Food

I just cannot believe that Valentine is old enough to start eating food.  I know this sounds ridiculous, but when the doctor told me to start feeding her food at her check up I almost started crying and thought for a minute that I didn't want to.  She's just growing up too fast it makes me very sad.  Yet it's also so much fun, her personality grows by the day.  She still talks all the time and she's started doing this funny thing where she spits while she's talking- she just makes spitting noises between yells and coos.  And feeding her food was fun- she got rice cereal all over her face as you can see and kept grabbing the spoon- pretty sure she likes the spoon better than the cereal.  

Fun fun

Oh my word I don't love anything as much as bath time pictures of babies, especially my baby.  It's so funny to compare these bath pics with the ones from when she was just a few days old- now she takes up the whole tub!  And she enjoys it a lot more, which is a lot of fun- she splashes and laughs, I love it.  So, our internet is down, so I haven't posted anything for a while, but there also isn't much to talk about, it's pretty calm and mellow in the Hafer house.  I mean, not really, Valentine's pretty crazy and a lot of work and fun but there's just not much going on.... Drew's sister Lindy just had her second baby and her name is Lucy Rose, how cute.  We are excited to see them sometime soon and have all three of the little grand-daughters together.  What else... oh, I'm starting to work out- I mean, I've been doing this baby and me yoga/pilates video a lot which is fun, but I mean I went to our gym the other day and did the eliptical (spelling?).  I was in shock for two reasons, the first one was that I was in a tight shirt cause, you know I was working out, and I looked in the mirror and my chest is HUGE!  I know it probably seems like I talk about this a lot but, I just cannot get over it, it's huge and enromous and I don't even know how to handle it.  So weird.  The other surprising thing was that I could only be on the machine for 6 minutes!  Six minutes!  That's it, I thought I was going to die and was exhausted and couldn't breathe.  I guess though that the last time I worked out was...... I can't even remember when that was... long before I was pregnant that's for sure.  So... I'm working out.  It sucks and I hate it, but I also hate my chubby baby body, so there.  I'll keep you updated on whether or not I get any less pathetic and can do physical activity for longer than 6 minutes.  Miss everyone!!!!!!!!

Big Girl

It's so weird that Valentine is only 3 1/2 months and I feel like she's so old and has grown up so much already- I mean she has, she can stand up now and scream (for fun) and talk for hours but she's still soooo little! I will tell you what though, she is a demanding little girl, she has to have your attention all the time no matter what or she gets mad.  And yes, she still sleeps on me a bit, but she's getting a lot better and is now sleeping next to me.  She's so fun, I can't even tell you how much she makes me laugh- I am just in love with her and everything she does- even when she's tired and fussy and won't go to sleep for hours I still love her and want to eat her up with those fat cheeks and big eyes.  And she is the center of attention at church- there is seriously a line in front of me after sacrament meeting and primary for people to touch her (which she's not the biggest fan of), talk to her, or just look at her.  Having a baby is great- it makes me popular woo hoo.  And that's what it's all about.  

P.S.  I have been trying for at least a week to post videos of her on my blog but they will not upload on here for some reason, but I was able to get them on facebook, so check out some fun videos of her!

It's a Miracle!

Ok, well there's actually 2 miracles:  the first one is that my baby has been sleeping by herself for an hour!  This may seem like small fries to some of you, but for those who know me and my baby well know that she only sleeps right on top of me or right next to me- any other time I try to leave by herself she wakes up after half an hour max- so this is pretty awesome.  The other one is that Valentine can now suck on her thumb!!!  Since she came out she has been trying sooo hard to suck that little thumb but always ended up sucking on her whole fist because she was unable to isolate her tiny thumb.  Oh, and now she's awake.  Oh well, baby steps, just remember baby steps.  

Happy Holidays

I'm very sorry it's been so long, but I was in DC for three weeks with Valentine visiting my family- such a blast, I was so sad to leave but, it is nice to be home with Drew again- it's very very quiet now compared to being back east.  Well, Christmas was just lovely, it was by far my favorite Christmas ever- I was with my family, and I had my beautiful baby and Drew.  I can't think of anything better- plus Valentine was wearing her baby leg warmers and her legs looked like big fat candy canes, which was awesome.  She is growing by the day and not just in size (though she's huge) but in her abilities too, she's just started to be able to stand on her legs a little and she talks and screams and is grabbing and eating everything that we give her- I couldn't be having more fun.  

Darling

Not to brag but my baby is the most darling thing in the world.  She just is.

 P.S.  Thank you Sarah for this adorable outfit!

It's beginning too look a lot like Christmas! Finally!

I finally feel like it's Christmas time!!  Don't get me wrong, I am loving the 60's/70's degrees weather of Vegas right now, but somehow the absence of scarves and mittens and frost and cute lighted houses and the presence of palm trees and rocks and unrelenting sun and bare houses just were making it kind of hard for me to really get into the Christmas spirit.  However, my darling husband surprised me the other night by taking me and my darling daughter to a chocolate factory slash cactus garden (only in Vegas, love it) that was covered in Christmas lights!   We bought hot chocolate and walked around enjoying the bedecked cacti- it was lovely.   I came straight home and put up my stockings and put out our little Charlie Brown tree and started listening to Christmas music.  It really is the most wonderful time of the year and I'm so glad it's finally here for me!!!