Carrot, anyone?

"Forget the carrot, I got candy!"

1st Halloween

"Gee mom, thanks for all this candy I can't eat."

"Mom, I got the spider!"

Princess has a throne!

"I love my new highchair ..."

"... Now feed me!!!"

Too much caffeine?

Hailey woke up with some double eyelids...freaky looking! Thankfully her eyes returned to normal after a while.








"Whatcha lookin' at?"

Swinging with grampa

Pensive Hailey.

Some things I like to chew

8 months old!

"Help."

Hailey's monthly pic with Mr. Bear. Too bad Mr. Bear was in storage for the last few months so there wasn't a 5, 6 or 7-month pic.







"That tickles!"

Trip to San Jose, CA

"My first time swimming! Where are all my bath toys?"





"Leather is sticky."

"I finally met my Uncle Pete!"

New coffee table

"How do you like my mommy's new coffee table?"

"I like playing the keyboard and chewing on my lion the best."

Look who’s standing!

Hailey can kneel/sit without using her hands now! Thank goodness because she can crawl from a sitting position but then when she gets tired she can only roll onto her back because she can’t sit up. So now she can sit up! Plus this week she’s learned how to pull herself up to standing on things. Dangerous! And this morning she discovered a new toy in the bathroom…the toilet paper!

Roses are red ...

"He loves me ... he loves me not ... HE LOVES ME!"

"Yummy!"

She’s very girly…LOVES flowers (e.g. pulling petals off of roses) and jewelry (e.g. tugging at my necklace).

12-month clothes too small?!

"Hey mom, I think this new outfit is a bit small...I can't move very well! But I love the shoes and hat!"

Okay, guess it's on to size 18-month clothes. Those are size 4 shoes by the way and they barely fit. She's growing way too fast!!!

She's a GIRL, people!!!

So we were at Costco, and there was this woman giving out samples who said, "Aw, what a cute little boy! How old is he?" I refrained from yelling back, "She's a GIRL, darnit!!!" and responded with a polite and subtle, "Thank you. SHE's seven months old." And do you know what this woman said??

"Aw...but his haircut makes him look like a girl."

What the????!!!!

Grr.

Words I've been longing to hear!

For the past couple of months Hailey has been babbling, “ba ba”… which in Chinese happens to mean “dad”. So of course I was so excited this week when she finally started babbling “ma ma”! Not that she has any idea what it means, but it’s still nice to hear!