Getting around with a little help from my toys

Hadley is up and walking but not yet on her own.  She has discovered she can hold on to her toys to help her walk. The first time she accomplished this she was extremely excited. Here is some footage of her doing her thing.  I better have the video camera ready, she will be walking on her own pretty soon.

9 Months

9 months!?  Where does the time go?  Hadley just had her 9 month check up and Dr. said everything looks great.   She weighed in at 16 lbs 8 oz and is 27 1/2 inches. She has graduated to small pieces of food...let the mess begin.  She is very vocal,  never sits still,  laughs at you when you sneeze , sticks her lower chin out when she get frustrated, and loves to chew on her books.

Caught her in mid sentence.  Must be something important.



I just got this great new app for my phone that takes really fun photos.

Mississippi

We just returned from Mississippi where Hadley got to meet Martin's father, family and friends for the first time. She really took a liking to Papa. They were so sweet together and she often had long conversations with him.  She spent a great deal of time with her 11 year old cousin Caroline who loved her and wanted to spend every minute she could with her. The trip was an adventure for Hadley. She road on a golf cart, sat on a tractor, petted horses, the barn cat, Papa's dog Roy, braved the humidity and weathered 2 flights there and 2 flights back like a champ.  She had no fear and took a liking to it all.  We are so blessed to have such a happy and healthy child.

Heading to Mississippi

With Papa

In front of the pond

Every morning I raided Papa's pantry

Cuddling with my uncle

Petting Lexi

Riding with Mom and Papa to the barn. Roy is leading the way.

Growing up tall

Once Hadley could stand we lowered her mattress in the crib but left the railing low. A few weeks ago we put the railing up and her eyes just come over the top.   I think she will be tall like her daddy.

Loves playing in the fridge

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.