Little Miss Diva

(This has been Hailey's newest favorite toy to chew on- a clementine)

(Hailey has a bulletin board in her room covered in hair clips and bows. Fairly often, when she wakes up from her nap, she points to the board and picks out multiple bows for my to put on her hair! It's hilarious!)

(She is an expert stair climber, so to contain her we decided to put up a baby gate... she found a way around that!!! The little stinker got stuck! Hahaha)

I just can't imagine life without my sweet baby girl. But sometimes, I sure wish it was quieter and that there was less chasing going on. Hailey is 10.5 months old. She has been crawling since she was 4.5/5months old. That's five months of crawling lickety split fast all over the place. That's five months of leaving a drool trail everywhere she goes. Five months of tasting and ingesting everything that comes in contact with her tiny pudgy fingers. Just yesterday I saw a bead on the floor and she must have seen it at the same time because we both bolted for it at the same time! She got there first and in the split second before I got to her and my finger in her mouth to catch it- it was already gone!!! Guess I'll be seeing that one again today... yuk! Lately she's been growing some teeth (slowly) and so she's been kind of grumpy and hasn't been sleeping as well as usual (who can blame her!?). It's been kind of hard on me and really testing my patience. The other day was a particularly bad day and my mom was convinced that I didn't like my own daughter anymore. And even though she was joking- I took a good hard look at myself and my attitude. Even though it's hard being mom sometimes- I still love her! I still want her! I still couln't think of anything better than being her mother. So I've been trying to turn over a new leaf full of patience and love. I try to enjoy and cherish the best moments and turn the hard ones into learning and acceptance. So far- it's going well (she even woke me up 3 times last night and I didn't get angry!)! So I've decided today to share some of the fun and memorable moments in the last week that I've had with Hailey! I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I enjoyed the moment! 

(This was a new toy from a friend of Ryan's at work- she immediately bonded with it! Can you say whoobaby from whooville?)

(This is what we found after diner and right before bath time. It's kind of hard to see... but this would be Hailey's very first wedgey! She'd been sitting in her highchair during dinner screaming at us- and we couldn't figure out what she wanted- no food, no bottle, etc- Well no wonder! She was uncomfortable!)

(Forgive the lack of swimsuit- she wouldn't hold still long enough for my to put it on her before she wiggled her way to the pool... This is her lounging float! She loved it. Can't you see the relaxation occurring here?)