I had a friend that did a update on each member of their family (although hers bigger than ours), so I thought it was a good idea since most of my posts are about Hadley or things that we do.
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Steve
Steve left his job after over 5 years at Heritage Web Solutions in April of 2010 (which turned out to be a GREAT thing since they went under about 2 weeks ago). It was kinda scary for him to leave and go to a new job after being so comfortable at Heritage. He now works at Doba and Inside Real Estate. Yes, two jobs. He started at Doba and then about 4 months later was 'recruited' from Inside Real Estate to start their sales department from the ground up. Since it's sales at IRE is such a new venture it's a less than part time job (15 hours /week). But he wanted to take on the challenge because IRE has more room to grow and move up than Doba. So he does both... about 35 hours at Doba and 15 at the other. So he is very busy and works quite alot! He also just changed his major in school (ahhh!). He was studying Business Management but changed to Business Information Systems. Originally (as in forever ago!) this was his major but since he was doing business management at Heritage he moved to that. So basically this adds about 18ish credits to his total to finish but in the end he was way excited about this change. The starting salary after graduation is quite a bit higher and in a field he is much more interested in. But it also means we will probably be leaving Utah sometime in our future. The top markets for information systems are Texas, Washington, Oregon, and California. At church he teaches the 11 year old primary class and also works with the 11 year old scouts- which he loves! But most importantly Steve is the best dad ever and is absolutely adored by his baby girl! She walks around all day saying "Dad?" "Hi Dada" or "Daddy" non stop!
Me
I basically stay busy taking care of Hadley and also cleaning, cooking, reading and keeping up with my shows :) Typical joys of motherhood!! I am loving my our freedom to go where we want and do what we want- whether that means seeing friends and family, shopping, going to the park, or just hanging out and playing at home. Since the time change and with the help of warmer weather I have been enjoying getting outside and running (with some walking :)). It is so nice to not always have to stick to my elliptical trainer! I am enjoying my calling of Cub Scout Committee chair at church. That basically means I am in charge of all awards the boys get and planning and executing the monthly pack meetings. I have also been trying to make some hard decisions. For the past month or so I have been working on making a decision about teaching next year. It wouldn't be long term and it would only be half time (I would be sharing a contract with my good friend Ily). But I'm still so up in the air about it! Yes, it would be so nice to have my Level 2 license and not have to worry about renewing a Level 1 license, which would mean back to school eventually... ugh! But is it worth missing a little bit of time with Hadley (it would be afternoon so most of it would be her sleeping at Becca's)? Is it worth all the stress managing 25+ students and their parents? Is it worth all the work that has to be done outside of the classroom? Not sure yet!!
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Hadley
Little miss Hadley is busier than ever! She is constantly getting into everything and I mean EVERYTHING! Last week I was on the phone with my mom and Hadley was playing around in my room and bathroom. After I hung up she had completely emptied Steve cabinet under his sink and was sitting in it. Oh that girl! We are working really hard on getting her to understand that only toys are meant to be played with... you know, not remotes, computers, phones, makeup, trash, hair bows, etc... It is still very much a work in progress!! She is still doing pretty good about taking both her naps but I am afraid that her morning nap is drawing to its close- it's down to about 45 minutes to an hour. She is also getting so talkative! I feel like she talks all day long, even though I can't understand what she says 95% of the time. Her newest words are "buh-bye," "dede" (which is baby) and "vroom." Hadley loves to do the actions to 'If You're Happy and You Know It' and 'Popcorn Popping.' She is starting to not love to be in her carseat- great, we have a 10 hour drive to California in 2 weeks! We'll have to do lots of singing and playing games! But I can't wait to see her on the rides at Disneyland, on the beach, and having loads of fun with her cousins (plus she gets to see her friend Mylin!). My baby is getting too big, too fast!
And what would a post be without a couple of pictures :)
Doing the actions to "If You're Happy and You Know It" along with her Baby Einstein movie.
As a teacher and a mom I LOVE to see this!! 
I also have been enjoying spending lots of time reading. My sister let me borrow her 'Mortal Instruments' series and they are so so good! One problem: It's a 6 books series and only 3 of the books have been released! Ahhh- I hate waiting like a year between each book!! But luckily the fourth one comes out next week! But if you are need of a good series and like books that are Twilightish (they are supposedly some of Stephenie Meyer's favorite books) try these... 
Hanging out in the little swings...
We all ended the evening with a delicious dinner at Sizzler. And pretty sure that Hadley and Max out ate anyone at the table! We love it when daddy's home!
Getting a little braver...
Cute Lizzie and Daniel swinging together!
Usually about once a month we have a 'movie night' with Becca and Jesse. This really just means we put Hadley to bed there (easier and cheaper than getting a babysitter) and watch a movie and get food! On Saturday we went a bit early to play with everyone. Steve, Jesse, and Luke enjoyed the Wii while the rest of just played around...
I was really surprised to find Hadley with Tucker playing in his room. She usually will never leave Steve or I's sight at a new place!
This little animal blanket has gone everywhere with her since Saturday...
We have taken lots of bathes and they always make her feel better.
Another thing we have done to fill our time is lots of coloring! The 12 month questionnaire I got from my doctor said that she should be able to scribble on a paper after you modeling for her. So a couple of weeks ago I showed her once and she did it and then we worked on not eating the crayons :) So now she LOVES to color all the time!!
Here's our finished product...
