Picture Day

This morning I took Hadleigh in for her 18 month photo shoot. I know she is only 17 months, but I tried to book this photographer for her 12 month pictures and this was the first opening! Needless to say, I've already scheduled the next session which will include the new baby:) Hadleigh is very camera shy and does not enjoy getting her photo taken so picture day is always a challenge. After a little bribery with fruit snacks, she eventually warmed up, so hopefully we'll get some good shots of her. I'll post the link to the proofs when I get them back in a couple of weeks.
Below are just some pictures I took when we got home. I guess she finally got used to the camera because she didn't mind me taking these!
We got her a potty for Christmas and she absolutely HATES it! She screams if we try to sit her on it. I was amazed today that she actually sat on it and smiled. We'll have to work on getting the seat up and pants off though.

This girl loves her bows lately. When I picked her up from school the other day she insisted that we not leave without her bow. I never send her to school with a bow (knowing it'll never make it home), so I had to drag her out of there trying to convince her she didn't have one. Luckily, her bow holder is still high enough that she can't pull them all down...yet.

Unsuccessfully attempting to measure our growing girl.

Always leaving a trail of mess wherever she goes

Actually sitting still for a picture--a first!

Ultrasound

We had our first ultrasound on Friday! We were so thankful that everything looked good and the doctor didn't have any concerns to speak of. Just like with Hadleigh, this baby insisted on keeping it's legs firmly crossed the entire time, so we still have no idea on gender. I'll go back in 2 weeks for another look and hopefully the baby will be demonstrating some spread eagle at the time! Either way, we are just thrilled to have a healthy, growing baby.

Summer in January

Saturday we took advantage of the 80 degree weather and made a visit to the Tulsa Zoo. Hadleigh was excited to finally see all the animals that we talk and read about in person. She made lots of monkey noises all day long. One of her favorites was seeing the huge elephant up close. He was eating a carrot right in front of us and looked her right in the eye. She was mesmerized. Christian took her into the children's zoo area where she petted a sheep, goat, and donkey and then accompanied her on her first carousel ride. It was a great way to spend such a beautiful day. Unfortunately the warm-spell was short-lived and we are now back to typical January weather.

I think he's about to feed her to the rhinos?!

Today is Christian's mom's birthday and though we wish she were in better health, we still wish her a very Happy Birthday. Recently Christian has become involved with our local Alzheimer's Association Chapter and was asked to become an Advocate for the disease. To read about Jan's story, visit here.