Hailey loves to color!

Hats

Hailey loves hats. She wants to wear them all the time, and if she sees one, she wants to put it on her head no matter what. She even likes to wear Jeff's campaign hat.

Hailey is saying lots of new things now:

Cracker
Costco
Caesar
Please (sounds like peas)
Down (as she points to the floor to be put down)
"Meme" (Grandma)
"Papa" (Grandpa)

She understands almost everything we say, and continues to be our shining star!

Vancouver aquarium

Last weekend we went up to the aquarium. Hailey wasn't feeling too well so she was pretty cranky the whole time. And she is getting to be very independent and only wants to be running around, which isn't always practical. The aquarium had 2 baby belugas that were pretty cute :-)

Jungle Playland, again

Jeff and I both had MLK day off, so we braved Jungle Playland...BAD idea. It was soooo packed that we ended up leaving after an hour. We should have known better. We can't wait to go back during the week when there aren't so many big, rowdy kiddos running around!

Day with Daddy

Hailey and Jeff spent the day together doing lots of fun activities, like coloring! Hailey had as much fun drawing on herself as she did on the paper!

Hailey has undies!

No she isn't potty training yet...I was trying to keep her entertained at Target, so I gave her a package of Minnie Mouse underwear to play with, and somehow they ended up coming home with us. Hailey really likes them, but she thinks they are hats and belong on her head (thanks Daddy!).

Foamy soap fun!

Let the time outs begin!

Two days we started doing timeouts with Hailey. So far they have been pretty effective, although threatening a time out doesn't exactly discourage her behavior yet. We have been making her sit in front of a closet door for a minute and then explaining to her why her behavior or actions were inappropriate. She cries during her timeouts and sometimes tries to get up, but for the most part she just sits there. :-)

Pj playtime

Hailey is such a ham. We can't seem to get enough pictures for her. She is doing a lot more independent play, which is nice. She is still enjoying her Barbie car, but she doesn't drive it as much as we thought she would. She does love to sit in it to drink her milk, or just get in and out of it.

These cow pajamas are my all time favorite, so adorable!

Jungle Playland

Wow, what a fun time we had at Jungle Playland in Mt. Vernon! Hailey was a little intimidated by the big kid area, so we mostly stuck to the toddler area, which was lots of fun too! Hailey loved the ball pit and going down the slide on her stomach and head first. We did go over the big kid area to go on the slide which was SO fast! Wow, I was not expecting it at all, and we came shooting out the end of the slide and across the floor! Hailey loved it of course! We can't wait to take Jeff back there to play too!

Greater Vancouver zoo...again

On Sunday we headed up to Canada to go to the zoo. It is so close to our house, we just love it! This zoo is less busy then Woodland Park, and the walkways are huge, so Hailey can run free for the most part because it's never too busy. The zoo had a baby giraffe that was beyond cute. It was licking the window right in front of us, and trying to nibble on the window pane. Hailey got to pet a donkey and it even made the "hee-haw" sound at us.

Park pics

We played at the park today while daddy worked some OT. Hailey had more fun playing on the picnic tables then on the toys. Silly girl!

18 months old

Hailey had her 18 month old check up today. Her stats are: 21 lbs 7 oz (12th percentile) and she is 31 3/4 inches tall (50th percentile). Hailey really likes her doctor, and felt comfortable enough with him to take his stethoscope and put it around her neck. She then walked around the room wearing it and her diaper. It was so cute.

Hailey has recently learned the word "please" and we have been encouraging her to say it when she wants something instead of grunting and pointing. She loves her books and her babies, and she amazes us each day with the things she understands. She had her first long day at daycare (11 hours) this week and she did great. We know she has a lot of fun there, and the teachers love her. It just makes me sad, thankfully, that only happens about 5 times a month while Jeff and I are both on dayshift.

We had a low key New Year's this year. We went to Stanwood to hang out with the Legler's and the Rutledge's. We were home by 11pm, Hailey was asleep by 11:02pm, and Jeff and I stayed up to watch the ball drop on TV. I can't remember the last time I actually stayed awake until midnight to celebrate the New Year, so it was fun!