Hailey's Reality Show Debut

My girlfriend, Suzie and her little boy, Leo have been filming a reality show/documentary with Pampers.com since she found out she was pregnant with him. When Hailey and I attended Leo's first birthday party back in December 2009, the film crew was there. I was approached about Hailey possibly being in the film in the background. Of course, I didn't mind one bit.

Here is the web episode with Leo's birthday party. You can see her in 2 shots in the background (she is swearing a purple & pink plaid shirt with pink pants). So it's a small debut but enough for me to be beaming with pride! :)

http://www.pampers.com/en_US/new-parents/baby-milestones-video/84823

Shake your Booty!!

I randomly told Hailey to shake her booty today and she REALLY got into her little dance. I caught it on video on my cell phone and had to share it here!

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Big Girl Bath Tub

And a video!!!

Where are Hailey's Toes???

Here they are!!!

Summer Fun in the Pool

Hailey got to play in her new raft today. She loved it!

I love this picture!!

Crawl Watch 2009 Take 2 & 3

It's so funny how things change just overnight! A few weeks ago I was worried she wasn't getting on all fours and now I am counting down the seconds until she crawls! She really has the army drag/crawl down! I am waiting for the first official crawl!

Here are two videos I captured. We got a new puzzle floor mat I put together after the 1st video. I love that thing. Much better than the blanket!

Crawling Watch 2009

We are on a crawling watch! It could happen any day now (but still could be weeks away!). Hailey seems to be improving everyday! She is perfecting her army crawl!

Excuse the quality of the video, Randy videoed this on his cell phone and texted it to me the other day.

Hailey Swimming for the 1st time!

Hailey went swimming today for the first time. She LOVED it! The water was quite cold too so I was surprised she liked it. We first put her feet in and she liked it so much I put her bathing suit on (and mine too, EEK!) and went for a swim. Randy was working from home so he joined as well.

I swear this child is fearless! She squealed and laughed. She was timid about a few things but otherwise she was a happy little swimmer. Here are some pics and a few videos at the end!

VIDEOS:

Mother's Day 2009

Today was a great Mother's Day. I started the day by sleeping in (til 8am, but these days that is sleeping in!). Randy cooked me french toast. Then we headed off to the park with Hailey to meet with my mom & brother. We brought food from a local sandwich shop.

We put Hailey in a real swing for the first time and she LOVED it! There is a video at the end of this post with her reaction. Needless to say, we are getting a swing for at home!!

We ended the night at Grandma Wiesman's. She got to play with her cousins. She enjoyed watching them jumping off of the diving board into the pool.

Here are the pics (video at the end):

Mommy & Hailey
With Grannie

Daddy, Uncle Adam, & Hailey

First time on a slide

Liked the teeter totter

Not sure what this thing was

Driving the train

First time in the swing

She absolutely loved it

And here's the video:

Babble Babble Babble!

If you ask my cousin Emily, she could tell you how obsessed I have been with Hailey babbling. (Canonical babbling to be specific). Well I got a lovely wake up call from Hailey this morning at 5:30am! Oy! BUT she suddenly began to babble dadadadadadadadadadada and it was all worth it! Once she was up I was able to capture it on video while she was rolling around on her playmat.

And here it is.....

BIG Belly Laughs

Disclaimer: These are horrible videos! From my cell phone. You are not meant to see much, just hear the huge laughs she was giving me.

I was dancing for her while she was on her changing table. She laughed so hard her face turned red. I was laughing so hard I almost peed my pants (no joke). It was hilarious! Enjoy!

Hailey's Fascination with Jake & Jumperoo Fun!

Hailey LOVES her jumperoo! She still can't touch the ground but with a folded blanket she can. Shealso has a fascination with Jake. Anything he does is hilarious to her! She just stares at him, smiles & laughs. I caught some on video. Here are 2! The other is just of her jumping.

Toe Jam

Hailey has begun to realize she can suck her toes! Here is a video!

Sitting Unassisted

I finally got a better video. And this time, I put the boppy behind to give her a soft landing if she were to fall backwards!

Happy St.Patty's Day! We have a Sitter!!

It's St. Patty's Day! Hailey is part Irish so dressing her in green (Thanks Nana) seemed very appropriate!

I would like to announce that Hailey is now a sitter! She is still perfecting this skill but she is getting so good at it!

I tried to get a good picture yesterday but... guilty mommy moment alert.....she fell backwards while I was trying and hit her head on the hardwood floor! Hailey's feelings were hurt more than anything but I sure felt so bad! She only cried for a minute but then clung tight to mommy for the rest of the night! I set her on the couch today to take a picture and noticed she pushed herself up from leaning back on the couch to sitting on her own. I instantly filmed it. At least on the couch if she toppled over it would be a soft landing!

Here is the video I caught. It's extremely short because my camera beeped that the memory was full and instantly stopped filming. I will try for a better one tomorrow!

Tastes Like Chicken!

We gave Hailey chicken for the first time last night! She seemed to like it. I tasted it, it's a little bland but hey, if she likes it then it's all good!!

Rolling Both Ways!

I finally was able to get Hailey rolling from tummy to back on video! She has been doing it off and on but never in front of me. My dad said that she had finally done it in front of them outside of her crib! So today I put her on her tummy and within seconds she rolled! I grabbed the camera and she did it again! Hailey's 6 month appointment is tomorrow. Dr. Jabaji will be so proud to know she has mastered rolling both ways!

Here's the short video!

Baby Babbles

I decided I just had to record Hailey's babbles. I am sure I will want to look back on her first babbling moments and be able to hear them. I tried to catch her while she was squealing but of course she stops when I pulled out my cell phone. You can't really see much, the point was to just capture her voice. I couldn't hold the phone where she can see it because she will stop and stare at it. I got 2 good recordings! She has such a cute little voice!!

Belly Laughs

Randy got a great video of Hailey's belly laughs on his cell phone. It was so cute! You even get a squeal at the end!!

Second Day of Cereal = Closer to Success!

Day 2 of cereal went much better! This time I fed her about an hour and a half after her morning bottle. This way she wasn't starving but would be interested in eating.

I see she is beginning to understand that she is supposed to swallow and eat the cereal. You will see her "chew" it. I am sure oatmeal isn't the greatest tasting thing. She still spits it out. Eventually once she will eat some veggies (starting with squash...yum!). She needs to "master" cereal first!

Without further ado: Cereal Take 2