Today was Hailey's first day of Nursery. She was so excited, she didn't even look back to say good bye when she got through the door. She loved it and had so much fun. The only draw back of the whole experience was this:
Yep, that is a bite. AND it's about two hours after she got it. Needless to say, it was pretty bad. BUT she didn't cry! So, we didn't even find out about it until after. She's a tough cookie!
So I've always heard that the "terrible twos" are so terrible because kids want to be independent but aren't quite capable of the desired independence. If this is the case Hailey hit the terrible twos about 2 weeks ago. She wants to do everything herself and has a big enough vocabulary to make that clear. It's been alright though except for a couple of days. She is SO smart. She knows over 100 words and my doctor said 10 is good and 50 is usually the max. So I think I gets some bragging rights here. ;) She has some simple sentences down and totally knows exactly how to explain what she wants. Her dancing has become very elaborate, and so has her singing. Right now her favorite song is, "I Love to See the Temple," and when she tries to sing it she gets some of the words. She loves to sing with mommy and she even request songs. She is finally drinking milk! (YAY! after all the hard work!) She loves to go swimming at her aunt Nancy's. She loves to go places, she's our traveling girl. She is obsessed with fruit right now and with breakfast. She would eat breakfast 6 times every morning if we let her. She also loves to color and go for walks. She has started to feed herself recently and is actually really good at it. She still loves to read and that is what we spend most of our time doing. She also loves all things girly, which has been strange for me. Never thought I would have a girly girl. I tried to get some cute videos to post but she stops everything and smiles every time she see the camera. When I figure out how to hide the camera, you will get some great videos. She is SO fun!
On Saturday we went down to Newport Dunes for their movies on the beach. We went with my family and another family from our ward. We took a picnic dinner and the movie they showed was Ratatouille. Hailey loved it! We've been wanting to go for a couple of years, so it was finally nice to get down there. We had a lot of fun but I forgot my camera. So you get the picture from their site.
I would definitely recommend it. It's 10 bucks for the whole car load but this weekend coming up is the last one until next summer.
Hailey is 17 months. Our church starts at nine. Lets just say we aren't always on time for church. Last Sunday we were all ready for church and it was looking like we might be on time. I should have known better. I looked away for just 2 mins, (which I discover more and more is an eternity in baby years) and I hear this evil laugh. I look up and what do I see? Hailey has climbed up on the kitchen table and found the permanent marker that someone left out. Before I can stop her, the whole front of her white shirt is covered. (It is in the wash getting bleached as we speak, cross your fingers for us.) It was one of my favorites. :( I then frantically went looking for a clean dress, luckily she has had a recent growth spurt, so she fit into one she had never worn. The benefit to you is that the new dress looked so cute on her that I decided to post pictures. I have also included some random pictures of our adventures from the past week.
My cousin Rach picked it out, she has great taste.
Hailey's new favorite thing to do is get as close to the camera as possible.
Rocking the sing star mic.
This T-rex is in a library, probablly the coolest library ever.
She apparently loves ATVS.
As for the rest of our travels this summer, those will have to wait... until I finally get around to it OR worms have ears. Soon, I promise.
Recently I found out they are remaking one of my favorite 80's movies, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun." As if this news wasn't bad enough on it's own, it is also going to be staring Miley Cyrus. I am now in a state of mourning. Just in case you have never seen the original one in all it's glory and as a tribute to it's awesomeness, I have found you this clip.
Now go watch the movie and your life will be complete.
I know I'm a slacker, it's been a crazy month though. Things have finally settled down (more or less) because Alex is back to work. We have been all over the place this month. And I will try to blog about it sometime.
Hailey now has enough hair that she actually has curls in the back. It's pretty darn cute and I no longer feel like she will always be a baldy. :D She has started to talk non stop. She gestures and uses enough real words to make it clear that she thinks she is saying sentences. She knows tons of words and has started to use ones that we have not specifically taught her but she has picked up from us talking. She also is doing short, "sentences." "Let's go," "more _____," "come on," and several others. I've trying to get video of her talking and gesturing because it is hilarious but when she sees the camera, she stops and smiles. She follows instructions, (except no) and always does the "victory dance" when she has done something she is proud of. She loves to dance, sing, read, play in water, jump on things, and learn new things. She does not like to be told no, get dirty, cuddle, or stay up late. (she is her father's daughter) She grows so much each day that it amazes me.
