Funny Five Month Girl!

I know that I say this each month but I can believe my baby girl is already over five months old!! She is at such a fun stage (which I feel like each month also) and sometimes I wish I could just freeze her little cuteness!

Some of things that Hadley does at five months:

- Will not hold still, all she wants to do is roll! She prefers to roll from back to stomach but will roll the other way when she gets sick of being on her tummy. But good luck getting her dressed or changing her diaper.

- Still laughs and smiles all the time. She is finding me more funny each day- which makes me feel good because she used to laugh at Steve a lot more than me!

- Will be starting baby food in the beginning of August.

- She is very social, she talks and babbles all the time. She loves her cousins and aunts and uncles.

- She is so funny and tries to mimick things that I do. Her most recent thing is to try to stick out her tongue and make it vibrate and make noise (I hope you know what I am talking about) like Steve and I do.

- Her naps have decreased at litte, now they look more like 9 - 10:45 and 1:30 - 4.

- She sleeps from 7 to 7 and then will just play with her animals and blankets and talk to herself until I come get her out at 7:30.

- She is close to sitting and can stand if you prop her up on something like the couch.

- She loves to play in her exersaucer and her jumperoo.

- She LOVES to go on walks and no longer wants to be in her carseat at the store. She wants to sit in the car and look around.

- She doesn't fit into her 3-6 month clothes anymore so I have to buy her all new 6-9 month summer clothes, which I was not planning on doing. But do you think I minded? No!!

Babies really do amaze me and I have really enjoyed being at home with her and getting to watch her develop more each day! We love you Haddles!!

All ready to go to church!!

Preview... More to Come!

This past Friday and Saturday Tori, Cami, and I began our annual tradition of getting our girls together. This was the first time since they have been born that we could get them all together (seeing as Tori lives in California and Cami in Tennessee). We started at lunch and then went shopping for matching outfits for our photo shoot. It only took like two hours of shopping for us to decide on these adorable tutu's and matching headbands! The girls looked soooooooooooooooo adorable. But do you have any idea how hard it is to get pictures of three babies under 5 months looking or smiling at the same time. Hadley was a little fussy because she was hungry, tired, and teething but overall it turned out good! I only took a few pictures and the rest are on Tori's nice camera (hence the more to come).

After spending most of the at Thanksgiving point eating, shopping, and walking we headed to Sandy to go to the aquarium. Hadley and Jane loved watching the fish and the penguins and Mylin slept through the whole thing :)

What a great time the 6 of us had! Can't wait to do it again next year- how much harder will be it to keep three 16 month olds together for another photo shoot?!

Happy 4th!

Our fourth was pretty low key and relaxed. We went to church, Steve taught primary, I went to my cub scout meeting, just the usual Sunday routine. My mom was in town so we had everyone over for a barbeque. It was fun to be with everyone!

When I bought this outfit in March I didn't intend it to be for the 4th of July- but it worked perfect!

Livi is really improving on her picture taking skills!

Trying New Things!

I decided to stop using Hadley's little baby bath to give her baths. Ok, so this is really the most entertaining part of our day. She loves to have the freedom of the entire tub! She kicks so hard and so fast that I seriously get soaked. She scoots herself all around the tub and laughs and squeals the entire time! I seriously leave her in there for like 10 or 15 minutes!

She has moved from sleeping on her back to sleeping in her side. I am surprised that during this nap she kept her blanket on- it's usually off within minutes of being put down! What a little sweetie!

She also has now begus using her exersaucer and quite likes it. At first she didn't realize that she could stand so she would just kind of slump to the side. This picture was Saturday and she is much better at using it now. She also LOVES to be outside and playing in it for like 45 minutes while Steve and did yard work :)

Trip to Colorado

Becca and I drove to Colorado on the 25th of June. We started our trip with some time at my grandparents cabin in the mountains. It was so fun like always!

Luke loved the fire!

Livi loved the swings!

Max and Hadley loved hanging out in the grass doing this...

and this....

and a little of this! They are so funny together!

We drove up and then walked to the waterfalls. Normally, we all go down and stand right on the edge, but I didn't really feel comfortable hiking straight down with Hadley in the Snugi.

On Monday we went miniature golfing in the morning. Since Hadley couldn't participate with the other kids, she did a lot of this! After naps we met Ashton and his family at Louie's pizza- oh the amazing pizza! Pretty sure I gained about 5 pounds that night. And of course we did some good people watching in downtown Colorado Springs... always something or someone to watch!

Tuesday Becca and I went with my dad and the kids to the Cave of the Winds. I haven't been there since like 5th grade and it was actually really fun. Of course Luke was in his absolute element, but Livi not so much. It was dark and cold in the caves, but Hadley was a perfect angel! Later that day I met four (Jessie, Lindsay, Bear, and Erin) of my best friends from high school for dinner. In high school we all cheered together and you pretty much couldn't tear us apart! It's a tradition that everytime I come to town we go to dinner at Red Robin. I am amazed that after 6 years, two babies, 5 marriages, and 1 divorce we all still keep in contact. When we get together it's like no time has passed- laughing, sharing memories, telling stories! I am so sad that I had left my camera in Becca's car and she wasn't home when I left... so no picture!

Ok, so I asked my dad to take this picture of Hadley- this is how it turned out. Her eyes weren't used to such bright lights since it was dark down in the caves. Apparently, she was quite surprised! Haha!

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!