My Little Coco Chanel

Well, as I mentioned in Hadley's 7 month post, we had our first set of professional photos taken this past month.  Boy oh boy what an experience!  Mommy was all excited to get these taken as I had found this photographer way before you were even born and scheduled your appointment 8 months in advance! (I tried to get in sooner but they were booked)  For such a happy happy baby you sure did HATE this process.  Too much stimulation for you.  Changing outfits every 10 min, having bright flash go off in your eyes, having to sit by yourself and not be held.  You screamed the entire time.  Thankfully, we ended up with a lot of great pictures of you!  Now we can always remember your little rooster feathers hair style and your chunky chunky thighs.

Wilkes & St. Baldrick's

Our Wilkes.  Our sweet, generous, self-less Wilkes.  Words cannot begin to express how proud we are of him!!

A few weeks ago, Wilkes came home from school and told us that he was going to shave his head for kids with cancer.  Every year his school does a fundraising campaign in partnership with the St. Baldrick's organization.  This organization asks volunteers to raise money and shave their heads (or donate 7in or more of their hair) to kids with cancer.  The money goes to research or to help families pay for their stay at hotels while they travel for cancer treatments.  It's such a great cause and Wilkes just "had to be a part of it."

So, we created his online donation page, and asked all his family (and mommy and daddy's friends) to donate whatever they could to help him be the #1 fundraiser in his school.

He set a goal for himself of $150 and he raised a total of $415!! He loved logging into his page every day to see if the dollar amount got higher, and of course to him, even $10 received a big reaction of "WHOAH!!! $10!!! That's a lot of money"

So, to all of you who helped him exceed his goal, we send a big THANK YOU.  It's so great to see the support he has behind him :)

Here's what our boy looks like now.  He said, "this is the new me!"

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE him!!!!

7 is Heaven!

Hadley Doodle! Stop growing!!!! I just need to freeze you in this moment forever.  The past 4 weeks have been so fun with you.  You are growing by leaps and bounds and discovering EVERYTHING!  And, you interact with all of us, just melts my heart to smile at you and see you smile back so big at me. <3

Here's what's been happening to you this month!

YOU

• are 16lb 10oz and 26.5 inches tall!
• find and pick up microscopic things off the floor and put them in your mouth (agh!!)
• can entertain yourself in your jumpy for 45-60 min!
• hold your hands up when you want us to pick you up
• chomp down on everything (but no teeth yet!)
• reach out for mommy (not really anyone else yet)
• can say "dadadadada" (and mommy thinks you look so much like him!)
  

Hadley is 6 months!

Well, today is a big milestone my beautiful girl.  You're half a year old today!  I am in denial that this day has come.  It has absolutely flown by and I can't stop time, even though I want to!  Here's what's been going on this month.

YOU

•  are 26 inches tall!!!!
• like to gargle
• laugh a little more
• get really excited when we pull out a bottle
• like to bite a toy or blanket, you practically try to eat them all
• can creep forward and change directions
• will eat any type of food we set in front of you. Literally. Such a little piggy :)
• can stand while holding onto something
• sit for a little while before tipping over
• still put everything in your mouth 
• can say "mamamamama" which I can only assume is directed at me :)  But, your second favorite word is "babababa" (aka brother) and you actually direct that at Wilkes purposefully it seems.  So, it may be a tie as to your first word. I still say "mama" was :)
• love your blankie when going to sleep
• don't like anything on your feet or covering your legs
• look just like you brother at his age

Hadley Sleeps Alone

Big adventures have been happening in the Hewitt house. Hadley has been transitioned from sleeping beside mama every night to sleeping in her own room in her own bed. Now, some of you may say 'about time!' Others 'my kids slept with me until they were one.' Will said, "it's time. It's either me or her." And for mom, it was a tough call!

So, the plan was Mom was going out of town for 3 days on business and that's when it was going to happen.  I had to be out of the house or else no progress was going to be made (so sad).  And, so the first night comes and goes and Daddy said you did just fine!  Second night comes and goes and again Daddy says "she did great."  It was starting to make me feel bad, like I was the cause of you not being able to do it.  And, when mommy came back home, that next night was DISASTROUS!  I could hear you screaming up stairs and so Daddy made me put ear plugs in so I wouldn't get involved.

We've since been able to successfully transition you to your bed fully and sometimes you make it through the whole night, others you'll wake up.  But, we are working on it.  Just remember Hadley, when your older and end up in therapy it was MOMMY who wanted to come get you from your bed! :)

Hadley is 5 months!

Doodle-bug! My how time flies.  To be honest, I cannot even believe you are 5 months old now.  Other ladies at mommies work are bringing in their newborns and you look so incredibly big comparatively.  It's hard to wrap my head around it!

Here's a snap-shot of what you have accomplished this month!

YOU

• weighed 15 lb 4 oz and measured 24.5" at your 5 month appointment
• can pass a toy from one hand to the other
• grab things out of mommy's hand before i can stop you...
• roll over every time we put you on your tummy
• can put your own binki in your mouth (and even your bottle!)
  
• grab your feet and suck your toes
  
• can sit up for a few minutes
• giggle
• sigh
• do the horse thing with your lips
• got your ears pierced!
  
• started eating solid foods.  you're favorite is strawberry banana!
• have officially grown out of all your 3-6 months clothes and are fitting into 6-9 month outfits.
• love love LOVE your jumper
• talk talk talk talk talk!