Hailey went to work with me one day for part of the day...she's a good helper!
Hailey is such my little lady! She is such a smiley baby-always has a grin on her face. She's babbling away and seems to respond to us when we talk to her. She's full of "mama's" and "dada's". She also does "baba's". Miles says that she's trying to say "big brother"-which may be true! She enjoys walking behind her push toys and is standing more on her own. She started clapping and if you say "yay, Hailey", she'll often stop what she's doing and clap. :) She is also starting to clap to music and bob her little head and move to a beat. She has also just begun holding on to my hands and walking. She's so proud of herself, and she should be! What a big little girl. She melts my heart. And her snuggles...I love her snuggles. She snuggles right into my shoulder and under my chin, burying her head into my neck. I just want to keep her there forever. I love you Love Bug!
And then there's Miles. Miles is such a light in my life. He's such a wonderful big brother and son, he melts my heart. He often exclaims "Oh I love my baby so so so so so so so SO much!" And then he proceeds to give her hugs and kisses. If he's hard to wake in the morning, I just bring Hailey in and he perks right up and says how Hailey wants him. This morning, she was clamoring to get to him and gave him hugs and kisses until he woke up. Then he hugged her and hopped right out of bed. He's so smart and is doing so well in this new class. He's in the 4's room, a Pre-K room. He's writing his name really well now and counts forward and backwards all the time. He looks for things to learn about in daily life; for example, we'll point out and look for different shapes when we're waiting for something (i.e. at the doctor's office or in a restaurant). He knows the months almost in order (just skipping a few). He's figuring the world out and just can't seem to get enough! He's doing awesome in school and hasn't had any incidents in a long time. I'm so proud of him! And we're working on his drop offs in the morning as well. In the past, he's liked for me to carry him to his classroom and then has a meltdown-crying and grabbing my neck-sometimes hanging from my neck. I usually leave him in the teacher's arms crying. So, we're working on that. I'm not carrying him back anymore and he's giving me lots of hugs and kisses in the room. I'm taking my time with him and allowing him to have that. When he's ready (with me moving it along without rushing him), I leave. He's done so well and I can tell by the look on his face that he's proud of himself. And I'm proud of him too! Oh Smiles, I love you so much!
This past weekend, we went to visit my parents. My brother, Matt, and his 2 boys, Gavin and Emmett, were in town too. We had such a great visit! Dad seemed to be doing pretty well and so was mom. I was happy that we were able to do a little bit of work for them while we were there. I hope to be able to do more and more of that. I like being able to help them. We went bowling on Saturday morning and that was the first time for Gav and Em and the first time in about 2 years for Miles. Of course it was Hailey's first time too, but she didn't really bowl! :) It was a great time. It was also funny while we were there-Em and Miles got snacks and slushy drinks. Miles drank his drink really fast and ended up with brain freeze. While I felt bad for him, it was pretty funny! It was also a great treat that my very dear friend, Shauna, was able to join us! I haven't seen her in about a year and it was really nice to catch up. Even if we did get beat by all 3 boys!
Brain Freeze!
Friends since Kindergarten!
While I anticipated a very busy weekend, it was actually pretty restful! Miles, Gavin and Emmett played together nicely and didn't require too much direction. Ahmad was also wonderful and often kept watch over them and ensured they had lots of fun things to keep them busy. It was a wonderful visit and I hope to see everyone again real soon.
We also had a real nice visit today. Since I got off work early, I took the kids over to our old neighbor's to play and have dinner. It was a great visit and the kids really had a lot of fun. The dads got there after they were done with work and enjoyed dinner and some playtime before we had to leave. Miles was very sad to leave and told me on the way home that he wanted to take his bed to Evelyn's so he could stay there for a long long time. It was cute! On that note, Ahmad also has a new job. Today was his second day and I'm so proud of him. It seems like a good fit so far and I hope he enjoys it. I'd love for him to like his work.
I'm excited about this week and about everything that is coming up. I hope that we all find peace and happiness in God's time-which is sometimes different than our time!
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