1 year old!!!!!

how is this possible?

there is no way you can be 1.

just looking at the past year of monthly photos...

you grew up this month.

it makes me excited, but kinda breaks my heart.

you're not really a baby anymore.

you are getting more and more independent.

this month had been CRAZY!

you had your first fever 101.6*

with vomiting...

i am 99% sure it was teething.

because the next day or 2 later,

we saw 2 front top teeth poking out!

we've been playing the "she's teething" card

way too much this month, grow those teeth already.

then the night before your bday, you got another fever

of 102* and had projectile vomiting,

so i thought, sure, it's the same thing again.

but the next day you barely had a voice and

you had a little cough.

low and behold at your 1 year checkup

they tested you for strep, and

you had it. poor baby.

you are on the mend, but still super needy

and fussy and go through bouts of crying

where you are just inconsolable. 

we had to put you on abx (your first ever).

but you take it like a champ.

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on a happier note:

you love love love to play with:

wooden train

blocks

putting stuff in a box and taking it out

you love to throw

or roll a ball

you point to what you want

you love swimming and playing in the sand

you started scooting like a mad man

and kinda quit rolling,

you like to be upright.

you will take a few steps, but you just don't seem

to like walking, which is fine with me.

you are talking more and more.

you have absolutely mastered

hi and bye

(which sometimes sounds like die)

you wave both times.

but i swear you said star,

you said it twice, but havent since.

the day after our bday you pulled up to standing

using the chair, ALL on your own.

you are gonna be trouble young lady.

you go straight for what you are not

supposed to play with:

cords

electronics

dangerous things.

when i tell you no,

you look at me, smile, and go right back to doing whatever is bad.

this is not good.

you are my little bundle of joy

my strudel noodle

my peanut

my peanut butter

my little poospie poo

my bean

my hazelnut

my hazelbean

my baby.

-love momma

11 months

Oh hazel- how big you have gotten!!!! You really are all grown up! Things you are doing:
Rolling so so fast everywhere!!!!!!
Eating big girl food more and more!
Clapping, waving, patty cake, peek-a-boo.
Taking steps when we hold you up.
You loveeeee the water- swimming or bath time!
Talking so so much- saying mama. Dada, pointing to things.
When asked where something is you point at it and are right sometimes. You have little convos with us- but we have no idea what you are saying.
You love dogs!
You love fans!
You love other kids- and love going to autumns house.
Big news!!! At the end of sept momma gets to go part time and be with you 1 more day a week!!!! I can't wait.
You have been "dancing" mainly using your arms!
You like "the office" and "yo gabba gabba".
You are just a happy happy baby and people keep saying that!
You also have a "fat kid" laugh and I love it so much!
You got to see susu and lala & uncle Jess this month!
In just 1 short month it will be your bday- how is that possible?
I Love you more than words!

10 months

Oh my goodness baby girl! You are so big!!! You seem to not be a baby anymore, which makes me sad, but excited for our next adventures!!! Things you did:
-met lots of extended family in NC
-took 4 plane rides
- saw kim and derek
-moved into the second and hopefully last home you will ever know!!!
-started drinking thru a straw
- talked a lot lot more
- wanted to eat big girl food even more- like fruit and meat and anything we are eating
- you didn't really want baby food at all this month
- you really just wanted a bottle
- you were pretty sick this month when we went to nc- you were snotty and hoarse and just didn't feel good- you woke up a lot and didn't really nap- but now you are feeling so much better!!!
- I took you to the pool a couple says ago and you loved it!!!
- you are really good and turning the lights on and off
- you like to eat cords and wrap them around your neck...
-You have taken some steps when we are holding onto you
- you kinda pull yourself up!
- I just love you so much
- you make dad and my day so mug brighter!
- you have started a little separation anxiety thing- but dad has you working on it with a transitional object (mr bear).
- ahhh 2 month til your bday!!!
I love you, mama

9 months

baby girl,

it's getting really hard to photograph you now...

this is what i went through (minus the terribly blurry and ugly ones)

to get 1 monthly photo :)

 see?

super hard.

but look at my mad picasa skills below :)

h,

how are you 9 months old?

i cannot believe it.

i did not know i could love you more everyday...it's true.

you are so mobile now, you have scooted a couple times, and gotten on your hands and knees a couple times, but mainly you roll EVERYWHERE...across the room, under the table, under the chair, to the mirror, to me, to the dog, to get a toy, on the run, on the grass, on the wood floor, in the dirt. you don't care, you just wanna roll. you are just content in moving. you still want to be held a lot though. and i hate to say it, no i dont :)), that you are happier when i hold you. maybe it's that special bond we have. you still however, love your dad-day-saturdays. you love playing with your dad, and making up songs, and running with him. he likes to take you out in the stroller, OR your new toy, the bike trailer (with your new fashionable helmet). sometimes you bring me lunch or coffee at work, and are the talk of the town. people love you. they always comment on how easy going you are and how happy and smiley you are. what people have been talking the most about is: you hair. baby girl, it is insane. it poofs up like a puff ball, and it doesn't lay down, no matter what. even if we get it wet. so, for now, you will have crazy monkey hair. (i secretly love it though). this month you have: toured homes, made an offer on one (you liked this one the best), visited with grandma and grandpa for almost a week, went "swimming" in your kiddie pool, went to a crawfish boil, rode in the bike trailer, hung out with lauren and caleb all day sunday, and probably a lot more. this coming month we are looking fwd to: going to crested butte and asheville, NC; moving into our new house, and hanging out with daddy until he starts his internship. we will cont to feed you big girl food, even though sometimes you don't like what we give you, but you love watermelon and carrots (whole), and we are going to transition you into mainly food with less milk. momma wasn't able to give you enough breast milk after poppa died, and this month has been only formula, and you haven't died :). Your daddy and I love you more than words can say. 

Love,

momma

8 months old

how are you so old????

i don't understand.

you are rolling like a little rolly poley.

you roll everywhere.

you love to eat, but if you don't like it, you turn your head and bat at the spoon.

you want to feed yourself, or play in the food...not good.

you love puffs and love the pick them up... 

you usually hold 4 at a time and then i find them stuck all over you.

you love standing all the time, but still need help.

you got a new bouncy exersaucer thing and you love it!!!
you have learned to hit an object on another one

and that it makes noise!

you still aren't saying mama, but pretty much everything else :(

you mimic what we do and it's so cute.

you love Hans and Schnooze so much and they make you laugh.

you are starting to hold your arms up to be held,

and although I am sure it's a bad habit, i don't care-it makes my heart swell.

your cheeks, arms rolls, legs rolls, and belly are my fav thing.

I love that you are so incredibly chunky.

Everyone says you are the cutest baby they have ever seen,

and it's true.

They also say you are so happy and content.

There are a few days you aren't, but 98% of the time,

you are so easy going and chill-laxed.

it's lovely.

those 2 bottom teeth are great, but i think you must be getting more...

they should hurry up and come all at once...

teething sucks.

i love you little bean pod.

other monthly pics

monthly photos

this is me getting creative with picasa :)

i don't really know how to do photos next to each other...

so i figured out a way to get around that kinda.

anyway, this collage is cool!

my girl is so big!

6-7 month side by side

7 months old

hazel turned 7 mo old on

4.15.12

how is my little girl so big?

she is getting 2 teeth

she will prob be leaving for college tomorrow

i know, it's been awhile...

Spring is here,

and we are loving the awesome weather!

 i even bought hazel sunscreen today :)

 couldnt you just eat her up?

 a project i am working on

i found a $10 bill in the backyard

and bought this off craigslist for $10

so, i say it was free :)

i have it all sanded

and have big plans for it

kinda like this

and this

mixed together

 now i have switched from doing every 4 week pics

to doing monthly pics on the 15th

so this is like 2 weeks from her 24 week pic

hazel kicking garrett in the face :)

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updates on H:

she has been eating TONS of food

oatmeal

peas

apples

pears

sweet potatoes

butternut squash

avocado

bananas

yogurt

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at her 6 mo check up

she was 10% weight

40% head and length

24 weeks old, what?

hello worold,

i am 24 weeks old.

 "i've got the moves like jagger"

 mmmm rice cereal

 i seriously LOVE this pic.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH!

it's like Hazel's crack cocaine.