New Summer Pictures

A lot to report on! Hadley finally started crawling, and in about a day she became a crawling maniac, which confirms to me that she was just being lazy about it. 

She got her first real boo-boo as well, crawling and knocking her head on the coffee table. Crying, hysterical hijinks, laughing in about 10 seconds, etc. I called her egg-head for about 2 days because of the little lump on her forehead.

She also loves to show off her new trick: waving. It's so adorable sometimes I think one of my eyes will pop out or my hair will turn white or something. 

Yesterday was her 11-month birthday. Next month, on June 28th, is her real birthday! We'll have to plan it out...

Her little bunk in the cart while shopping. 

It's mattress-lowering time...

She's a giant!!! (first little chair)

Tropical baby

Bathtime baby! We tried to preserve most of your modesty, Hadley.

Hadley Says Her First Word

For a while, Haddy's been doing the kind-of babbling talking, when she latches onto a short word and repeats it. She's been saying, "Da da da da da..." for weeks now, and I never really put two and two together, until today. 

We were all in the TV room, watching a movie, and Haddy was perched on my lap. She was getting excited by the action on the screen and the music. Suddenly she turns toward my dad and shrieks, "DADA!" to get his attention. 

I was speechless! We all were looking at her, but Mom and Dad didn't look surprised or anything. Finally, I say, "Was that her first word?!" and they both said she'd been saying "da da" for a few weeks now. I knew she was doing it, but I thought she wasn't associating it with actual Dad. 

Both Mom and Dad were totally nonchalant about it. I'm sitting over here about to blow a lung with shock and excitement, and they were cool as a cucumber. Granted, they've been through it twice before. I practically wanted to have a party for her. 

Anyway, here are some new pictures! We've been swimming and she decided that she loves it. Also, she loves Popsicles. They make little mini ones for kids, and she gets one now and then if it's really hot.

Here's her first swimsuit. What a doll!

"Hmm...I should inspect this first before I make up my mind about it..."

Little bathing beauty!

She loves Gus! I think that thing was around when I was a tot, too.

She also really adores that hat. She goes everywhere with it.