6 month professional pictures

Today, I took Haley to Portrait Innovations for what I thought was going to be some cheap pictures for her 6 month birthday. Well the experience was good. They got some good shots and Haley was great during the whole thing. It was quick which is important when dealing with an impatient baby. However, I got roped into spending more than I expected to and I now have about 5,000 pictures. I literally have 21 pages of pictures and some of the pages have 8 wallets. So, if anyone wants any pictures, please let me know. Here are some of the ones that I liked the most.

Here are two videos that I got today of Haley "scooting" herself around. Please excuse her dress being folded up over her diaper.

Haley is sitting (with some help)

Haley is starting to sit up some with only a little help. In these pics, she's in her bathtub sitting on the sling and just using the sides of her tub to help her. I'm so excited about this. I really think she will be happier to not have to lie down all of the time. She can sit for a very short time unassisted on the floor before she falls to the side or back. It won't be long at all before she's doing it all by herself.

Here is Haley's new trick that she performs when we put her on her changing table to change her diaper or her clothes. She instantly rolls over and won't let us do anything. When we flip her back over, she quickly rolls back to her tummy. i has been making life very difficult lately. I either have to try and hold her down, distract her, or do things backwards. I can't help but laugh at her though.

In this one, note her foot in the air. How prissy!

She thinks it's very funny.

I literally had to hold her on there because she was trying to scoot off of the edge.

She has really started dragging herself anywhere she wants to go. It's nice because it has cut down on her frustration level. If she wants a toy, she can drag herself to it. It's amazing to see how far she can go. I put her down in one spot and walk away and by the time I return, she is across the room (usually playing with something other than a toy, like a table leg). She continues to amaze me!

Haley's First Auburn Game

This past Saturday was Haley's first Auburn game. We were so excited to dress her up in all of her Auburn stuff. Since I had to work that night and was sleeping most of the day, Scott got to do all of the dressing up. I think he did a great job. He even went out to buy her some cute dresses, one of which is a cheerleader outfit that we will use next week.

Scott took her over to a friend's house for a wedding shower and to watch the game. He said she did really well and seemed to enjoy everything. He said she heard a whole lot of "War Eagle" and we plan on teaching her to say this as soon as she's able. She's going to be a great little Auburn cheerleader!

This is the first outfit Scott put on her. So cute.

She makes the craziest faces that just make me laugh. I love catching these on camera.

Here is the second outfit he picked out. In this picture, it's like she's saying: "Daddy, I'm worried about how we will play today."

In this picture, Daddy is reassuring her that Auburn will do well and win. It's a good thing he was right.

Here is her cheerleading pose.

Here she is saying: "War Eagle, HEY!!"

Scott is so excited to have his little baby tiger.

He's teaching her about football and she obviously loves it.

She's excited that we won!

We took these last night when Chick fil a was giving out free sandwiches for those who wore their favorite team shirt. We look so obnoxious, but it's cute anyway.

Boy are we in trouble!?!

The other morning, I looked over to see Haley doing this:

It's the cord to her swing. Fortunately, I unplug it when not in use, so she wasn't close to electrocuting herself. I think we are going to have to baby proof the house very soon. I'm really not looking forward to this. Not to mention, no matter how hard you try, you never think of everything.

Today, we went to a local park for the first time. We took Haley down the slide a few times and put her in a swing. Then she and I got on the little play train. It was a beautiful afternoon, but Haley was a little sleepy and cranky. She smiled some though.

Shoes!

Ahh, the lazy days of summer are almost over, but the fun days of fall are on the way. We are really looking forward to Auburn games, Halloween, and the holiday season. For Halloween, I want to dress Haley in a lamb costume, but Scott wants to dress her up like Mini Me from the Austin Powers movies. This should be interesting since I will be at work that night. Scott will be able to do what he wants. We'll see how it goes. Regardless, I love seeing Haley experience new things and these will all be fun.

We are still working on the solid food thing. It's still not going as well as I as I would like. I have tried avocado, which was a failure, and mixing banana with the oatmeal, which also didn't work. So, I'm just trying a little oatmeal each day and hoping that one day she will realize that she loves it.

As for sleeping, she is doing great! We had a short period where she started waking up once during the night, but that only lasted a little more than a week. Now she sleeps from around 8pm to about 6:30am. Boy is it nice to get so much sleep!

Here are some of our latest pictures:

Here she is at her grandmother's house. She loves this bathtub that makes a great baby pool. It's like she's saying: "Ahh, so refreshing!"

This is her old man face.

I'm trying to teach her to be tech savvy.

Scott and his mom took Haley to swim in an indoor pool a few weekends ago. She got to use her float and they said she loved it! I knew she would.

Her Mimi sent her a present. It was a couple of sleepers that I loved (and she will too one day). Haley's favorite part, however, was the tissue paper that came with them. She had so much fun with it. She also loves to go with me to get the mail because I let her have all of the junk mail to play with. That entertains her for a few minutes everyday.

Then she showed off her flexibility! This is one of my favorite new tricks that she does. She loves to suck on her right foot. It's the first thing she does everyday.

Somehow, Haley put this on her head (with daddy's help I think), but she had such a great time and laughed a ton.

I've been really bad about putting things on her feet because it's been hot and her feet get so sweaty, but I finally tried these shoes on and they fit! I've had these shoes for a while (a gift my aunt Cissy), but they were always too big. I can't believe that her little feet are already big enough. I really felt like they weren't growing (crazy, huh).

We went to visit daddy for his Labor Day lunch at work. She got to sit at his desk and help him work. All of daddy's coworkers loved having her there. Hopefully, she brought him some luck selling that day.

Here is a video that I took last night. She had already taken her nightly bottle, but wasn't quite ready to sleep. I put her in her swing and she started getting sleepy. She started talking to herself to fight sleep. She was doing this a while back, but stopped. I'm so glad she has started back because it is so cute!