Tumbling

Hailey has started tumbling class last week and she is having a blast. She loves to climb and roll but she really doesn't like the bar. She fell off the bar last week but I was hoping she had forgotten about it this week but she was still hesitant. She tried the one time and then that was it. There are 9-10 kids in her class that are all 2 and it is fun to watch them all run around and get excited about all the different stations. We will have tumbling every week until the end of December. It is getting a little harder for me to chase her and help her the further along I get but we are having fun.

Farm

I know it has been a while since our last post but everyone is our house has been sick. Hailey has a sinus infection so she is still on medicine but she is getting better so that is good. Both Brian and I have had little colds as well but I think we are all on the road to recovery.

A few weeks ago Hailey's class went on a field trip to a farm. We got to learn a little about living on a farm and about corn and hay and straw. She really wasn't into the listening portion of the trip so she just played in the hay until it was time for the hay ride. We rode around the farm and got to see some cows and then we went into the barn and watched them milk a cow. Hailey thought that was fun and kept laughing when they would try to shoot the kids with the milk from the udder. Then we got to go where all the other animals were kept. This was her favorite part and as soon as she saw the animals she jumped up and down and looked at me and said, "can I pet them?". So we got her some feed and she fed the sheep right out of the palm of her hand. She stood there and just kept petting them. We also saw some bunnies, pigs, ducks and goats but she was really only interested in the sheep. She asks me all the time if we are going to the barn today, it is so sweet.

After we fed the animals the kids got to go to the pumpkin patch and pick out a pumpkin of their own. When we got home Hailey wanted to carve her pumpkin. Since we already had one carved and Halloween was over I told her she could paint her pumpkin. She got all excited and even picked out the colors she wanted to use. I was surprised that she was so excited about getting her hands in paint. I guess school has helped her overcome her fear of getting her hands dirty. She had a lot of fun and it was so cute to watch her. I can't believe it is almost time to take down the fall decorations and get the Christmas ones out. I think she will miss talking to her pumpkins but I think she will be just as excited to talk to all the santas and snowman we will have out.

Halloween

We had a very nice Halloween. Hailey was the cutest little lady bug I have ever seen. She loved wearing her costume and luckily it kept her nice and warm for when the sun went down. We started out at our friends Andy and Katie's house for a little get together. Hailey and Elvis (Tyler) had fun chasing each other around and playing. We left their house and came back home to go trick or treating. We only it a few houses since one Hailey didn't really know what was going on and two, she doesn't like sweets. The first house we stopped at she wasn't sure what was happening but by the second she knew to get candy out of the bowl. She wouldn't say anything to anybody but she would smile real sweet and reach into the bowl and get her candy. She loved seeing all the kids dressed up and all the pumpkins lit up. By the time we were on our way home she was saying trick or treat and very hyper (thanks to the m&m's she ate while walking around).

When Hailey woke up on Saturday she was eating her breakfast and asked if she could go trick or treating today. Then she wanted to wear her ladybug jacket around the house. Next year should be a lot of fun since she will know what to do and we will have two little angels to take around.

Black Saturday

This Saturday was black Saturday in Boone. App played Furman so we decided to take the kids to a game this time. Hailey was the cutest cheerleader I have ever seen. She had on a cute little uniform (although it was cold so she had to have her jacket on the whole game) and even some face stickers for added flare. She absolutely loved the game and would cheer "go Apps" all on her own even when no one else was cheering. She loves the fight song and would get so excited every time the band would play it, she would jump up and down with a huge grin on her face.





On Sunday we celebrated Brian's birthday with both our parents (his actual birthday isn't till Wednesday). Brian got a new grill so we decided to test it out by grilling out burgers. We listened to the Panther game and Hailey, Mimi and Popi carved her pumpkin. I have never seen anyone get so attached to a pumpkin before. As soon as it was done and we brought it inside she started talking to it and giving it a massage with lotion. She was putting her pretend lipstick on it and letting talk on the phone as well. It was the cutest thing. Brian also got the 3rd National championship stone to go with his first two. I don't think Hailey is too excited about all the Halloween decorations around the neighborhood but she loves to look at all the pumpkins and scarecrows.

four

I was tagged by kate to do the "four". For those of you who don't know you go to your files and pick the fourth file and then the fourth picture in that file and blog about it. This is a picture of Hailey when she was just about 7 months old. She was rolling over but not crawling yet. I love her smile in this picture. She always has been a happy little girl. I can't wait till baby #2 gets here and to see how much they have in common and to also discover their differences and what makes each of them unique.

The time goes by so fast. Looking at this picture makes me realize just how much she has changed in such a short period of time.

Gatlinburg and the new floor

Brian and I had a wonderful anniversary weekend in Gatlinburg. We stayed at a very cute and charming bed and breakfast that was within walking distance to all the stores. It was rainy of Friday but we had gorgeous weather on Saturday and spent the whole day driving around the National forest and going to Cades Cove. We saw two bears, a lot of deer and one fox. We walked through some old houses and churches that are still there. It was amazing to see what little they had and needed compared to the world today.





Hailey stayed at mimi and popi's house again but they put her to work this time. The decided to rip up the old carpet downstairs and lay down hardwoods. My aunt and uncle from SC came to help since they have laid hardwoods a couple times before. Hailey thought she was big stuff helping out and I think she made it more fun and entertaining than it usually is.









Uncle Jason and Auntie Alli took her to a corn maze on Saturday and from the look of the pictures I think they all had fun. They took her to their house to see the animals (2 cats and a big dog) and all she has talked about since is giving them treats.