tongue

Hailey has discovered how to stick out her tongue. Lately, I have been showing her where her tougue is and sticking mine out. She has always been fascinated with making sound with her mouth/tongue, but never seemed to get the idea of sticking her tongue out at me. It has been fun watching her try to copy what I do. Well, finally last night she got it and then wouldn't stop. It was so cute! I am not saying this is a good habit, but its all part of childhood discovery, right?!

She also is obsessed with patting her head. She is learning body parts right now, so we ask her where her head is and she pats it. Well, now she pats it all the time and has discovered that I put little clips in her hair to keep her bangs out of her face. So now when she pats her head she looks for the clip to pull it out and because this is a choking hazard I now have to let her live with bad hair days for awhile until she gets over the obssession with patting her head! So please disregard the messy hair in all of my pictures from now on :-)

New words ... she takes stuff and says "mine", she has also learned to say "no", "cookie" (both for the cookie monster and her biscuit cookies), and finally she says "Elmo". After her love for Elmo I wouldn't have been surprised if it was her first word so I was amazed that it took this long! She kind of puts a d on the front though and says "delmo".

Believe it or not Hailey and Daddy still have this awful cold, but I can't complain because she is doing amazing. She has had it since two days after christmas and her cough still sounds awful, but she is acting as normal and playful as ever. She also has been sleeping through the night regardless of how stuffed up she is or how bad she is coughing. When she first became sick the ped recommended benadryl at night to dry her out and I really think that helps with the good night sleep. At her check-up last Friday the ped said her lungs sounded good so we should just keep on doing what we have been. I am just hoping she and daddy can kick this bug soon!!!!

Teething, no toy is safe!!!!