I am grateful to have such a great Husband, to be such a great daddy to Hailey. I am also grateful for my own father and father-in-law, for all of the love and support they both show us. I am truly blessed to have such great men in my life. Happy Fathers Day!
Pandora Radio.
Go check it out. Hailey loves the Alan Menken Station we created. Alex and I listen to it a lot. In fact right now I'm listening to the Billy Joel station.
In no way do I post this video to compete with Carrie's post of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" literal version (super funny, by the way). I've known of another video for a while and I realized that if you enjoyed Carrie's post you just might enjoy this.
(p.s. sorry about the couple of swears)
Hailey hit 15 months yesterday but I was so overcome with excitement for the saved by the bell clip that I forgot to blog it. That probablly makes me a bad mom. I am trying to think of her new milestones but I am having a hard time remembering what was this month and what was the month before. Time has been a serious jumble ever since I got this cough that I have had for FOUR weeks now. ANYway, the milestones I can think of off hand are:
-She now can show you and name her nose, head, mouth, eyes, ears, elbow, bum, feet, toes, and belly button.
-She's up to over 50 words that she uses frequently and knows what they mean.
-She can say all of the colors but she doesn't know them by sight yet. We are working on it.
-She signs please, thank you, I love you, more, and milk.
-She has learned a few more animal sounds.
-Sadly, she has started climbing.
-She loves to dance, sing, read, go for walks, jump on the trampoline, eat, mimic sound, play with other kids, blow kisses, play peek a boo, (or as she calls it, "peek a ba!") wink, take baths, color, dance on the table, play with dry beans, and playing in her ten.
-She does not like to be taken off of the trampoline, be woken up early, or be carried by anyone. (she wants to , "walka walka")
A Saved by the Bell Reunion? I think only Alex, Steven, My mom and dad, and my cousins could even possibly comprehend the joy that this video brings to my heart. I may be slightly exaggerating when I say that a Saved by the bell reunion would be the third best day of my life, BUT only slightly. (the preview before the clip is slightly disturbing though)
AND if you too find yourself jumping on the couch and screaming for joy after watching this. Here is another one to bring a little more joy to your heart.
(Sadly, I understand every joke in each of these clips.)
I made a cake yesterday and I decided to try a new type of butter cream frosting. I've never been a big fan of butter cream because it is always too thick and too sweet. This one is just sweet enough and it is fluffy. It's almost like whipped cream frosting, which is my personal favorite. I hate taking pictures of food because they turn out poorly, but here's one anyway:
If you are interested in trying it, I got the recipe off of one of my favorite food blogs, Coconut and Lime. Here's the link: http://coconutlime.blogspot.com/2009/05/roux-frosting.html
I took Hailey out in the sprinklers on Thursday. She had mixed feelings about them. She would get close enough for just her feet to be getting wet and enjoy it. If she got brave and decided to venture closer, she would freak out and run to the back door screaming. She would then stand there until she worked up the courage to go back out, and then do the whole thing again. It was pretty hilarious to watch. She looked so cute in her swimsuit!
Trying to decide is she should get closer:
There she goes:
This is when she remember how much more she likes the trampoline:
