Hailey Bee

We have a little bookworm. She's recently taken to reading in the rocking chair because she can reach her books from there. It's kind of nice - when I'm out of ideas I toss her in the chair with some books and she's entertained for 10-20 minutes.

We taught her to say "eeeee" so that we could see her teeth. Nice little chompers, eh?
Our first successful braids! I was so excited.

I'm so glad that she's patient with me - I love playing with her hair and trying out new little do's.

Hailey-sized Sonic slushy. She wouldn't let it go. It took quite a bit of distracting to make her forget what she was upset about after we took it away.

Hailey loves her bears and her blankets. Either are a sure laugh.

I forgot this photo - I took it last month, but when I saw it I laughed so I thought I'd pass along the joy.

We took Hailey outside yesterday with her hat and shades. She left them on the whole time, I couldn't believe it.

Hailey loves our trips out to the tennis courts with her push toy. She's always so excited about the leaves. She totes them around the whole time we're out.

Pucker up baby

Comic Book Contest

Okay...so it's embarrassing to admit that we're nerdy enough to take pictures like this, but I thought I might as well make something fun of it anyway. So...here's a little contest for the major bloggers and creative writers. We were goofing around with the effects on our webcam and came across a pop art setting. We posed like what we imagined pop art characters to look like (hence the drama) and got some pretty funny pictures...but have no script to go with. Any ideas?

Family Pictures

I've been thinking lots about getting our family pictures taken. We had them taken last October between sessions so I had the idea to do it again this year, but didn't make the plan and forgot when the day actually came. Oops. So....here's our webcam snapshots version of family pictures. Hailey wasn't too enthused about the idea...until we attacked her with kisses.

My Amazing and Talented Husband

There's a little 3-year-old girl in our ward that has recently been diagonsed with stage 4 neuroblastoma cancer. The Relief Society President found out that Matt painted and asked if he could paint some princesses on her wall. He went above and beyond and painted four life-size princesses on her walls. They look even better in person. The most amazing part was that Home Depot donated all the paints and brushes, nearly $150 worth of product. It was a great experience for us and I'm so thankful to have such a giving, talented and humble husband.

Baby in the Window

Hailey loves to look out the window. One day I realized she was smashing her nose and couldn't resist the opportunity for a funny photo. I had the tune to "How Much is that Doggy in the Window" in my head the rest of the afternoon.

Jedi Knight or Baby Nun?

Matt was folding laundry for me (sweet guy, huh!) and put his running hsirt on Hailey. I couldn't stop laughing!