Boy is she Growing!!

Hadley actually turned 4 months last week but I decided to wait to post until after she went to the doctor yesterday! She gets more fun each day- I hate that she is growing so fast but it is fun to see her little mind grow and learn new things every day!

Here are her stats from yesterday- see how much she has grown!!

Weight- 15 lb. 9 oz. - 80th percentile

Height- 25 inches - 75th percentile

Head- 60th percentile

She has her dad's head- small for her body (but I guess I would rather have it small than huge:)). She also has gained 4 pounds in two months and has gone from the 4oth percentile in weight to the 80th! She definitely is our chunky monkey!! Her doctor said she is doing great and that she is on track or ahead developmentally in almost everything.

She can make those big 'teacher' eyes that my students always told me I had! Haha! But we think they are gorgeous!

Here are some things about our little Hadley:

- She is still an awesome sleeper. She naps from 9:15 -11:00 and 1 -4 pretty consistently. She now sleeps from about 7:15 to 7:30 at night!

- She loves to eat (obvisously)! She eats either 7 or 8 oz. at each of her 4 bottles and enjoys her baby oatmeal with her breakfast.

- She smiles, laughs, and babbles ALL the time! She will laugh at Steve like nothing else! She just starts laughing and she gets going so easily. She also loves to make this really high-pitched squeal that we think sounds like velociraptor.

- She isn't rolling over yet. She has gone from her back to her tummy a few times but nothing regular. That is one area we are still working on :)

- She has very ticklish thighs and bum!

- She loves to be read to and will actually look at the pictures!

- She loves to be social with other babies, especially if they are smaller than her and can't pick on her (unlike her cousin Max).

- She loves to lay the floor and grab her feet and pull on them.

- She is finally interested in her toys and will actually reach for them across the floor or out of our hands.

- If she takes her binki out of her mouth she can put it back in by herself- although it's rarely the right part of the binki :)

- She puts everything in her mouth!

- She loves to be outside and she loves music! Mostly primary songs but she also likes mommy's music :)

What can I say, we LOVE our little girl!

Fun in the Sun

We went swimming this afternoon with Becca, Luke, Livi, and Max! I was anxious to see how Hadley would react to the water! She absolutely loved it! She was smiling and laughing the whole time. Let's just say we will be making many more trips to the pool this summer season!

Yes, Livi took the above picture! Love her!

Addicted...

...Well, with what free time I do have!

So here is how my reading addiction started. I came back to school after being on maternity leave for 8 weeks and I had this group of boys in my class who were really into reading these Percy Jackson books. I knew what the books were and to be honest I had no interest in reading books about Olympic Gods. So we finished our read aloud book and it was time to choose another one as a class. So we voted and of course the boys convinced the class to choose the first Percy Jackson book. So I begin reading outloud to the class and I am kind of lost (I've noticed when I read chapter books outloud I don't do a very good job of actually listening to what I am reading). So I decided to go home and read ahead of the class so I can know what is going to happen and what to be prepared for. The first night I read 200 pages! Ok, so I know they are kind of for kids but they are so good!

So I finish the first book way before the class even gets to page like 30 reading it aloud. My boys convince me to read the second, so I do... and to make a long story short I have read the last 4 books in the last 2 weeks!

So if you have any free time and are interested in a easy and entertaining (and sad, I will admit a few tears were shed) read, go for it! And to tell you how good they really are, I finally convinced Steve to read the first one so we could buy the movie when it comes out on DVD. He stayed up until 1 in the morning the first night reading because he said it was so good! And for those of you who know Steve getting him to read anything that isn't doctrinal is quite the feat!

Hadley's Nursery

I don't know why I haven't posted these any time before in the last 4 months but here they are. Plus Hadley finally has some books in her room since I brought them home from my classroom. Lucky for her the books in those whiteshelves are maybe like a fourth of what I have! Enjoy the pictures!

Weekend in Review

We had quite the busy and fun weekend so I thought I would share! Saturday was mostly filled with Steve and I doing lots of yard work- but after Hadley nap we went down the park to play tennis! After we played a couple of games in the hot, hot, sunny weather we went on a walk down the river trail.

The look on her face is hilarious like "Mom, what the heck are we doing?!"

So cute!!

She was absolutely loving watching the leaves blow in the trees above us! Can you tell?

In her sunhat to keep the sun out of her little eyes!

The sun wears this little girl out!

Sunday we went to church and then all the family game over for dinner! After delicious pork tacos we watched the Celtics beat the Lakers- one of the best parts of my weekend!

Cousin Livi lovin' on Hadley!

Mommy and me!

Daddy's Favorite Little Lady

All I can say is that this little girl absolutely loves her daddy! Her eyes light up and she gets so talkative and squealy when he is around talking to her! And of course he loves her back just as much!!

Talking to dad...

Warm Weather!

Both Hadley and I are excited that it is finally warm enough for her to wear her summer clothes! Let's be honest, this chunky monkey outgrew her 0-3 month clothes quite a while ago!!