TGIF

Hallie at Hadley's birthday party

Well we've officially hit that point of the year where everything's about to get a little crazy. There's a lot coming up in the next few months, but we've also had a lot going on in the last few weeks..and most of it wasn't even planned. The end of April Hallie's BFF Hadley turned 1! She is the cutest little girl and I can not believe she's 1 already. She had a Mickey Mouse themed birthday and it turned out super cute. Hadley was hesitant about her smash cake, so they stuck Hallie in and the two of them explored all the sticky frosting that they couldn't seem to shake off their hands fast enough. It definitely gave me an insight to when Hallie turns one..and I probably won't get my hopes up for that "all over crazy messy first birthday cake" picture that everyone on Pinterest seems to capture. The next week Hallie woke up in the middle of the night throwing up. It broke my heart to see her so sick. After a few hours of her throwing up nonstop, we took her to the hospital. No one believed us that she was sick. She was playing with the nurses the whole time. So Hallie got anti-nausea meds and some pedialyte, and Tyler and I were stamped with the "overreactive first time parent" sticker. Over the next few days it started coming out the other end. I knew she didnt feel good when she didnt want much of her bottles anymore. So we took her into the doctor. She told us it was just a week long bug, she looks fine, and we were yet again sent home with that feeling of just overreacting. Anyways, Hallie's doing better now.
The other day on top of being sick and her ear infection, I noticed that three (yes THREE) new teeth had popped through. For some reason, this bothers me. It tells me that she is growing up, and I don't like that. Pretty soon she'll be going to the dentist and losing them and (fingers crossed she gets Tylers teeth and doesnt need braces). She's just getting so dang big. I know I say that everytime I post something and you all are probably annoyed, but every time I sit back and think about what has happened, I'm reminded of how many milestones are flying by quickly. And now her birthday is just 2 months away.
A couple days ago I realized that my Navigator was trying to unlock and lock the doors contantly. The button to unlock the doors shorted out, and since then the dang car has been trying to lock the doors so the motor has been running nonstop. I knew it was eventually going to drain my battery. And sure enough yesterday the Gator had no life. We recharged the battery and all was fine. Or so we thought. The in-dash navigation system/dvd player/radio that the guy installed has a security code to prevent theft. Well it's a dang good anti-theft system. We have NO idea what the code is, it can't be reset unless we take it to somewhere far far away, and I don't have the guys information anymore. So as of right now we have no radio. It sucks.
Now would be a good time to mention that we will be in Redding in two short weeks. Although I am nowhere close to being ready physically, I am so ready to emotionally get away. I know I'll still have Hallie so I cant completely relax as much as I would like, but the thought of fresh air, memories, old friends, being outside the walls of this house that I stare at far too much, and spending time with my husband for four days just sounds marvelous. I can't wait to share the place I grew up with Tyler. I have been dreaming of this since we met, and in two weeks I'll be here :)