Sick to the Death of Being, Sick

So I realized this week I hadn't taken any pictures of Hailey in several weeks because of how terrible I've been feeling. So I pulled out my camera and she sat still and smiled. She likes to say, "Mile (smile), CHEESE!" when ever she see the camera. The only problem is my camera has a red eye flash, and as soon as that would go off, she'd move and say, "See it mommy, Hailey see it." So I wasn't able to get any good pics. I may need to turn the red eye reducer off.

Hailey hit 23 months on Tuesday. She is doing so much everyday it's hard to even keep track. (especially with how I've been feeling) The cutest thing she's been doing is telling random people, "I have a baby brother," whenever we are out. She's constantly singing and loves to tell us, "listen mommy (or daddy), I'm singing." Most of the time she also tells us what she is singing even though we know. I know I'm gonna sound like a braggy mommy but her vocabulary is super advance. It's not just me who feels that way either. Every time someone talks to her they ask me if I realize how amazing her vocab is for her age. She's learned about 10 of her letters now and when we are out and she see one of those letters, she'll point and say, "look mommy w(or whatever letter it is), w says w!(the letter sound)" It's pretty cute. I don't know where we got such a little genius but she amazes me.

I am now at 36 weeks and may be induced as early as Wednesday, we'll see how it goes. And yes, baby Fabio is still nameless. Did you expect any better considering Hailey spent 6 hours of life unnamed? He's a very active baby and he keeps me feeling worn out, sore, or sick 95% of the time. The other 5% of the time I push myself to get as much as possible done. We are so excited to meet him and I'm pretty sure Hailey is actually starting to understand what is going on because of the things she says.

I promise there will be pictures next week.

666

is the exact amount of miles away Alex is right now. His Grandmother passed away this week and he is up there for the funeral. Being 35 weeks pregnant, I obviously couldn't go with him. I feel so helpless, I want to be there for him and I hate being away from him. I am not a big crier, but taking him to the airport today made me ball like a baby. In our three years of marriage we have not been away from each other for more than 24 hours, so this is really hard on both of us. Right now I am grateful for cell phones and the fact that even though he is so far away he can tell Hailey and I he loves us and say prayer with us. I have never really realized what a blessing that really is. I'm glad we were able to get him up there, I just wish I could have come too. I will be so glad to have him back on Sunday. And Alex, I know you will read this, I love you!

3 days

until Lost starts! Too bad the RS asked me to teach the cooking class that day. I told them it was a bad night, yet I am teaching. Hopefully I can get them out of the house by 9.

I Am a Child of God

1576800 Minutes!

Three years ago Alex and I were married and it has been an amazing three years. I'll keep this brief because I have spent most of today sick, thanks to a tiny guy. It is hard for me to express how grateful I am that we found each other. It's amazing to think of how much we have been blessed in the past three years. Alex, thanks for being awesome and being my best friend! I LOVE YOU!

22 and 7!

(When I took this picture Hailey was reading and she refused to look up, "no mommy, I reading.")
Hailey's 22 months! Yikes! Time flies. In the past two months she has learned all of her colors, the basic shapes, about a dozen songs that she can sing completely on her own, (and about 20 more she'll sing along with) and she can id some of her letters. She talks a mile a min and is getting really good at complete sentence and asking complete questions. She has the craziest memory, she remembers little things that happened months ago and she remember people really well. I think that is why she has learned so many things so quickly. She has started to make up her own games and makes us play them with her constantly. She loves to sing, dance, go for walks, go to nursery, help mommy "making cookies," (or any other cooking I will let her help me with) and go out to do things. The biggest miracle of the past month is she has finally started eating meat! She's not going to be a vegetarian after all.

I'm 7 months now, and the baby never stops moving. He's a crazy kid. We can't wait to meet him. I'll post a belly picture on Tuesday which happens to be Alex's and my third anniversary. :D

*Also as a side note, I plan on trying to start updating once a week so Grandma Y can see what's going on. I figure if I tell you this, I'm more likely to actually do it.

Decemberish

Team Y has had a crazy busy couple of months. I'll catch you up on some and then I will try to do better in the future.
Hailey hit 21 months.

I took my annual birthday Disneyland Trip.

Steven and Amanda got married.

I got a new camera for my birthday and have been taking lots of pictures of Alex and Hailey.

Pajama Party!

Hailey took her first walk in the snow.

We got to visit Alex's family in Utah.

We went to Disney on Ice.

Hailey got her big girl "princess bed."

And I got to have a "reunion" with some high school friends.

Lots of other stuff has happened but those are the highlights. We were so blessed last year and are looking forward to an exciting 2010.