Abigale is going to be moving into her new room soon (due August) and we have to move Hailey to the bigger room and get her and Abby’s rooms ready.  With that in mind, Hailey still doesn’t like going to bed at night.  With her being as rambunctious as she is, I can see her climbing out of a bed and trying to make an escape from her room.  She’ll be walking soon, she’s taking a few steps now, and I figured when she was old enough to walk she’d be old enough for a toddler bed with side rails.

What age did you take your kids out of the crib and put them into a bed?  Right now when I put Hailey to bed in the crib she’ll stand up as soon as I plop her in and shove her hands up at me that just screams ‘please daddy don’t make me go to bed’.  Breaks my heart every time, but anyway back to the point.  If she’s in a bed, she’ll be crawling out between my legs before I can get the bedroom door closed.  No really, she’s quick!  Haha, so when do you guys think is a good age to graduate to a bed?  Are we rushing a bit?

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I needed some shots for a story I’m working on for my blog about the surfing competition, so we decided to head off to the beach for a family day.  Baby Hailey got to sport her new Surfer Baby hat, finally one she didn’t just rip off!  She tried at first, but once she spotted herself in the mirror she stopped messing with it.  Guess she just had to realize how cute she was with it on!

The beach was crowded so we didn’t stay long.  Hailey wasted no time in getting into the sand and was having a ball watching all the people walking by and all the commotion from the competition.  I tried to take her down to the waters edge for a dip, but she wasn’t having any of it.  We started getting close and she went from casually hanging on my shoulder to clinging for dear life.  Hiding her head behind my back she barely even wanted to look at the ocean.  Guess it can be intimidating for a little one.  Once I promised her she wouldn’t have to go in and started turning back she relaxed and started pointing at the water with her baby babble at full throttle.  I figured she was over the fear and wanted to check it out, I was wrong.  I took one step back in the direction of the water and she went back to hiding behind me!

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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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