I pulled my hands out, looked at them and cried. lol.



Hailey's development:
Hailey is now holding her hands and grabbing things very well. She holds her head up enough that I have her in a bumbo. She loves to reach up and touch my mouth when I'm feeding her and I playfully tug on her hands with my mouth. She smiles and laughs. The only way she giggles is to lightly blow on her tummy or the bottom of her feet. She sounds like a munchkin when she giggles. It's so adorable! I start Hailey's last feeding at 7:30 or 8:00 at night so she wakes up at about 5:30 or 6:00 AM to eat. I just put her in the bed laying down with me and she eats and we fall back asleep. I get to cuddle with her for an hour or two! =o) Sean keeps reminding me that we won't be letting our kids sleep in bed with us. I agree but this is different!


Youth Group:
The youth group is coming to our home tomorrow evening to go to some trampoline place in Longwood. It's a warehouse that has trampolines on the floor and walls. Hailey and I will sit on the side and watch everyone else do it. Even if I didn't have Hailey there, I wouldn't be jumping. I injured my ankle years ago on a trampoline. It never fully healed.

This past Friday night I had the youth middle school girls for a sleepover. We also celebrated Bethany's 14th birthday. She brought a lot of friends. We had 9 girls here. It was insane!! Luckily, my neighbor was out all night (she got engaged!!!) so we didn't bother her. BTW, 5 alkaseltzers and diet coke in your mouth becomes explosive material!!

Work:
Sean and I are really praying about our work. The economy is in a recession and it is, as with every other business, effecting us negatively. Luckily, we have work right now. We are praying for more work and God's provision for us. He has been faithful to provide for us in the past, so I know He will provide for our future. I got a word a couple weeks ago to trust Him in the everyday things. It was a right word for me so I'm trying to walk that out.

My mom:
My mom has just a couple more weeks of radiation to go and then she will be done!! She has been doing so great through all of this. Her hair is growing in nicely. She still wears a wig or hats because she wants it to get longer first. I'm so proud of her and how she has dealt with all of this cancer stuff. Soon it will be all behind her! We put the tree up this past saturday. I thought Hailey would be transfixed by it but she doesn't really even notice it. I have the cutest little Christmas outfit for her. I will get pics in the next week and post them!

Update!

Hailey is officially 3 months old! She went to the doc this past week and weighs 11 lb. 6 oz. She is also above average at 24" long. Sean and I love Hailey so much. Besides our salvation and then marriage (cause that had to happen to get Hailey), she is the best thing that has happened to us! She still sleeps through the night. I've gotten bad at not keeping her on a schedule in the mornings... she should be getting up at 7 AM in the mornings but I like sleeping in! Hailey does well eating every 3 hours. Sometimes she has gone to 4 hours with no problem.

A couple weekends ago Hailey went to a theme park for the first time! We went to SeaWorld. The weather was breezy and cool. But all Hailey cared about is that she was clean and had her milk. =o)

This weekend we hung out a lot at home. Hailey is very content as long as she has a full belly. She will just chill in her carrier or boppy. We set-up the playpen when the cold front hit this past week. Hailey still needs her tummy and laying on back time but I didn't want her on the floor with the draft. Soon we will either have to put her in her crib or put the playpen in our room because she is getting too long for the bassinet.

Today after church we went and visited Hailey's great grandmother. This is the first time she had seen Hailey. It was a short visit as Hailey was hungry and tired but it was fun. Hailey's Great Aunt Dora, Great Uncle Mac and Great Aunt Linda were there too. It was their first time seeing her as well. They were overjoyed!

Twelve weeks old!

Saturday night we went to the in-laws so Sean and Blake could play with some air-soft guns. They shot a banana taped to the tree until the banana was non-existant! We were standing around the island in the kitchen when Hailey went poo. It was so loud! Sean and I have had a laughs about it and are used to it now but Blake had never heard it. He laughed so hard which made Sean and I laugh. We were all bent over and crying. It was so funny! Hailey just sat there with a "what did I do?" look. Then I went to lift her up to change her and saw she had a blowout on her back and it went on me too!

Hailey has a freckle on the back of her right calf. My mom noticed it weeks ago but I just now remembered to mention it. She is now holding toys. The other day she went to sleep holding on of her toys! It was so cute! Pics are below! Hailey is making different "coo" noises and her cry is changing more. She did the cutest sneeze the other day too. Sean thought it was me!

Drool, drool, drool! Hailey will drool so much she soaks the front of her onesie! I think she is in the beginning stages of teething. I gave her a frozen teething ring a couple days ago and she loved it! When I took it away, she cried.

Sean has a cold so he is trying to keep his distance from Hailey and I. My mom just started radiation this past Monday. Please be praying for her. She is exhausted. My grandfather just got released from the hospital yesterday. He had a blood clot in his lungs and his leg. He is doing much better now.

Exercising isn't the easiest thing to do but I'm trying. It's not easy to find the time and also it's not easy body wise. I just don't have any strength in my muscles. Whatever muscles I did have is gone! It's like starting from scratch and very difficult. Just wait, a couple months and I'll be a hot mom! =o)

Oh, and speaking of getting back in shape, I crave chocolate all the time. Everyday, every moment. Give me chocolate! What is my problem?! I have never been like this. It's aweful but I've learned to go ahead and get some chocolate because if I don't I will eat everything in sight until I get it. I just need to know when to stop!!

It seems that Jacob and Hailey will be great friends. Jacob was playing with one of Hailey's toys at youth last night. He really likes her stroller (the same as his) and when he sees her he always wants to reach out and touch her. So cute!

Tonight Hailey had the biggest blowout ever. I think it was mostly due to not putting the diaper on properly which is my fault. She was squiggling and squirming and it was just difficult to get it on good. Woops! Learned my lesson!! At least the blowout wasn't on me!

39 weeks pregnant pics

These are some cute pics Jason Poludniak did when I was 39 weeks pregnant. Thank you Jason!!

Afraid of the dark?!

Hailey rides great in the car. Only a few times does she cry and that's when she is really really hungry. But, about four days ago Sean and I noticed she cries in the car at night. As soon as a light comes on, she stops crying. Light off... she cries. She is afraid of the dark in the car! I felt bad for her but it was quite humorous at the same time. Poor thing! We turned the light on in the car every chance that we could. I don't know how to resolve this problem... just hope she gets used to it and sees that it's not scary. We had a fall festival at church. I dressed Hailey up as a rockstar punk ballerina. She was adorable! Sean was volunteered for the dunk tank. I don't know by who. ; )He got dunked several times. Then I dunked him. Here's some pictures! (I'm glad I got the pictures before the massive blow-out!)


Hailey is now ten weeks old. She is opening her hands more and noticing things in front of her. I think she is starting to try and touch things. It's so cute to see her concentrate on something. We love to place toys at her feet and when she kicks id makes noise. She tries to figure out why that's happening. I can always tell when Hailey is going to poop. She gets very still and rigid and gets a concentrated face. She perces her lips together and then the grunt comes! Sometimes she turns red.

Hailey is now in a size 1 diaper. She has only had a few blowouts since we changed sizes. She is a great baby and I have found loves a routine. I feed her every 3 hours now. She also knows when night time feeding and bed time is. The last couple weeks I haven't even needed to rock her to sleep. I couldn't ask for a better baby!

I love to make Hailey smile and laugh. She has the biggest smile and her eyes light up. She loves a bummble bee toy Jennifer Fries got her. It makes laughing sounds. She also loves a baby doll that laughs that her Nana got her.

Speaking of Nana (my mom) please keep her in your prayers. She starts radiation this Thursday. She has to get six weeks of radiation, five days a week. It's a lot to go through but onces she does it, she will be done with the cancer stuff all together!! I praise God for my mom and for her healing from the breast cancer.

Pictures!

Hailey birth story part I

I'm going to tell Hailey's birth story in parts. I want it documented so she can look back and see what we went through to have her! =o)

8/20/2008
I went on my daily 2 mile (sometimes 4 mile) walk at Crane's Roost and home to clean up for a couple minutes before my doctor's appointment. On this day I was 3 days past due. Even though I was huge and uncomfortable, I was planning to tell the doctor that I want to wait until the following Monday to induce, should he suggest it.

The nurses did a stress test and had trouble keeping Hailey's heartbeat monitored because she was moving around so much! After about an hour and a half of monitoring, the doctor saw me. Evidently my blood pressure was elevated (they checked it when I first came in and then when I saw the doctor) and I had protein in my urine. I was surprised because I hadn't had any problem so far! I was swollen but had that for weeks.

The doctor said I had pre-eclamsia and wanted me to go to the hospital immediately to get induced. I was only one centimeter dialated but I wasn't going to argue with him on that because I know pre-eclamsia can be dangerous if it goes too far. I called Sean and went home to get my things. Sean met me at home and we went to the hospital.

I was very excited gathering my things at home and calling my mom. Sean was on the phone and texting a ton of people. I ate a granola bar on the way to the hospital. Originally, I planned on eating something sufficient (cause they won't let me eat or drink there) but I was too anxious. Meanwhile, Hailey was quite calm at the time!

My mom and sister Stephanie arrived shortly after I got to the hospital. I was hooked up to machines and an IV which was pumping 3 or 4 different medicines into my body. I was receiving magnisium sulfate which made me SO sick. I mean abnormally, really bad reaction sick. It was terrible! Since I had this medicine, I had one nurse who was assigned to me and they came in very, very often to check on me. They still had trouble monitoring Hailey's heartbeat. They had to come in all the time and move the monitor to try and find Hailey.

My sister Stephanie had her laptop. Sean and I started blogging when we were in the hospital. That evening my dad came, sister Rachel and my best friend Sica (she drove all the way from Davenport!). I had a full room! Everyone just hung out, patiently waiting. They would go get food and come back. We all watched my stomach as Hailey rolled around, entertaining everyone. It was odd to have everyone just starting at me, like I was a ticking time bomb!

While all this is going on, Hurricane/Tropical Storm Faye is hitting Florida. We are getting pelted with rain and wind. Poor Amanda Voss is at Sean's and my home taking care of it and the animals with such nasty weather. There wasn't really a view out the window but everyone said it was crazy out there.

I had to take out my contacts because the medicine made my eyes red and burn. I turned red too and I was so very thirsty. My lips looked like I had red lipstick on cause I was so chapped. But all I could have was ice chips. Everyone kept on commenting on the ceiling fan in the room. Saying they have never seen a ceiling fan in a hospital room. I'm thinking it's for the people like me who get wicked hot from the medicine. I think I froze everyone out!

It was apparent that I was not going to give birth soon or during the night unless something changed very quickly. I was only dialated to 2cm. My in-laws came and brother-in-law to visit quickly before everyone had to go home. Sean and my mom stayed with me during the night. I'm glad they did cause I got very, very sick from the medicine during the night. I couldn't keep down ice chips. I tried to get up and go to the restroom but started to fall. I was just too weak.

I started begging the nurse to take me off the magnisium sulfate. She wasn't finding any protein in my urine (they hadn't the whole time I had been at the hospital) and my blood pressure was perfect. She found it odd that my reflexes were a little jumpy which I guess is another sign of pre-eclamsia. But she agreed that I could probaby go off an do fine. She said she would talk to the doctor.

The nurse also said that the magnisium sulfate tends to slow labor (that's one of it's uses) so it's actually working against the pitocin they are giving me. Uh-oh I thought, this is exactly what I wanted to avoid. Situations like this often end up in c-section. But I just pushed the thought out of my mind. I didn't want to think about it or even consider that it was a possibility. Besides, I hadn't even prepared for one cause I was determined to give birth naturally. I wouldn't become one of the statistics!

Tune in next time for Part II!

God never let's go!

This past Sunday we were singing a song at church called "You Never Let Go". I was thinking about when I was in the hospital laboring and then had the c-section to deliver Hailey. There were moments when I was very scared and the only real, constant, true thing I could hold onto was God. I had an "I know this but right now it's very real to me and out of my control" moment and realized everything else could fade away at an instant. All I could do was pray and have faith that God was holding onto me, and Hailey.

I praise God that He never let's go of me. I thank Him that He reminds me that He is there for me, even in the small things. It is the same for you too!! What an awesome God we have!

P.S. - I am working on Hailey's birth story in parts. Will post the first part in the next couple days!

Cry or Not to cry?

I just let Hailey cry herself to sleep. It was so hard! I had fed her and played with her. I needed to get up and get ready for the day so I put her in the swing. She was okay for a couple minutes and then started to scream. Her face was SO red and she was extremely loud. It's hard to make the choice when to let her cry and when to not. I'm still not sure of it. Hailey screamed for 15 min. and then went to sleep. But not before she did the quick air suck in thing that we all do after a big cry. My poor baby! I just wanted to pick her up and comfort her. But I know that she must learn and I will regret it later.

It's been busy around the Canada house lately. The days fly by so fast when I'm home. I don't get to do everything I would like to. I think of the things I would do with my time but now I'm taking care of Hailey. Hailey is definitely much more worth my time than those trivial things. It's an awesome feeling to do something with my time that means so much. The way Sean and I raise her will effect many people she meets in her life and her children. Sean has been so wonderful to help out with cleaning. He even shaved skittles the other night. Well, she isn't done.. looks quite funny actually. He had to quit cause she was biting him!

We have been very busy with work. We now keep our work schedule on a Google calendar so Sean can access it from his iPhone and I can from any computer. My in-laws are going to Indiana tomorrow. This means work will be much busier for Sean and I next week because my father-in-law will not be there. We praise God for every job that we get. We aren't slammed but we have work!!

My mom is deciding to get radiation. Please pray for her. She will be going for treatments five days a week for six weeks. I don't think she has a start date yet.

We bought a Nerf gun to hopefully keep the cats off the counters. I have tried so many things. Even packing tape put upside down... they didn't care!! I think cats are secretly really smart or something.

I have a big case of "mommy brain". I forget so many things or it's just on the tip of my tongue but I can't get it out! I've heard that Omega3 helps with that.

Couponmom.com is a great site if you want to combine coupons with sales the grocery is having. You can look up specific stores such as Publix, Winn-Dixie, CVS, Walmart and Walgreens and they have a list prepared for you that you can check off what you want and print it out. I love it!!

Why the Ellen Show is so funny!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C64ZYuR7PuQ

Hailey is 8 weeks old today!

I can't believe Hailey is 8 weeks old and how much she has changed since she was born. Even in the past week she has developed so much. She smiles and Sean and I when she sees us. It feels so good!! She coos more and more. It seems that she passes the rooting stage a lot and goes straight to crying. So I try to predict when she is hungry and go ahead and feed her. That is going quite well and keeping her happy. =o)

Hailey still isn't on an exact schedule yet for the day time. It depends what time the day gets started and she sometimes doesn't really take a nap or sometimes takes a couple long naps. I'm not sure how to get her onto a schedule. But I don't want to be really rigid with a schedule either. Just have an idea of how things are going to go and so she will know too. Our night time routine works well though. I feed her, swaddle her and rock her. Most of the time when I sit down to rock her, she knows it's bed time so she starts squirming and crying. She cries for a minute or two and then suddenly, it's like a switch, she is asleep. It's so cute!

Hailey is stil sleeping through the night with one exception. The other night she fell asleep really early and I didn't get to do the "top off" feeding so I expected her to wake hungry during the night. She woke at 3 AM but after I fed her for like 10 min. she went back to sleep.

This morning Hailey burped and coughed at the same time. It made her jump and her eyes got big! Lol! The other day she farted and it scared her. Yesterday I took her to one of her grandma's houses and dropped her off so I can go to work. It was the first time I have dropped Hailey off somewhere. It was difficult but the work day was so busy so it went by fast. Hailey's Mimi said she was terrific.

Yesterday was also Sean's 26th birthday! Poor Sean, it was such a busy work day and then he came home to change and go to youth group. I plan to give him a great relaxing weekend... well deserved!! =o) Sean also didn't get to open any presents on his birthday which I feel bad about. I was going to get him a bearded dragon but when I took him to get it, he decided he wanted to wait. Well, my present plan was busted then and I had to find something quick. I absolutely couldn't find anything at the mall. Hot Topic is normally an easy place to get Sean something but when I went in there, Hailey hated it. First her eyes were big. Then her face started to look pouty and then she started to cry. As soon as I left the store she was fine.

Sean's parents got him an iPhone but he has had that a few weeks now. My sister ordered him something and I did as well which isn't here yet. My parent's got him something but he has to wait till he sees them. It's like a prolonged birthday!

Dedicated Hailey today!

We dedicated Hailey today. I was trying so hard to keep her full and happy so she wouldn't cry when we went up there. I thought the dedication was at the beginning of the service so I had a bottle ready to make her plump just before we went up there. She finished the bottle, I found out the dedication was later in the service and then she wanted more to eat. I had to take her to the nursing room. I was sitting in there listening to the service when I heard them call us up there! Uh oh! Sean was waiting at the front of the church for us. When we got up there Hailey was all smiles and laughs! So precious!! I did good at not crying.. just a little tear in the corner of my eye.

We had the family over for dinner tonight to celebrate Hailey's dedication. I made a cake with white icing and sprinkles. We had london broil... delicious!

Yesterday Hailey and I joined some of the girls from church at the Southern Women's Show. We had a lot of fun. The main event there that we wanted to see was Jon & Kate from Jon & Kate plus 8. Here is a picture...



I valet parked at the Peabody hotel because it was right across from the convention center and safe, easy access with a baby. When the valet guy brought my car, he was strangely driving, like he didn't know where he was going and then ran my car over the curb! Then he started my car when I had already told him to go away and he burned my hand because it was right in front of the exhaust as I was picking up the stroller. Ugh! I was not appreciative of the valet guy there at all!!

Here are some pics that Rick took. Thanks so much Rick!!

At the Canada house...

I made it through one day of work! Hailey had many visitors while I was away and lots of food so I don't thibk he noticed I was gone. But when I came home she gave me lots of smiles and two loud coos! It's so heart warming when she does that. She is at the point that her smiles, laughs and coos are in response to us.

Hailey is liking tummy time a little better. That or mom and dad are more strongwilled than her and she knows just cause she has a "diva moment" doesn't mean we are going to pick her up right away. I must admit that is so hard to do though!

We have gone walking to Crane's Roost three times now. The first two times she slept but this morning she was awake, looking around and trying to talk. It was so much for her little eyes to take in! She so easily becomes fascinated when she sees things for the first time. It's adorable!!

Hailey loves to spend time with her daddy. She especially loves when he plays the guitar. The other day she was crying but Sean playing the guitar calmed her right down. But if he stopped she would start crying again.

This girl is gaining weight!! She eats and eats and eats. She is still small though. We think maybe she will be petite like Sean and I. Her face has gained a lot of features now. She doesnt have that newborn look. Her eye lashes are so long too!! She has lost hair nbut I see some growing back in. It looks dark.

Last night Hailey watched her first football game with her grandpa. Vikinks vs. Saints. It was a great game!!

I'm learning to do many things one handed,k it just takes me longer. Like my typing right now!

Going to work this week!

So I'm going back to work this week. I'm not working a lot of hours but it's time away from Hailey that we are both not used to. Both of the grandmothers are going to be watching Hailey. I'm glad they get some one-on-one time with Hailey and I know Hailey will love the attention!!

It's been two months since I have worked. I'm trying to mentally go there so I will be ready tomorrow. Run through the routines in my head so I'm not totally stumped when I get there at what to do!

I'm also trying to get back into the routine of keeping the house. It's different now because I can't just decide to get up and clean for an hour. I've gotta manage to fit the cleaning time in between taking care of Hailey. I think I'm going to have to resort to getting up earlier than her in the mornings to get some things done then too. I like this website, www.flylady.net They have a set of routines they suggest and they even have email reminders.

Hailey is so much fun! We took her to her first restaurant trip last night. She was really good for us. Here eyes were so huge as she looked around. It was so funny. They were almost bugging out they were so big! I wish I would have gotten a pictuer of it!!

My mother-in-law got us a camcorder so this coming week I will post some video of Hailey!! I can't wait to get her smiling on video... it's priceless. I just watched video of one of our friend's kids singing a song about God and the other kid doing karate moves in his spiderman costume. Even though I absolutely love the stage Hailey is at right now, so cute and small, I look forward to the days when she is jumping around singing about God too!!

Doctor Visit Day

Hailey and I both had doctor appointments today. I had my six week check-up with the OB and he said everything looks great. Sean is ecstatic. I pranked him... haha. I called him after my appointment and told him that the doctor said I have to wait 4 more weeks until I resume "normal" activity because my abdominal muscles were stretched so far. =o) He believed me! He was wigging out. lol.

Hailey is 9 lb. 2 oz. and 21 3/4 inches long. She is right where she needs to be on the chart. The doctor was impressed how well Hailey can hold up her head when she is on her stomach. Then the doctor was saying soon Hailey will roll over and I said she already is right as Hailey rolled over to show the doctor! The small bumps on Hailey's face and body is heat rash and will eventually go away the doctor said. Hailey had to get three shots. Oh my... her face turned purple. Her mouth was wide open, tongue quivering but no sound coming out. And then LOTS of sound came out! Oh my!! I'm sure everyone heard her throughout the building. My little girl has some lungs!

This week in the Canada household...

I love those pics of Hailey! They were taken with Sean's iPhone. Yes, my husband got an iPhone for his early birthday from his parents. The "other woman" as Carrie refers to Rick's iPhone. Sean named his "Candy".

I'm trying to do things that stimulate Hailey. One website I found had suggestions including sticking out my tongue and she will imitate me. I tried it and it works! I have such a smart baby! She is laughing, smiling and beginning to coo. So cute! I also walk Hailey around the house showing her things. She studies them and when she gets bored she starts fussing and I show her something else.

Next week I plan to start back to work for a couple days. I only plan to be part-time and maybe do some work from home. I'm very grateful I work for my father-in-law who is very understanding. =o) It shall be hard to leave Hailey but I know both of the grandmas, Nana and Mimi are very excited about the one on one time with her.

Martha Stewart has behives and I thought it would be so cool to have one. I can actually go online and order the bees! Sean said no and I tried explaining the importance of everlasting honey supply. So far I haven't made progress...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7628744.stm
This article link talks about sweet smells while one is sleeping can cause pleasant dreams. Now, it's a fact that people let out an average of 1.5 leters of fart everyday. Most of this is while we are sleeping. So when I have funky dreams can I blame it on Sean's taco bell lunch??

Hailey's revenge

Sean got stitches! Six stitches to be exact. He was working and some tile broke and fell cutting his leg. Luckily it didn't bleed too bad and he was able to get to a CentraCare and get it taken care of quickly.

Hailey is smiling a lot more. She has times where she is so alert! Then other times when she is so hard sleep no matter what you do she won't wake up! Sean likes to play with her like she is a little "Yoda" when she is like that. It's so funny. I have video of it. One day I'll get it up here! Hailey went to her first youth group tonight. She loved the flashing lights when the music was playing. Never took her eyes off them. She was very good the whole time. Yesterday we went to Children's Orchard, Chick-fl-a and to visit her great grandfather. It was a long afternoon but she was great the entire time. When we got home I knew she was tired. She fought nap time for about 15 minutes and then gave in.

HAILEY'S REVENGE...
Hailey sleeps through the night great. Since I started rocking her to sleep, she goes to sleep around 10 - 10:30 PM and sleeps until about 5:30 AM then sleeps again till about 9:30 AM. Sometimes she won't go to sleep till around 12:30 or 1:00 AM and then she will sleep until 9 or 9:30 AM. I've felt lucky to be getting so much sleep at night. But she took revenge last Sunday night. She didn't sleep a wink the WHOLE NIGHT. Not kidding you. Really. I was up from 6:30 AM Sunday morning till 12:30 PM Monday. Hailey finally went to sleep at 8 AM Monday morning but she had a doctor's appointment so I couldn't finally go to sleep, instead I had to get her things ready and try to make myself look decent. I tried EVERYTHING to get her to go to sleep. She just refused. She had a full belly, tummy time (tried to get her tired), we went driving, we rocked, diaper changes, singing, walking, massage, music, burping, gas medicine, everything!!!

4 years ago...

Sean and I were getting married! Right about this time I was getting into my wedding dress. Reflecting on the past four years, God has moved greatly in Sean's and my life. We have learned more about love, forgiveness, perseverance and sacrifice. Sean is a wonderful husband whom I don't want to take for granted. He sacrifices many things for me and now, our beautiful baby Hailey. Sean always tells me he loves me, everyday. He brings laughter to me everyday. He works hard. He prays hard and seeks God. He makes a great breakfast. He thinks about me and knows the things I like. He stands up for me and is there to comfort and support me. Oh, I could just go on and on!

Just a few pictures from 4 years ago...