Walking, talking, clapping and diaper rash!

Hailey has her first diaper rash. I let her go around the house twice today naked (she didn't make a mess!) to let it dry out. I have been putting cream on it too. Poor baby! It looks like it hurts.

Yesterday my grandmother passed away. This was my dad's mom. Please keep my family in your prayers. It was not a surprise as she has been ill for quite a while. We will miss her. She was the glue that held my dad's side of the family together. The next few months will be challenging.

Hailey says "duck"! She was in the bathtub holding the duck and repeated after me everytime I said "duck". Then she got out of the bathtub and was playing with Skittles and she started clapping! I am SO proud!!! She walks all of the time now and long distances. She still crawls but not a lot. Her favorite thing to do right now is to put her bracelets on, grab as many toys as she can hold and walk around the house.

I think Hailey is the best baby in the whole world! She is so easy!! I am amazed at how obedient she is. Most of the time, when I say "no touch" she lets go. It really seems that she wants to please. I sure pray it stays that way!! She barely fusses and is most of the time ever so happy. I just can't complain. She has made everything so simple. We have a crazy schedule sometimes and she just goes with it.

We think Hailey is a lefty. I am. =o) Only time will tell!

I have to type this ever so quickly because Hailey is in the room napping and she has become a light sleeper. Our computer is not quite an expensive paper weight but close to it. Evidently there is something wrong with the hard-drive. Unfortunately, it won't let us access it to save our stuff. Ugh. We are going to loose some music, pics and documents. I am sure we have learned our lesson now! Windows isn't working at all b/c it is on the main hard-drive. I am on our computer now but using Ubuntu so I can access the internet. I was going CRAZY without the internet!!!

Hailey turned 11 months yesterday. One more month until the big party! I am hoping to pick out invitations this week. Then I have to finalize cake plans.

Hailey is walking a lot! She gets excited when she is doing well and screams with joy as she flaps her arms like she is going to fly. She loves giving kisses and hugs. She says "dog", "kitty", "momma", "dadda", and "nana". Sometimes I think I hear her say "baby".

I just switched up her eating schedule again. When she wakes in the morning, instead of nursing first, I give her baby food. Then a bit later I nurse. Same with lunch and dinner. So at the end of the day she is nursing 3 times. So far it seems to be going very well. She has a lot more stinky diapers.

Uh oh... she is stirring... gotta go!

I have so much to post but haven't been able to because our computers at home have fallen ill. Dahvyd came over for dinner and also took a look at our PC and my laptop. I'm on my laptop now which has a very, very fickle internet connection (it is going in and out as I type) and is very slow. Our PC window's program (windows xp) crashed. It looks like our hard drives are okay. Dahvyd is going to come back another day and work on it cause it is going to take a while. Thank you Dahvyd!!!!

So, once we get our PC working, I have lots of pics to post. Pics of the farm, the youth retreat and at home.

Hailey is the most adorable baby ever. There just aren't words to express how precious she is to Sean and I. She has one tooth that has broken through on the bottom front. It looks like one on the top front is putting the pressure on. Last week she took 9 steps to her Aunt Stephanie. She loves to walk around the house holding onto our hands. She isn't quite confident enough yet to really attempt to walk around by herself though she could do it.

Xander, a 18 month old boy from next door dropped by the other day and is letting Hailey borrow a few of his toys that he has grown out of. The Schuesslers also gave Hailey some of their toys they were recycling. I had also bought her a few toys last week at Children's Orchard. It looks like she has made out like a bandit the past week. I can't imagine what my home is going to look like after bday gifts from the grandparents. Oh my!! My living room looks like Toys 'R Us when all the toys are out. lol! Thank you Xander and Schuesslers!!

Birthday plans are getting set! Hailey's one year birthday is August 21st. We are having a huge pool party for her birthday. I have a cake designed, plus cupcakes and we will be making ice cream sundaes! We have reserved a club house and pool in Lake Mary... a very nice venue. I can't wait!!!!

Ouch! Hailey bit me!

Hailey gives kisses now. If I am holding her and I ask for a kiss, she will give me an open mouth kiss on my cheek. Just before bed, I asked for a kiss but this time she bit down! Yikes... that one tooth sticking up is pretty sharp. I think I have a dent in my cheek. =o) Guess it is time for the "no biting" training.

The other day she took 3 steps at Mimi's house! Three is the most she has done at one time. We try to walk her around the house more helping work the muscles and show her that she can do it. One day it will just click but until then she knows crawling is easier. =o)

Michael is leaving us (our dog). We will miss him much but we just can't take care of him like he needs. We don't have time to play with him or even just give him general necessities. I am allergic to him let alone he makes a lot of mess that is mostly my responsibility to clean up. He also has trampled over Hailey a couple times now. We have to keep him locked up when she is out and when she is napping (b/c he wakes her up) and when the mail man is going to come b/c he tears up our front door. The other day when we let him out, he peed in the living room. Yeah. Just stood there and peed. It is just too much for our busy lives, having a baby and wanting a clean enough house to have a baby crawling around. But he is staying in the family so we will be able to see him pretty much whenever we want.

It's been a nice week being able to be home in the evenings more b/c we didn't have youth this week (just got back from retreat) and didn't have worship team practice either. Tomorrow morning I will make deviled eggs and when Sean gets off of work, we are going to hang out with friends and watch fireworks.