Exciting!

A couple of quick, exciting things....

#1: Hadley said her first word on Saturday morning. She was laying in bed and she said, "Hi!" It was pretty cute. I can't wait until she starts talking all the time!

#2: This is long overdue, but Sam finished his MBA last month. I am seriously so proud of him. He has worked full time while going to school at nights. He is such a hard worker and I'm proud of this accomplishment of his. I'm really excited that now I can hang out with him when he is done with work!

That's all for now!

Summertime Weather

The weather was amazing over the weekend...blue skies, 83 degrees and gorgeous! I wanted to take Hadley swimming but because we don't have a pool, I opted for a photo shoot instead.
I've started making the HUGE flowers that go on her headbands. I'm basically addicted because I think they are so cute!

Funny

Hadley was in her crib laughing and I went in to find this. By the way, she looks like a boy in this picture because of her blue and green pajamas that Sam picked out for her.

Solid Foods

Last night we fed Hadley some rice cereal. She really liked it for the most part. A couple of times she got a look on her face like she was disgusted, but by the end, she was reaching for the spoon and holding on to it. Here are some funny pictures..

5 months old

Well, Hadley is a little over 5 months old now and it's hard to believe how fast she is growing up! She is so fun, so observant and so happy. We love her!
I took these pictures this morning. I was laughing so hard that it's amazing that I got such cute pictures!

Easter.

We had a really great time in Reno for Easter. We were able to spend time with my family, which was really great. It is so much fun to see my sisters play with Hadley, they all love her so much. Here are some pictures of our fun weekend! Warning...there are a lot of pictures!

My family


The McCombs grandparents


Wyatt was sooo excited!

The goods.

Morgan & Hadley

Annacy running to collect eggs

My cousin's baby, Maxxwell who is 8 days older than Hadley

My cousin's little boy, Simon


Janessa and Hadley

Hadley in all of her Easter glory...

Ruby vs Hadley

Cousins!

Hadley & Ruby like each other. Ruby is about 6 weeks older than Hadley. Ruby likes to stick her fingers in Hadley's eyes and mouth and Hadley lets her do it. Here are some cute pictures of the two of them. Just an FYI, Hadley's hair is that crazy and we don't do anything to make it that way. Can you say "White girl fro?"

Hang Gliding

So I came across a guy on Craigslist who was offering to certify a prosepective Hang Glider pilot if they built a simple website.  I emailed him and we have been talking now for a little bit about getting me certified to Hang Glide.  The name of the website is www.bahanggliding.com.  I haven't actually done anything yet, but told him I would try to finish by the end of the month.  Who knows if this will be me someday.... I will probably pee my pants on day #1 and call it quits.

Fish Tank

I can actually tell you the species of everything in this tank.  I have had salt water fish tanks for 1 - 2 years total now, and they are really fun.  Hadley is in love with "Rocky" the black onyx clown fish.  I really like the SPS corals, and zoanthids in this tank.

Aah!

I took Hadley to the doctor the other day because I thought she had an ear infection. She was pulling on her ears and SCREAMING! It turns out that she is just teething. Nothing has broken through the skin yet, but she sure was mad for a couple of days! Thank the Lord for Baby Tylenol! 

Here is a cute recent picture of her. She is so cute and loves her book, "sparky the dog."

Tagged

I've never been tagged before but Summer tagged me like a month ago! Here is a lot of information about me that you probably don't even care about.

10 years ago: I was 15-almost turning 16. I was seriously counting down the days until I could date. I really thought that tons of boys would be calling me when I turned 16, but they never did. It was surprising to me then, but now as I look back at pictures of myself in high school, I know why nobody really asked me out on dates until college. Sad, but true! Let's just say I'm really grateful that I eventually started wearing makeup and fixing my hair. I was also working at the Church bookstore.

Snacks I enjoy:
The appropriate question would be what snacks don't I enjoy? I'm really into seasonal candy: candy corn, cadburry bunny eggs, peeps. Basically anything that is sugar coated and well, sugary is my kind of thing.

5 things on my to-do-list today:
1. Get ready for the Young Womens activity
2. Hadley stuff- feed, change, play with, read to, etc.
3. Load some crap on eBay
4. Some type of craft
5. Post office

Things I would do if I were suddenly made a billionaire:
1. Invest it. I would actually have Sam do that part
2. Buy a couple of Range Rovers (one in Black and one in White), buy some other cool cars, buy a cool old house in Piedmont
3. Go to Greece, Thailand, India and some other places, maybe buy an island somewhere?
4. Go on a huge shopping spree. Hello, Gucci!
5. Pay my tithing


3 of my bad habits:
1. I still put things under my bed even though I'm not 10 anymore
2. Poor organizational skills- I lose things all the time!
3. I crack my knuckles

5 places I have lived:
1. Reno, NV
2. Provo, UT
3. Our first house in Reno
4. Oakland, CA
5. that's it!

5 Jobs I have had:
1. Church Bookstore (lame!)
2. Dickson Realty receptionist (that job rocked! I got free stuff all the time from rich realtors)
3. Marketing/photography at a high end real estate company
4. Wedding Photographer
5. Mom (the best!)

Things people don't know about me:
1. I have recently decided that I have ADD. I thought I was always just a good multi-tasker but I think it's ADD. :(
2. I hate hot melted cheese
3. When I was 10, I really wanted to grow up and be an Olympic ice skater, even though by that point in my life I had never even been ice skating.
4. I used to steal construction cones in high school
5. I'm way good at writing stupid raps and poems
6. I knew I was going to marry Sam the first time I met him

I tag Amber, Jenn, Jentri, Ruth, Hannah and whoever else wants to be tagged

Yo yo yo

Hadley had her 4 month checkup yesterday. She is in the 75% for height and 3% for weight. She is TINY! The doctor wants us to really fatten her up. She is getting so cute and so much fun.
In other news, I have semi-returned to work, going and shooting pictures of homes on the market. I just go when Sam comes home for lunch so it gives me a little bit of time get out and about. Then I can do the rest of my work from home. It's a pretty sweet gig, actually.
That's all for now!

Hadley's Bumbo

Our friends Jentri & Shane gave us a Bumbo seat for one of our baby showers. We finally put Hadley in it to see how she liked it. She was a little timid at first but then loved sitting in it. Here are some cute pictures of Hadley in her Bumbo.

Valentines Day Weekend Revised

Here is a list of the plans we had made for Valentines Day/Presidents Day weekend:
*Fly to Las Vegas
*See the Cirque de Soliel show "Love" featuring all the Beatles songs
*Hang out with Sam's parents in St. George
*Go to the Home Show

Here is what ended up happening...
*We spent 3 hours on the airplane without even taking off because of high winds in Vegas
*We asked for a refund for our tickets and decided to cancel our trip
*After we get home from the airport (at midnight!!), the airline calls us to tell us that the flight was canceled completely and they had just finished getting all passengers off the plane

After we canceled our trip to Vegas, we decided that we needed to pack in as many fun things as we could to make up for our "almost" Vegas trip. So here is what we did this weekend.....

*Took a trip (finally!) to the De Young Museum. I have wanted to go for forever now, and I'm so glad we went. The architecture of the building is AMAZING and the artwork in the museum was awesome. We saw the Gilbert & George exhibit and we were able to meet the artists, which was cool.
*Went to Fort Funston and Ocean Beach. It was FREEZING! Hadley was so cold but she was a good sport. We basically walked from our car to the water and back because it was so cold. At Fort Funston we watched hang gliders which was really cool. Jentri and Shane are thinking about maybe learning how to hang glide!
*Went to Pigeon Point and looked around at the tide pools. The weather was way warmer and sunny and everyone had a good time. There was a huge elephant seal on the beach sleeping and we were all pretty scared that he would wake up.
*Drove through Hillsborough and saw some homes for sale for $10,000,000. Amazing.

I think we made up for the Las Vegas trip that didn't happen, don't you?

Cute pictures

Hadley is getting really good at laying on her belly. She sometimes toots really loud when we put her on her belly. It's pretty funny. Here are some tummy time pictures.





I had not taken any super cute naked pictures of Hadley. So today she posed in the nude for the camera. Adorable!