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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Watermelon

Our neighbor bought 9 small watermelon plants and gave us 2 to plant in our backyard. Watermelon is Haley's favorite fruit, so I thought it would be fun for her to watch some grow. The 2 plants have overtaken our backyard. Thank goodness daddy loves Haley so much, otherwise he would have probably dug them up already. I cant believe how well they have done. We have 4 pretty big watermelon growing right now. Whenever anyone comes to visit, Haley has to take them to the backyard to show off her watermelon. She is so proud of them. I cant wait for the watermelon to finish growing so we can pick them and Haley can eat her very own watermelon. I think next year we will have to buy the mini watermelon seeds and hope it doesnt get quite so big!

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Haley's new "Go Dawgs" dress

I had a friend make this cute dress for Haley. I put it on her the other day just for her to try it on to see if it fit, and Haley didnt want to take it off. I told her we would go out front and take some pictures in her new dress and she was excited. I tried to have her pose by putting her hand on the column, but she wanted to put both hands on the column. Oh the mind of a 2 year old. I still thought I got some cute ones!



Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Pop and Haley

AJ got a hat from work for both of our dads, so when my dad came over he put it on. Haley thought she needed one too, so we had her put the other one on her to snap a quick pic.


Happy 29th Birthday Daddy

AJ got home early on his birthday and wanted to take advantage of the "free golf on your birthday" deal at a course about 5 minutes from us, so Haley and I went with him to ride along on the cart. We brought Haley's plastic putter and ball and we let her hit on the green with daddy. She had so much fun. She wanted to get out of the cart everytime it stopped and we had to remind her she could only hit when we got to the part where the flag was. She lasted about 1.5 hours and then we came home. The people in front of us were playing really slow, so there was a lot of sitting still in the cart and she didnt like that too much! AJ is hoping he can teach her how to play golf as she gets older, so he can sneak away to the course more often with her.




Sunday, August 23, 2009

Cooper's Shower

My friends Jhanna and Carrie Anne threw a shower for Cooper. I got a lot of nice things for him. They did a wagon theme and even got a cute red wagon for me. We have already taken the wagon on a walk. Haley loves to sit in it and points to the other seat and says 'Cooper sit here". She is going to be such a good big sister.


The hostess - Carrie Anne and Jhanna




2 of my pregnant friends - Mindy and Kelly



Friday, August 14, 2009

Playing with Emma

I watch Emma two days a week and Haley loves when she comes to play. She is only 2 months younger than Haley and they get a long so well together.


Saturday, August 8, 2009

Potty Training

When we got back from Dallas, I decided to potty train Haley. My aunt sent me a 3 day guide she found online, so I decided to try it. It worked great!!! Haley didnt wear any kind of bottoms other than panties for 3 days so I could tell if she started to go. I bought Elmo panties and an Elmo seat for the big potty so she likes sitting on Elmo and wearing Elmo panties. If anyone asks her about the "big girl potty" she always says "Elmo panties". We still have a few accidents, but Haley has not been in any kind of diaper or pullup since Monday. Even at naptime and bedtime!! I know we will probably still have some accidents, but I think she really gets it! We gave her either a dum dum sucker or a few sprees everytime she went, so that was a definate help. She loves candy!!

She also has become quite the "Miss Priss'. She loves playing dress up. She likes to put on her high heels and walk around the house. She got a princess crown for her birthday and she wants that on most of the time too. She even gets her purses and bags and walks around with them.

She looked so funny and yet cute at the same time when she combined the no shorts and high heals during the 1st three potty training days that I couldnt help but take a pic of her!! She will probably kill me when she gets older.

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Trip to Dallas

Haley and I flew to Dallas for the week to visit my grandparents. AJ had training for work in Ann Arbor, MI the same week, so it worked out great. We had fun just hanging out with them. We did a little shopping and even went to the Fort Worth Zoo. Haley hadnt been to the zoo since she was 9 months old, so she liked seeing all the animals. She didnt want to sit in the stroller very much, because she couldnt see very well, so I ended up holding her a lot. I was very tired by the end of the day. Between the hot temps and being 24 weeks pregnant, holding a 2 year old isnt easy!!