We have been trying to get our house ready to sell. No takers yet. We have shown it several times, but no one has decided to buy it yet. We have put a lot of work into it. Haley has even helped out a little. We have painted the porch. Sondra took quite a while scraping off paint before we could paint it. Haley helped with the scraping. We have tried to make our counter top in the kitchen look nicer. Hopefully it does, and ... I am almost done with it. We re-did the roof of our porch as well. That was a couple week process. When I was finally able to start putting up the tar paper and shingle, a neighbor came over and helped me with it. He spent his whole day helping me. That was really nice. Sondra is constantly cleaning the house making it "ready to show." We have probably had on average 2-3 showings each week since we have put it up for sale.Since it has been soooooooooooooo long since I last did this, there is a lot that has happened. Easter came. That was fun. Haley really liked finding Easter eggs. She was really fun to watch. She really liked the fake grassy stuff that you put in Easter baskets. She liked to pull it out of the basket and get it all over the place. She had a couple of Easter egg hunts. One at home and one at the church. It is fun to see her get so excited about things.
We bought Haley an Easter dress. It is very cute. Our neighbor was really nice and took pictures of her in her dress. These are only a few of the pictures.
We bought Haley a sit-and-spin. She likes it. We didn't even have to show her how it works. She just got on it and started spinning herself around.
We aren't sure when to start her on "The Training." I guess it's never too early. She really liked sitting on these too. One of them does a celebration noise when something passes through it. I think her diaper was big enough to set it off. Anyway, she got the celebration noise quite often, without really using it the way it is intended to be used.
She even likes sitting here. Hopefully we can teach her the proper amount of paper to use.
Haley was invited to her cousin's birthday party. She had a lot of fun. It was at a little kids gym. They played a lot of games and did a lot of activities. She was very excited about all the fun things that they had to do there.
I am not sure what this next picture is all about, but I know she has an infatuation with her belly button. She always finds it when we take her shirt off, or when she doesn't have a onesie to block it. She is really cute. I know she doesn't get the whole love of the belly button thing from me. I get nervous if I think it is going to be touched. It just seems like a very vulnerable spot.
Her she is again, enjoying her first Tootsie Pop, and her belly button. She did really good with the Tootsie Pop. She ate it all, minus the stuff that got on her face, of course.
Sondra has introduced Haley to Milano cookies. Like most food, Haley really likes them. Isn't she getting so big. And her hair is getting so much longer.
Haley began folding her arms. Out of nowhere. I'd like to say that we taught her to, but she did it on her own. She started folding her arms during prayers and blessings. What a good girl!
We went for a walk one day when it was kind of rainy. We put a rain jacket on Haley. She really liked it. She wanted to wear it the next few times when we went for a walk, even in sunny, warm weather.
We went to the zoo on Memorial Day with Haley and her cousins. There was a lot of people there. We didn't have all day to look around, so we didn't see everything, and what we did see was mostly a quick walk-by. But it was fun. At lunch however, we were dive-bombed by a bird. It hit the pizza, one of our hands, and the back of my shirt. Gross!!! The kids really liked the carousel.
Haley is going to be a good big sister, or mother. Which ever one comes next for her. She loves taking care of her babies. She feeds them, walks them, puts them down for naps. She is so loving. What a cute girl!
Sondra bought some things at a yard sale. Among them are some Barbie cars. The Barbie in this car is very beautiful. She likes riding in (on) the cars. She also likes riding bikes, and walking, and pretty much anything that is outside. And a lot of things inside. It really is easy to have fun with Haley and help her have fun. Obviously it isn't always a happy time. But she really is for the most part very easy going, loving, and happy.
I have been traveling back and forth from Vernal. I come home on the weekends and an occasional stop in the middle of the week. It has been hard to be away from my family so much. I miss them dearly. It is so nice to be with them when I can. It seems I can't give Haley enough attention when I am home. That makes me feel really good that she loves her daddy so much. It is somewhat tiring, but I wouldn't want it any other way. Sondra is very good to me as well. She really takes care of me and Haley. We both know who to go to when we are sad or hurt. Mommy. Hopefully we can all be together everyday soon. I am looking forward to that time.
