A Day in the Life: Hailey's 2 Years Old!

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Hailey's 2 Years Old!

Tuesday, July 28th was Haliey's second birthday! It was such a fun day. The best part is that Matt's schedule worked out for him to be able to be around for all the festivities. We were so happy. Matt got her out of bed and said "Happy Birthday" to her as he walked in. She walked around saying it to me and herself all day.

The day started out at our local grocery store. Hailey LOVES to "drive" while we shop. I knew it'd be a special treat so I waited until her birthday morning to take her to buy her confetti cake mix. We even got her a balloon from the flower dept.

That afternoon after her nap we had a few little friends over for a party. We did all sorts of fun 2-yr-old activities. We blew bubbles in the backyard....

Had an amazing dance and played with balloons.....

And of course, played ring-around-the-rosies a few times.

We ate cupcakes and ice cream bars. Hailey knew exactly what to do with her candle, and she even waited until we finished singing to her. It was pretty cute to hear her as she sang the song over and over later in the evening. So sweet.

We finished with opening presents. She got some wonderful gifts!

Probably her favorite gift was her $1 "Mater" chair. We found it at a yard sale and she was so excited about it. I put it away during her nap the day we brought it home and when she asked for it after her nap I just told her that Mater went bye bye. She accepted the answer. It was so fun to see her squeal and giggle while saying, "Mater, Mater, Mater." It was so fun to watch her animated reaction to each of her presents.

After her friends left Matt and I took her for a little birthday outing. We took her to ride the carousel (again she squealed and started running when she saw it in the distance).

Every time they went around she waved at me with a huge grin on her face.

After her ride we took her to look at the toys at the Disney store. Next, we took her to Wendy's for chicken nuggets and fries - she was most excited about the dips that came with them. I wasn't sure if she was going to eat the food, but she ate it pretty well.

Lastly, we took her to the Build-a-Bear Workshop. I've wanted to take her since she was born and told myself I had to wait until her second birthday at least. She had so much fun and loves her new bear "Lizzie." She carried her box all through the mall and back to the car by herself. It has been a wonderful two years and we can't imagine life without our Hailey girl. I never knew I could love a little person as much as I love her.

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Amber said...: Happy Birthday Hailey! Sorry we missed it. I can't believe she is 2! What a fun memorable time you guys had. YOu are special parents and have a wonderful, beautiful, special family. We love you!; July 30, 2009 at 2:20 PM

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I always love reading the funny things kids say or do and I don't want to forget the things that Hailey does. So, I'm going to start a list - hopefully I'll come back to add to it more often than I have been. :)

4-18-10

In her bed yelling out to me (even though she's aware of the rule that once her door is closed we don't come back until morning...)"MOOOOOOOOM.....MOOOOOMMMMMYYYY.....DO YOU HEAR ME? I CAN'T HEAR YOU. YOU NEED TO SPEAK LOUDER. DO YOU HEAR ME? "

Every morning when Matt is leaving she stands in the doorway and says the cutest things like, "I love you, Daddy. Have a good day. Seed ya waiter. Be safe." She always reminds him, "Kisses, hugs."

Unfortunately Hailey has learned lately (by watching other kids) to be afraid of bugs. We keep telling her that bugs are nice and wont hurt her, but she persists in SCREAMING every time she sees one, or hears one (bees and grasshoppers, especially). And I'm not being sarcastic on the scream - it turns heads from neighbors. One day she got so upset she even threw up. It's so sad. Anyway, she says, "buggies go inside." This is her solution - because that's what makes the neighbors scary barking dog go away. What a thinker. :)

3-11-10

Hailey loves to do the same things Levi is doing. I was practicing sitting up with Levi and put my hand behind him as support while he was getting his balance. Hailey said, "you help me sit, Mommy?" She sat down and pretended to fall back. I was amused by her observations.

A few weeks ago during FHE we decided to teach Hailey to play hide-and-seek. She LOVES, LOVES, LOVES to play. Several times a day she'll say, "count to 20 and come find me." or "I count to twenty, you hide, and I come find you." It's so fun. She'll even play with Sandy, her bear. She even looks in a few places before finding Sandy, even though she's the one that hid her. It makes me laugh.

"Daddy, I don't want you to go to school. I just want you to stay with me."

"I sure love you mommy/daddy."

We've been potty training the last few days and Hailey has done incredibly! She has had a few accidents, but she definitely gets the idea and is doing very well. One of the fun things is that she loves the shapes/colors of her panties. Yesterday I had to laugh when she said, "hurry, I gotta pee in the potty. I don't wanna pee on my apples."

1-27-10

Hailey has really been into making up songs lately. Sometimes she does different words to tunes she already knows (Twinkle, Twinkle is a favorite tune) or most recently she's tried making up the tune and the words. So, today after church she's sitting in her chair at the table singing, "Jesus for me....Jesus for me..Jesus for me," over and over - higher pitched then lower. Later Matt told her to sing it for me so she ran through the living room (pigtails and hands flying) singing, "Jesus for Mommy, Jesus for Mommy."

Sitting in church today Hailey was looking at her Gospel Art Book from Grandma Stevens. She would turn to a picture, hold it up for me to see and say "what's this?" (Can you tell that's how she learns at nursery and FHE). One of the pictures was of Jesus when He was 12 and teaching in the temple. When she asked "what's this?" I told her it was Jesus when He was young. She said "no," and pointing at the man behind Jesus with a long white beard, "it's Santa."

"Maybe later" is one of Hailey's favorite phrases as of late. When I tell her it's nap or bedtime she says "maybe later nap" or "maybe later bed." I had to laugh when we were discussing in the car on the way home that we were going to have spaghetti for dinner and she replied, "maybe morrow spaghetti. We have macacheese for dinner."

If Hailey was older I couldn't tell this one - so thank goodness for sweet innocence of toddlers. We haven't 'officially' started potty training, but she knows when she needs to go poop. This morning she and Matt were enjoying cold cereal for breakfast when she started making her poopy face and moaning. She said, "I can't poop"...moan..."I can't poop. It's stuck." Matt grinned and they finished. A few minutes later she was running around with her little stroller and found Matt and exclaimed with great excitement "Daddy, I got it!"

Matt was walking out the door for school, and Hailey sent him off with, "Love your guts!!" (Yes, Matt says that to her.)

When Hailey first started going to nursery we'd chat with her in the car on the way home about nursery. One Sunday I was busy chatting with Matt instead of following the normal ritual. I heard her announce in the back seat, "Bubbles, fish, Addie (her friend), learn about Jesus."

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