Stuck...

Now that Hadley is mobile she is getting into everything which also means she is getting stuck in some very interesting places. But she doesn't seem to mind she just smiles and laughs until I get her out!

Farm Country

Yesterday morning Becca and I took the kids (minus Luke the big first grader!) to Farm Country at Thanksgiving Point. They were having $2 Tuesdays in August and since yesterday was the last Tuesday in August we figured it was our last chance to take advantage. It really was the perfect day to go- sunny and warm but definitely not to hot! Of course Hadley didn't really know what was going on but it was funny to watch her faces and reactions to the different animals.

The baby goats were so cute! I wanted to take one home for a pet :)

She was a little unsure of what she was looking at.


All Livi cared about what getting to ride the horses!



A new way to ride in style!


She was mostly interested in drinking my lemonade and not in taking pictures!

Hadley and I on the wagon ride!

It was a great day and great to come home to a nap for both Hadley and I.

A Long Time Comin'

Hadley can feed herself!! I know that I shouldn't be so excited but mostly I am just proud that she can hold her own bottle and feed herself. She's been trying to hold it on her own for a while now but for some reason I wasn't ready to let her do it. But I am now and she is doing so good :)

Now just for some other pictures of our little cutie!!

She can hold herself up on the couch now- we've been working on it because it's been a little hard because there is really nothing for her to hang on to.

Tonight Hadley and I had a girls' night! Steve had a campout with his scouts (great night for it since as I type this it is pouring outside, poor guys!) so we stayed in just the two of us. We rented a movie for me to watch once she was down, we got Bajio's salads, and we repainted our toes. She even got to stay up a little later than usual and watch Project Runway with me :) I love spending so much time with my little one!

Bitter, But Mostly Just Sweet!

Well school started today here in Spanish Fork and for the first time in three years I am not there!! Today it was real for me... even after the school year ended I guess I was kind of just still thinking I was on summer break. But since all the kids went back today and I wasn't there teaching them, it finally hit me - I really am a stay at home mom. Yes, I seriously miss the kids like CRAZY. I seriously miss some of my best friends. Being at home all day with a baby can be lonely, hard and tiring. But in the end I am definitely grateful that this is where I am!

My prinicipal gave me the opportunity last week to go back and teach half day this year in first grade. I kind of tossed the idea back and forth in my head for a day or so but in the end I knew this is where I was meant to be this year. I love being at home with my little Haddles and seeing her grow, change, and develop daily.

Who wouldn't want to see this adorable face all day every day?

In celebration of not being at school today Hadley and I went out to lunch with some of my teacher friends, Sharon and Susan, who are also no longer teaching! What great company to celebrate the day with!

Saturday Fun

Saturday was our family day! It was the first Saturday in a while that we didn't have anywhere to go or anything to do- it was blissful :)

Hadley loves when Steve plays with her! He does all sorts of crazy voices and songs and apparently is much more entertaining than I am!

After Hadley woke up from her nap we headed up to Canyon View Park and fed the ducks. Ok so Steve threw the bread, I took the pictures and Hadley just watched. She was very fascinated by the ducks- her little eyes just followed them!

Aren't they cute together? I think they look just the same here except for thier noses! And you can't see it because the bread is tucked in Hadley's chubby little hand but everytime Steve would give her some bread to throw (haha, like she would) she would just shove it in her mouth!

We played in the grass for awhile afterwards and Hadley always seem to make it across the blanket to suck on my toes! Gross I know!

First time on the swings!


After the park we went home and enjoyed some delicious homemade KFC mashed potato bowls and then went out for frozen yogurt! Yumm!!

And just for fun:

Hadley at 6 Months

I feel like all I ever really post about is Hadley. But what can I say? Once you have a baby they pretty much become your life...

Hadley is actually six months old- I cannot believe it!! I was telling my mom that other day that for some reason 6 months seems old to me! I know it's not but it just seems so much older than 5 months. She is still just the best little girl and we love her bunches and bunches.

At 6 months, Hadley:

- growls ALL the time (this is now her most frequent and preferred form of communication)

- eats Gerber 2nd foods twice a day (1 veggie/mixed meal and 1 fruit)

- is becoming much more social with other people aside from Steve and I

- can finally kind of "play" with her cousin Max- really this just means they take toys from each other over and over and over and over

- lays on her tummy and scoots backwards to get around (most of the time)

- most of her wardrobe is 6-12 months

- her favorite thing to do is to stand on the bench at church and laugh and growl at the people behind us, yesterday she just sat on the bench looking around with her arm resting on Steve's scriptures... so cute!

Her stats:

Weight: 17 lb. 14 oz. - 80th percentile

Height: 27 inches - 90th percentile

Head- 75th percentile

So she may be big but at least she is well proportioned :) She is very tall and would only have 10 friends taller than her!

Here are some more things she is doing with pictures to match:

She has VERY strong abs- she really will just sit with her legs in air like this for like 5 minutes.

Still puts everything in her mouth- hair, keys, toys, books, clothes, jewelry, my toes, her own toes... I mean everything!

She has two little teeth :)

Sleeps on her tummy with her bum in the air!

Sits straight up all by herself.




Gets up on her hands and knees and rocks back and forth. After about 20 seconds of doing this she just goes back to her tummy to play :)

Now that she can get around by several different methods she is starting to get into things. She opens drawers and grabs at anything at her level! Looks like trouble to me!!

She is the best part of my day and we can't imagine what it would be like without her!

Play Group

So yesterday we had our last "play group" before Mejken goes back to school next week. I put the words play group in parenthesis because Lizzie being 2 is the only ones who really play. The rest just lay, roll, or crawl around on the blankets while we mom chat it up!

It's so funny to think that all three of these little ones will be in the same grade. They are all at such different stages but all equally cute...

Dexter, 8 months
Hadley, 6 months
Daniel, 1 month
Pollux, 4 months
Unfortunately Lizzie didn't not want to take a picture with the rest!

Yes, looking at these pictures I realize that Hadley looks like some kind of toddler next to these three. Dex is more than two months older than her and she is noticeably bigger :)


These two were funny to watch. Out of all the babies they are probably the closest developmentally plus they were twiners with their binkies!!

Hopefully we will continue this "play group" through the fall but we will miss Mejken and little sweet Pollux!