Patrick's 1st Father's Day!

This is a video I made for Patrick for his 1st Father's Day! I am so excited that I finally figured out how to post videos! It is a little late but thought some of you would enjoy seeing it!

13 Months

Today Hailey is 13 months old. Where does the time go? It seems that she is picking up something new every day.

Some of my favorite NEW things that she is doing are...

• She likes to tickle the bottom of feet (even her own). She moves her tiny little fingers along the bottom of feet and says "tickle, tickle" in a quiet little voice.
• She loves to make herself known to others, even complete strangers. In stores she says "hi" to anyone and everyone. If she thinks people are not paying attention to her she says "hey" REALLY loud and when they look she tilts her head to the side and in a sweet voice again she says "hi". She LOVES attention!
• Her Daddy taught her how to blow bubbles in the bathtub and she laughs hysterically at herself when she does this because of the noises it makes.
• She jumps on the couch and head bangs while laughing uncontrollably.
• She is always so happy when she wakes up in the mornings and at nap time. She wakes up and either plays until someone realizes she is awake or she just talks to herself while looking at her things. I like that there is no screaming or crying! Before you take her out of her room she has to point to several things and say "what's that" in a little sweet whisper. Then she has to touch the thing she was pointing at, it is really cute!

Some things we are working on...

• Hailey still has no DESIRE to walk. I think she knows that everyone wants her to and so she pulls her stubborn side out (gets it from me) and won't give in. She is supposed to be the flower girl in my little sisters wedding two weeks from today. I think she is choosing to not walk on purpose! =)
• She throws her food if she does not like it. She used to not be picky at all and would eat anything you put in front of her face. Now, if she does not like the taste of something, it goes straight to the floor.
• Hailey often gets excited about things and she has such a LOUD personality. My mom says it's pay back because I was so loud as a kid and still am loud at times! She screams at the top of her lungs when she sees something that makes her excited. I don't know what to do because she only does this while she is happy. I realized it was a problem last night when we took her out to dinner and she saw a balloon and screamed with excitement and the lady next to us about jumped out of her pants! haha!

MONTANA

Last Wednesday we headed to Montana to see the family. We had a lot of fun spending time with them. We celebrated Dave's 60th birthday with a surprise party, played soccer, played golf (boys), went to Red Lodge (girls), visited with friends and of course ate a lot! We love visiting Montana. It is such a wonderful place.
Thursday we all went to a Mustangs baseball game. We had a lot of fun, even in the rain and dodging the foul balls! Connor got a licorice and shared it with Hailey. Can you tell she LOVED it?

Patrick is the best husband ever! I broke my flip flop at the baseball game and he gave me one of his so I did not have to get my foot dirty! What a gentleman!

Joe and Tonya had a built in car seat in their van and she loved it. She got to sit up like a big person which made her really happy!

Patrick and his siblings!

Uncle Joe was tickeling Hailey's feet and smelling them. Hailey thought it was so funny! When he stopped doing it she made sure to get her feet up in the air for him to smell them again!

The ladies all went on a little get away Saturday to RedLodge, MT. It is so beautiful there (I would move there in a heartbeat, sorry mom and dad) As we were coming down from the mountain we saw a bear running across the road. It was so crazy! We all started screaming and of course had to follow it to see where it went. We ended up taking this dirt road where we found it eating a bird feeder out of a tree. It was so cool. We were super close and all I can remember is my mother-in-law yelling at me to get back in the car! ha ha! I had to get a picture. We had such a fun day shopping, eating and almost getting eaten by a bear! :)

Patrick's brother, Joe, did a talk in church on Sunday and all of the family went to listen. He did an amazing job and really did not seem nervous at all!

This is Grandma and Hailey the day we were heading home. Hailey took very very short naps while in Montana because she was afraid she would miss out on something exciting. You can tell just by looking at this picture she was flat TIRED! Since we have been home she has been sleeping like a rock!

Here is Grandma and Grandpa Frank with Hailey! They bought her a doll that looks just like her. Hailey loves the thing! Patrick stuffed it in his golf bag on the flight home and we were all a little worried that the airport security would think we had a real baby in there because it is so life-like!

Grandpa Rides

The grandkids decided that riding on grandpa is much more fun if they all get to do it at the same time! Poor Grandpa!

Shopper in Training

Here is Hailey at the Galleria mall shopping with Grandma Hafen and I. Grandma is starting the training at an early age! Hailey is going to be a SUPER SHOPPER in a few years!

4th of July (A little late)

Last 4th of July Hailey was too tiny to enjoy the fireworks. This 4th, we had a lot of fun purchasing little fireworks that we thought Hailey would enjoy seeing. As we were letting the fireworks off the neighbors decide to come out and let their bigger and better ones off. It was so funny because Hailey wanted nothing to do with the fireworks we bought for her, she just wanted to watch the neighbors fireworks! After we left Patrick's parents house we happened to be driving by the Red Rock Casino just as they were starting their show. We pulled off of the 2-15 and were able to see this beautiful firework show about 100 yards in front of us. I ended up just watching Hailey instead of the fireworks because she was so tired that she was falling asleep in Patrick's arms. Her head was nodding up and down as she tried so hard to stay awake! One of the cutest things ever!

Who me????

Here is Hailey getting into trouble. She loves to take all of the toilet paper off the roll. It's kind of cute, especially when she gives you the look of pure sweet innocence, like this one! Her hairdo is a disaster because she discovered that she can pull anything out of her hair now. It takes me longer to do her hair than it does for her to destroy it! =)

Hailey's Birthday Party

These are just a few of the MANY pictures I took at Hailey's 1st Birthday party. She had so much fun! She was surrounded by family and friends who helped make her special day so great! The slide was a big hit, mostly for the adults! Hailey was kind of scared to go down it, but her daddy and his friends sure had fun on it! Hailey also does not like to get dirty so once she put her hand in the cake she was so upset. She just wanted to get clean! She is such a girlie girl! Birthday parties were always such a big deal in my family growing up! Patrick and I are in big trouble if they are only supposed to get better each year! =)

Funny!

Mom, thought you might find some humor in this!