Chocolate Milk for Haley

As we were eating lunch today after church (Cocoa Dyno-Bites and Fruity Dyno-Bites) I was holding Haley. I was trying to hold her away from my bowl of Cocoa Dyno-Bites but still be close enough not to drip chocolate milk on my church pants. I had not changed clothes because I was going to go Home Teaching in five minutes.

While I was scarfing down those scrumptiously delicious Cocoa Dyno-Bites I guess I relaxed my space restrictions for Haley. All of the sudden she slammed her right hand down onto the bowl and chocolate milk and Cocoa Dyno-Bites came flying out. It was all over the table, all over her hand, and all over my pants. I started wiping it all up with a paper towel. First her hand so she wouldn't become a chocoholic too early in life. Then my pants and the table were cleaned. All the sudden I notice Haley sucking on her hand like it was the newest thing ever to suck on. She really liked it. I guess I didn't get all the chocolate off after all. When she was done with that, she remembered that there was a bunch of chocolate milk on the table before, so she leaned forward to try and get any remnants of the chocolate off of there. So, now we have a cute little girl that is hooked on chocolate.

Here are the presents that Haley got for Mommy on Mother's Day:

The top one is a tapestry, and the bottom one is a blanket. They are really cute. Isn't Haley just SOOOOOO thoughtful?!

Something else that was really cute that I wanted to blog about happened the other day. We had just put Haley in bed because she was asleep and it was late. Sometimes when we lay her down, we move her too much and she wakes up. Well, this happened on this occasion. She laid there, really calm for just a few seconds. Looked at both Sondra and I, smiled at us really big, and then tilted her head, closed her eyes, and went to sleep. It was so cute and precious. We love our little girl.

Another cute bedtime story happened a few days later. Haley had fallen asleep and was in bed. It was pretty late when she started to fuss. It can be fairly disappointing when you think she is asleep, and then wakes up for hours. But a couple of minutes after she started fussing, I looked her in the eye and said, "Haley, it is late. You need to calm down, close your eyes, and go to sleep." Amazingly, she stopped fussing. then a couple of seconds later, she closed her eyes, and slept the rest of the night! She is so good! I know it was just a coincidence, but it was really cute.

We have already mentioned that Haley rolls over now. But the other day she rolled over from her back to her tummy to her back to her tummy, all within a half of a minute. Well, now we have a mobile baby. We will have to get bigger Tummy Time Blankets.

Haley has taken a new interest in the ceiling fan. I think this is due to the fact that we have actually started using it. It is getting pretty warm. She likes to look at it as it is spinning around.

We are unsure of what this means, but Haley really likes to move her arm up and down. Is she going to be a music director, or an Atlanta Braves fan?...

We attended Stasia's pre-school graduation yesterday. It was cute. All the kids did really well. They all dressed up for different parts for the various songs. Stasia was dressed up for the last song and was "A child of God" for the song "I Am a Child of God." Her friend dressed up as a witch for the Halloween song. I guess Stasia says that she is a child of God, and Pyper (her friend) is a witch.

While we were up in Syracuse, Haley and Sondra participated in a half mile run, walk. They had fun and got a T-shirt.

Haley wanted to say, "Go Celtics!" But she can't.

I tried making empenadas the other day. They were okay, but the crust was pretty hard. I almost chipped a tooth trying to bite into it.

More Picuters!

Haley gets cuter by the second. We love her very much. She has been rolling over a little bit more. She even rolled over from her back to her stomach once. She really likes tummy time.

Another thing that she has liked to do lately is suck on just about anything. She really enjoys sucking on her fist, fingers, thumbs, toys, toy and fingers, toes, feet... Its really funny to see her suck on her toes. She is really limber. I think I have picture of me when I was a couple of years older than Haley and I was chewing or sucking on my toes. I guess she inherited the old "put your foot in your mouth" from me. It is also pretty humorous to see her try to shove an extra finger or two in her mouth when she is sucking on a toy.

One of Haley's favorite toys is Skippyjon Jones. It is a stuffed siamese cat from the book with the same name. If you haven't read it yet, Haley recommends it highly to all. She likes how Skippy thinks that he is a chihuahua because his ears are too big for his head and his head is too big for his body.

Haley was very excited to see Grandpa and Grandma Sanders this weekend. She really likes them. Its fun to see Grandparents!

She has also been chatting online with the Apontes. They are a family that I met on my mission in Argentina and the family with whom Sondra and I stayed with when we visited Argentina last summer. They get to see Haley via webcam. They think she is such a doll. Vidalia, the mom, says she would love to come babysit Haley.

We took a trip the weekend to gear up for our trip to Oregon next month. It was a good short little trip to watch David graduate from Utah State. Haley had a lot of fun there. Sometimes the cheering was a little bit too loud though. Congratulations David! Or should I say Master David?!?!!

Apparently, all Haley and I do together is sleep. I get home from work and we take a nap together. Isn't she so cute when she is sleeping?