Godzilla or Sleestak

When Hadley gets really excited she does this funny sound. We first thought of Godzilla but then we where very much reminded of the Sleestak from the Land Of The Lost.  We are leaning towards the Sleestak but you can decide for yourself. If you don't know what they sound like here is a link.  http://www.landofthelost.com/slee.mp3

First wheels, boat ride and garden.

We decided to get Hadley a walker.  There is controversy surrounding them but we don't have stairs and she uses it very little.  Her favorite thing to do is chase Dash around the house, something he doesn't find very amusing.

We headed out to Lake Pleasant to take a boat ride with a friend of Martin's.  Hadley seemed to enjoy the adventure.  If you are wondering she did have a life jacket just not for the photos.

This year is her first garden.  Technically we only planted Sunflowers because that's all we had time for. We will continue to post pictures as they grow.  I do hope she has a green thumb! 

8 months

Hadley is 8 months and getting cuter every second.  She is very active.  She speed crawls,  loves to stand and bang on things,  chases Dash around the house in her walker,  has 4 teeth and has a taste for fine foods.  Just when I think there is not enough room in my heart to love this child more...it happens.

 Hadley's  new little whale pool to splash around in the back yard.  

She is starting to play with her airplane

At the library with all the other babies for story time. 

Testing out her new little knee pads for crawling

Video of her doing what she wants to do all day... standing and banging.

 We couldn't leave Dash out of the latest update. With all this heat we thought it a good idea to give him a haircut.  It takes a little getting used to but we think he's cute.  

Fun project

I came across a blog where they were embellishing a woman's shirt and I got the idea to try to do the same thing to one of Hadley's onesie's. I  cut strips from an old onesie sealed the edges with liquid sew so they wouldn't fray, pinned them in a pattern and sewed them onto a new onesie tank. Was so easy and looks pretty cute. When it came time to take photos of her in her new shirt she gave me an "oh please, not another photo" look.

California visit

Last week Hadley and I headed to California to visit Grandma and Grandpa.  This was Hadley's second airplane ride but first on Southwest Airlines.  When we arrived in LA, the Captain, a friend of ours was gracious enough to take time out of his schedule to let me take a few photos of Hadley in the left seat.  She did her daddy proud and flashed that famous smile.  Grandma, Grandpa, Hadley and I met in Santa Monica where we had lunch at the Third Street Promenade and then took a stroll on the Santa Monica Pier where Hadley road on her first carousel.  

Out to lunch with Grandma and Grandpa

G-Pa D

Santa Monica Pier

Grandma D

At Old Venice restaurant in Manhattan Beach

Vacation Bible School

The first weekend of June I spent helping decorate the church for this years Vacation Bible School.  Where ever I go Hadley goes so she put in the long hours too.  She took naps, entertained herself and played with some of the young girls.  She is such an angel.  This years theme was Pandamania.  Here are some photos of the sections I worked on and one of Hadley and her new friend ( sorry its blurry, cell phone photo).  Hadley and I were so blessed by the experience we connected with some lovely girls that do babysitting.

Hadley's a crawlin.

Last week Hadley went from her Army crawl to a real crawl and can pull herself up to stand.  She is also shaking her head "NO".  I'm hoping that doesn't become a habit.  I set the camera down and immediately she does something new. Its hard to keep up.  Hadley and I went to a friends house to play in the pool and she was able to try out her new floaty.  We also have taken her to the YMCA pool.  She really enjoys the water.

Hadley in her first restaurant high chair