Happy New Year!

Sad Harliegh. :(

Cooking up a delicious Christmas Dinner!

She LOVES her Uncle Kyle

She is obsessed with anything Sesame Street!

Happy Holidays!

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season! Tyler, Harliegh, Oscar and I just got back from spending a few days in Iowa with family. The weather was horrible so our two big family Christmas get-togethers were canceled. Despite the weather, we ended up having a great Christmas and we could still see all of the grandparents in Iowa. Harliegh loved being the center of attention and showing off how smart she is. She learned a new word this week: "GRANDPA" though it comes out more like Gampa. "Santa" got Harliegh a kitchen playset and she got a lot of playfood from pans from her Uncles. She loves to pretend to cook, mixing food and pretending to shake spices on the food. She will even "taste" the food and then say "mmmm, good!" I didn't realize she watched me cooking so closely! She loves her new stuffed Big Bird, too! Harliegh is learning so much and her vocabulary is getting bigger and bigger everyday. We have even heard her pop out sentences, "Can I have that?" and "Just a little bite, ok?" Of course, she says it so quickly that only Tyler and I can understand her!
I am getting ready to start my second term at Augsburg. This term I will be taking Creative Writing adn Graphic Design. I chose these classes because I thouht they would be nice, relaxing classes. unfortunately, I looked at my syllabus for Creative Writing and discovered I have to wite 4 reports, 2 short stories and 8 poems. I am just a little intimidated by this. :) Class starts on the 9th of January, so I guess I should start brainstorming ideas!

Well, I hope you are all doing well and I wish you the best in 2010!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Ready for School?

Harliegh feeding Stitch

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

How is everyone doing? The Hay family is doing great! Tyler's first game as a Producer was just released to stores, so if you have a Wii, you should check out Buck Fever. (Christmas Present??) I am almost done with my first trimester at Augsburg and so far I am enjoying it for the most part. Next trimester I will be taking Creative Writing and Graphic Design. I am a little disappointed that it's going to take me a little longer to finish then I originally thought, but I'll get there eventually!
Harliegh is growing an learning more and more everyday! She is such a "little mommy" she loves playing with her stuffed animals and dolls. Like the video I posted, she will pretend to feed them and give them drinks. She will also talk to them, sing and dance with them, hug and kiss them, put them "to bed", etc. It's super cute. Of course she is also learning more and more words and sounds. I was reading her a book the other day and she said "Baa" at the picture of a sheep and "Moo" at the cow, and she still ROARS at everything with sharp,pointy teeth! She has her 15m checkup next week. It's hard to believe she is 15m already! At the daycare I worked at before she would be going into the toddler room now!
Well, I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday! I love getting together with family and eating all that delicious, cozy food. We are looking forward to setting up our Christmas decorations, I am excited to see Harliegh's reaction! I just hope that she won't try to destroy the tree!

Also, I am updating my address book so could you all e-mail me your current mailing address? Thanks!

Happy Halloween!

Hey Everyone,
Hope you had a great and safe Halloween! Here is our little family dressed up for Halloween! Harliegh and I were butterflies...Tyler is a scrooge and didn't want to dress up, so he is "the butterfly catcher". We had fun going to a friend's Halloween party on Friday night. Then on Saturday we took Harliegh trick-or treating for the very first time! She loved it, and after the first couple of houses she insisted on carrying her pumpkin herself and walking to the door. It mad me sad that she was doing it all by herself like a big girl!
I hope everyone is doing great and I will be seeing most of you within the next few months for the Holidays!!

Did Harliegh devour a Smurf?

Harliegh and her Grandma Caryl in matching jogging suits!

Hey Everyone!
Looks like it's about time for a new blog! How are things going? We have had a very busy past couple of weeks and are looking forward to just relaxing at home the next few weeks before the rush of Holidays start!
Fall is here! Harliegh loves the sound the leaves make when they blow across the ground in the wind. She will stop and listen and then say, "Oh, cool!" Isn't it funny how you don't realize you say something so much until your baby starts saying it? Harliegh is also saying "Holy cool!" a lot (a combination of Holy Cow and Really Cool) She really is starting to show more and more of her personality and anybody who has seen her lately has had a chance to witness her new dirty looks (there's no way she learned this from her mommy...hahaha) We are really looking forward to going trick-or-treating this year. Harliegh is going to be a pink butterfly. The costume is super-cute and extra padded for thoses super cold fall Minnesota evenings. I will be sure to post some pictures!
Not much else has happened since my last post. I am already looking forward to my month long break from school in December. I like school, but I am finding it so much more challenging now that I have a baby! But I am hanging in there and keep telling myself that I could be done in a little over a year! YAY! Tyler is winding down at work and getting near the end of his busy time of year. So if anyone out there has a Wii...buy Buck Fever. Or for DS buy 50 Classic Games or Dinopets for Christmas this year and look for Tyler in the credits as Producer!
On another note, I am thinking of introducing potty training after the Holidays so send along any advice you might have. I am going to start slow and read cues from Harliegh, but I hope it goes smoothly! Also...I am trying to decide when to switch Harliegh to a toddler bed. I will try to post a poll to the side here so make sure you vote!

Have a Happy Halloween everyone! Stay warm!

Apple Orchard

Hello Family and Friends!

How is everyone doing? We have been doing pretty good! I have started school and so far, I like it! Tyler is still busy playing games and work and Harliegh seems to change everyday! She started Baby Story Time at the library last week and she had a ton of fun! She sat nicely during all the stories and songs and afterward they put toys out for the babies to play with, Harliegh saw a dinosaur and ROARED! She then went around to all the kids roaring at them. It was hilarious and adorable! She has also really gotten into dancing to music and even has different moves for different songs. I am posting a video of her dancing...but you have to turn your head to look at it....hahaha.

Today we went to the Apple Orchard and we all had fun on the hay rides, walking through the corn maze, and looking at the pigs, turkeys, goats and a miniature horse.

Hope you guys are all doing fantastic!

I changed some settings on my blog so you should be able to leave comments now!


Love you all,
Quinn

Fall is almost here...

Happy Fall Everyone!

Kisses for daddy!

Coloring a picture!

Lounging and reading a book!

Well, hello everyone!
It looks like Fall is well on its way, where did the summer go? Even though I am sad summer is over, I am excited for Fall! There is something about having a kid that can make you excited for things you never cared for before (at least, you haven't cared about since you were a kid anyway). Usually I dread the coming of Fall because it meant that inevitably, Winter was just around the corner, adn I hate winter. I know, I live in a bad state for someone who hates winter! But this year. I am excited for Harliegh to play in the leaves...I even have some fun art experiments planned. I am excited for Harliegh to dress up and go trick-or-treating, and to go to the apple orchard and carve pumpkins, yes, I am even excited for Harliegh to play in the snow...though hopefully thats still a few months off.
I hope everyone had great summer and will have an even better Fall! I am starting school next week (YAY!) and I have already gotten a headstart on some of my homework. I only have 13 classes to go to get my Bachelor's so I am hoping to be done by next winter. Harliegh is also starting storytime at the library next week. She is just like her mommy, she LOVES books. She will sit and look through books all day and even make noises as if she were reading them out loud. She will even bring me or Tyler books for us to read to her. We have successfully taken the bottle away, and like everything else, it wasn't as terrible as we imagined. We just changed her routine and instead of giving her a bottle, we just read her 4-5 books and put her to bed. The first few days were rough and a few tears were shed, but already she has adjusted and will go to bed without a problem.
Harliegh just had her 12m appointment and everything is going great. She had a hard time with the shots and even yelled "Let GO!" at the doctor, which shocked us and the doctor. She has been saying more and more. Her favorite words this past week are cutie (she points to pictures we have on the fridge of her cousins and calls them all Cutie) cookie (translation: Mommy, can we please listen to the C is for Cookie song for the hundredth time today?) and Cool....everything is cool right now. She started saying "Wow!" too. She loves animals and can now say kitty, doggy, and cow...she can also BAAAA like a sheep and ROAR like a tiger (which is my favorite). Of course se now can say "Yeah" "No" and "stop" (mostly she yells stop when Oscar barks)
We recently went to the zoo and had lots of fun looking at all the animals, I think Harliegh's favorite animal is the zebra! We hope to make it to the sculpture garden and the apple orchard, soon, too!
Well, that's about all for now. Hope you all are doing great!

Happy Birthday Harliegh!

Sniff, sniff...well, it's official, Harliegh is a year old! I wonder if it's normal for a mom to wake up and realize suddenly that her baby is not so much a baby any more. It happened for me this morning. I heard Harliegh talking to herself in her crib and went in to get her. When she saw me she smiled and then scrambled to get her teddy bear(which I let her keep in her crib) so that she could take her bear out of the crib with her, for some reason, this did it for me. I suddenly realized, my baby is a toddler now. She can entertain herself, she shows preference and chooses certain toys to play with, she knows how to answer yes or no. It really is amazing, I put her to bed last night thinking "she is still my little baby" and woke up knowing that she is headed into toddler-hood and this will bring a whole new year of changes! She will start talking more and more (right now she only says a few words randomly) Her personality will show more and more everyday. She will test her limits ( and mine, hahaha). She will stop using her bottle (hopefully sooner rather than later, she only uses it to fall asleep so any suggestions on taking that away will be greatly appreciated) she might even start potty training!
Her birthday party went great for the most part! She got lots of fun presents and really enjoyed opening them for the most part. She had help fom her friend, Finn, who is 8 months older than she is, and she didn't really welcome the help at all. A few times I was scared whe was going to start fighting him! She has always been Little Miss Independent, and Finn really didn't mean any harm! She did get very fussy about cake time. I think it was because she was overwhelmed, and everyone was staring at her, Tyler thinks it may have been teething (maybe a little of both?) After everyone started eating their cake she seemed to calm a little and started eating. Though she didn't shove it in like is typical for first birthdays! After everyone had left Harliegh was in a fantastic mood and enjoyed playing with all her new things. So far her favorite toy is a piggy bank, given to her by Tyler's cousin, CJ. We have it on the coffee table and everytime she passes it she stops to give it a kiss. Her least favorite toy had to be the big one from Tyler and me. She LOVES Elmo, so we bought her a Tickle me Elmo....and she HATES it....we turn it on and for some rreason it scared her and she starts crying! Oh well....maybe in a few months she will like him better....or not...to tell the truth it is kinda frightening to see a furry red monster fall to the fall in hysterics!
Yesterday was also Tyler's birthday, which unfortunately was a bit overshadowed by Harliegh's birthday. I made him cupcakes and we ordered pizza (his choice) and today he is going fishing with my brother, so hopefully that will make up for it.
On other news, I am OFICIALLY enrolled in college for the fall! I have completed all the paperwork and my schedule and start on September 11th. I will be taking Religion and P.E. (yikes!) every other weekend, and a Realism to Romanticism Literature class every Friday night, which I am really excited for. Tyler is also considering starting school in the spring.


So here are a few pictures from Harliegh's Birthday. We got her a beautiful cake for free! Lund's (the grocery store near us) gives away free cakes for first Birthdays, I love a great deal!

A year of changes!

It's hard to believe that it is almost that time! Yep, my little one will be a year old and will soon be more of a toddler than a baby. I look at this with pride and a little sadness. When I was pregnant and had envisioned being a mommy to a baby girl, I did not realize how fast it would go! This year has been full of surprises and ups and downs! In this incredible year not only has Harliegh changed from a tiny baby who only slept and ate to a energetic little girl who is very independent and full of attitude and personality, but I have grown and learned so much, too. Here is what I have learned so far in Mommy 101:

I learned early on that even if it doesn't seem like it, Harliegh HAS to sleep eventually! It was better to think about that than to dwell on the fact that she wasn't sleeping.

I have learned that sometimes, it's ok to skip my shower. Before I had Harliegh I took a shower as soon as I woke up, now....I am getting used to only getting a shower in every other day. Usually when I have free-time I will decide its more advantageous to take a nap or get some cleaning done rather than shower...you get used to the smell after awhile..hahaha.

I have learned that time is precious. I only have a few hours to myself everyday and sometimes I am in near panic trying to decide how best to spend them. Before I took for granted how precious alone time can be! Oh what I would do to be able to sit on the beach or by a pool for hours and not have to chase around a busy baby! Oh what I would give to curl up and read a book for hours and not think of anything else! But at the same time...I wouldn't trade this for a thing!

I have learned that more often than not, my motherly-instinct is correct. It doesn't matter how much I read or ask advice, my instinct usually was right to begin with.

I have learned that there are so many opinions on everything baby-related. The best thing to do is decide what is best for YOU and your baby.

I have learned not to be so caught up in body image. Things change when you have a baby, that's just the way it goes, and you just don't have time to fix your hair, do your make-up or pick a perfect outfit like you used to. I see my beauty in the eyes of my baby, and that is the most amazing feeling ever. (though this doens't mean I couldn't use some pampering every once in awhile)

I have learned that having a good, helpful husband can make all the difference. If I ever needed a break, Tyler was right there ready and willing to take over all baby duties.

I have learned that every little milestone should be celebrated. I never knew I would get so excited over a baby rolling over or growing a new tooth.

Speaking of teeth....I have learned that almost all baby problems can somehow stem back to teething. Drooling, biting, crying, yelling, screaming, earaches, diarrhea,headaches (for the parents) somehow are all because of one little tooth.

I have learned that patience is the key to everything! It is very hard to remember this sometimes.

I have learned that it is not possible to keep the house clean at all times. It just can't happen.

Most of all I have learned that being a mom is the most wonderful and difficult thing I have ever done, but I wouldn't change a thing. Life changes when you become a parent. Not just your schedule, or the amount of sleep you get, or how many showers you get, but everything. I have different viewpoints on everything now. All because of one little girl.

Hello Everyone!
I hope you all are having a great summer! It is hard to believe that Harliegh will be a YEAR old in less than a month! Amazing! It's hard to believe that less than a year ago she was a tiny, helpless baby who slept all the time and now she is this walking, babbling, toothy-grinned little angel! She is a pro at walking now and I have a feeling she will be running very soon! YIKES! She now has 3 teeth and is working on the 4th...which has been rough for her....not to mention mommy and daddy! We have had a very busy summer so far. We go to the lake and the park almost everyday that it's not raining. At the beginning of July we spent a week at Grandma Caryl's house. It was a busy and fun week and nice because I had a car to use whenever I wanted. So we got to visit Grandma JaNae and Papa Mark, Grandpa Jimmy and Grandma Lorrie, Great Grandpa Jimmy and Great Grandma Joyce, and of course Grandme Caryl and Grandpa Dean. We also got to see a few or Harliegh's Aunts and some of my friends....a busy, busy week. We were sad for it to end, but glad to be home and with Daddy again! Harliegh is doing great and making huge messes in our house. She is also a little social butterrfly (she doesn't get that from me!) When we take her to the toddler play area at the mall she loves to watch all the kids running around and even tries to play with the little ones.
I am happy to say that I have officially applied for school and should start in the fall. It will be fun going back to school and be able to be around adults! The classes will be a few nights a week and every other weekend...which is perfect to work around Tyler's schedule.
I hope everyone enjoys the rest of their summers!!

...and she's off!!

Harliegh is now ten months old and guess what? She is now walking! She is still a little shaky but she can walk 4-5 steps at a time and she is so proud of herself! She will stop and clap for herself and has a huge smile on her face! She is loving playing in her baby pool...but doesn't like to actually sit in it...she will sit outside of it and play with the water. That's about all that has been going on...Harliegh is getting so big and starting to become so playful. She loves her Elmo and Pooh Bear Toys. She is starting to roll the ball back and forth and learning so many new sounds, her latest word being "Look!" That is all for now! Stay in touch!

Harliegh walking...with a little help!

Singing karaoke.

Harliegh just being too stinking cute.

Harliegh trying to find a way into the kitchen.

Again, trying to get to the kitchen.

Hello!

It seems like it's time again for yet another blog! We have had a busy past few weeks. Memorial Day weekend was insane! Our friend Luke and his girlfriend Marissa flew in from Seattle for Luke's brothers graduation and stayed a night with us. It was nice seeing Luke again and getting to meet Marissa. They came bearing gifts of beer of Tyler, chocolates for me (yum!) and the absolute cutest outfit for Harliegh (which, I am sure you will see pictures of at some point). Within hours of them leaving my sister Shalene showed up with her boyfriend, Jeff and my little nephew Jarek, and they stayed with us for a few days. All of my sisters and my brother where in town that weekend to see "The Phantom of the Opera" at the theater...which was amazing! Afterwards we went out for korean food and karaoke. The next day we all got together yet again for a barbecue and a nerf gun war! The next week Harliegh got her pictures done for free...though by the end of the session she was making it quite clear that she was done! This past weekend we went to a housewarming party for our friends James and Jade and Harliegh got the chance to play with other babies around her age. It was so neat watching her interact with other children! I really should find a playgroup... Then on Sunday we met Tyler's Aunt Cathy, Uncle Ron and cousins Carine and Ryker at the huge indoor playground where it didn't take long for Harliegh to become overwhelmed, fussy and ready to go home! Next weekend we will be headed to Iowa to see my family for my birthday and then the next weekend will be Tyler's first Father's Day!
Besides the busy weekends, things have been pretty normal. I try to get outside with Harliegh often and am eagerly waiting for it to get warm enough to try out the baby pool we just bought. Harliegh is really starting to explore and figure out ways to get around blocks we have made to keep her out of the kitchen. She loves to crawl as fast as she can into the kitchen, to the dog bowl and grab handfuls of dogfood in which she tries to eat. This all happens in the matter of seconds. Tyler and I have gotten pretty creative trying to keep her out. Not only does she love to go after the dog food, but now she is starting to act like a dog. HAHAHA...She watches Oscar a lot and is starting to mimic him, she will grab one of her toys and put it in her mouth and crawl around following Oscar. She also tries to give Oscar her toys. thankfully he knows not to play with her toys. I even caught her once trying to lick him back....yuck! Her favorite new word though is kitty...when she is not trying, in vain, to play with Oscar she is following around our cat, Vicious saying "A Kitty! A Kitty!" She really is starting to vocalize a lot more...and is even saying a couple words, mama, daddy, kitty...sometimes she says what sounds like doggie and Oscar to me...but I am sure no one else would understand it. She is also getting scarily close to walking, she easily walks around the furniture and will even let go and stand without holding anything at all! She had her 9 month check-up and is doing fantastic! Already over 18 pounds! WOW!

Tyler has been busy working on his first few games as an associate producer and making great progress! I have been looking into going to school in the fall. Is it sad that some of the main reasons I am looking forward to going to school(other that the obvious reason to eventually find a career) is to be around other adults for an hour or two a day and to get into some great literary debates...I miss that.
That's the update for the Hay Family for now.....until next month!

Little Miss Independant

Well it seems like it's time to blog once again. Harliegh turned 9months old yesterday. She has become a pro at standing up ...as long as she can put her hands on something, she can pull herself up, she even tries to stand up holding on to nothing, though she doesn't get very far. She is a very brave and independent little girl. She loves to walk...but gets annoyed when we try to help her, unfortunately she is not quite balanced enough to do it alone. She also has recently decided she doesn't like to be spoon-fed anymore...she would rather do it herself. It has become quite a challenge to figure out what foods she can eat easily and safely all by herself. On that news, she has recently sprouted two teeth! Her very first tooth popped up last week with the second one following only two days later. Surprisingly, she was not a fussy teether for the first two....hopefully she will be this good for the rest...we will see. She just decided that she doesn't like bedtime either, but don't worry...Tyler and I are standing firm and not letting her take control...for the most part :). I am also contemplating taking the bottle away very soon...she uses her sippy cups at meal times and gets a bottle before naps and bedtime. If anyone has any suggestions on how to do this, send them my way. I would like to be bottle-free by her first birthday!
Its getting warmer and warmer and we are excited for summer. The town we live in has a lot of things to do in the summer...there's a swimming beach, an Art Festival and live concerts every Thursday by the lake (that are free!!) So I am excited to take Harliegh to some of these. We have a busy summer ahead of us...my birthday, Harliegh's first Independance Day (fireworks!!), Tyler's birthday, and of course ...Harliegh's first birthday!!! It is amazing to think how much she has grown in just a year! She will be having her 9 month check-up in a week, it will be intersting to see how much she has grown!

I must go now...it is lunch time...and then off for a walk!

Harliegh Crawling

Hello everyone!
It has been a very busy week for Harliegh (and mommy). She went from barely knowing how to crawl a week ago to becoming a pro ...and zooming everywhere! She crawls everywhere and she gets there fast. She seems to be drawn like a magnet to dog food...and well, everything she's not supposed to play with! Sh e loves to move, move, move, and yesterday she crawled so much at the end of the day her knees were red and sore! She also is starting to pull herself up on the furniture more and more. She will be walking before I know it! Which is kind of exciting....and kind of scary for me...I don't know if I am ready for that! :) We have been going to that lake almost everyday and she is loving the sand! Luckily she hasn't started trying to eat it. She seems to be doing so much so quickly. I cannot believe she will be a year old already in a little more than four months!
Not much else is going on right now. Harliegh is getting her pictures done for free on Saturday. the same lady who took my maternity and family pics wants to add some baby pics to her portfolio so she offered to do them for free and we get the cd with ALL the pics on for free, as well. Sounds like a good deal to me! I also went a little crazy at our library booksale last weekend. You could get a bag of books for $5 so I ended up getting Harliegh 32 books! Some are board books and a few are picture books for when she is older. I aslo managed to get myself 6 books! :) I love a good deal! Well....that's all for now! I will update soon...probably to tell you she is walking! haha

Standing!

Harliegh's first Easter Basket....er....wagon.

Harliegh's first ride in the front of the cart sans carseat! My Big girl!!

Hey Everyone!!

It's finally starting to warm up outside and Harliegh and I have been enjoying taking walks down by the lake! I can't wait until it is a little wamer so we can try out the baby swings at the playground...unfortunately the playground is covered by a small pond of melted snow! Harliegh is doing so much lately! She will be 8 months old next Monday! Her favorite game now is pulling herself up and then sitting down and then pulling herself up again. It's very cute but gets a little repetitive for me! She is alsmost crawling, she gets up on her knees and gets very angry when she can' figure out how to move forward! On Monday she figured out how to army crawl and now she just zooms across the floor. I have tried to get it on video to post here but everytime I pull out the camera she starts laughing at me! She also is getting very smart and sneaky, I am worried I may have a little prankster on my hands...a trait she surely has inherited from daddy...first she started fake coughing when she was four months old, then she started liking to be startled and would try to startle me by raising her hands and yelling at me...now she figured out how to fake sleep. She has done it both to Tyler and me on seperate occasions. One morning I heard her playing and talking in her crib for awhile...since she was happy I just laid in bed and listened to her. After about 15 minutes I got up to get her. I walked into her room and the floor creaked and she quickly rolled over and laid down . When I looked down at her she was lying there with her eyes closed. I called her name....she ignored me....I tickled her tummy....she kept her eyes closed...I tickled her feet ....nothing. Then I just stood there quietly and stared at her and all of a sudden she pushed herself up and started laughing. Funny Baby!
Other than that it has been the same old, same old for me and Tyler. I have gotten into watching "Into the Motherhood" online...for all my mom friends out there...watch it! HILARIOUS! Up until now it has been online only but now they have it on TV. ABC on Thursday at 7! If you are a mom you will appreciate it!
Now that it is warming up I am going to try to sign up for baby storytime at the library! It will give me an excuse to get out of the house and meet other new mommies in town. I am looking forward to that!

NO PASTA!!

Harliegh has recently discovered how to shake her head no...especially if she doesn't like a food or doesn't want to go to sleep! This is her first taste of pasta....that she obviously was not fond of!

Harliegh after a long day of shopping with the girls! :) She was soooo good all day long.

Happy March!

Harliegh has recently decided that playing at dinner time is hilarious. Just today she figured out how to blow bubbles in her milk ( we are practicing using a real cup) and she also figured out that coughing when you have the spoon in your mouth makes a mini food explosion! Fun times. She is rolling all over the place and has even figured out how to switch directions and turn while sitting! Yesterday we even saw her scooting forward with her toes, though she only moved forward a couple inches. She will be crawling soon! I can't believe she will be 7 months on Friday! We are still eagerly awaiting Spring, meanwhile, we have enjoyed a few nice walks last week when it was in the 40's. Though we may have to wait for awhile for the next walk since we are supposed to be getting yet another winter storm.

In other news.....it's official!! Tyler has been promoted to Associate Producer! It's exciting news for our family and Tyler is pretty excited about some upcoming projects he will be working on!

We are also excited that my brother, Justin will finally be coming home this week! He was in the Army and had just gotten out of Iraq a little while ago and has been in Germany until now. He is out of the Army and is home for good...at least until he decides to go on his next adventure! :)

Snow, Snow Go AWAY!!

Could she look any more like her daddy??

Tyler teaching Harliegh the art of video gaming.

Harliegh in her Princess towel given to her by her 2nd cousin CJ.


It's snowing outside, we are supposed to get about 8 inches. Soon it will be spring and it will get warm and I can't wait! I just keep telling myself... just a few more weeks. Harliegh has her first cold ever! Right now she has a runny nose and is a little fussy, I hope it doesn't get worse. Today Harliegh had her six month check up. She is now 16 pounds and 26 inches and is in the 75% for all measurements. She had her shots and was not a happy girl at all! The doctor said she has met all of her benchmarks and even some more and is a "stellar example of a perfectly growing baby!" Her next appointment will be when she is 9 months old. She is starting to get very active, she loves rolling around and is trying so hard to crawl...she gets all the way up on her toes but then gets frustrated and starts yelling.



Not mush else is new in our family right now. I am looking into going to school in the fall and Tyler is still loving his job. He just released his first X-Box 360 game as a QA Lead, a snowboarding game called Stoked. Stoked has been a bad word in our house lately, hahaha....but we are glad that it is finally done. So if you have a 360 make sure you check it out! :)

We love and miss you all!!