short video clip

haley likes chewing on her bottle caps...here's a short clip of her doing so.

we tried green beans

we introduced green beans to haley today.  she actually seemed to like them, but didn't eat too much. 
trey started out feeding her, but she hit the spoon and green beans went everywhere, so he told me to take over.....then she sneezed green beans all over me!  lol! 

here's a video clip of her first taste:

dr appt & latest stats - May 12, 2011 - 7.5 mos old

haley had her 'well visit' appointment today.  it was supposed to be at 6 mos old, but we had to push it back due to dealying her vaccine schedule.  so, they actually did a hybrid check-up to account for both 6 month & 9 month appts.  The good thing is that she does not have to go back until she's 1 year!  The bad thing was that she got 3 shots today ;-(  and they wanted to check her blood counts given the rough month she's had, so they also pricked her finger.  AND, this was on top of hardly napping at daycare today, so she was not the happiest camper.  Despite that, she still surprised us with not crying too much for the shots (the nurse was really quick).  I think the finger prick was worse than the 3 shots.

The doc sent us to get hip x-rays immediately after our appt though...Apparently the skin creases on the back of her legs are supposed to be symmetrical, and hers are not so he was concerned that one hip might be growing incorrectly since she was breech.  So, that made for an even longer day for miss haley.  (Lucikly I planned ahead and had an extra bottle with us!)  The x-ray technician told us that everything looked normal, and our doctor confirmed it the next day as well.  I guess the hip growth is a very time sensitive thing.    The doc also told us she needs to be eating more solids.  He said she should have it 2x a day - food first, then milk, trying a new food every 3 days.  He said in june she should be eating 3 solid meals per day, but still  have at least 20 oz milk.  The good news is that she's having cereal at daycare in the mornings, so I guess we will have her eat another solid when she gets home from daycare.  I just hate to introduce a new food shortly before she goes to bed!  But, we will make it work.  I guess i can even try some in the mornings if I don't have early meetings.  We really love her doctor!

And last but not least her stats:  She is 28 inches long, which is 90th percentile, and 18lbs 2 oz, which is 75th percentile.  She's still wearing a few things that are size 9 month, but mostly 12 month (at least for 1 piece outfits!)  she has not crawled in the traditional sense, but she can definitely reach, move around and scoot on her butt, in at least a 4 foot radius!  she's sleeping more and more on her tummy at night too.  she continues to grab things that we think are out of her reach - like a glass of water at a restaurant!  oops!

here are a few recent pics:

bed head! 

chillin in my bunny slippers

happy in my froggy outfit

swinging next door