Bitter Sweet

So I have passed my emotional, sensitive personality to my son. I don't know if that is a good thing or not! Probably good in some ways, but not so good in other ways! I cry about everything. Back when Bryan and I were first married we took a trip out to Boston to meet and visit with some of Bryans family. His Uncle Joe took us Deep Sea Fishing. Not only did I get motion sickness, but once we caught a fish I was crying because I felt bad for the fish. Yes ridiculous I know, but I would rather eat my chicken, beef, etc. and not think about where it comes from! Let's just say that Bryan will not let me go fishing with him anymore! Anyways, Bryan and Carter went fishing this morning. Carter came back all excited because they caught a fish! As they cut it open they realized that it was a pregnant fish. I tried to hold my emotions in because I didn't want Carter to get upset! Carter said, "don't worry, we can just put the eggs in water". After he realized the little baby fishies could not be saved, came the water works. He was so upset and said " I am never going fishing for goldfish again." We felt bad that he was so upset and promised him that next time we would just let the fish back into the water after we catch it. Poor little guy! We did talk him into trying a bite and he said he liked it, but didn't want anymore after that.

Our Little Drama Queen

This is the face we get when you tell Hailey "No" or when she doesn't get her way. It is hilarious and makes us laugh which is not the reaction she likes! Her little dramatic antics are so funny and she makes us laugh everyday. What would we do without our little Hailey girl!

LaZy Sunday

One of the things we look forward to every week in the summer is Irrigation Day. The kids love to pull out their boats and play in the water. Hailey loves to scoot on in and scoot down the stream. If I try to pull her out she kicks and screams until I put her back in.

4th of July

My parents and Bryans parents came up for the Logan Cruise-In on the 4th. We had a good day and it wasn't too hot which was nice. After the Cruise-In we went home to let Hailey take a nap then headed to our neighbors for a great BBQ and TONS of Fireworks! Thanks moms and dads for coming and spending the morning with us!

One of Carters favorites was the Huge Monster Truck! We walked by it and he said "hey mom, take a picture"

It was fun watching Bryan and Carter get excited about the cars. Carter had my camera part of the time and was taking pictures of some of his favorite cars. It was funny because he would get all the angles, even climbing underneath the vehicles to get a picture. Like father like son!

Hailey discovered she could help push the stroller. Once we let her do it once, she wanted to do it the whole time! This is Hailey with my beautiful mom!

Update on Hailey

Hailey has been making leaps and bounds lately! The last few times I have come into her room to get her up, she has been sitting up in her crib, woo hoo! Hailey is 15 months and has always been a little behind in her development. I wasn't too worried until the last couple months. After she turned one, I was thinking, gosh, Hailey still isn't pulling herself from a laying position to sitting. She should be doing this by now! I mentioned it to her pediatrician and he hooked me up with the up to 3 or Early Intervention program. I am so grateful for all of their help! They had a physical therapist, nutritionists, the works come to evaluate Hailey. So what they came up with is: 1-she has a little bit of low muscle tone, which causes children to take a little longer to do physical things, nothing major though 2-she is a very mellow, laid back girl, just not in a hurry 3-she is also a very picky eater and does not like anything with texture. They say as she starts to be more active physically that will go hand in hand with her eating, and willingness to try new things. They put her Self-Help skills at 4 months since she is not feeding herself at all, and her physical motor skills at 9 months. We have some work to do, but just the last couple weeks she has progressed quite a bit. She is starting to pull herself up to sitting and standing positions, and getting more stable when we help her walk. The Physical Therapist has been great to give me some ideas and pointers to get her moving and to work on strenghthening her muscles. He will be coming every two weeks to help her along this process. The nutritionist will come once a month to help us get on track with her eating and self-help skills. It is comforting to know that there are no major problems and she should be catching up very soon! I am so glad that there are such great programs out there!

Hailey loves our kitty and is constantly scooting on her bum to try and keep up with her. We can now sit her on the kitty condo and she can pull herself up to pet her. Watch out Shelby! Hailey is also saying several more words like "moo", and "vroom". She's such a fun sweet girl!

FuN in the SuN

It's nice to have good weather again! We went to the pool today and enjoyed the warm weather. The best $3 dollars I spent was to buy this tube for Hailey. She Loved it! It also makes it easier for me to keep track of both the kids when Bryan can't come with me to the pool.

Hailey devouring a Dorito

My three favorite people! Check out those 2 buff dudes!

Summerfest

We went to Summerfest on Friday. Carter really enjoys it every year because they set up a big tent and do a bunch of crafts and activities with the kids. Its only $2 bucks and they can stay in there as long as they want. Carter was allowed to pick one treat afterwards and to no surprise picked cotton candy. He devoured it until it was gone. A cute older lady stopped us as we were following Carter and asked if we had a camera. I said yes, and she said "you better get a picture of him, that is too cute!" She told us to enjoy every minute of it because they just grow too fast! Its easy to get caught up in the every day stresses of life, but it is so true that they will be grown before we know it!

Carter did share a little of his cotton candy with dad. He was poking Hailey with it and she was laughing hysterically. It was pretty cute!