Deerfield Fair

I'm lazy. The pictures and recap are great, and if you haven't seen Hayden in a while, it's a fantastic picture. Just go to the link for The Wheelers (probably right there to the right of this) and check out the photos. We had a ball, pouring rain and all. I'll be back to post more of my own stuff soon, but for now, I'll just hijack Michelle's thread. :)

Sigh....

For the past week, when I come to daycare to pick Hayden up, she takes off in the other direction away from me. Yesterday, she hid in the playhouse in the backyard, with the little plastic door shut to keep me out. :(

When I pick her up, she cries and flails and reaches out for Heidi. To make matters worse, she says Heidi, and Ella (a girl at daycare) along with "Daddy". Still no mommy. Today, I called Brian and ended up crying. I KNOW it's fine, it's normal, it's so far from the end of the world, but I had a bad day at work, and I guess I just wanted that "mommy love". And yes, she loves me. She loves me like crazy, and I know it, but I swear to God, if she says "graphite" before "mommy" I might have to give her to the gypsies.

Oh, cutest thing ever...last night Michelle, Maria and Hayden and I went to get Mexican food after our weekly trip to the playground. Hayden got her first kids' meal, a quesidilla, black beans, and a juice box. And she ate! She loved it. The two of them sat side by side with their juice boxes and their food, and it felt like going out to eat with my daughter, more than with a baby. Just a weird time shift thing. I blinked and she became a little girl. My baby is morphing.

A trip down memory lane

This is Hayden's very first crawl. Now, I'll try to figure out how to download her first steps.

Hayden's Dresser

This is the dresser Brian made for Hayden for her Birth/Dedication back in March. I love the fact that it's something she'll be able to grow into.

Labor Day Baby BBQ

We had a great time at our Labor Day BBQ. Hayden was outnumbered by the boys without Maria there, but she held her own. It was a beautiful day and we all had a great time.

Hayden's Birthday - Better Late Than Never

This is Hayden exploring her birthday cake. She's not sure what she thinks of the whole experience. In the end she decided that while she loves real lemons, lemon cake just isn't her thing.















Auntie Luanne and Uncle Dave made Hayden a quilt with all of the family and Hayden's godparents.










Hayden's "fishy cake"

Some Photos of Hayden

Updates

It's been way too long since I've updated. I was trying to get photos downloaded so I could link them, but it just hasn't been happening. Damn these old computers! Check out the link to Michelle's page (The Wheelers) to see some recent photos of Hayden and the gang.

I'm back at school and Hayden is back in daycare. She's loving it, as expected, but it's really messing with her schedule. I've been so busy gearing up with this new year that I haven't been able to pick her up till about 4pm which means she goes down for her afternoon nap around 4:45. Not good when bedtime is at 7pm. She already had two nights where she went down at 4:45 and slept straight through to the next morning. Not good. I hate to see her miss dinner and sleep in her clothes. Ick. So, last week I tried to wake her up one night to feed her dinner. Boy was that a mistake. I really do get the "don't wake a sleeping baby" thing now. Good God was she a mess. She screamed for a half hour non stop until I gave up, put her pjs on her and put her back to bed. She was out in seconds. The plan now is to get out of work a bit earlier so we can get back on a regular schedule. We'll see....

In other news: She walks! Real, getting places on two feet walking. If she's in a hurry, she still crawls, but walking is getting to be more and more of a habit. She still doesn't say "Mommy" which makes me kind of sad, but she does say "Daddy" a whole lot, along with "Uh Oh" "No" and "Da" for "that", and "De" for dog and cat. And, of course "Aduguadee" for just about everything of interest to her. We're pretty sure it means, "Get a load of that!"