After fun in the sun with cousins in the pool, at the beach, and at Sea World, we managed to get back on the plain just before Hailey turned 2! (Her last free flight . . .)We went crazy and painted the kitchen/livingroom walls green the second we got home.
The next day I made a beautiful butterfly cake for the Birthday Girl!
She had a happy day with her new rubber duckies, purple heart necklace, rings to match, and from Grandpa and Gramma, the Little People Farm, complete with animal noises and a merry-go-ro
und!If mom and dad are ever invited to play on the farm, we are only allowed to touch the farmer. One of her favorite games to play with the animals is letting them drink from the little watering trough and in the process, "Dey fell in da water!" She then takes a turn pretending to get a drink and, "AAAAH! I fell in da water too!"
Grandpa, Gramma, and Mary came for a visit in June (as stated in Mary's blog). And it's true, Hailey is crazy about Mary! She still makes phone calls to her on her egg-s
licing cell phone from time to time.For the 4th of July we zipped up to Chicago to see some of Brandon's extended family. Hailey and I had never met Brandon's Grandpa and Grandma Goose and realized this would probably be one of our last opportunities to do it. So...we did. It was great to see family and Brandon's cousin showed us around the big city! We went to a museum, visited the top of the Sear's Tower, and ate real Chicago style pizza. (mmm. . . pizza.) Hailey stayed up for her first fireworks show and LOVED it! She used the most logical words she could come up with to descibe it, "Messy fireworks! Messy!" She requested fireworks for the next couple weeks and she now makes a variety of firework noises.
Dan and Jess just left our place today. It was sure fun to see them again! Hailey adores them, not to mention Ebbie! Uncle Dano taught Hailey about the army . . .
Aunt Jess taught her about talkin
g on cell phones . . .and Hailey taught Ebbie how to read.
