Last Week

I went to a taping of this...

played with this...

Saw this...

5 Months

5 Month Stats

Height: 26.5 in. - 95%

Weight - 16 lbs. 9 oz. - 80%

Head - 41 cm - 50%

Has it really been 5 months?  Some days it feels like 5 days, while other times it feels like 5 years!  As with every other set of parents, we think OUR baby is absolutely perfect!  She really is so much fun.  This past month she: *started rolling from her front to her back, but only occasionally...she still prefers her stomach

*started eating solids and LOVES them.  Any time you put the spoon in her line of sight, she dive bombs for it!

*smiles at everybody and everything EXCEPT she screams, screams, screams when being held by a guy

*LOVES tearing up things.  We get an obscene amount of magazines at our house so rather than just throwing them away I would let her tear them all apart. Each magazine kept her entertained for probably a half hour.  However, I have since decided that since I don't want her to destroy every paper that comes in her path, I should probably stop this fun activity.

*is still sleeping like a champ; however, we neglected to inform her of the time change...she had a few mornings where she was up bright and early!

*has the cutest pouty lip/face.  I really need to try and get a picture of it, it cracks me up.

*was the cutest little BYU cheerleader for halloween

*still loves bath time.  When we are draining the tub, we let her roll to her belly.  She loves splashing and kicking!

*she LOVES to scream! It isn't a mad or sad scream, but rather a scream to hear herself scream.

*she is very good at pulling her pacifier out, but really struggles putting it back in.  I feel like I am constantly helping her get it back it.

*loves sitting in the stroller facing forward! (versus snapping the car seat into the stroller which faces backwards)

Play Date

Easy: Going over to the next door neighbor's apartment (by next door, I mean 5 feet across the hall) for a baby play date.

Hard: Taking a group picture of all the said babies.

Meeting Minnie

This weekend we met up with some friends at Disneyland.  It was sooo much fun!  The highlight for me was riding the California Screamin roller coaster for my very 1st {and 2nd} time! (Every other time it hasn't worked out for me to ride, but let me tell you, it lived up to the hype!)  The highlight for Kyle was meeting Minnie Mouse!  The highlight for Hadley was getting to stay out until midnight!  We have learned all the tricks to getting on and off the rides as quickly as possible, so feel free to come and learn (just bring a child and a stroller, that helps tremendously!) We love being so close to so many fun things!

Dental wives take a trip to Huntington Gardens

Don't even think we weren't a spectacle {not pictures: 3 more strollers, 6 more kids}. That's how we roll around here. A couple of weeks ago a few of us (few being 6 moms) decided to go to lunch when it was too rainy to go to Disneyland. Among us there were 8 kids. At one point a man in the restaurant stood up and loudly started counting how many kids there were, and announcing things like what are they doing with so many kids in here. Oh it is fun being in the land where the norm is to have 1.3 kids beginning when you are in your mid-thirties.

Rice Cereal!

We decided to have Hadley try some rice cereal this morning.  I wouldn't say she LOVED it, but she didn't seem to mind it.  She definitely didn't swallow very much.

Cirque Du Soleil

*disclaimer. This post has NOTHING to do with Hadley

Last weekend the "fun committee" at my work took us all to Cirque Du Soleil. We saw Kooza, and it was A-Mazing! It was in a circus tent on the Santa Monica pier.  This was our first time seeing Cirque Du Soleil, and we both LOVED it!  This was also our first night on the town sans-Hadley.  We had our great friends watch her, so knowing that she was in good hands made it very easy to plunge into the world of babysitting.

Because I work from home, I was unable to get the tickets prior to the show so one of my co-workers had ours.   She was running late and we were early, so we stood outside the gate for almost an hour.  When 8:00 rolled around, she still wasn't there and the show was beginning.  A lady noticed us standing there and asked us if we had tickets. We told her we were waiting for them to come.  She just so happened to be in-charge of the VIP tent and offered us two tickets.  We got to sit in the very front, eat desserts with the VIPs at intermission, have our picture taken, and wear really cool lanyards.  Talk about being in the right place at the right time!

We really had a blast and highly recommend the show!

Four Months

4 Month Stats

Height: 26 in. - 99%

Weight - 15 lbs. 7 oz. - 90%

Head - Something - 50%

Since we have moved on to saying Hadley is "almost 5 months," I figure it is time to post the four month pictures.  This month:

Hadley is still a little angel*sleeps like a champ*eats like a champ*rolls to her belly every time we put her down*started doing a real laugh (mainly at other people, sadly we can't get her to do it for us very often)*cries when we put her down for the night (Dad always goes and saves her though)*rode on her first airplane ride...I have a whole new respect for those traveling with children*went to a USC football game*went to a BYU football game*still loves the bathtub*discovered a very unconventional way of army crawling, it involves her bum being very high in the air and her face planted in the ground*chews on EVERYTHING*drools on everything*spits up on everything*smiles at everything.

That's our Hadley Girl.  As you can tell, we can't get enough of her!

Oh, I just love her!

At least the dancing was good...

Hadley was getting tired of watching her Cougars on our little 27 inch, old school TV (Oh wait, maybe that was her dad...) So we made the trek to Cougar town, to watch the Cougars get creamed. At least she looked cute :)

At least the Cougarettes were still good. It was fun being able to see Aunt Lindsay perform!

Speaking of performances...

We were also able to see Aunt Michelle perform in World of Dance. She is on the theater ballet team at BYU, so it was amazing timing for us to be able to see her perform! Unfortunately, it is appearing that Hadley has many of her mom's genes, so the petite dancer build just might not be in her cards...although, there is always the back row. (That's where I was put in my dancing days. You know, with the "tall" kids...haha)

photo courtesy of Aunt Natalie

The Big 5-0!

The main reason for our whirlwind trip "home" this weekend was to surprise my mom for her birthday! My mom had been really sick this past week (amazing timing, I know!) so she stayed home from church. So we timed it to arrive then since she would be the only one home. We put Hadley on the doorstep and rang the doorbell, while everyone else hid. She was in bed and was refusing to answer since she hadn't showered in 2 days, so she didn't end up answering the door until like the seventh ring, but boy was she surprised! Because it was her birthday, as a present to her I won't post the video we took of the big surprise!

I'm so glad we were able to make the quick trip. It was so fun not having to miss out on yet another family event. My dad made my mom's favorite meal--shrimp and lobster, and my little sister picked up a chocolate mousse cheesecake from Cheesecake factory. The meal was delicious, I wish she would turn 50 more often.

I am so grateful for my mom. She is wonderful and would do anything for any of us. Now that I am a mom, I have developed a whole new appreciation for my mom (just like she said I would :) ) I love you mom, Happy Birthday!

here are a few photos we took before we left, unfortunately Derek had already gone home

Someday...

...I want to live in a place where I can't vacuum the entire

house using ONE outlet.

Where would we be without our dreams, right?

Family Photo

Hooray! We finally have a photo to put in the frame that has been sitting empty on our entertainment center for oh...2.5 years.

3 Months

We took about 50 pictures and about 45 of them were blurry because she was moving...

Here are Hadley's 3 month stats:

Weight - 13 lbs 15 oz - 75%

Height - 24 3/4 in - 95%

Head - 37 1/4 cm - 25%

Hadley has been so much fun this month:

-She has started this cute happy squeal/scream. She is constantly doing it. I can't wait for it to make it's church debut.

-She rolls from her back to her front (only to her left) practically every time we lay her down.

-She has begun drooling and drooling and drooling. Her Dr. said she wouldn't be surprised if her bottom teeth come in by her next appointment.

-She is still smiling, smiling, and smiling. She is a very content baby about 98% of the time.

-She went on her first road trip. We went to Utah and Idaho for three weeks (yes, I still need to blog about that) there she was blessed (should probably do a post about that) and she attended Aunt Nicole's wedding (that too :) Hadley was VERY good in the car. On the way there, we only had to stop twice!

-She went on her first trip to Disneyland!

-She learned to take a pacifier!!!

-She has discovered her hands and her fingers. It is so much fun watching her discover things with them.

-She has started to hit and grab her toys.

We just love our little Hadley girl!

Go Cougars!