Anniversaries, Birthdays, and NO SLEEP.

February is now my absolute favorite month of the year... besides April.. (Hadley's Birth Month).
This month has felt incredibly long.. but in a good way.. I guess :)
To start with, Hadley took her VERY FIRST STEP this month!
She is growing up entirely too fast and I miss being able to just bundle her up like a newborn and cuddle her in my arms. Time went by slow then and now I can hardly find time to fit in a shower for myself.
She enjoys watching her older cousins run around, rough house with each other, play tag, and have their dance parties. Her eyes light up when they come running into the room and I can see on her face that she soooo badly want to join them and create chaos. I am pretty sure they are what had motivated her to take that very first step. Now.. she is taking a couple of steps every now and then. Slowly inching her way to her favorite toys. She stands up and says, "YAY!".. cheers herself on.. and starts to bounce to music on her kiddie TV shows and swings her arms around as if she were saying (yah.. that's right.. check me out.. I'm pretty cool) haha I LOVE IT. She is getting pretty good at dancing and it brings a smile to my face every time she does it. Sometimes I join her and then that REALLY gets her going..

( I have not stopped smiling while typing this blog :) )

A couple of days after Hadley taking her first steps.. we took her to stay the night with her Grandpa and Alicia. Tyler and I had our first wedding anniversary and it was AMAZING. I had the GREATEST time and I definitely want to go back again. Tyler bought me flowers.. we got an upgrade to our room (FREE OF CHARGE), and we got some great photos. (I will be uploading them in the next blog). We had an amazing 5 course meal, sat on the roof of the restaurant and watched the sun set. it was beautiful and I will never forget it. The next morning we woke up and went on a short hike around the property. It was perfect weather and for a second there.. I felt no stress and all the worries of the world had lifted off of my shoulders. I was relaxed. It was amazing.
OH, and when I went to pick Hadley up from her Granpa's.. she was drinking BM from her sippy cup! She is now OFFICIALLY weaned! YAAAYYY! *happy dance* She drinks soo well from her cup and she looks like such a big girl when she does it! well.. she is a big girl! growing very quickly!

On the 20th Tyler had his 23rd birthday.. we went on on Sunday night and saw Cory Morrow in concert at the Buck Horn and after that we hit up Pardners for some dancing.. only to be kicked out after being there for a couple of hours. It is to be expected. For some reason you're not allowed to have fun in this town.. haha.. it makes the cops and bouncers nervous.

The next morning was TERRIBLE. Tyler, Hadley, and I came down with the flu. UGHHHH the WORST MAN. Hadley is NO FUN when she is sick.. she cries.. constantly. I thought I knew what it was like to have a sick baby.. but obviously I had never had the flu to compare it to. Hadley and I stayed at my dad's so that they could help me with her. Yes, it was that bad. Hadley also had a ear infection so she was on Ibuprofen, Tylenol, ANNND Antibiotics the whole week. We got no sleep... and neither did my dad or Alicia. I felt bad exposing them to it.. and of course, after Hadley and I got better.. they got sick. SORRY DAD AND ALICIA! FEEL BETTER SOON!
But yes, I am happy to say that we are all healed up over here besides runny (Hadley's nose) and stopped up (My nose) noses.

Speaking of noses.. I had to switch Hadley's formula because apparently the formula she was on was making her mucus WAY WORSE. As of today she is now on soy.. we shall see how this works out. Hopefully well.

I have started my gardening now too! EEEEK! soo excited! I have been talking about doing this but had never actually put it into action.. but here we go!
I have now planted: Cilantro, Peppers, and 2 different types of Tomato! I am soo excited to watch them grow! (along with other things) :)

ADIOS.