"Sitting Up" Practice

Hailey has been slow at getting the hang of sitting up. We found this one thing that really helps keep her focused and steady...Sesame Street. She still can't get herself into the sitting position, but hey, it's a start!

So intent on the show

"What? Quit bothering me, Mom, I'm trying to watch my show."

It's Not for the Lack of Quality Info...

Oh how the time has slipped away from me. Over a month as gone by since my last update and plenty has happened in that time. In an effort to maintain my sanity, I will oblige with a few of my favorite pictures followed by links to my cousin's blog. She somehow found the time to make many quality posts on our trip to Oregon to visit. Thank you Kelly for letting me cheat and copy your hard work!

Hailey visiting Mama's old stomping grounds: Beverly Beach. She LOVED it there. Her little kickers digging in the sand, splashing in the frigid water, having an all out blast on a perfect day!

Our fabulous family photo taken at the lighthouse right outside of Newport

This one is sentimental to me. Hailey snuggled into sofa bed with Bapa just like I used to do when I was little.
The way he is holding her little hand makes me cry every time.

Hailey and Mimi: all smiles at their first meeting. And my family knows how hard it is to get one of Mimi smiling!

The following points are chronicled through Kelly. Click on the links to go right to her pages!

• After our short stay in Salem we ventured on for a weekend trip to Detroit Lake.

• Our week with Mimi and Bapa ended and it was off to a week with Kelly and Eddy. We started by meeting up with Kelly and Lacy at the Portland Zoo.

• Kelly, the fantastic amature photographer grabbed some beautiful shots of baby Hailey.

• We got to take a ride on Thomas the Tank Engine.

• Kelly again with the camera grabbed some fun shots at the jelly store and the Mt. Hood lookout point (funny story with this one!)

• Kelly again does a lovely job and summarizing our down time in Hood River and Portland.

• Last but not least, the other important reason we went when we did...our 5K LiveSTRONG Challenge walk.

Check out all the photos from our vacation when you have some time on your hands at www.flickr.com/photos/justshan and one last time...THANK YOU KELLY!!!

To Luke

Oh-leehy, Oley Oley Oley,     Ooh-leeeey, OOoh-leeey

Here's to you Luke.  We miss you.

Where'd You Get That?!

Hailey surprised me the other day as we were laughing and playing around.  She smiled really big and pulled back her tongue (which is rare, since she seems to always have it hanging out of her mouth).  She's had two teeth buds since she was 8 weeks old. The first tooth popped through around 4 months and the second started to show a month after that.  Neither have made a full appearance yet though.  So when I looked in her mouth, I was absolutely astonished to see a third tooth on its way up, on the bottom!  I had always thought babies get their bottom two teeth, then a few months later, they'll get the top two and then later the sides start filling in.  Three teeth on the bottom just blew my mind.  How could this happen...?

We don't have very many baby pictures of Justin because his mom has them with her in New Mexico.  It has been hard to compare Hailey to what he looked like when he was little.  Just a few days ago we were cleaning house getting ready for our garage sale and Justin came across two of his baby pictures that were in his senior yearbook.  One is an adorable bath time picture that we can really see a resemblance to Hailey.  Upon closer inspection, what did I see...?

 THREE BOTTOM TEETH!!!  

It must be a genetic thing from his side of the family.  

That explains a lot.

Walk the Walk

Whew! What a Week! Today brings a very busy week to a close. All week long we have been preparing for three big events.  

1) We drove to Squirrel Creek Friday (80 miles away) to meet my work crew coming back from a youth camp in McCarthy. I have the task of going up and reserving the camp spaces, bringing the firewood and smores and preparing the lodge for the arrival of 20 teenagers. We had a blast and it was a beautiful day.  

2)We cleaned house and set up for our first garage sale ever! I wanted to have it ready to go by Thursday since we weren't going to be home most of the day on Friday. We did it though...with the very appreciated help of Brandy and Jannette setting up.  It was a great sale-totally worth the effort. Although it wasn't the sunniest day, it was still nice enough for people to be out and about.  We sold most of our small items which was nice, but strange to me, our big items didn't go so well.  So if you know anyone that needs a california king size bed or a baby swing you should give them my number. :) 

Last but not least, 3) laundry and more laundry to pack for our trip to Oregon.  We leave on Monday and are soooo excited to go. We have such a full two weeks ahead of us camping, visiting , and ending it with a big hoorah-our 5K walk for the Lance Armstrong Foundation. http://portland08.livestrong.org/major907