Rice Cereal

And so it begins...our love affair with food. We got permission to start feeding Haley rice cereal. We started last week with a pretty watery consistency and are going to make it a little thicker as the weeks progress. Haley seems to like it, which is good. The first night she knocked the bowl out of Trey's hands because she was so excited. Mommy tends to have better luck feeding her in the bouncy seat, but she can't seem to eat fast enough. She finished everything last night and I made a little bit more. Haley is still wearing 0-3 month clothes and I think that we are going to start growing out of them!! She gets impatient when we don't feed her fast enough. Check it out!

Lunch with George and Laura

I am a die hard conservative and have loved our President of the past 8 years. No comment on the current one as I am trying to keep an open mind for at least 100 days. His abortion decision of last week didn't help him in my eyes....enough about him and onto George! George and Laura Bush stopped by to meet with someone in our building. They had just been to their new house in Dallas and are headed to Crawford. George told me that directly. Not everyday that you get to stand and shake the hand of someone who personally kept me safe for at least 8 years and someone that I respect. I was able to tell him directly Thank you for everything. That might make me tear a little!!!

PS- Keep in mind that this is my blog and I can make whatever statements that I want to make. If you don't agree with my opinion of GWB, I don't need to know! This is the first political statement that I have made and it will most likely be my last.

4 Months!

Sorry for the delay in blogging! Mommy going back to work has been harder than she thought. She feels pulled in 15 different directions and when it comes down to blogging or hanging out with Haley and Trey...you see where this is going.

Haley had her 4 month check-up this morning. She is now 12 lbs, 14 oz. and 24.8" long. She is in the 30% for weight and 80% for length...we have a long and lean baby. We had 4 more shots and she did well again. She held her breath and turned red before crying. Mommy was a little nervous about this. Daddy read a book to her. She gets to start eating rice cereal, so life is about to get interesting!

I am posting a couple pics and will try to update more about Christmas, etc. soon.

10-weeks!

After traveling all over Texas, out west and then down south, we finally made it back home last week. We had a great Thanksgiving with Trey's family and Haley had fun with her Nanny, Papaw, aunts, uncles and cousins all week. Trey and are either the worst or the smartest parents around because we have always had Haley in her nursery since coming home from the hospital. I know that it was a long walk in the middle of the night, but that is just how we did things. Thanksgiving week Haley slept in our room. I got up with every sound she made, or didn't make. Haley caught a cold and was snoring worse than Trey all week. When she would stop snoring, I would jump up to make sure she was still breathing. Not fun! She is back to normal and I am back to sleeping a little better. Now I walk across the house to check on her. We went to the beach one night for pictures and to eat. Haley LOVED the beach! She was fussy and when we got outside, so stopped crying and started laughing.

Gus learned how to swim when we were at Nanny and Papaw's house. Fun for the cousins included throwing all of his toys in the pool. The first couple of times he fell in trying to get a toy that was out of reach. After that I think that he started "falling in" on purpose. Gus loves the beach, too. Uncle Brandon also taught him how to pick out his frisbee from all his other toys. We have a very smart dog!

Haley had her 2 month appointment last week and is now 10 lbs. and 22.8" long. She is in the 25% for weight and 75% for height. So we still have a long and skinny baby. She does have a couple rolls on her legs and has a fun double chin. She also got 4 shots at her appointment. Daddy stood in the corner resisting the urge to grab her and run away to keep her from needles. Mommy was strong and started crying with her after the first shot. Amy, the shot nurse, was awesome and all was over in about 30 seconds. It was hard for mommy to watch Haley's blue eyes get as big as saucers and have real tears in them... Haley loves to laugh and kick around and has started "talking" to us.

With a heavy heart mommy returned to work last week. Tuesday was horrible for her and she cried most of the day. Wednesday was easier, but mommy had a fun time this weekend and had another rough day today. Mema was nice and took care of her last week and this week she went to childcare. I know that it doesn't faze Haley that I am not with her, but it sure does come across mommy's mind, constantly!

On a brighter note, we went to see Santa last week. I am posting the photo to warm up your day!

8 Weeks

So, I have been a total slacker with blogging as of late. I won't bore you with excuses, but will get to the good stuff...

Trey has been working up a storm on different projects and has been out of town for a couple weeks. He went to Temple (the city not the place of worship) a couple weeks ago for a one day job. It turned into a 4 day nightmare of a job. He finally got home at 2 am Friday night (he was supposed to get home on Wednesday afternoon.) Of course Haley started doing a modified version of a laugh. She loves to be tickled on her tummy and for you to talk in a high pitch. This was milestone #1 that Trey missed. Danielle's parents sacrificed their time to come help me out when Trey was gone. I know that they hated every moment...not really. Gus loved having Otis, my parent's dog, around. He also got to take morning and afternoon walks.

Haley is growing like a weed and a week ago we made the transition to size 1 diapers. Mommy cried because she was leaving the newborn size behind. Of course, it took her 7 weeks to get out of newborn diapers. According to her doctor, she is going to be tall and skinny.

We are in San Angelo this week visiting Mema and Papa and enjoying the wonderful 70 degree fall weather. Gus got to go to The Farm and run around on Saturday. He had the best time running, jumping in the water and chasing insects, etc. Haley took her first trip to the farm in stride and slept the entire time in the truck. We hope that in the years to come she will have as much fun at the farm as Mommy and Uncle Shawn did growing up.

Haley was 8 weeks old yesterday...my how the time has flown. She is starting to reach out for things and almost play a little bit. She doesn't sleep all the time which is fun! She loves mirrors and looking at herself in them. Trey is already scared about how much he is going to have to spend on her!

Danielle's birthday is this week and mema and papa got Trey and Danielle a Wii and Wii Fit for a joint birthday gift. I am sure that we will have a great time using it!

I could only upload photos from my mom's camera. Here are a couple of Otis and Gus, Haley at 7 weeks and Haley getting ready for gameday..She does have Baylor wear, but her pics are on mommy's camera.

1 Month

I can't believe that it has been almost 5 weeks since Haley came along. We have been busy getting into the parental routine. Mema and Papa came back to see Haley on Sunday. We went to the doctor today for her 1 month check up and she is now 8 lbs. 7 oz. and 20.8" long. She is in the 25-50% in each measurement. The doctor said that we have a petite baby. I guess that we will be wearing 0-3 month clothes for a while. We went to a costume party on Sunday night and Haley was a puppy. Of course her costume was too big.

Mommy and daddy had a night out on Saturday night to attend a wedding. Mommy felt like she was missing something. Aunt Kellie had a fun time with Haley and volunteered to keep her again. We are taking her up on her offer!

Haley and I went to the Arboretum on Wednesday with some other friends from church. Haley and mommy took a couple photos, but it is hard to pose a 1 month old on a pumpkin. A cold front came through when we were there and it was got a little cold. Rosemary and Avery went with us. We had a fun day!!

I am posting photos of her Halloween costume, her big smile after church- she only smiles with her eyes closed, crying girl, playing with Gus, what Haley looks like when she sleeps, a pic with Haley's Aunt Amy and meeting Summer at Mapleshade dinner.

Crazy Day

I know what y'all are thinking, two posts in one week. What is going on...We had an eventful day. My coworkers gave us a jogging stroller that Haley loves to ride around in. We like to walk with her because it tends to calm her down when she is having a rough time. It is also a fun family activity time. We loaded Haley up and put Gus on his leash and set out for a fun walk around the block. It had been raining off and on, but we felt like the rain wouldn't be a problem. Boy, were we wrong!! The bottom dropped out about a half mile from our house. We were a couple houses away from our friends Coby and Sally's house and took refuge on the front doorstep while Trey and Gus ran home to get the car. We scared Sally because she thought that someone left a baby on her doorstep. Of course it stopped raining a couple minutes later and we were able to load Haley into the car and head home.

We gave Haley a bath last night. She cried the entire time until we wrapped her up in her fun pink chicken towel. She calmed down and seemed to enjoy after bath time better. She looked really cute, so I am posting photos of this time. Of course Gus was right in the middle of the action to help.