Our Little Honey Buns: Hailey is 9 Months + a Week

Dear Hailey,

Last week was your 9 month birthday and after visiting the doctor, you are back on the 25% growth chart for weight and 60% in height. You are back on track! Yay!

You are saying mama, dada, baba, and vava. Of course you don't know what you are referring to, but you are now communicating beyond blowing raspberries. Oh, you are also pointing at things to show you want to see it, or know about it.

You are now also crawling, well, sorta. I think I would call it more, butt scooting. But you are pretty efficient with it. The only problem areas are places with high friction, but anything smoother than carpet works well for you.

This is the position you scoot. right leg bent for support, left leg pushes.

You are really starting to explore the world around you. You love kicking and feeling the wood chips beneath your feet.

Since we are on birthdays, let's fast forward to Saturday when we celebrated our friend's 2nd birthday! There was a giant water slide and you all just had a blast. You all were like energizer bunnies and just went again and again.

I love their shaded yard, with tree swings, and a garden. The perfect place to relax outside on a hot day.

And of course, every cool party has a pinata.

This week at super fun school, our topic was gardening. The girls first cooled down in the pool for a bit until it just got too hot outside.

You all learned about the different parts of plant. You also looked at a table full of edible plant parts.

We learned about problem solving with the crow and the pitcher fable and then we learned about displacement with water beads.

And then you guys built sight words with leaf letters.

On Tuesday night, we went to the field by our house to watch some fire works. A few friends joined us and we had some fun with some sparklers.

The next morning, while Hailey took a nap, the big kids participated in the neighborhood parade.

And to follow the tradition, you both got to enjoy some snow cones.

On Sunday we made Hannah's idea come true. A week ago, Daddy and Hannah visited a lemonade stand in the neighborhood and later in the week, you decided that you wanted to have a lemonade stand too. You had a great idea to make rainbow lemonade. So, we made it happen.

Sunday morning, before church, we squeezed the lemons...

And in the afternoon Hannah, you and I set up the table with the signs that you made. And for an hour we manned the table before Nathan joined us towards the end. One of your best friends also came by and hung out for a bit. We had decided to raise money for comfort cases and I'm the end, we were able to raise $50!

Yesterday we went to the Asian market, which is always an adventure. First we had lunch and then we went shopping.

We picked up assume exotic fruits like lychee and jack fruit.

We started to watch this show in Netflix called Nailed it. Home bakers try to recreate a professionally made desert. So this morning I challenged both of you to each make a beach cake.

I called out the recipe and with some help, you guys measured out the ingredients, mixed and decorated your cakes.