Hailey's First Pumpkin

Hailey helped Daddy get her pumpkin ready for Halloween tonight.  It took her just a bit to warm up to the idea of actually "helping" get the seeds out of the pumpkin.  At first she wanted nothing to do with it, but as she watched Dave dig out seeds, she became more interested.  The video shows her tentatively reaching in the pumpkin a few times!  (Just a note about Hailey tonight.  She was running a temperature between 102 and 103, but you would never know it by watching the video and seeing the pictures.)  She really never ceases to amaze us, she is truly a wonderful baby, she has been a little fussy which is to be expected, obviously her body is trying to fight something off.

We didn't "carve" her pumpkin.  

Gra sent out a kit to decorate her pumpkin as a cat!

Being cute with her pumpkin cat.

Just a good smile picture.  

Her "fangs" are still pretty prominent, 

although both of her front teeth have cut through.

Hunt Club Farm and The Pumpkin Patch

On Sunday we took Hailey to Hunt Club Farm in Virginia Beach.  They have a Fall Festival and Pumpkin Patch each year.  We met some friends of ours there with their two kids, Cassia and Caden (they are in one of the pictures with Hailey).  We had a great time.  Hailey sat in a huge pile of hay, you can see from some of the pictures she wasn't quite sure what she should do.  It was funny to watch her, because she just sat in one spot and played with the hay around her, never moving from where we put her.  I can't say that I really blame her, it can't be that comfortable crawling around in hay!  We also picked out her first pumpkin.  Watch for pictures of her first Halloween costume!

Finally...

Hailey has enough hair for a bow!!  The bow is pretty little and the clip is just the perfect size.  We have been waiting a long time to put a bow in her hair.  It is amazing how many people look at her and ask "how old is HE?", even when she is dressed in pink flowers, with the bow, there is no mistake.  She has received quite a few comments when I put it in, most people are curious how I actually got it to stay!!  We think that it's pretty cute.

Her hair will even stay sticking up after we take the bow out!!

Chicago

Dave, Hailey and I took a long weekend and spent it in Chicago with friends.  We hadn't seen anybody since we left.  It was great to see people from both school and work.  It was a needed vacation that we throughly enjoyed.  Hailey did great on all 4 flights (we had connections each way).  She was a trooper the entire weekend.  She loved being outside while we walked around.  The buildings and lights kept her mesmerized at night.  Thanks to Jim and Kari for putting up with the 3 of us and everything that comes with a 9 month old.  We shared a hotel room with them in the city and introduced them to life with a kiddo.  We had a great time!  Enjoy the pictures.

Gymboree Class

After a morning of removing Hailey multiple times from things that she shouldn't play with, I decided that it was time to get her involved in something outside of the house for both her and my own benefit.  We joined Gymboree Play and Music.  She has class twice a week for 45 minutes each day.  One day we have a music class, which introduces her to different types of music, rhythm, and instruments and we also have a gym class where she can play and explore.  She loves the classes.  It is a great opportunity for her to socialize with other kids her age, while I get the chance to have some adult conversation!  Below are a few pictures from this week's class. Dave has been fortunate enough to have had some afternoons off and was able to partake in class with her.  Grammy and Pop-Pop (Dave's parents) were also in town and got to see her in action.

Teeth

Hailey started cutting her teeth about a month ago.  Just like most kids her bottom two teeth were the first to come through.  A day after I felt the bottom two coming through I felt the top and noticed that they also were coming in.  After a little battling with her to see the top ones I realized that it wasn't her two front teeth that were appearing, but the ones on each side of the front teeth.  We call them her "fangs".  We have just noticed that one of her front teeth is just starting to appear.  My Dad thought that maybe she would just have a gap between her front teeth!  We would be in trouble if it was that wide!  I was able to get a few pictures where you can see the bottom two and there is one that you can just see her "fangs".  Enjoy! (To enlarge the pictures just click on them).

My Bottom Teeth

My "Fangs"

Just being cute!

Photo Session

Hailey and I had our pictures taken back in July.  I wasn't really sure that I wanted to be in the pictures with her, but I am glad that we did a few together.  I have been waiting for the photographer to put the pictures up on her website but it has been almost 2 months and it hasn't been done.  I decided that I could probably scan the ones that I had and post them this way to share with everyone.  The picture of Hailey is one of my absolute favorites.  The blanket that she is sitting on my Mom (Gra) knitted for her, for her baptism.