shoes, songs and names

First let me say, it is strep throat - argghh! We took her to the ER Wednesday with a high fever and they sent us home telling us to let it run its course because it was a virus. Not until last night did we get a call saying it was strep and she needed antibiotics. I kind of had a hunch since her fever wasn't going away, but overall she has been acting like herself. I actually thought she was getting better. Oh well - at least we are finally on the road to recovery and hopefully now we can get this out of our house! It went through all three of us over a month period.

These pictures were taken Tuesday night BEFORE her fever started. Sadly she was probably contagious, but lets hope and pray Jordyn does't get it. Auntie Tracey and Taylor were the first ones in the family to get it so they are all set!



Now the reason for my title. Hailey LOVES shoes, when we go to a store and she sees the shoe section she heads straight there, sits down and tries on shoes no matter what size they are. She also does a great job of matching up pairs of shoes. I have a basket in her closet with all her shoes mixed together. When it is time to go out I tell her to go get her shoes and she actually will go and get a matching pair. Also, when I am picking out shoes I have to give her a choice because sometimes she doesn't like what I pick out.

She also loves to pick out our shoes. She knows which are daddy's, which are mine and she matches them up. So when we say we are going out, she picks out her shoes and then looks at our feet to see if we need shoes and proceeds to get them .... I think I am in trouble as she gets older :-)



She also loves to sing just like her daddy. She started this at quite a young age and now can sing quite a few songs. She remembers most of the words and is even better at remembering tunes. In her repertoire is Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Rock-A-Bye-Baby, ABC, Jesus Loves Me, E-I-E-I-O and from the Wiggles - the Monkey Song and Rock-A-Bye-A-Bear. She is not a fan of the car and so many times we will ask her to sing to distract her and off she will go. Her numbers though we are still working on. She REFUSES to say two and proceeds to count 1-3-5-6-7-10. I think I see a pattern?

As most kids her age, I think you will find their memory is amazing. She is will hear something once and later repeat it. It surprises me what she comes out with. One of the things she repeats and is great at remembering is names. She is will see someone once or twice and later repeat their name to me. She is better at this than some adults I know :-)