Christmas 2010

Hailey had a great Christmas this year, Santa was very nice, she got her first tricycle which she will have to wait till Summer to use, by that time we will be moved to our own little house so she will have plenty of room to ride. She also received great tom-boy toys from her step-fathers family, she even got her first Mr. Potato Head! That family warmed up so fast to her, and she did as well. We see them as much as we possibly can.

We even ended up taking her to the Valley of Lights in Prescott Valley, she loved it! I would post photo's of that but they didn't turn out to great. Needless to say we had a great Christmas Day with all the families. Thanks to Arizona's wonderful heat on that day, we even went for a little hike.



We even plan on going and playing in the snow this coming week, depending on what the Pulmonary Specialist has to say on Wednesday!

Vent

I have been needing to vent for a while..

Why does it seem that when things should be looking up, instead they are spinning down further and further, deeper in the black hole?

On a better note, Hailey NO long spits up. They found out that anything she eats or drinks that has a thinner consistency then honey or nectar, it comes back out of her stomach, sits on her vocal cords, and slowly drips in her lungs. So the diagnosis is was that she has had pneumonia for the whole short 7 months she has been in this world. After adding things to thicken her feedings she is doing much better, now to just get over the double ear infection hump. I am hoping by her first birthday she will be healthy for once, and maybe not have her milk protein allergy. I am already starting to plan her first birthday! I know where it will be held and the theme of the whole deal. Now to just pick one of the dozen invites that i have chosen as a favorite on a website that I love! And order them, and figure out how many people to invite!

This past year has gone by so fast! I wouldn't trade anything for it. Tough times have came, some to stay and some have left. We learn from the things that go wrong in our life, I just wish there was a easier way to learn those lessons, instead of having the heartbreak, hurt, and countless hours of tears and sleepless nights. I have also been blessed with great times with friends, and family. I have witnessed my daughter grow, she started crawling at 7 months and saying "momma" and "dadda" at 6 months. We're still waiting on those teeth, and hair but those too will come with time.

She loves frozen strawberries and blueberries

She loves trying to follow our dogs out the dog door to play. Needless to say I always catch her, and our dogs don't seem to like her now that she crawls, maybe it's because she eats there food, pulls their hair, and chases them. Why they don't love any of that I don't know, because she does all those things to me, but I still love her!

She doesn't like getting photo's taken of her late at night, especially if she is naked, and if its done by her Aunty Jennifer, who kisses her way to much in Hailey's opinion.

She loves sticking anything into her mouth that she possibly can, including shoes.

I loved her from the moment she came into this world, even through all the sleepless nights, and visits to the hospitals. She is silly, she crawls flat footed not letting her knees touch the ground. She may be somewhat hairless, and have fat legs or cheeks. But she is my Hailey bug.

I could write for days about her, but I think I will end it here, for I believe she is getting hungry because she is trying to chew on my toes!

Hailey is officially a crawler

Aunt Jennifer got her to crawl for her phone! Took many attempts for her to do it because she saw my camera

Pic's by Jennifer

Jennifer was nice enough to take pictures for Shane and I. We even got a few with Hailey in them.








































































We love this picture of her, she loved being at the Clark Dale park with us!

Queen Creek 3/2010

Shane, Hailey and I took another trip out to Queen Creek to see the family! We even went and saw some ducks and geese ( which we later found out she was allergic to their feathers :( )



We went and met Camdyn for the first time! What a cutie pie! The little angel does have a pair of lungs on her though!

Shane is holding Camdyn while Uncle Preston is holding Hailey ( 6 months old), it brings back crazy memories looking at Shane holding that little one!




Jaxon had a blast seeing his cousin! And so did Hailey, they kept cracking up at each other!

We also met up with Will, Tara and their newest addition Swayer at a Greek restaurant to celebrate Will's birthday.


We had so much fun visiting with Dad and Deb, Heather, Preston, Jaxon and Camydn, Will, Tara and Sawyer.

It's crazy seeing how fast Hailey has grown up!

Visiting the famliy in Queen Creek

Hailey and I took a trip down to Peoria and Queen Creek to see another part of Shane's family. We met up with Jennifer and Wes, Heather and Preston and Jaxon, and Dave and Deb.

We all met up at Red Robin for a nice dinner

Hailey loves her Auntie Heather and Uncle Preston ( ignore Hailey's little bald spot)







She was checking everyone out














She didn't seem to pleased with her cousin Jaxon though, all he wanted was a hug and a kiss, but she was just not for it =(













Her Uncle Wes gave her a french fry. Her very first one, and everyone there could tell you she loved them! It was funny.













After dinner Dad and Deb had to go home, the rest of us went down the road to the mall, got Shane a new hat, and Hailey's ears pierced. Her Aunt Heather and Aunt Jennifer sat with her, for I couldn't handle it. She did great!










And then it was off to bed!

Hailey and Collin

Hailey and I went to the park back in Jan. 10' with a friend of mine and her son Collin.
We all had a blast, and those two were so cute together! She is older by about 2 months.

Some body doesn't like kisses!



We had lots of fun, those two get along so great! And Kim (Collin's mother) is one of my brides maids in my wedding.

First Trip to The Park

Hailey had her first trip to her park the day after she turned a month old, Shane, Jenny, and Ann and Elmo and I ventured over to River Front for some picture taking.

Aunty Jenny is great at thinking of picture ideas. I was not smart in wearing flip flops though, being allergic to grass, then getting covered by ants..









Kisses from her Aunty Jenny












My little family

Hailey Marie Willoughby

Shane and my daughter Hailey Marie Willoughby was born September 17th 2009 at 10:24 pm, after a long day of labor for mommy (me). I had woken up that morning at 5 a.m. to a very painful feeling, (felt like I was getting kicked in the stomach), as I stood up, my water broke! I was so scared, and not to mention in horrible pain! I walked as fast as I could to let my mom know it was time, then I took a shower and called the soon to be father. He didn't seem to excited as I woke him up at 530 telling him to get dressed that it was time! The trip down to phx was a whole other ball game. I couldn't sit still and I was in so much pain. I feel bad because I wouldn't let Shane touch me or try to make me feel better, I just wanted something for the pain! (ya ya I know I said I wasn't going to do any, but holy mac' n' cheese it was horrible!) When we got there the nurse didn't have to check to see if my water broke because she could see the water, yet they couldn't read my contractions. I was in triage from about 800 am till about 2 pm, with NO drugs. They couldn't read my contractions and I was only dilated too 1cm! At that point I wanted to die, I have never felt this much pain before. Finally they moved me and gave me the epidural at about 3 because they were also hooking me up to pitocen to get me going. Well it took a few hours till I got to 3, then Shane and my mom left for about an hour to get food while I tried to sleep and this was about 5ish or so, then they came back and the nurse checked me and I was at five. At that time they were still trying to read my contractions, by the machine and by feeling my stomach. Still no luck, they then decided to try and internal machine, they couldn't get it in and decided to stop because I guess I was bleeding too much ( which keep in mind they didn't tell me till after she was born). The nurse then checked me again and I was at about 5.5 and it was now about 10 pm. They had tried the internal machine 2 more times. Finally just getting past the blood and got it in the 3rd time. At that time I started feeling pressure like I had to push. My mom said it was just Hailey moving down but that I still had a while. But I said no she is coming now please get the nurses back in here! They seemed to take her sweet time getting back in. They then checked me and I was at 10! Within minutes of them checking me from 5.5 I was at ten and was told not to push yet. They had to find the doctor that was on call. In the mean time a nurse was with me having me push, they couldn't find the dr, she walked in nice and slowly as I had two pushes left! She noticed how far I was and then started hurrying. I pushed for a total of ten minutes then had my bundle of joy! Shane cut the umbilical cord, and guess what! He didn't pass out. In the room it included Jennifer, my mother and Shane, and the random people who got to experience the birth of my wonderful daughter.
She weighed in at 6 pounds 7 ounces and 18in.

What One Little One Does While In a Hospital

After going to Preston's graduation and lunch, Tara, Ann, Shane, Shawn, Avery and I went to the Hospital where there grandma was recovering at. The hospital was having some rules to see her, such as 18 and older and only two at a time. So Tara and Ann went first and me and the boys and Avery sat down and stayed occupied. Miss A had gotten ahold of my purse and was interested what the contents of it were.

She was very intersted in my pack of gum neverless. She would try to take a piece out but she would look at me then close the pack and go through the rest of it. After dumping it out and looking at every little thing inside I asked her to put everything back in and she did. Then she started to go through it all over again.

After the boys went in to see their grandmother, Miss A and I stayed out and I tried keeping her busy by walking around with her and letting her look at my phone. She started looking at my phone while I had it open and was saying "Cheese" so I decided I would take a picture of her. And she got super close for a very cute picture.

Baby #1

As most of Cottonwood, and some folks in Snowflake, and Queen Creek, and I have no idea where else, knows that I am having a baby October 6th 2009! It is mine and Shane's first baby, it was quite a shock but everything is okay now. Im getting more and more used to the thought of having a child in a few months, still scares me that we're going to be in control of another person, putting morals in the child, teaching them how to walk and talk, and being potty trained and just everything. I've babysat every age up to like 13 since I was ten so some things won't be to much of a shock to me, but nothing will pre-pare me for what is coming. The pregnancy has been pretty hard on me, always being sick, but its getting better.








Our child's first picture ever, only a few weeks, I believe that was at 7 weeks roughly, looks like a little blob, but my guy calls him/her "french fry" and it's placenta is its "ketchup packet" don't ask me why because I'm not to sure, but its cute so its okay.


His/her second picture ever taken, best profile picture I have right now.
You can see the forhead, eye, nose and mouth, the arm is bent and the hand is behind its head, and the tummy and waist, the legs are hidden. During this ultra sound at St. Josephs Hospital in Pheonix the baby was really really hyper, we watched (my mom and I) him/her suck it's thumb and kick me, it was amazing. This picture is upside down because at that time the baby was head down.






He/she is trying to reach for it's toes again here










Our latest picture of our baby! Pretty scary! Its the front view of the face. You can see the eye, nose and the mouth, and one hand its up by its ear, and the other hand is pointing.










So thats our baby so far, its gone from a blob to an actual human being looking person, time to let him/her get big now and grow...