It's been rough around our house lately...

both the kids have had a few "tumbles" and "rumbles" and each are sporting a nice little black eye!

Here's Hailey's...she got it from falling down our kitchen stairs into the mudroom. She was pretty tired and should have already been down for her nap, but instead she was opening the door and calling to Allie(who was outside) while I was cleaning up from lunch and she just slipped right down the stairs, landing on her poor little head! :(

And, here's baby Jack's! He fell off the bed and got the wind knocked out of him on Friday morning, but that's not what gave him the black eye...he got that from my parent's dog stepping on his face! (yeah, he did have a rough day on Friday...poor guy, I bet he was happy when he woke up and it was Saturday! ;))

I'm so thankful that neither of my kids got any more hurt than a black eye and a few scratches. Either one of them really could have gotten really hurt in their respective "tumbles", but I truly believe that God was watching over them and protecting them from any serious harm! And, I'm very thankful for how quickly baby skin heals- Jackson barely shows any of his cuts and scratches and Hailey just has a nasty looking yellow bruise that keeps getting smaller and smaller as the days go by!!

6 months!

Can you believe that this little cutie is 6 months old already??
I think that he gets cuter and cuter as the days go by.

Here's a little bit of what he's doing these days:

*eating pretty much anything and everything he can get his hands on!

in fact, he screeches and hollers like crazy if he doesn't get it fast enough or if it runs out. It doesn't matter how much he gets, he always wants more!! I think he's gonna be a little chunker soon. :)

*rolling all over the place. He doesn't really like to sit anymore or hang out in the bouncy seat or swing (the only reason we keep the swing around is because his sister is addicted to it...) ;) He even gets too excited to sit in his bumbo and has fallen out on his head two times in a row, now...oops!

*jumping like crazy in the jumperoo. He loves it because it's in our doorway and can see me, even if I go into the kitchen or the livingroom!

*giggles and laughs outloud at his big sister. The rest of us have to work pretty hard to get him to laugh or to distract him when he's crying, but not Hailey- she just says, "HI baby Jack" and he's smiling...what a little bugger, huh?!

*stealing his sister's blankie, bunny, and trying to steal her snacks! (he also "kicks" her and she tattles on him...I guess it's starting already...) I'm thinking he's gonna be kind of a bully, 'cause Hailey's rather wimpy when it comes to defending herself, even now, when she definitely outweighs him! Luckily (for him, anyways) he doesn't seem too concerned with her tears!

I'm loving the fact that I'm the mom of a 6 month old, now! It is such a great age- no more of that wimpy crying newborn stuff, he eats less often and sleeps for longer periods at a time- what more could you ask for?? He's an added joy to my life and I wouldn't change having him for anything in the world- even at 4 in the morning when he wakes up crying because he has to poop and is having a hard time... ;)

facebook for Hailey??

Yup, Hailey has a facebook page, now!

We made a "friendship tree" the other day and Korey calls it her facebook page... ;) It really is just a tree that I took all of our christmas card pictures and put on. We have some dear friends that are moving and it got me thinking about Hailey not even remembering them...so, I wanted her to be able to have photos of our family and friends so that she would be reminded of who they are- even if she doesn't see them all the time!

So, no, I don't think Hailey needs a facebook page, yet, but this tree was a great success for her. She LOVES it- she goes by it all the time and "counts" the people and the butterfly and flowers. :) If you don't see your picture on here it's because you didn't send us a christmas picture this year- so get on it!! :)

Isn't this adorable??? She's been sitting on her "princess potty" alot lately and actually has even gone poopy on there a few days in a row, now!! (she even says, "princess potty, momma" when she has to go) It may be the start of something good and pretty exciting!! :)

I just love this little girl! She makes me so happy. I don't think I'll ever be able to find a better helper or a kid that makes me giggle more than this little girl does!