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<\/a><\/p>\nShe\u2019s no longer a helpless, sleepy infant. She\u2019s busy, opinionated and most importantly, happy. But man, is she into things!<\/p>\n
When she isn\u2019t opening and emptying drawers, Hailey is busy climbing up and down stairs (up is much more graceful than the belly flop down)<\/p>\n Sometimes when she is crawling away, we\u2019ll pull her knees out from under her, pulling her backwards on her tummy. That always gets us the biggest belly laughs!<\/p>\n She\u2019ll also crawl over and lay her head on me, or lay her head on mine and David\u2019s shoulder when we hold her. It melts my heart. She loves her play room (in progress) and will sit for quite a while turning pages in a book and babbling to herself.<\/p>\n Speaking of babbling, she\u2019s starting to pay closer attention to grown up talk. She copies the inflection I use when I speak. Her favorite word is dada.\u00a0 She rarely, if ever, says mama. Tear. I\u2019ve heard her say nigh nigh (night night) a couple times and when she gets overly tired she says knee knee knee. I have no idea why.<\/p>\n She points at everything and will point to my nose when I say Noooooooooose<\/em>. She has waving mastered and waves hi and bye. When we drive in the car, I\u2019ll catch her eye in the mirror and she\u2019ll burst into a smile and wave to me. Makes my day. And Koda? Pup doesn\u2019t stand a chance. Hailey loves her!<\/p>\n Flattering picture, no? She has some stranger anxiety when it comes to people holding her, but at the grocery store she laughs and smiles at everyone. She also prefers to sit sideways in the cart.<\/p>\n We recently made the switch from four nursing sessions a day to three. Luckily, it was seamless. Now she gets an afternoon snack instead. She is eating 3 hearty meals a day, too. Her favorite food is what I affectionately call \u201cbright\u201d. Whether it\u2019s tomatoes or sweet potatoes or carrots- whatever is brightly colored is always the first to go. She hasn\u2019t met a food she doesn\u2019t like yet. Hope it stays that way.<\/p>\n She goes to bed at 7pm and sleeps until 7-8am. We tried to switch to 1 nap, but it was too much. Now we\u2019re stuck in this odd in-between area where her nap timings are off. I\u2019m just along for the ride.<\/p>\n She\u2019s currently cutting FIVE teeth. At once. It hasn\u2019t messed with her nighttime sleep at all, though I imagine it\u2019s what started the nap mix ups. After these 5 pop through, she\u2019ll have 4 upper and 3 lower teeth.<\/p>\n I vow to take more pictures with a real camera this month and not as many with my iphone.<\/p>\n Ok, down to my final two notes (I know these get long; I\u2019m sorry!) Hailey hates getting her diaper changed. I\u2019m not sure if it\u2019s the break in playtime or having to sit still, but boy, does she scream!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n