Go, Baby, Go!

Our baby girl is crawling! She's been pulling herself up on things for a while and is getting pretty steady on her feet so we were almost thinking that she might just walk BEFORE she crawled. I've come to the conclusion that she's known how to crawl for a while, but wanted to be sure she was gonna have it mastered before she showed us her skill.  Cause now that she's started, there's NO stoppin' her! Fortunately, Chris and I were BOTH at home to see her crawl for the first time.  Seeing how we're both working parents, we're always a little worried that Hayden's firsts will be seen by her daycare provider and not us. We can't help but wonder if we'd even WANT daycare to tell us if they saw Hayden walk/crawl for the first time. Kinda like, if WE didn't see it, it hasn't REALLY happended, yet. But we saw it FIRST! We are proud of our little Hayden Marie! Time to get our runnin' shoes on!

Other breaking news:  Hayden's got 4 teeth now! I noticed the top 2 had come through last Friday. It's been a big week for Hayden. She's growing up so fast. Sigh....

Where Does the Time Go?

Ah, yes. I knew this would happen. I'd start a blog and post most frequently in the very beginning and then they'd lessen after a while. Sometimes life just isn't THAT exciting, I suppose. I doubt everybody is interested in hearing me chit chat about our busy weekly schedule of work, daycare, commuting, bills and chores. Although, it is those very things that make the time FLY by. Hayden turned 9 months just 2 days ago! 9 MONTHS! Can you believe it?! I sure can't. I've been back at work for the same amount of time that I was on maternity leave now (4 & 1/2 months). She is starting to grow and change so quickly, it's getting harder and harder to be away from her during the day.

What's new with Hayden?

Well....
1.  She can sit herself up from a lying position. 

2.  She can stand herself up from a sitting position while holding on to something and even walk a few steps to the right or left (although not exactly gracefully)

3.  She's waving all the time. To EVERYONE! When I woke her up this morning and lifted her out of her crib, the first thing she did was smile and wave TO ME! It melted my heart <3

4. She can army crawl a little. Although she is usually crying in frustration all the while because we won't pick up whatever it is we're teasing her with and JUST GIVE IT TO HER!

5.  She's getting good with her finger dexterity and is LOVING Cheerios! It's cute watching her eat them.

6.  She currently has 2 bottom teeth and we're pretty sure those top 2 are trying to work their way out, too.

Some days I feel that I'm missing too much and wish I could just spend all my days marveling at every second of her growth.  I've always been a working kinda girl, though. And in all honestly I might get a little bored with the SAHM bit, too. The grass is always greener on the other side, right?

LOOK! NO HANDS!

TOOFS!

Standin' around

Ready, Set, Crawl!

A little self feeding practice....

All Cleaned Up

Hayden Marie 2010 Video

Chris put together this beautiful video of various video clips and pictures of Hayden during the last year. Make sure you have the sound on because the song makes the video that much better. We hope you like it!