It's been a while since I've added anything to Hayley's baby blog! More like toddler blog now :) Hayley is talking a lot these days, picking up new words every day. We still can't understand everything she tries to tell us, but she's got a lot she wants to say! She loves to sing and sometimes dance and even though she doesn't know all the words, she get's pretty close. She loves her family and likes to ask where everyone is about 20 times a day (Where Nanny? Where Chloe? etc) and lately she's included some of her friends from day care in that list which is really cute. She's really starting to love playing outside now that it's getting warmer and has started to say outside! outsiiiiide! She loves to say "thank you" (which sounds like dah-doo) and we're working on getting her to say please too. She also likes to count so she's working on that regularly (in English and Tagalog/Filipino!) She says "Cheeeeeeeese" when she sees a camera, but doesn't always agree to smile so the photos where she's looking at the camera and smiling are either pure luck or a result of tickling. Here's a couple of photo albums.
Two Ladybugs and a Bee... Hayley had a cold on Halloween so she wasn't feeling great, but she had fun anyway, and didn't seem to mind her costume. Neither did Abby, but Chloe was pretty annoyed and tried to bite off both her costume and Abby's. (Bugs stick together) (Click to see the whole set)
Hayley is getting a lot more steady with her walking. She mostly babbles, but likes to say "Hi," and last night she said "Doggie go woof woof" - I was amazed! We took her to the beach for the first time and she loved it! (Click to see the whole set)
Hayley turned one year old this weekend. She had two parties and loved all her presents. And she had her first tastes of cake and ice cream, which were a big hit! (Click to see the whole set)
On April 30th, 2008, a week and a half before her first birthday, Hayley suddenly decided that she would start walking. We knew that it was going to happen soon, but she went from 2 steps to 20 overnight! You could tell that she was feeling pretty good about it.
Here are some videos from the day Hayley was born. The first thing Tirso said to my Mom was "She's a screamer!" The first video is right in the delivery room so if you're squeamish beware (it's not that bad though). The 2nd video is when they brought her to us in the recovery room and it's the first time we got to hold her.