Hailey - first food

We decided to start giving Hailey solids at 5 months. So here she is getting some of her first taste of "real" food. She is not impressed. She would open her mouth to get it but then act like we gave her something terrible. What a funny girl.

Hailey - 5 months

It's hard to believe that she is 5 months old already. She is such a happy baby. She loves to watch Maggie and Jackson and she especially loves it when they play with her. It will be a lot of fun to see her interact as she gets more mobile. She really wants to be on the go already. She can scoot backwards on her belly and turn circles on the floor. She is also trying to get up on her hands and knees a little. Look out world! Now we have to get back to a baby proof stage again. She is starting to be really interested in toys and enjoyes hanging out in her exersaucer.

She is sticking her tongue out because she is getting teeth. Her two bottom teeth are coming in already. One has broken through and the other is right on the verge - so she is constantly feeling them her tongue.
I didn't have a picture of it right now but Hailey loves to suck her thumb. It's very cute. I will get one posted soon. We are still hoping to convince her that a pacifier is better but she really loves that thumb and I must say that there are times (such as the middle of the night) when she finds her own thumb and we don't have to find the pacifier, that I love it too! :)

Sledding videos

Here are a few videos from sledding. One of them is Matt's sister and the other is, of course, Jackson.

Sledding

Since we have had quite a bit of snow - we went sledding Christmas day. It was a lot of fun. The kids loved it. Maggie would carry the sled back up all by herself and just go down again. If we asked to join her she would say "No, I am just going to go by myself." Jackson found a jump and went over it again and again. Hailey gets bundled into her little sled to keep her off the snow and warm. she would grin a little about sledding too. It all brings back a lot of memories of all the sledding I did at home with my siblings. We were pretty crazy. I'm not sure how we all came out of it in one piece.

Cool stuff

In Family Fun I saw a recipe for making these cool drinks. You can layer different drinks on top of each other and they stay seperated. We also did red/white/blue for 4th of July. All you have to do is find drinks that have different sugar content. The one with the most sugar goes in first and so on. Usually it's juice, then pop, then gatorade or something with really low sugar content. Sometimes it makes for interesting flavors depending on what you use. This one is cran/apple juice, then 7up, then koolaid lemonade (tinted green) I didn't plan ahead enough to get green gatorade. Anyway, make sure you have ice in your cup and pour slowly so you don't mix it when you pour it in.

Christmas

It's always fun to watch the kids opening presents. They always want to play with whatever one they open - they don't even care about the rest. It was a good, quiet Christmas at home. It was nice to not be traveling through any mountain passes or busy airports. It was sad to not be with more family though. I look forward to the upcoming family reunions so we can travel when the weather is better.

Let it snow!

We have gotten quite a bit of snow over the past few days - about 8 inches I think. The kids are lovin' it. Even Hailey gets out in it but I'm not sure I would say she is lovin' it. She tolerates it - for a little while. She like her little sled as long as it is moving.