Bye Bye Bebe!

Today was a big day! Hailey said goodbye to her bebe's (paci's). She has loved her paci's so much! This morning Hailey put all her bebe's in a little gift bag for the fairy. Then today we made a strawberry cake...she picked of course. We had a party and put candles on the cake and made up a "bye bye bebe" song. We wrote the bebe fairy a letter and left her a piece of cake along with all the bebe's to take to other babies. Overall Hailey has done well with the adjustment...she cried a little at nap and a little tonight...but not too bad. Hopefully this won't change my late sleeper into an early riser!! :)

putting the bebe's in the bag

singing "bye bye bebe"

yummy strawberry cake

leaving a note for the fairy with cake and of course the bebe's to take to babies

Is this healthy?

I had to write this down...so I am typing it in the blog...isn't that what this is for anyway??? Tonight, Hailey was eating peaches for dinner and loving them and out of the blue she looked at Jeff and said..."you know what...peaches are healthy"...it made us laugh. We have been talking about eating healthy more often lately since she asks for treats/snacks like 20 times a day. Don't get me wrong...I definitely let her snack and have treats...just trying to work on cutting down on them. :)

The other day we were in the grocery store and on the cereal aisle and she would ask me if all the cereal's were healthy and don't you know that every cereal that is at her arms reach is sugary sweet...so I would tell her those weren't healthy...this man looked and laughed at me like I was crazy.

Often times now Hailey will ask me if things are healthy...it's good to know she's taking it to heart and trying to apply what I'm attempting to teach her...ha! :)

Emmy & Pops

Jeff's parents came to visit us last weekend. Hailey was very excited to have them here. We didn't do too much but it was fun getting to visit. Hailey always enjoys having more people to give her attention. She taught Emmy & Pops all the games she likes to play and told them exactly how to do everything...hee hee! :)

CIRCUS!

My mom & I took Hailey and my nephew Karson to the circus on Friday morning...they had so much fun! Can you believe that cotton candy costs $12...it comes with this hat so I guess they think they can charge more...craziness! :) My mom let them pick out a suprise at the end of the circus as a souvenir...guess what hailey chose...a SWORD?!? They had all these cute little things and even a fairy wand which I thought she would for sure want...but no, she wanted the sword. Karson came home with us after the circus and spent the night...it was fun to listen to them talk to each other and play together.

Lake Weekend

We went to Sam Rayburn Lake this past weekend to be with friends and had such a great time. Each family has kids about the same age so it is fun to watch them play. On Saturday morning the guys played golf and the girls took the kids to the lake and then in the afternoon the girls went to see Mamma Mia at the movie theater in Jasper...very interesting old school theater...but the movie was awesome...we laughed (alot) and cried (and wanted to sing & dance) - those arethe best kinds of movies!

they had so much fun riding all over the place

hailey & trey

McCade

hailey looked a little nervous with trey's driving :)

go mccade!

water baby!

getting so big

Some pictures I took of Hailey today just really made her look like a big girl...where did my baby girl go??? At least she is starting to let me take pics of her now and looking at the camera...of course it is because she asked if she could take my picture...and I said after she lets me take some of her :)

I also have to include a few from swim lessons the past couple days...she has been jumping off the diving board - i can't believe it!

swimming lessons

Hailey started swimming lessons this week. The first day she had a hard time settling in, but today she did great and loved it. By the end of it, I could hear her telling her teacher "chad" that he was a funny boy and showing him all her tricks. Here are a few pics...I've been amazed at how they teach her...she has already touched her feet to the bottom of the pool and jumped to swim to him with her head totally under the water...she never would have done that with me! :) It will be fun to see how brave she gets over the next two weeks.

leaning to swim

coming up from swimming under the water

making sure mommy is watching

waiting her turn

telling "mr. chad" all about it