A weekend of "First's"

First of all, I want to say Happy Daddy's Day to Hailey's wonderful "Dada". I couldn't have asked for a better husband and daddy for my baby. Right from her first appearance he has been there taking care of her (and me) every step of the way. Many late nights in the NICU after a long day at work, many days of moving his schedule around to be at her doctors appts once she was home, many nights rocking her sleep in the bathroom (with the shower on) to soothe her when her reflux would make her cranky and mommy couldn't take anymore :) Thank you honey - we love you so much!!
This past weekend we had daddy all to ourselves and we had many "first's". Hailey said her first word "BABA" - now we are not sure exactly what she is referring to, but she does not stop repeating it and a few times we swear she said "DADA"! She also had her first bites of chicken and her first popsicle and absolutely loved them, yet when I tried to give her a strawberry with a touch of chocolate, she gagged. Funny child!!! She also took her first crawls forward up on her hands and knees!!! Up until this weekend she just did the army crawl. Oh, and the princess used to give kisses and then decided it was a game so when we asked for them she turned her head, but this week she started giving them generously, slober and all. And there is more, she had her first trip to the beach and her first birthday party, Adia turned 1 and Hailey throughly enjoyed herself! Happy Birthday Adia! We found out at the park this week Hailey LOVES sand, so we took her to the beach and she did love the sand, the water was a little scary for her! All in all, we are tired, but had a great weekend.
Also, Tim and I wanted to say thank you to our dad's! We love you both so much and we are so blessed to have in your lives and to be able to share you with Hailey!!!! As my daddy's day card said to my dad, you both are some of the best things in our lives! We couldn't do it without our families! We love you!