Daaaannngg!

Spring Blooms

I'm not sure why, but it's getting harder and harder for me to post my weekly updates! Hopefully I'll get back in gear here soon. These two kiddos, they sure do make my day. I can't even explain it, but I hope you know what I'm talking about. If you do, then you are blessed just like I am! Let's see...Hailey is getting into everything and trying so hard to talk all the time. She does have some words, probably about 7 or 8, but she doesn't use them consistently. She's close to saying "Miles" now too which is cute. Whenever she's trying to say something, Miles will say "Mom! She said XYZ!" Which sometimes may be accurate and sometimes way off. Sometimes it's like the old Lassie show where Timmy always knew what Lassie was saying, like "Woof!" would mean that the farmer down the street had fallen off his horse and broke his leg and was laying in a puddle and the horse had ran off into the woods." :)

Hailey loves her animated toys-not sure if it's Easter or Christmas around here!

Hailey is also into organizing and sorting. I think she's really just imitating me, but it's too cute. She LOVES to get into a drawer of any kind, or cabinet, and pull out anything and everything she can. She may carefully and very selectively bring you one item at a time to hold onto, or she may take out heaps (of clothes) and find somewhere to put them (usually a box or a laundry basket). She also loves to help me put clothes in the washer and dryer. It's cute, when she's "done" with a self imposed task, she claps her hands together as if to say, "there, that's done!"!

Poor Hailey was knocked out!

Hailey is also our official taste tester. Don't think you can eat something and not give her any. She will pop up from wherever she is or whatever she may be doing and come find out what you have. And will likely want to try it. If she doesn't, she'll swat your hand away if you try to give it to her. Sometimes she only takes a taste after careful consideration and studying... And I can't remember if I talked about this before, but she nods yes and no, very furiously sometimes! It's too cute. She'll stop and ponder for a moment and then shake her head one way or the other.

Racing at the Speedway!

Miles is just such my little boy. He just seems so much older these days. And he's outgrowing his clothes-so glad that spring is coming so he can wear new things! He's becoming fairly independent, but at the exact moment he realizes it, he will often revert back to whining or wanting to be picked up. That's his thing lately, wanting me to carry him. I love him to pieces, but, um, no. I will carry him down the hall and that's about it! You can just see him learning and growing though, it's amazing. And his math skills are so sharp! No, he's not doing arithmetic per se, but he will do math and Ahmad and I will look at each other like, wow! For instance, the other day he was talking about soccer on Saturday and how excited he was to start. This was on Tuesday. And he said "I have soccer on Saturday, right mom?" and I said "yes!" and he said "That's after 3 more schools, right?" "yup!". He does things like that all the time now, it's amazing. I'm trying to think of how to hone in on that and may be talking to my mother-in-law again soon about that one.

Miles playing "cousins" with his cars

Hailey has been sick off and on lately. She was sick all week the other week, with a temp one day and fine the next. We couldn't decide if it was teeth or her ears. We put off the doc because she was doing so well. Then Saturday, she spiked a temp and Sunday she was out sleeping all day and running very high temps (like 102-105). We almost ran to the ER on that one, but some Tylenol brought it down pretty quickly. Of course that threw off all my weaning efforts. She wasn't eating or drinking, but wanted to nurse, so I let her. And she did. A lot. (Now I've been back to getting her down and tonight I didn't let her before bed again. She didn't do quite as well tonight, but did settle down and drink some milk and she also used her paci for a bit, which she never ever uses.) She stayed home for 2 days, which worked out fine because my very best Bubba and Carol were in town visiting! I had already planned to take 2 days off work while they were in, but we'd planned on doing more exciting things than watch Hailey be sick. We did make it to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and kissed the bricks, which was very cool. Miles and Ahmad went with us that day too. Bubba and Carol were really in town for the Woman's Final Four tournament and I believe they had a very good time at the games. It was so good to see them and have some extra time together. But it did make me realize that I'm not too exciting now that I have kids! :)

Bubba and Carol

Kissing the bricks with Hailey

Last weekend, after rain most of Saturday, we headed out to a local farm that has Therapeutic Riding. The Kleins knew someone who went there and they were hosting a fundraiser. So we went and looked at the animals, got arm painted, took a hayride, and roasted some hot dogs. Fun was had by all!

Roasting hot dogs

Another funny thing that Hailey does all the time is play in the bathroom. If you're a mom, you know you don't ever get to pee alone after you have a child. I think besides going at work, it's been about 4 years for me! lol! At any rate, we have a toilet paper holder in our main bathroom that's a cylinder with a lid. It holds 3 rolls of spare tissue. Hailey loves to take off the lid, put it either on the toilet seat (if no one is on the toilet) or on the counter by the sink. Then she will pull a roll out and take off a square. She used to try to put it into the tub, but now she waits until I'm finished and will put it in the potty, help me close the lid, and help me flush. It's pretty funny. If she wanders down the hall, that just may be where she ends up!

Horse racing!

Another funny thing about Miles and to back up my earlier note of him getting so much older is his vocab. No, not bad words this time, but just, well, more little boy words. He's into saying "Daaaaannnnnggggg!" now. I guess some kids at school say it and he does too. And to point out that I might be loosing my cool status in his eyes, he took it upon himself the other day to explain to me that "Dang" means "cool" or "that's really cool". I had to laugh!

Cutie pies on the farm!

My only other note right now is that I made Lifetime status at Weight Watchers last weekend! Lifetime is once you've reached your goal weight and maintained it within 2 pounds for 6 weeks. Then you get a Lifetime award and you don't have to pay anymore! You have to weigh in at least once a month and stay within that 2 pounds and you can go to the meetings for free. If you don't, I think you have to pay for that month. I figured it up and it cost me $480 to lose 62 pounds. That's $7.74 a pound. Wow! I have to remember that if I start to slip!

Proud Godfather