Saturday, March 19, 2011

Happy St. Partick's Day 2011





Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Just having Fun at 16 months

Playing with cousin Jacob



 Great Grandpa Buffington
Great Grandma Buffington
 Trying to get a pix of her in her cute hat....
 climbing a mountain
Playing in the tree!!!!
Giving her dolly and horsey a ride on her quad
 So the funnest part about being a mom this month is walking into a room and having no idea what I am going to find my creative little girl up to. I spend most of my day just laughing at what she comes up with to do with things around our house. She is just such a creative and very fun girl.

Loves to push her Mickey Mouse around in her car

wearing daddy's shoe



cheeeeeeeessssseeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!

she totally set up this tea party for her little pals, so cute how she has them all

giddy up dolly

trying to watch a dvd by herself, she just put it in the vhs spot instead

loves playing with rolly pollies

Loves taking bubble baths. Whenever the bath water starts she squeals BUBBLES and runs to get them :)

always wants to wash her own hair













Friday, March 4, 2011

Family Prayer part 2

So tonight I asked Hailey if she was ready to go night night and as she was rubbing her eyes she shook her head and said no no. Then she went over and grabbed her blanket and said " night night " so off to bed we went. As I carried her into her room I got about 3 steps through the door and she immediately got a huge grin on her face (wish I could have caught it on camera) and she folded her arms. Oh my heart melted because I didn't even say the word prayer or anything she just knows now that we pray before bed. Oh it was just such a beautiful moment to know that she is learning to pray before bed and likes it :) Such a sweet girl she is. I can just see us in the future being way busy and her reminding us not to forget our prayers. It is so wonderful how little children can make us feel so close to our Heavenly Father. We are so blessed to have her!!!!

Friday, February 25, 2011

Family Prayer

So every night Hailey and I have been reading scriptures and saying prayers together. Eric is away at school during this time and she is usually asleep before he comes home, but last night Hailey was up pretty late and Eric got to have family prayer with us. It was such a wonderful feeling to all be together saying our night time prayer. Hailey is so dang cute because she folds her arms and will keep them folded for the whole prayer. She is to the point now when I say " Hailey ready to go night night?" she will run over with her arms folded and blink her eyes a lot (trying to close them) she hasn't gotten the whole eyes closed part yet but she will say "ama" at the end of the prayer for "amen" I love hearing her little "ama". She also folds her arm when she is in her high chair for like a second before reaching for her food. I just can't believe how much she is learning everyday. Watching her discover our world and be excited about so many things brings us so much happiness. Love you Hailey!!!!

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Things I can do All by myself (that mommy isn't ready for)

So the last couple of days I have caught Hailey doing things I didn't know she could do all on her own. The other day I was making dinner and Hailey was in our living room. I heard her make her ( I'm stuck) noise and thought "oh great what has she gotten into or onto today" well I was very surprised to see her like this half in half on her stroller so before helping her I laughed and had to grab the camera, by the time I got the picture I realized she was able to get even more into her stroller on her own and the next couple of pix show that she can get in it all by herself.






Today I was taking a shower and I though I heard water start to run (besides the shower water) and I got nervous thinking that she climbed in the tub and turned on the water. A big fear of mine, since she has learned how to get in the tub on her own, is that she will discover how to turn on the hot water and get burned, so I threw our shower curtain open, but she was not in the tub. She learned how to climb on the toilet, turn on the sink faucet, get her toothbrush, and yep brush her own teeth.

Hailey also has learned how to undress herself completely diaper and all. This is a picture of her after she has taken off her outfit for the day and replaced it with just her Mickey beanie. I guess that is all she wanted to wear that day :)
Hailey also loves to help with the laundry which means throwing all the folded clothes out of the basket or throwing whatever she can find into our dryer while I am taking the clothes out of it. 

She is also going to be in a wedding in July as the flower girl and loves to practice throwing the petals :)




 So anyways our little 16 month old is growing up way too fast and is discovering new things she can do by herself everyday. I never know what to expect when walk into a room she is playing in, but we are loving every minute of our sweet baby girl and all her energy!!!! She is so so much fun and such a good baby girl. I think she is going to love being a big sister!!!! <3We are blessed everyday by her <3 
Just some other pictures of her....
desitin anyone?

I wore these same adorable overalls when I was Hailey's age. Thanks mom for saving some of my baby clothes.

loves to feed herself

I just love love love this picture of her