Duck Duck Poop

There once was a baby

That resembled a duck.

"How rude!" you're thinking,

Which is just my luck. 

 But it's true, I tell ya.

I'll prove it to you.

Take a good look 

At the next picture in view.

Now you're thinking , "She's yellow"

"So I guess that makes sense".

But it's more than that

Ladies and gents.

If you look even closer

Here, I'll zoom in for you

You'll realize something...

That's one big poo!

Trippy Travis

 A couple nights ago, something happened that I will never forget. I was up at around 2:30am to feed Hailey. It takes about 15 minutes and then I'm back to bed. I've had this cough for what seems like a year now. It's probably really been about a couple months. So when I went back into our room after leaving Hailey's, I saw Travis' water sitting by his side of the bed. It was calling to my scratchy throat. I walk over and picked it up. As I was taking a sip, Travis groggily opened his eyes, looked at me, and closed them again. So I took another sip. 

All of a sudden Travis' eyes flew open super wide and were staring at me!

 

 *Disclaimer: I don't know whose baby this is. I just got it off Google images.

Back to the story. I'm totally creeped out, so I look at him and say, "What?" very loudly. I was hoping to wake him.

Then he sits up and says,

"Samurai choked out."

 hahahahahahaha. What the heck? I never know what to expect when he does stuff in his sleep. What started off as super creepy quickly became super funny. He has no memory of it and doesn't recall dreaming about a samurai. But he did say he has really cool dreams and it wouldn't surprise him if he choked out a samurai in his dreams. When Travis goes to sleep, he becomes this ninja guy that goes around fighting zombies, choking out samurais, and saving the world.

Little Swimmer

So we took Hailey swimming yesterday. I was wondering how she'd do since she's never been submerged in water before. She lays on a sponge in the tub when she bathes, and I dump water on her. (That sounds pretty intense.) Yesterday was a hot day, Travis had a day off from school, so to the pool we went.

AND SHE LOVED IT!

 

She had a quick power nap.

And was at it again!

Pay no attention to Travis' blaringly white skin. We're working on it. haha

 It knocked her out. I guess it's exhausting being held in a pool.

 

Sew What?!

I totally made something and I'm oozing with pride. So I have to share. :)

I saw this cute, SIMPLE baby skirt on Pinterest. Yeah. Pinterest again. I can't think for myself. Anyways, I tried it. And it was incredibly simple. I made it in like 30 minutes. I followed this tutorial. So go there if you're interested in making a skirt. All it takes is 15 inches of 1" elastic, a fat quarter of fabric, and some thread. (Well a sewing machine too...) But the tutorial even has the adult and kid sizes instructions too. Super easy stuff. And I'm obsessed with it. Like I want her to wear it every single day for the rest of her life.

This is the material I used. Aren't those elephants just dang cute?

Here's the skirt getting stitched up.

Hailey tried it on after I finished.

All ready for church.

It's even fun to play in.

So I'm totally not bragging. I'm just so excited that I made something cute. So if you have a sewing machine, make this! I'm thinking it's super easy to mass produce and make as baby shower gifts. :)

Third Month's a Charm

Is this real life? Yeah. It is. Hailey turned 3 months on Saturday. My little baby isn't a newborn anymore. She's changed so much in the last 3 months. She weighs 10 pounds now! She's wearing 3 month size clothes. I didn't say she fit them, just that she's wearing them. haha. She's too long for the newborn size, but too skinny for the 3 month size. I think this stage is more awkward than her preteen will be.

But she's dang cute. 

She's grabbing toys and her clothes and putting them in her mouth, 

 slobbering on everything (including her hands), 

sitting in her bumbo,

 

rolling over (tummy to back), 

actually playing with the toys on her play mat (rather than staring), 

She scoots herself off her mat and looks at me wondering how she got there.

smiling and giggling like crazy (not yet laughing), 

talking and talking and talking and talking, 

sleeping 5 or 6 hours in a row during the night (I'll take it) and taking great naps,

standing up for long periods of time when holding onto Mom or Dad's hands, 

and she's finally fitting into some shoes!

Life is fun! 

Here she was drinking her bottle and dreaming of bigger and better things. I told her, "Slow down and enjoy your bottle. Time goes fast and before you know it you're eating real food and missing those yummy bottle-drinking days." haha. I'm full of wisdom because I'm a mom now.

 

 

Hailey Moments

We think Hailey is so fun and silly. I know a picture is worth a thousand words, but what about a video? I want to share moments that show her fun personality. Pictures just don't do it justice. So enjoy some moments with our silly girl. 

I love the faces Hailey pulls. So funny. 

 Daddy can be pretty scary! Side note: This video was followed up with lots of love.

 

 I love this girl. And I love that shirt she's wearing.  

 

Dad is a really funny guy.

 

She's started playing with toys.

 

And she one-upped herself and grabbed her toy! 

 

She talks like a teenager on a cell phone with unlimited minutes.

She's growing up so fast. Every day is exciting and super fun. I love that she's talking so much and interacting. I hope you enjoyed our sweet little babe in action.

Running For Our Lives

So if you didn't notice, about 3 months ago I had a baby.  haha. You totally noticed. What comes with having a baby is having extra baby weight. Bleh. Everyone tells me I look great and that I don't even look like I had a baby. But I was about 13 pounds over my pre baby weight. So, it was nice to hear, but very untrue. So Travis (who actually also gained some "baby weight") and I decided to make a goal. We're going to run a half marathon this September. Boom. That'll take care of the extra pounds. We've been running four times a week for about a month now. At first, I couldn't even run 10 minutes without stopping. It killed me. But now I'm feeling strong and we're running more and more. Working out is exciting. Going from the worst shape of my life to getting stronger and stronger is exciting. We've also been drinking protein shakes and smoothies everyday as well. So we're kicking our butts back into shape. I've lost 3 pounds and Travis has lost 6.

But it's not all flowers and rainbows. Every day we're risking our lives when we run. Let me explain.

We're so blessed to have a beautiful running path near our home. (Or so I thought.) We run this path every day. It's so green and lush. Here, take a look.

See, isn't it lovely? So I thought we were so blessed. And then we started running into wildlife.

Scary, huh? Okay. Not quite. It was actually really fun coming upon my turtle friend. But then... we came across THIS:

I almost stepped on that booger. It was like 5 feet long. Gee wiz, golly wolly. Definitely gave me the heeby geebies. So when we got home we looked up what type of snake it was. We were sure (mostly me) that it was super poisonous and that we were super lucky to have survived such an encounter. Well, turns out it's just a harmless water snake. Harmless? I don't think so. Even if it's not poisonous, it's a hazard. It almost tripped me. See how much that dude is poking out into the path. Yeah, still dangerous. haha. I still feel like we risked our lives that day. And now everyday since when we run on the path. But you gotta do what you gotta do, ya know?