Hailey Girl

I've noticed that I have more posts about Micah than I do Hailey. This isn't because I love her any less, because I love that girl more than I can express, it's just the way it works out sometimes! Micah is also in a stage right now that is pretty hilarious and so more "posted". I'm sure when she gets old enough she'll give me the whole 2nd child sob story so in an attempt to make things more equal I am devoting this post to her. This is just a few little updates about what she is doing right now... Hailey Girl (as we have come to call her, I'm not sure how it started but it stuck! Even Micah calls her that and it's pretty cute!) is now 8 1/2 months. Her first tooth finally broke throw last week! Hallelujah! And I'm sure it's buddy on the bottom is sure to follow. I know many kids are walking by now but Hailey is taking her sweet time and is almost fully crawling. (Honestly, I'm grateful for every day I'm not trying to keep her out of things!) She will get up on both knees and just rock and then push herself forward one side at a time. She has gotten pretty fast so I'm sure it is only a matter of days before she is full blown crawling. One of my favorite things about Hailey is how much she is completely obsessed with her brother! She is MESMERIZED by him! Micah is the only one who can truly make her laugh. Quite often in the car I will hear both of them back there giggling! Since Hailey still faces backwards she has a perfect view of Micah. He loves to make funny faces at her and do goofy things and it makes them both laugh. Neither Eric or I, trying our absolute hardest, can make her laugh like Micah can. I love that there is already a special bond between them! I am excited to take Hailey in for her 9 month check-up to see how much she has grown. For those of you that don't remember how tiny Micah always was as a baby, and still is pretty skinny, would be surprised to see Hailey and know she came from the same gene pool! She is huge and it is absolutely adorable! She's wearing 12 month clothes and 18 month pajamas! I can't keep this girl clothed! We love our little Hailey Girl so much and we're so glad she's part of our family!