Midnight blogging-a look at Hailee growing up!

So Heath was ready for bed at 9:30 tonight because he has to be to work early tomorrow. After laying there for about an hour thinking I was exhausted I finally gave up and decided to check my blog. Then I decided I would add some pictures of Hailee from when she was just a small fry. AND since I haven't figured out how to do slideshows and other creative things I just decided to make one giant blog. So if you don't enjoy it then you should let me know and I'll try never to blog at 11 at night anymore! I however, enjoyed doing it, cuz it gave me the chance to look back at pictures of Hailee and see how much she had grown and changed in the past nine months. Heath said tonight that she's not his little baby anymore. It's amazing how fast they grow and develop. Two weeks ago she could barely crawl, she would just put her feet up (downward dog) then fall and move forward a little at a time doing that. Then her cousin comes to visit and Voila! She learned how to crawl. After one week she finally got the confidence to go on the linoleum and who knows what will come next. She went from only pulling herself up by using our hands to pulling herself up in her crib at 2 a.m. and not being able to get down, and now she can pull herself up on all sorts of things. She signs all sorts of things; fish, dog, diaper, more, bye, -dog is the most recognizable. Although she prefers when the neighbors dog is on the outside of the sliding door and she's on the inside, rather than being licked on the face! She loves being outside and if you are inside she will hold your fingers and walk you down the stairs to the front door.

She has been such a joy to have. I love watching her grow and play and trying different things to make her laugh. I am very much looking forward to staying home with her all the time, and not having to work. Thanks to my husband who is working extra hard to provide for us so that I can stay home. I will really miss teaching but I will love even more that I'm not missing spending time with Hailee.
I hope you enjoy all the cute pictures of my adorable daughter!


This is Hailee right after she was born. She was 5 lbs 4 oz!



This picture was taken close to the end of July. It was the day I had back to school night and she came with to see everyone.



When Hailee was first born she did the I Love You with her hands-on accident I'm sure, so I staged it again for the picture (I'm a professional photographer, I'm supposed to do things like that) but then we sent it to Dad and to Grandma's and Grandpa's to say I Love You!



Aggie Pride!



My friend Kristi took these next few pictures (and about 100 more) when Hailee was just one week old as a gift to us.




Hailee got this matching outfit from one of my students, she later got another outfit that matched the blanket & bear, that she could wear when she was a little bigger. It is one of my favorite pictures because her smile is so dang cute! I just LOVE her dimples!



Dad thought it would be a good idea if Hailee showed some Geneva Rock support at the annual truck rodeo. So we got this idea for a onesie-too bad the Rock doesn't make baby clothes, I think they would be a big hit!






This is the outfit I found for Halloween when she wasn't wearing her costume.
Below is a picture of her and her friends William and Logan on Halloween. Grandma Hall helped us create the perfect costume for our little pickle! Isn't she the sweetest pickle you've ever seen?!




This is Hailee's first bite of cereal-Yum! She was about 5 months old. After that bite she did a lot better. In fact she'll eat pretty much anything you give her. Lucky for me she doesn't spit anything out, so I can pretty much feed her whatever nasty veggies I want and I just have to deal with the nasty face between bites of fruit! I think I'm pretty nice though. I give her one bite of fruit for every two bites of whatever she doesn't like, and she doesn't complain too much!
Some of her favorite foods are: squash, fruit, chocolate, peppermint, cheerios, crackers, oh and paper!



This was Hailee's first Christmas. She slept in longer than anyone-which is very surprising since I am NOT a morning person and she almost always gets up before me. Then she wasn't too interested in anything but the wrapping paper and the toy the Uncle Nathan gave her-a wooden spoon and a metal bowl!



We went to a Jazz game and Hailee got to come with us. It was really loud and at first she was having a great time. Everyone was cheering and she thought it was all for her, she had a perma grin on her face. Then Boozer had a foul shot and everyone says BOOO zer and she got scared. After that I walked her around in the hall where it wasn't so loud. Then a guy who works there gave us some ear plugs cut into small pieces and after that she fell asleep until the last few minutes of the game and she woke up happy again. Oh and the Jazz won that game! We decided we'd wait until she was a little bigger before we take her back to another game, so she's missed a couple good games, but we'll get her back into it next season!



This is her blessing day. Grandma Hall made her dress, and it was soooo gorgeous. What a wonderful day that was. Our house was full of family we had a great time with everyone who came.



Just hangin' out with my dad!