Attack of the penguin...

or should it be attack of the turtle? Thank you Eric, Allison, Ashley, Grace, Hannah & Zach

My Jumper

Hailey has fallen in love with her jumper. I think she could spend the whole day in this thing. One evening as she was playing she took an extreme interest in the dogs. She was enthralled with everything they were doing and soon began to laugh at them. The boys were playing fetch and every time they got close to Hailey she began to laugh. The first video is her playing and the second is of her laughing (this is poor picture quality but turn up the volume and listen).

Squeak, Squeak!

Hailey is still working on that first tooth, after a very long and uncomfortable weekend for her we have finally found a way to provide her with some relief. The longer and faster that I rubbed the bink, the deeper her "trance" became.

Mmmm...Cereal
Hailey had rice cereal for the first time tonight. It was...interesting. She played with it, spit it back out, swallowed, coughed, gagged and swished it around. I think she ate a little bit. She made a mess and daddy took pictures.

Yuck!

It is official, Hailey puked in my mouth! :(
Here is how it all started. Hailey has been an exceptionally slow eater from day one. She currently spends 30 minutes drinking 4 ounces. She gets so tired and worn out from working so hard that she refuses to eat anymore. So me being a genius and all, had the grand idea to switch from the slow nipple to the medium. All day Saturday and Sunday she did wonderful. She ate, she burped, she ate some more.
Arriving home tonight I put her in her cozy monkey jammies and started the process of feeding her dinner. She ate, and ate, and ate. She ate slow and steady for almost an entire hour. She downed 8 full ounces. I couldn't believe it. My little eater was actually getting full. I sat her up and began to pat her back. One giant burp was followed by a projectile stream of milk. The couch, the cute jammies, my pants and Clutch were covered. Ryan began to clean up the mess while I washed and changed Hailey. I gave her a big hug and kissed her cheek. Hailey coughed so I mimicked her. She mimicked me and as I was getting ready to "fake" cough back it happened. Up came projectile number two right into my open mouth.
Like the rest of you, I have seen this happen a million times on America's Funniest Home Videos and have always wondered how those bozos let that happen to them. I have officially become one of those bozos and I must say, I'm not sure how it all went so wrong. Such a cute and fun game between mother and daughter became a disgusting moment that I will never forget.

Hailey's first tooth

We don't have a tooth quiet yet, but the process is exhausting. Hailey is working on the bottom left tooth. She has a big swollen spot on her gum, sometimes there is a bump and sometimes there isn't. She has begun waking up around 4 am...we normally get up at 5, so Ryan and I are quickly becoming exhausted. Hailey is quickly learning to sooth herself by sucking her thumb and other fingers. I would love for her to finally have this first tooth, yet I know that it is just the first of many.