Busy Busy Busy!

Well it looks like I really suck at keeping up with my blog, that's probably why I stopped writing in a journal when I was a kid. Anyway, the rest of the summer was fun but really busy. Classes ended two weeks before Amber and Mark's wedding and there were still things to get ready for that as well as get things organized before I started my co-op job at the Canada Revenue Agency (as an Assistant Research Specialist! I hope I live up to the title, lol). The pic on top is a shot I finally got of Hailey with a barrett in her hair! It's surprising that she 1) let me put something in her hair and 2) didn't rip it out before I was able to take a picture! Her hair is growing, but sadly still not enough for a pony or pigtails :(

We managed to cram in as much as we could in the week before I started to work full-time. Hailey saw the beach for the first time when we took her to Port Stanley. As you can see in the picture she was a little surprised by the amount of water! She loved it though and we played in the sand, but thought that next time we should remember her sand box toys. She ran through the water a little bit and thought that was pretty funny, but it wasn't too warm that day (about 20C) so we didn't let her go in past her knees.

Hailey and I went with Lindsey and Olivia to the Children's Museum here in London. It was pretty cute and there were lots of different rooms that they saw, but it did seem to be for older kids (under 2 yrs old is free for a reason I think!). They had fun in the sand boxes and Hailey had fun pretending to ride the snowmobile and pushed a mini shopping cart around (there are a lot of different exhibits if you're wondering why those two things have nothing to do with each other, lol). Sorry no pics of that b/c I forgot my camera!

One of the last day trips was to Storybook Gardens. We went on Labour Day weekend which we knew would be busy but we were running out of time to go and the weather was awesome that day. Here's some pics....

Hailey was pretty anxious to get into the park!

With daddy in the mist!

Playing in the sandbox!

Next week we're going to Oshawa for a combined b-day party for Olivia, Sarah, and Natalie (our nieces).

Back from the hiatus!

Well I've been super busy the past month doing final projects and assignments for school so the blog was a little ignored. Here's a pic of Hailey at the computer. One day I wondered where she went and checked in the computer room to see her sitting like this - she climbs up by herself! Amber's wedding is in a couple more weeks and I have had a bridal shower and the bachelorette party to go to as well. We're looking forward to the wedding and hoping that Hailey won't be too freaked out to get down the aisle in front of all of those people (she's the flower girl!)

After my co-op interviews I discovered that I got the job at Canada Revenue! I'm really excited (and nervous) to start in September. I think Hailey will transition really well into full time care as she's been going 2-3 days/week for a year now and has four little friends to play with! Mike and I are also looking forward to having a dual income again and are planning on doing some home improvements around here. Nothing too big, but we're hoping to reno the bathroom, paint our bedroom, and build a new shed outside.

Hailey is talking LOTS lately and putting so many words together! She started doing this a few weeks ago when she said "mommy's toast!" when the toast popped one morning. One night I was feeding her a bottle in her room and she was super tired and said "mommy, go to bed" and pointed at her crib. The funniest one so far was when she really wanted a timbit and we were in the drive through line which was taking awhile. She thought we were purposely not giving her a timbit and said "baby good!" wondering why she wasn't getting it, lol.

Yesterday was Mike's Grandma's 80th birthday party in Port Elgin. It was a great turn out and we saw lots of family. The weather was nice, but pretty hot. Luckily we were able to get all of the kids together for pictures before anyone had a meltdown (Hailey was close though ). Then later we stopped in at mom and dad's for a visit.

Hailey had her first popsicle a couple of weeks ago and we discovered that she loves it! Probably feels great on the gums too as she is still teething like crazy (no new teeth yet, but she's been having teething symptoms for a couple of months again). At the birthday party though she had some popsicle and then was grinding her teeth together after which sounded really gross! So we think her teeth might be too sensitive for that much cold and might not let her have too much.

Found the camera!

Well after wondering if we'd lost our camera forever (but not really looking very hard) Hailey found it this afternoon in a gift bag! I forgot the memory card on it was full so I'm sending off a bunch of pics to Costco so I can finally free up some room on it. Hailey has really been growing lately and we definately need to get some new pics.

School is really busy right now and I have two co-op interviews next week. If I get one of the jobs it would mean that I would be working full-time for a semester instead of going back to school! I think this would be great for our family and I'm hoping for the best!

Tomorrow I have a field trip to go to in Toronto. Our children's materials class will be visiting two special collections libraries for children - maybe I'll be able to take a few pics! I'll most likey end up buying something for Hailey as it always seems to happen when I go anywhere :) Mike has the day off so he can look after her and spend some quality time together. Our home daycare provider has taken the week off for holidays so today my sister Ashley came to look after Hailey in the morning while I was in class. It's great that we have family close by that can help us out!

Here are some pics of Hailey in her robe that is still a little big for her. She loves cuddling in it after her bath while she gets a story read to her!

Finally started my blog!

Well I thought it was pretty sad that I'm in a social software class where I have to write a weekly blog about academic related stuff and I haven't even got around to making my own personal blog yet! It would likely have made it a little easier to archive Hailey's first year (well now 15 months) of life but I have a feeling I will reminisce and post pics and stories anyway. I realize the name of my blog is a little misleading as I don't have a hyphenated name, but I just can't seem to cut the "Husk" ties yet and have kept my last name. Some day I'll change it, I told Mike it might be a future anniversary gift :)

I don't have any really recent pics of Hailey as I *think* we might have lost our camera, but this pic is from the London Public Library website when they took pics at Baby Storytime when Hailey was there with friends at daycare. I just randomly noticed it one day when I was on the LPL website and thought, um wait a minute, that's my kid (the one holding the book).

This is a more recent pic of Hailey the first nice day of the summer showing off one of her cute sundresses. It's crazy how many clothes this kid has. I think here she was still really wobbly walking, but now she's full out walking/trying to run and she also repeats alot of words.