On the 10th Hailey had her second doctor's appointment. We were guessing she was around 10 or 12 pounds and she was. 11 pounds 1 ounce!! And she is now 22 1/2 inches long. I can't believe how much she's grown. She is just so different from when we brought her home. Then she was so so little and fragile, and she cuddly. Now, he's so developed and active! I can't wait till she can crawl and be mobile herself. It will be so neat to see her crawling around grabbing stuff. Of course, she also had to get her first shots. I opted not to get her hepatitis shot in the hospital, so she had to get that one and three other shots. I felt so bad for my little boogie. They had me hold her hands during her shots and I just stroked her face and rubbed her fingers while she stared at me with tears in her eyes. It was so sad!

The past week has been great. Hailey has been sleeping so much better lately and I am so grateful. For three nights in a row she slept from 7 at night to 4 in the morning. The next two nights were alright - she would sleep for 4 or 5 hours. And then on the way home from the doctors she fell asleep, that was around 4 and slept until 1:30. So hopefully she will start a really good sleep pattern and soon sleep through the entire night!

Best Picture

This is Hailey's best picture yet - I think. I meant to put it up last night with her other picture, since this is from when Scott's mom visited, but she did not stay asleep very long after I put her down. Well, anyways, off to work...

Hailey's First Real Laugh

This weekend Scott's mother and sister Sherry came to visit us for the day. It was fun - we got food, attempted to watch The Rocker, and just hung out. While Sherry and I went and picked up the food, Hailey and her grandma were able to spend time together. She fed her and got her to take a little nap. Thankfully, she brought up Scott's digital camera that we left down there at our Christmas visit. She got tons of cute pictures of Hailey while she was down.
She got Hailey a pink, red and white Eagles sleeper since Scott is a big fan of them. It's sized 3 to 6 months so she'll be able to wear it soon!
Last night while I was getting her to bed, I was sitting on the couch rocking her and her eyes closed. I kept an eye on it to see when she was fully knocked out and she starting smiling. Her eyes were completely closed and she had the binky in her mouth, so you can imagine how humorous this is to Scott and I. Scott was playing his PS3 and when I told him she was smiling in her sleep, he came over and she started smiling even harder, then her touched her cheek and she giggled her first real giggle. It was soooo cute!
Today was not a good day - she was incredibly fussy since she woke up. It could have something to do with her falling asleep on me at 6 in the morning after a feeding and I didn't get to burp her, or she was still tired when she woke up. So I gave her a bath around 5 and put her to bed afterwords. Hopefully she sleeps for a while because I know she is tired!

Pictures from the past two months

Hailey reaches new heights!

Last night Hailey slept for the longest she ever has. Recently she has been sleeping eight or nine hours at a time but last night she hit the record - eleven and a half hours!! Too bad everytime she sleeps that long is from around four or five to one or two in the morning and in the carseat after running around with me doing my errarnds or at my grandfathers house, which always puts her to sleep.
She is such a happy baby. She just lays and stares up at you and occasionally talks out a whole conversation. I never thought that motherhood would be a fun and as exciting as it is with all the discoveries you see everyday. Don't get me wrong - the first two or three weeks were a little rough with no sleep but she has taken care of that for me. But I just feel so lucky to have her as my daughter. Just looking at her makes me happy.
Well I got cut on hours this week which I'm not so happy about, but at least it lets me spend more time at home with my family and get a bunch of stuff done that needs done. Hailey and I had to run a ton of errands today. We had to go to Sovereign bank and then go grocery shopping, we had to stop at my job to pick up my check and then deposit it at Commerce bank, then we had to stop and get gas, and then go pay the rent for our apartment. Luckily she feel asleep while I was shopping. She's not a big fan of car rides unless she's really tired or really really calm, so I was happy that I could get all my stops taken car of.