One year ago today I went into pre term labor and was put on bedrest. Ten months ago today we were blessed with a precious little baby girl. It made my eight weeks of bedrest well worth it! Haylee has changed our lives in the best way possible. Travis and I both cannot wait to get home from work each day to spend time with our baby girl.

A typical evening at home with Haylee goes like this:

After I pick Haylee up we come home to begin cooking dinner. Haylee will either play in her exersaucer or sit in her high chair and have a snack. Around 6:30 Haylee will eat dinner. She loves diced ham. We also give her peas (yuck), carrots, or green beans and some kind of fruit. She likes banana's. Then all three of us go into the living room to play for an hour. Lately we have been practicing walking. Travis and I will sit on the floor and Haylee will walk back and forth between us. We play roll the ball and now thanks to her new friend Karys, we taught her to clap and play pat-a-cake. Haylee has an activity table that plays songs, she likes to push the buttons and dance. She looks like she is a hula dancer. It is really cute! She is also getting really good at walking. Right now she can go from sitting to standing without help or pulling up on anything. She can also take a few steps and bend down to pick up something. She prefers to try to walk rather than crawl now, unless she is on a mission and needs to get somewhere fast. After playtime, Haylee gets a bath and night time bottle at 7:30, then she is usually in bed by 8:00.

Talking...hmmm.... :o)

Her favorite word by far is dada. She talks and talks about dada. I guess she has a lot to say about him. Haylee loves her dada. When she cries, she will say mama, but that is the only time. Haylee has started making a "b" sound so maybe soon she will say something else. I am thinking ball since we play balll everynight.

Kisses...

Kisses from Haylee are the BEST! She has learned that when you say kisses to give you a kiss on the cheek or nose or chin or eye, basically anywhere she can get to first. It's the open mouth slobbery kind. It is so sweet. Haylee is so proud of herself for all of the new things she is learning to do.

 Last weekend we took Haylee to the pumpkin patch for a little photo shoot. She was not in the best mood. Haylee fell asleep on the way and when we arrived she woke up not too happy. We tried and tried to make her smile (check out the photo section) but she wouldn't flash us that cute smile. So, we decided to walk around the nursery for a few minutes before we tried again. Luckily that worked. Before we chose our pumpkin we tried another picture. Finally she gave us a smile!! So we ended up with a cute 1st Halloween picture. We are excited about Haylee's first Halloween. Be sure to check later this week for Halloween pictures. She is going to be a butterfly!

Wow! Haylee is getting so big! I remember when I would rock her and she would fit cuddled up in my arms and now her feet stretch across the whole glider! Two months and our little one will be 1! It will be a fast two months due to the holidays.

We hope that everyone is doing great! We would love to hear from you.

Love,

Travis, Jennifer, Haylee and the puppies too!