A Little Bit of Enlightenment

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Is how old I am now!

Hey Dad!

Alex has been teaching Hailey how to say, "Hey Dad!" It's more cuteness than your face can handle, so I got video of it. She would only do it once for the camera though. The rest of the video is Alex and I trying to get her to do it again. I would have edited that out but I can't get the editor to work right now, so enjoy.

The Corn Maze

A few weeks ago we went out to a corn maze and pumpkin patch in Apple Valley. It was pretty cool, I'd never been in one before.


Hailey seemed to enjoy herself, though she did seem weirded out that I put her on the ground *gasp* to take some pictures.

Being the amateur mom I am, I forgot to bring a hat for Hailey. So I decided to take some sage wisdom from Michael Scott and fashion her pants into a hat to keep her head from burning. Needless to say, she was not so happy about this.

But the baby pumpkins made her happy again.

I <3 California

Lately I have been asking myself this question, "Kristi, why are you SO obsessed with California?" Well, Kristi, here are some answers I have come up with:

-The Governator: What's one part Governor, one part Terminator, and six parts AWEsome? Arnold! I wonder if he will go back to acting when he finishes pretending he knows anything about politics and the English language.
-Police Helicopters: Tell me, how do you know your safe at night? Here we have the soothing hum of a helicopter flying over head to tell us we our safe. What does everyone else have? Silence. How will they even know that there is a man with a gun in the neighborhood?
-Smog: I do not have to take any mineral supplements, one breath does the job.
-Traffic: Why would anyone want to go 65 mph anyway? That does not sound at all safe to me. 15 mph will get you where you want to go quite safely.
-Gas Prices: If it would cheap everyone would buy more. Ever heard of going green?
-The dirty looks strangers give you if you make eye contact: I know I am suspicious of anyone who smiles at me.
-Rolling Blackouts: "What is a rolling blackout?" you ask. It is when the electric company decides that we, as a state, are using too much electricity and turn our power off. It's there way of solving the "energy crisis."
-Spanish: I have been to things where it is the ONLY language spoken, English is overrated anyway.
-Star Bucks: We may not be where it started but without us that chain would not exist. I really appreciate it when I have two star bucks to choose from in the same parking lot.

The Devil?

And Why, you ask, would you make your sweet little 7 month old the devil?
It runs in the family:


But she had an alternate costume for grandma's sake. (This pictures for you Rachers, since I know you will see this)

Hi!

Hailey waved for the first time last Wednesday. My Grandma was visiting and when I told Hailey to say goodbye to grandma she started to wave. She waves at anyone who will pay any attention to her now. She has also started to clap but I have not gotten any video of that yet. If you watch this keep in mind that I am terrible with the video camera. It's still adorable though!