Haisley Lately

Our little Haisley has turned into a big girl lately!  Her potty training accidents are few and far between these days.  I know that since I just wrote that, she'll probably have five accidents tomorrow!!  She is even going in public these days!  Matter of fact, we weren't even in the door good at TJ Maxx today and she started yelling, "Poop, I need to poop."  Of course you do Haisley, of course.  So off we go!  We walk through the bathroom door, Benton in tow, and in a split second Haisley is laying on her belly asking someone in the bathroom stall, "Whatcha doin, pooping?"  All I could do was laugh.  We are still waking up wet from time to time, but I don't consider that an accident.  (Maybe I should???) 

I really can't get over how much and how well she is talking.  I mean, she is talking in full sentences that Mark and I can understand.  Pretty incredible how she is changed in the last year.  She is about as moody as a child can be.  She fusses all the time, especially when she doesn't get her way.  I'm not going to lie, disciplining consistently is exhausting.  We love our sweet baby more than we can say with words.  She is teaching her mommy how to be patient!

This is Haisley in a jacket that was mine when I was little.

We have been overhauling our yard.  She hasn't skipped a beat!

Giving Benton some love.  I said, "Haisley, don't touch his head, he has a soft spot."  Can you see how well she obeyed???

Her baby brother adores her!

Benton at 5 Months

Benton is five months!! He has the sweetest disposition. I am seriously in love with that baby! With the exception of when he is tired, he is a happy camper. 

Some updates on my precious happy baby
Sleeping:  Tonight was night one of crying it out.  It went ok.  He cried about thirty minutes.  I went in a few times during that to give him his paci and calm him down.  He eventually went to sleep on his own.  It broke my heart.  I hate hearing my babies cry.  We are still not on a napping schedule.  We'll get there!  He is up all night long.  Benton has a tired mommy and daddy. 

Teeth:  No teeth yet.  He gnaws on everything and is drooling up a storm. 

Size:  I don't have a definite size and weight, but he is big.  He is very long, and I'm guessing weighs about 16 pounds.  He is in 6-9 month clothes.  We just switched to size three diapers. 

Eating:  The boy loves to eat.  He eats every 3 hours.  We haven't started solids yet.  Dr. Carter told us not to rush it.  It makes my life easier for sure! 

Tricks:  Benton is starting to put a lot more weight on his legs and is definately not happy sitting in your lap.  He LOVES his activitiy, and starting to like his jumparoo too.  We are working on sitting up.  He is getting better at it.  He coos and talks up a storm. 

Benton is so sweet.  His smiles come so easily and make my heart melt!  We love you more than you could ever know sweet Benton boy. 

Some pictures of his month. 

 

 

 

 

 

Update on HGB

Sweet little Haisley Grace has been up to a lot since I last wrote about her.  I wanted to write a few things down so I won't forget!
~She is constantly saying, "Mean."  Everybody is mean.  We really don't know where she picked it up, maybe school?  Anyways, it is a terrible habit.  We made such a big deal about her saying it initially, so now I think she says it for attention. 
~She says, "I Love you" now without being told first.  Talking about melting your heart.
~When she is trouble, she either goes to time out or gets a spanking depending on the offense.  We always explain to her why she is in trouble and at the end of the discipline we tell her that we love her.  Now, when she is in trouble, she wants to skip the discipline part, and she starts yelling, "I love you, I love you too."  Out. Of. Control.
~She can consistantly count to 14
~She knows most of her colors (most of the time)
~She can pretty much carry on a full converstaion with you
~Anytime that she sees someone that she finds odd looking, she runs behind me and starts saying, "I'm not scared anymore now."
~She loves any type of carb.
~She is doing excellent with potty training
~She is very defiant. 
~She does NOT want to share her toys with sweet Benton
~She only gets her paci at nap and nighttime

Birmingham Trip

 

Mark had to go to a conference/school in Birmingham this week. The kids and I were not planning on going for the whole week, but Mark forgot his CPAP, so off we went.  The kids and I had a blast.  We stayed in a suite and had a delicious breakfast every morning.  The first morning, I tried going to Homegoods and Target, but got lost.  We ended up getting lost and driving around for an hour. The next day we went to the Birmingham Zoo.  We had the place to ourselves.  Haisley loved running around yelling that the animals were stinky.  Benton just hung out in the stroller.  I think he enjoyed the fresh air! 

 

Haisley at the lion exhibit.  The whole time she said, "I'm not scared anymore now."  In Haisley language that is code for "I'm scared." 

 

 

 

 

This is Benton's first zoo trip.  I wanted to document it a bit more than I did, but it was a 2:1 ratio of children to mommy and Haisley was wide open. 

 

 

It seems as though Haisley's favorite activity at the zoo is eating.  She ate the entire time at the Montgomery zoo, and the Birmingham Zoo was no exception.  In the picture below, she is thoroughly enjoying a cheese cracker. 

 

Benton looked thrilled, didn't he??

The next day we went to the McWane Center.  Haisley LOVED it.  I thought it was pretty cool myself.  Her favorite part was the bubble station. 



Playing in the water station. 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's Haisley on TV.  She loved that!

 

 

Haisley enjoyed decorating Benton with stickers.  We had to have something to pass the time in the hotel room.