The entire fam is just getting over a cold.  Yep, all of us got miserably sick including baby Hailey.  Foruntately I think she also got over it faster than mom and dad though and we’re all starting to feel a lot better.

Baby Hailey is getting up and walking all over the place now.  She went from just taking a few short steps and falling down to full on walking, turning corners…the whole bit.  And she’s doing it often and right in front of us, she was shy before and would only trying walking when she thought we couldn’t see her.  Now she’s a regular pro.

On the flip side, baby Hailey is also starting a phase we all know as the terrible two’s.  She’s getting really whiney lately over nothing it seems.  Though, she does still have a few new teeth coming in, so I’m sure that doesn’t feel to good.  But she is getting really fussy about certain things, like going to bed for instance, she cries louder and longer than she used to.  And riding in the car just yesterday on the way to and from church she really let us have it.  Hope that’s a quick phase!

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Well, my story is one of big change in a little amount of time.  This time last year I was single, not only single but set in my bachelor ways.  I had all my time to myself, I did what I wanted to do when I wanted to do it.  Most of my days between work were spent playing video games, riding my motorcycle around town or out having a good time with the guys.  Not to mention sleeping in on a regular basis!  Life was easy, other than my job and bills I really had no responsibility and I loved it.  I had no one to answer to.

Cut to what seems like a few short months ago and you meet my wife, of course she was just my girlfriend at the time.  But she was already starting to introduce me to things I didn’t think were ever going to be in my life.  It wasn’t long at all before I met Baby Hailey.  At first, I had limited time to get to know her, I wasn’t around all the time and only played with her a few minutes at a time while waiting for Jamie to go out to dinner.  That’s all she needed, that little baby wiggled her way into my heart effortlessly.  By this time I was already well in love with her mother, but then I started realizing I loved the baby too when I missed her smile while I was away.  She has the cutest laugh!  Not to mention she loves to imitate the things I do.

Now comes the part where I really started becoming a father!  These were the things I didn’t plan on.  Changing diapers, giving baths, trying to entertain her when she’s cranky, the baby I mean.  Love you honey!  When I was a bachelor, thinking of changing diapers and crying kids is something that makes you glad you are single.  But now that I do it, I wouldn’t trade it for the world.  Not any of it. 

It may smell but it gives you a warm feeling knowing that you made the baby feel better after giving her a fresh diaper and cleaning her up.  It’s a blast playing with her in the bathtub, we have this little game called ‘you throw it out of the tub and watch daddy fetch’, that’s her favorite.  My favorite part of ’tubby time’ is the bubble blower she got for Easter, I shower her with bubbles and watch as she tries to catch them in mid-air!  And one of my favorite things, the thing I love most is when she is cranky and ready for a nap.  That’s when I get to make her a bottle and hold her in my arms until she falls asleep.  Many times I’ll hold her after she falls asleep rather than taking her to her crib.  She just seems so comfortable and at peace that I don’t want to move and disturb her.  I just wanted to start humming, ‘Hush little baby, don’t say a word…’.

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