First tooth!

So we were sitting playing at storytime at the library today when Hailey grabbed my finger, jabbed it in her mouth and bit down, and what did I feel?! A tooth! I was so surprised! I knew we had to be getting close, but I was so surprised to feel something new in her mouth all of a sudden.

I think her gums are very sore because she's been a little cranky and she really won't let me poke around in her mouth very much, but when we got home I did some investigating and not only can I feel it but I can see the tiny white tooth!

Ahh, this means my baby girl is growing up! Will try to catch a picture of the new tooth at some point to post!

Father's Day 2010

Yesterday we celebrated Anthony's very first Father's Day and it was a very special day. And Hailey decided to make it extra special by saying "Da-da" for the first time and Anthony was even right there to hear it, it was so exciting!

Hailey and I did a photo shoot where she was holding letters spelling out D-A-D and I put it in a 3-photo frame, turned out really cute!

Anthony spent lots of time playing and bonding with Hailey over the weekend, and I could tell they both really enjoyed spending the time together.

In other news, we have been working on getting Hailey to stand a lot, so she can improve her balance and hopefully think about walking in the not too far future. We're thinking she's going to skip crawling and go straight to walking (both Anthony and I never crawled so I'm thinking Hailey will probably do the same), so we're helping her get comfortable with standing. Anytime you put your fingers or hands in front of her while she's sitting she will immediately grab on and pull herself up, it's a really fun new game for her! While I'm really sad that's she's growing up so fast, I have to admit that it's also really neat to see her learn new skills and use her brain to figure out how to do things on her own.

Hailey has also become very vocal lately. Making lots of new sounds (including screeching at the top of her lungs when the dogs bark!) and sometimes it seems like she's just going to start talking all of a sudden. Her favorite game is to throw something and say "uh" - the first part of "uh oh" - we are wondering when she will figure out how to say the "oh" part - it's pretty funny to hear! I just love her little voice and cannot wait to hear her say "I love you momma." Ah, my heart melts just thinking about it.

And lastly, we are still waiting for the elusive first tooth to pop through. She hasn't really been showing any major teething symptoms lately, so hopefully she's not really in pain but it looks like several teeth are right under the surface just waiting to pop through any day. I have a feeling once they decide to come out she's going to have a few teeth all at once!

That's all for now - just a couple weeks away from being 9 months old!

8 months!

Not much to say other than time is flying by and I just can't believe Hailey is already 8 months old and well on her way to being 1, my little baby is growing too fast!

It's getting so hard to take these monthly pictures because she just wants to play with and destroy the paper sign and gets so mad when I take it away from her! Haha, makes me a little worried for the temper tantrums I'm sure we'll experience before too long.

Not too much has changed with Hailey in the last month. Still hasn't figured out crawling and just not sure if she's going to - neither Anthony or I crawled and just went straight to walking so I'm starting to think she may do the same since she just doesn't seem too interested in crawling.

One exciting thing for mommy is that Hailey's hair is really getting thicker all of a sudden - I just hope it will be thick enough for pigtails on her first birthday!

She is really developing quite the little personality and makes all kinds of funny noises. Her latest is this funny blowing noise she does with her lips and Anthony says she sounds like an elephant, silly girl!

All in all Hailey is a fun, happy baby who loves to play, eat and sleep - makes me a happy mommy!