some 1 year photos

We tried to do another photoshoot, but with her walking now, it was quite a challenge!  But, I did get a few good ones. 

ending the shoot with a kiss (really just to get her passie tho!)

 

Birthday Zoo Trip

We also went to the National Zoo so Haley got to see real elephants, zebras, horses, leopards, pandas and monkeys for the first time ever. She was really excited when she could see them, but in some cases, they were asleep so not much activity going on. She did great at the zoo, but due to the drive time she fell asleep in the car for the last 15 minutes of the ride home.  Then, when i tried to put her down for her nap when we did get home, she never fell back asleep. Since she missed her afternoon nap, it was a rough night! 
Here are some pics from the zoo. Not many animal pics...but still some fun ones!

looking at the elephants from above

pointing to the elephants

stretching her neck to see the animals

looking at the monkey

showing off her goldfish!

It's my Birthday!!! Sept 23, 2011

Haley turned 1 year old on September 23!  We cannot believe how fast this year has gone, and how much she's changed.  Trey's sister, Aunt Kerrie, flew here on Sept 22-26, so we had a little cake and balloons.  She got lots of presents and had fun with them. 

We wanted to get her a little cake of her own, but it ended up being chocolate so luckily we also had bought some yellow cupcakes at the mall for her to eat.  She was NOT a fan of the icing, but did enjoy the cake part (but only after trey cut it into bite size pieces!)  We did not give her any of the chocolate cake - just some icing.  I have some videos that I will add in a separate posting.

she loved the balloons

its my party and i'll cry if i want to!

one taste of chocolate

not a fan of the icing!

daddy boutht special princess plates for haley! 
eating the small pieces of cake.

very thirsty after eating some cake!

presents from grandma & pepaw

singing minnie mouse card

looking admirably at aunt kerrie

outfit from aunt kerrie

outfit from aunt kerrie

all the loot!

we got her a truck she can push, pull, and ride on & she loved it!

just chillin in my birthday bib and sparkley jeans

mailbox from uncle jake, aunt sara & cousin carson & baby 2

being silly

haley decided to pose for the camera, so i took advantage of the opportunity! 

look at my teeth!

she loves to wrinkle her nose when she smiles

pick me up - i'm ready to go outside!

more walking vidoes - September 2, 2011

walking!

haley has started taking steps on her own a few days ago.  i caught a quick video. 
she is 11 months old

it's been a while!

the last month has been really busy, especially since i was gone for 2 weeks of it !  i had a business trip to singapore & melbourne, so grandma preisler flew up to help trey out while i was gone.  it was REALLY hard leaving and being gone so long, but i kept very busy while i was away, which helped.  i was so happy when i got back and she wanted to come to me right away.  ;-)

haley will be 11 months old next week.  since my last update, haley has really gotten good at standing up on her own (without pulling up on anything), balancing while standing...clapping while standing and walking with our fingers.  the last few days she has started grabbing our fingers and pulling us along while she walks.  it's really cool to see her want to walk.  and, she's getting very quick too. 

she's eating solids 3x a day and finger foods once per day. lately she's tried plums, bananas, goldfish, graham crackers, cantelope, green beans, teething biscuits, and mashed potatoes.  she's still taking 5 bottles a day - between 20 and 28 oz a day in total.  and she's drinking a few oz of water from her sippy cup each day too.  sometimes she forgets that she has to tip the sippy cup back to get the water, but she's definitely getting better.

she is a LOT of fun now - laughing a lot, waving to people, and constantly babbling...no real words yet.  but, she definitely knows that trey is 'da da'.  i can say "haley, where is daddy?", and she will turn to him and wave...and sometimes say da da along with it.  she does not do the same thing with me yet.  

her hair is getting pretty long but the clips keep slipping out due to how fine it is.  and she is not a fan of head bands or hats. so for now the hair will just be a bit wild.  we comb it every day but it is everywhere by the end of the day. 

not sure how tall she is, but she was weighed 1 week ago and was 21 lbs 6 oz. she only looks chubby in the cheeks, but the rest of her body is pretty slim.   she has 4 teeth in total - 2 on top & 2 on bottom. 

here are some pics:

first time to eat a teething biscuit

she REALLY liked it !

"palming" her ball !

another angle of her palming the ball

every time we open the fridge she races over to get the mustard.

pretty bow

hey you!

chubby cheeks!