first time haircut!

Korey sporting his new haircut, while holding his little "bandit"

No, it's not Hailey that got a haircut for the first time, but me that gave Korey a haircut for the first time. I'm not really sure why Korey decided that it would be good for us to buy a clippers and me to cut his hair with them. But, for whatever reason instead of going to the usual hair salon for a haircut, Korey got one in our garage yesterday. I was a little nervous at first, so we borrowed a pair of clippers from our neighbor and she gave me a few pointers to begin with. Plus, we were just about to begin and our neighbor, Dave, who practically lives in our garage (not sure why...he has a perfectly fine one of his own- in fact, his is a lot bigger than ours. But, I guess ours does have one thing up on his...you can usually find Korey in ours and sometimes me and every once in a while Hailey), came over to see what was happening and smoke a few cigarrettes. Immediately I was pretty happy that I had put Hailey to bed earlier, 'cause I really don't like it when he smokes in front of her! In the end, though, he ended up giving me a lot of unsolicited advice and basically just turning a stressful thing into a big joke. Plus, you know Korey and I, whenever there is an audience we get all goofy and put on a good show, so it did end up being pretty funny. But, other than the fact that I felt like it took forever, we both were covered in little tiny hairs, Korey kept checking the little "bit" sizes to make sure that I wasn't going to short or too long, it got cut a little crooked in the back(nothing anyone will be able to see from main street) ;), and I only nipped his ear once, it seemed like a successful haircut. And, if I do say so myself, I think he looks pretty dashing in his new haircut! Maybe I'll go professional. Ha,ha,ha!! Don't tell that one to Korey! ;)

I'm rolling over!!

I can't believe that Hailey is getting so grown up. Just a few days ago she learned to roll from her back to her stomach and now she is rolling from her stomach to her back! It is crazy to think that this "mobile" little individual is the same girl that just a few months ago was learning to pick up her head. Amazing, isn't it, what they can learn in such a short time. Think of all the things that you and I could accomplish if we learned things as fast as baby's do. In no time flat I'd have a whole book of the Bible memorized, the entire E3 curriculum, all of my cousins, aunts, friends (and Korey's too) birthdays, the pledge of allegiance, the directions to all the places I want to go, how to fix a tire on the car, and the prices of every major item at each place and if it's a good deal or not. (that one my Mom told me that I'd just automatically start knowing once I started buying it all and it's been almost 4 years now that I've been buying it all for our family and I still don't know what a good price for butter is!! Usually I just buy the cheapest stuff...) Unfortunately I haven't acquired any of those skills- I do know how to roll over, though! :) Now if I can just work on the being as flexible or have as strong of tummy muscles!!!

Puppy Love!

Hailey was playing on the floor today, and for a rare showing- Allie decided to go and lay by her. Maybe she was interested in her toys or something...whatever the reason, it was pretty fun to watch them together. It was nice, too, to have a reason to like Allie...lately she has been running after walkers or barking at other dogs from the house and it has gotten super annoying. It used to be that we could let her outside with us and she would just stay by our side, or at the very least she would obey us when we called her off of something. And now I feel like I can't even let her out to go to the bathroom without putting her on the leash. This morning I let her out to go to the bathroom and from the backyard she heard another dog and made a beeline for the front yard, barking and acting like she was gonna eat this little dog...so, here I am in my pajamas without my teeth brushed or my hair done running after my very bad dog!! It was so embarassing. (the worst part was that I had slept in until 8, today....so, that lady probably thougth I was a super huge sluff off that never does anything...) Anyways, I don't know what has gotten into her lately, but I'm not a huge fan of whatever it is!! But, for this afternoon anyways, she decided to work on getting herself back in my good graces. :) (and what better way than spending time with my favorite person...see, even Allie has figured it out!)

Here's Hailey reaching for Allie. It's so fun to see her reaching for things...although it does make it harder to feed her or have her sit on your lap and do much of anything!

Hailey is grabbing onto Allie's mouth....she pretty much had a death grip on it. I thought it was pretty funny, but apparently Allie did not!(as you can see by the next picture)

Allie saying "I have had enough!"

Poor Hailey looking lost and dejected without her buddy...or play toy. :)

As close as Allie got after that! (and Hailey rolled right over, trying to get closer to her! she just really loves Allie. I can see them being good friends in a few months...ok, maybe more like years! But, hopefully the love will be mutual someday) ;)

I loved this pic, too, 'cause it shows how Hailey rolls over- she grabs the back of her legs and just hikes herself up and over. It's so funny to see how she prepares herself to roll!! (like it's a major event or something...) ;)