Christmas with Godparents

Haley's Godparents, Eric & Lindsey, are in town this week and came over on Thursday night for dinner. They brought a gift for Haley with them and she had a lot of fun with the wrapping paper :) Cool! A box!

Helping Daddy put it together...

Checking out the finishing touches with Eric...

Let's go for a ride!

It was a little past Haley's bed time by the time it was all finished so she wouldn't smile very much. We tried to trick her by giving her some of her bottle but didn't ever catch her at the right moment :)

Packer & Griswold came to visit

My sister and brother-in-law went out of town so we got to watch their two dogs for a night. Haley was in heaven with 3 pup-pups to watch and they were fascinated by her! Plus, every now and then she'd put one of her puffs on the floor for them to eat :)

9 month pictures - Merry Christmas!

Oh my gosh, could the first one be any cuter?! I couldn't help it - I bought the first two in a bigger size and I'm using them as part of our Christmas decorations. So precious!

Playing with her reindeer...

Such a beautiful Christmas dress from her Grammie...

Still not much hair for a headband yet :)

Christmas party

We hosted the annual Christmas party for my Mom's side of the family this year. This morning when we woke up to all of the snow, we thought we'd be eating a whole turkey by ourselves, but the weather cleared up and most were still able to make it. Here's Haley and her Great Grandma dressed for the party... Playing on the floor with Great Uncle Mickey...

Having too much fun with cousin Kelley and Great Uncle Jack to drink her bottle...

Haley almost made it through the whole party - Pamela had the magic touch though and she fell right asleep in her arms.

"The Kids"...not quite so young anymore :)

"The Adults"...

Random pictures

Is this a good hand? :) Playing with her friend Raimey from Washington...

Haley loves to sit and wait for Hemi to come back inside...

Almost mobile - yikes!

Haley now pushes up onto her hands and knees and just rocks a little bit. Then she follows that by laying on her stomach with her arms stretched out and kicks her feet frantically. She is going to be crawling very soon! If that's the case, Jeff and I have a lot of baby proofing in the near future!

Let's go swimming!

Haley had her first two swim lessons - Monday with Jeff and Wednesday with me. Luckily, my Mom was able to come along with both of us for help with everything as well as to take pictures! Haley loved playing in the water!

Haley really must have had fun with Jeff in the pool because when she saw the water today, she got REALLY excited :)
There was supposed to be one other baby in the class but he didn't show up so we had private lessons on both days.Swimming around the lazy river, chasing the orange ping pong ball...1...2...3...Jump!
Kick, kick, kick!

Update

Haley's 9 month doctor visit was last week and it went pretty well. She weighed in at 13 lbs 8 oz which sadly is even farther under the curve than she already was. The doctor said that she often sees a plateau in weight gain at around 9 months, but since Haley was already small, she was concerned that there might be something else going on. So, instead of the heel prick that she was supposed to get, she had to have blood drawn from her arm for multiple tests. It was sad watching her in pain and, the even sadder part, the phone call saying that they didn't get enough blood and that they'd have to do it again. She actually had to have blood drawn again anyway though because the first results that came back showed an issue with her thyroid hormones. We went to a different lab on Saturday and it was an amazing difference! It was fast, Haley didn't cry as much and they got more than double the amount of blood. And, the great news this morning...her thyroid hormones, and everything else they tested for, is normal!

Getting ready for Christmas

Haley is loving every Christmas decoration that we put up in the house. She especially loves the Santa with the rattle inside that used to be her Daddy's when he was little.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had Thanksgiving dinner over at my parent's house and by the end Haley was worn out! Haley loves Grammie and her jewelry!

Looks like Haley and Juliana are ready for some turkey... Well... Haley may not have had turkey but she sure enjoyed some sweet potatoes that her Great Grandma made especially for her.

Watching all of the dogs with Grampa...

8 Month Professional Pictures

This week

Having fun splashing around in her new bath seat... Reading some books in her little chair...

Hunting weekend

Last weekend was the annual friends and family hunting trip. It was a fun-filled few days (even with some sleepless nights)! While the boys were all out hunting, us girls (and Gavin of course) took a walk. Here are the little munchkins before the walk... Here's Haley with her Grandma after the walk... So tired!

Haley showing Gavin how fun tummy time can be...he doesn't quite agree with her :)

So precious...

Haley with her Auntie Amy...

Gavin asleep with Laura...

Someone's ready for hunting... Haley is wearing her Daddy's "orange".