Remember just 1 year ago?

I can't believe that a year has already passed by! In a way it seems Haley was just born but then again I couldn't imagine our lives with out her. What did we do with all that free time :) Honestly though she has been like a dream come true. This past year has been absolutely amazing and I wouldn't change one bit of it. Haley was 6 lbs 10 oz and 19 1/2 inches long when she was born and at her 1 year check up she is 16 lbs 2 oz and 28 1/2 inches long. All and all her check up went great, however we do have to go back to the Dr. in another month to check on her weight again since she is not even on the charts. She was very sick for 10 days recently so hopefully she will be fine when we go back in a month, but other than that the Dr. said she looks great!

We began Haley's first birthday by setting up her new ball pit and presents the night before so that when she woke up in the morning she would be so excited...which she certainly was. She was so interested in her ball pit that she wouldn't pay any attention to the rest of her gifts. Naturally we had to take Haley to starbucks so that she could have her starbucks milk! It's her favorite...haha. Mimi, Grandpa, Aunt Sally, Uncle Laney and Aunt Sheryl were all there to celebrate the birthday breakfast. Aunt Sheryl also stopped by chick-fil-a and picked up some chicken mini biscuits for her. Exactly one year after Haley was born (3:10pm on 10/24/08) Haley was at Moe's eating her cheese quesadilla and sprite which she just LOVES!!! Next we were off to Uncle Smitty and Aunt Pattie's house for dinner to celebrate with the Family! We didn't stay out too late though so that Haley could get rested up for her 1st birthday party on Saturday.
Haley's 1st Birthday party was GREAT!!! She LOVED her cake as most of you saw from the video clip I posted the other day. She ended up getting it everywhere and we had to give her a bath and change her clothes. The whole thing was quite entertaining for all of us thanks to Aunt Mandy for getting Haley to laugh through out the video. She didn't like the party hats too much though but I was able to get a quick picture before she pulled them off. Once again the ball pit was a huge hit with the kids. Since orange is Haley's favorite color and she loves Tigger we did a Tigger theme. We can not believe all the toys received! We are still trying to figure out where we are going to put all of them but even after everyone left after the party Haley went back through everyone of her presents and pulled them out again so that she could play with them. Some of them were still in the boxes still but that didn't stop her. All in all it was a wonderful 1st birthday for Haley and even Kylah was able to participate in the festivities.

I also received this picture of Uncle Gary and Haley from our trip to St. Louis recently. Uncle Gary and Aunt Mandy watched Haley for us the day of the wedding while we were off with the bridal party taking pictures, etc before the reception. Haley looks like she was just caught :)

The Big Day.....Haley's 1st Birthday!!!

Haley's 1st birthday went off with out a hitch! She had such a great day and was so excited to play with all her friends and family. I will post more pictures soon but wanted to go ahead and put the infamous birthday cake eating video out here for everyone to enjoy! Stay tuned for more pictures from the big day!

Who said money couldn't make you happy?

As you can see Haley was very excited to receive her card from Ma and John with some green to feed her pig :) That's what the card said! First she made sure it was addressed to her, then she looked at us like "is this really mine"? That's when she started smiling, laughing and clapping :)

We went to Bert's pumpkin patch farm this past weekend and Haley couldn't believe all the Orange....she was in Haley's world!!! Papa came with us to find the perfect pumpkin for Haley! After searching and searching she found the perfect ones! At the end of the day she was exhausted and we got a pumpkin for Dad, Mom, Haley and Kylah!

We are headed to Savannah this weekend to see Aunt Melissa, Uncle Whit & Uncle Gary, Aunt Mandy! Haley had been pretty sick last weekend so we were not able to make it to Uncle Gary's 30th b-day party so we are going to re-celebrate with him again this weekend. Haley is really looking forward to getting some ice cream with him. She also wore herself out making this card for Uncle Gary.

Haley has the Golden ticket...

Our trip to St. Louis was a success! When we got to the airport I gave Haley our ticket to hold and the way she was shaking it and laughing you would have thought she had the "golden ticket". It was so funny! Our second flight with Haley went great, she was such a trooper thanks to tigger. About half way into the trip we could tell she was getting very sleepy and slept until we arrived at the gate. Once we got off the plane Haley started clapping so i told her "yeah we made it!" Like usual, once we landed we hit the ground running so that we could have a chance to visit with everyone. Our first stop was at Ma and Johns house. (Great grandma and grandpa). This was a great opportunity for Haley to be able to get on the floor and have some play time while we all visited. Ma had a big Mickey (w/ an orange shirt) laying out which of course Haley loved to play with. She also had a great time playing with Honey and sharing her toys :) We got Haley dressed in her pink Cardinals gear and headed to the stadium to meet the rest of the crew. Haley really enjoyed her first Cardinals game and even had a chance to taste her first baseball game pretzel! She had the opportunity to witness 3 home runs while we were there too!
Just before we left for St. Louis Haley started walking around if we would just hold her one hand for her. She was still a little nervous about letting go. Stay tuned...i have another update though :)
So who does everyone think she looks like now? Mom or Dad or Aunt Sheryl?
It's the day of the wedding and we have to be at the hair salon by 9:30am but we still need to go visit one more side of the family. We met at 7:30am for a very quick visit with Grandpa, Great Grandpa, and great Aunt Sis. Haley was pretty busy eating her pancakes, fruit and toast that she didn't really get to visit too much but we still had a good time! Then it was off to the salon for our Mimosas with the Bride. The wedding went off with out a hitch and Haley had a great time dancing with Dad again. I even got a video of them :) By this time i had put her in her Pj's because it was very chilly where we were sitting. Haley really enjoyed playing with the center pieces and eventually ended up falling asleep on the dance floor! Poor girl...she had a very long day!
Well all good things had to come to and end and we were all very excited to get back home and rest up a little before Monday. Haley had a great time seeing everyone but was also glad to get back home and play with her puppy Kylah again :) I think they were counting each others teeth!