toys

This is the first time Haylee has actually played with a doll. She has three dolls and they all have spent the last 9 months under all the teddy bears in a large basket. We pulled it out and Haylee went crazy! We think that she thinks it's a real person. We're not sure if she was trying to kiss it or bite it (just like she does to our noses)...but either way, she was having fun.

H & H

My friend Renee and her son Harrison came over Monday night after we got home from Houston. Harrison is about 3 weeks older than Haylee. They had fun in the pool together!

Haylee does not like to be touched sometimes....look at her giving Harrison the evil eye! HA!
I just love this picture of Harrison...look at his beautiful blue eyes!

Memorial Day Weekend

This weekend we loaded up half our house and drove to Houston to visit Tommy's side of the family. We had a great time.

Haylee & Pawpaw playing...

Haylee loved the dogs!
Bebe teaching Haylee to play piano...

We did lots of swimming...and boy did Haylee love it! This was her first time to go swimming in a big pool. There were too many good pics to choose one, so I created a collage...

The boys played horse shoes...

Haylee did soooo good in the car. But by the last stretch home she was bored...so I sat in the back and played with her while Tommy drove.

I tried all weekend to get a good picture of the dogs....here was my best attempt...
We had a great time! As always....it made us anxious for summer even more! 8 more days of school left....and counting! :)

New things for the week:

1) Standing alone (holding the couch)
2) Going "swimming" in 2 inches of water (see video)
3) Learning to clap (see videos)
4) Learning to say "bah" (translated to "bye") and waving her hand (sorry no video of this yet)
.....still TRYING to crawl.....

my pretty little girl

Mother's Day Weekend

DISCLAIMER: This is LONG...with a TON of pictures! :)



Saturday began with me getting a "free day". I got to do whatever I wanted and Tommy took care of Haylee all day so that I could do that.



I did some shopping, got a pedicure, did some scrap-booking.



Then we went to the park for a looooong, hot walk (it got up to 90!). This is Haylee at the end looking pooped:



Haylee made me this at the babysitter's house on Friday....cute, huh? :)



Then starts today...(sunday)...



She is getting really mobile. Not pulling up yet, but close. Look at her standing in her crib...(we propped her up).

So Tommy lowered the crib while H and I read her new talking book (not really new, she got it for Christmas but was too little to enjoy it at that time....so I pulled it out this weekend):

We started prepping for summer time....YIPEE! (only four more weeks of teaching left! woohoo)

So my mom bought her the most adorable swimsuit for Christmas. We tried it on this weekend and it is a little snug....it's a size 18 MONTHS! She is almost 9 months...what a chunk.

So we bought a new swimsuit this weekend....pretty cute, huh? She's the US flag! :)

And the cute backside...

We also bought some bubbles today at Wal-Mart and played out front w/ them. She thinks that bubbles are hilarious and couldn't figure out why she couldn't catch them.

The side of our house has a hill on it....she got on her stomach and then accidently rolled down the hill. It was pretty funny. This is the face she gave us when she caught herself and finally stopped rolling. Pretty funny.

It was a great weekend. Can't wait for summer. :)

Bluebonnets!

We went HUNTING for Bluebonnets last weekend. Texas wildflowers in the DFW area this year were pretty pathetic. We had to drive around for a while before we finally found some...thanks to my friend Renee!

The sun was bright and there wasn't a cloud in the sky...and it was about 1:30. So the lighting is horrible...but my subject was adorable. :) So the pictures turned out just ok...lots of shadows and stuff. Oh well...enjoy! :)