Easter was a busy weekend filled with egg hunts, food, church, food, egg hunts, family, fun, egg dying, food, and egg hunts.
We started with the egg hunt at church. Hailey wore a great dress made by my mom. It was so cute. AND we found shoes that matched it perfectly. Thomas got to love on the animals and they both got plenty of candy.
Then Thomas and I dyed eggs at home while Hailey napped. He picked out the Monster egg decorating kit. After helping him dye he decorated them all by himself. He was very proud!
Easter Sunday was fun and busy. It included my sister in law and I wearing the same dress to church unplanned. Her husband noticed when he saw me that morning. We got a good laugh about that. I have not one good picture of our family since Hailey is not at an age where getting pictures is easy.
So I’ve been getting an itch to blog. Possibly because it’s been 4 months and I have yet to write my daughter a 1 year letter. Possibly because Thomas will be 5 in exactly 2 weeks and I think I’m going to have an issue there. Or maybe because I just miss bragging about my kids in a forum that allows me to ramble. Maybe because Hailey is the most charming person that God has ever put on this planet and I want to remember it. I want to remember it all. Or possibly because Thomas is the funniest, kindest, most compassionate child I have ever had the honor to know and I also want to remember that. When they are teenagers and making me crazy I want to come back to this blog and remember. Remember that Hailey waves and blows kisses to every single person she comes into contact with. Remember that she makes people feel loved in a way that most children her age do not. Remember that she thinks her family are the most wonderful beings ever. Second to dogs. To remember that Thomas uses scientific words and has my math brain. To remember that he calls patters “padu-ens.” Remember that he’ll sometimes tell his sister he needs one of her real hugs. Remember that he loves Jenna and Hailey with every fiber of his being. Remember that he cherishes his friends and has true friends and not just a bunch of acquaintances. Remember that he is a good judge of character and so far has done a good job of choosing friends. I want to remember it all.
It’s easy to think now that I will. I have a good memory. I will remember, right? Well, just in case I don’t, I need to write it down. Because more than anything. I want to remember these two children whose lives God has given to me. I want to remember it all!
So, I have been 30 all of one day so I can’t judge what it’s really like, but I do have an observation. Hailey woke up pretty early this morning. I got her a bottle and went back to my bed hoping she might fall back to sleep so that I could also lay there for a little while longer. As I was laying in bed next to my sleeping baby girl listening to my boy and my husband in the living room my thought was, 30 or any other age, this is a pretty good life.
More on Hailey being 10 months and me being 30 later.
I’m tired. I want to go to bed but realized that I’ve already gone two days without posting and need to put something up. I would like to at least have over half the days of August with a post. So tonight. I will just add more pictures. Who doesn’t love pictures?
So I know that my mother has probably been coming here everyday waiting for this post. A post full of pictures. Enough to make your eyes bleed. And if it’s not enough, well come back tomorrow. There will be more!
Hailey really does love all things water. So when Thomas was playing on the Slip ‘n Slide she wanted none of the swing, she wanted the water!!
I am pretty sure that when I take a picture, I make the exact same face that Thomas makes. It cracks me up!!
Well, so I missed posting yesterday. I would like to come up with some fabulous excuse, but the only one I have is that I was tired. I think that getting back on a schedule is making us all a little tired. Thomas is having a great week at school so far. He is very excited to go each morning. Hailey is having to get used to taking her morning nap a little later. No matter what time she wakes up she is usually ready to go back down between 8 & 9. I drop him off at 9 so she can’t go down until after we get home. And I am trying to use the time while she’s napping to get some control of my house. And Tyler’s schedule is always tiring. So this has made for a tired house this week. I know that we’ll have it all under control in a week or two.
I have been enjoying my mornings with Hailey. She is really at a fun stage and I am so thankful that I’ll get some one on one time with her. I think that it will be a great time for the both of us. And of course, it’s a lot easier to get things done with just one child running through the house and not two. Luckily, she can’t make quite as big a mess yet as her brother. Although I know it is coming soon.
Also, 10 days until I kiss my 20’s good-bye. I think that I’ll miss them. They have been fun. More on that later though.
So, Hailey has been saying “Da-da” for quite some time. She says it a lot, but it also definitely means Tyler. She will sometimes scream it when he comes in th door or whisper it when she wants to get his attention. This doesn’t bother me so much since I know it’s most babies first word. But usually Ma-ma follows. Not for Hailey. She refuses to even make the “m” sounds. Again this wouldn’t bother me so much if she hadn’t just started saying dog “do-do” It is clearly different than da-da and is said when she sees real dogs or dogs on tv. It is even said toward cats, but we’ll work on that later. I am just wondering at what point should I be offended. I think maybe she is doing it on purpose. Just to make me a little crazy!!
