Saturday, June 2, 2012

Hadley Update

Our little Hadley is just growing up too fast!  I tell ya this one is FULL of personality, zip, energy and craziness!!   I know most of you won't make it through this but I want the update for myself, so sorry... :)

A friend in my ward took these pictures and some of them turned out so cute!  But it was seriously like putting on a circus behind the camera to get these shots!

Here are some of Hadley's major accomplishments and characteristics at 28 (almost) months:

- she can count to 12 and sometimes get correctly to twenty, she can also can backwards from 6 down to 1

- she can recognize, point out, and name about 22 of the 26 letters in the alphabet (we're struggling with N, the difference between U and V, and W)

- she knows the mommy and max starts with m without looking, daddy starts with d, steve, sheep, and spider start with s, jesse and jellybean start with j, becca starts with b, luke and livi start with l, pooh. piglet, and pink start with p, owl starts with o, roo and rabbit start with r, and of course that Hadley starts with H (she probably knows more I just can think of them)

- the picture below shows her facial expression 75% of the time, people always say, "Oh she looks so concerned!"  Nope just her normal cute little face!


- isn't always asking to watch Pooh anymore, probably asks often for Word World or Super Why, she also likes Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Doc McStuffins

- is a complete water rat!!

- knows and sings along with alot of primary songs and pretty much all the nursery rhymish type of songs (Itsy Bitsy Spider, Wheels on the Bus, Twinkle  Twinkle, etc)


 - FINALLY is loving going to nursery every Sunday!!

- Still will not eat any fruit that does not come from a can :(  Augh!!

- Still sleeps in her crib, I see absolutely no reason to move her when she has NEVER remotely tried to climb out and is perfectly content to be in there

- goes to bed around 7:30, falls asleep around 8:30, and gets up anywhere between 7:30 and 8:00 in the morning

- consistently naps from about 1 to 3:30ish


 - Favorite foods include: otter pops, ice cream, chips, goldfish crackers, hot dogs, fried eggs, flavored rice, waffles with whip cream, olives, cauliflower, broccli, green beans, and peas

- wears size 6 shoes, 3T tops, and 2T bottoms

 - loves all animals, playing in rocks and dirt, and running wild through the yard

- Hadley is really happy about 98% of the time, rarely throws tantrums, and is soooooooo good to say please and thank you

I haved loved watching these two develop into little best friends over the last 9 months.  She wants to be just like Max and do anything he does.  They are more like siblings than cousins and therefore fight and bicker but it's just so fun to watch them together.

This picture is my favorite, it was like they didn't even know each other and could not sit near one another.



Love these little buddies!!!



We are sure proud of all the great things that Hadley can do and how much she is growing!

Monday, May 14, 2012

9 days!!

 Maybe you guessed it!!  Yes, I only have 9 days of school left!!  I seriously can't wait!!  I really have enjoyed going back this year and being with my friends and the kids, but I can't wait to be 100% back with my crazy baby girl!!

And really these nine days are seeming quite breezy... We have a field trip the Clark Planetarium in Salt Lake tomorrow, Thursday is our track meet, Monday is a water day, next Tuesday is movie day, and next Wednesday the entire school is going swimming!!

So only 27 more hours until I can be home to see Hadley do crazy things like wear Steve's socks around on her legs and arms ALL night... love her!!


Hoping for a great (and quick) 9 days!!

Friday, May 4, 2012

Rockin' the Shades

 So this week Hadley got her first pair of shades :)  I knew she would like them (she LOVES mine) but she is seriously obsessed!  She had fun putting them on all of her animals...


She wears them while she plays...


Of course she wears them on our many walks...


At the park...


She seriously rocks them in the car...


She even seriously wore them while she read...



I bummed I'm missing some of the greatest ones... Hadley rockin' them while eating and her and Max sitting on my sisters bed watching tv with their sunglasses!  Oh how I love my crazy 2 year old!!

Sunday, April 29, 2012

French Braids

 I finally decided I was going to attempt french braiding Hadley's hair- and it actually worked!!  I was originally worried that it wasn't long enough but it was.  This was the first time and it definitely doesn't look amazing but I'll keep practicing!  I really love having a little girl to try fun, different styles on and she just lets me do whatever (as long as Word World is on!).



Monday, April 23, 2012

Weekends

 I love nice warm weekends spent with my little family!!!

Blowing bubbles while Steve and I do yard work is a definite favorite around here...


 BBQ in the backyard under the hot sun...


 Feeding the ducks and turtles at BYU...


 Heading up to campus to walk around and have a picnic lunch...


 Roasting ooey gooey marshmallows in our new fire pit...


 And best of all, enjoying the smores we made.... 


 Aren't weekends the greatest?

Friday, April 20, 2012

Spring Break!!

 Last week was Spring Break for me at school so I got to spend the whole week home and it was wonderful!!  I have to keep reminding myself that I only have 5 more weeks left until I can do that forever!!

We had some gorgeous and warm weather at the beginning of the week so we spent alot of time outside!  We stuck close to home Monday and Tuesday because I had a nasty cold and sore throat so I didn't feel great.


 One evening we went and played tennis and to the park and Hadley loved it!  She was just chasing all the balls around the court!!  Then she decided she wanted to be a cat- she spent like 10 minutes crawling around the court meowing!!


Here's her crawling and meowing.. quite the little imagination!!


We did venture out on Tuesday and we picked up our friends Kelsie and Landon and went up the BYU Bean Museum.  Of course I forgot to bring my camera but Hadley loves that place no matter how many times we go!!  By the end Hadley and Landon we running around together having fun!!

She's also become quite the helper in the kitchen!  I'll be doing something and she'll just push the chair right over and get up to help.  It's usually fun to have her help when she's not sneaking the food.  The other day I was using butter out of a tub and it was almost gone.  I was cooking on the stove and I look over a few minutes later and she had licked the entire tub clean- yea gross, I know!!  But ask anyone in my family, Hadley's favorite food hands down is butter!! 

Thursday she helped me make blueberry muffins for some friends in our ward and for my friend Debrah who had a new baby (who we got to visit also!!).


Thursday and Friday the weather was kinda crumby so we stuck to indoor activities.  Steve took Friday off and we went with Becca and Jesse and kids up to the aquarium in Sandy.  Hadley went when she was 5 months old but is now getting to the perfect age to LOVE these type places!


She only wanted to play in the water until she saw the sting rays, then she had no interest in putting her hands in there!!


 I can't wait for all my weeks to be so activity packed!!