update

Sorry i have not updated this in forever! A lot has happened/changed since i have last posted. Our little girl turned one at the end of April. She is getting so big. I can not believe how fast the time is flying. She is also learning a lot more things. She knows where her hair and feed are. She can clap her hands, give you high five, can "spit" on cue (after seeing one of us do it), can wave, shake her head "no" and when we ask her "can i have paci" she takes it out of her mouth and sticks it in our mouth. She is a smart one! She also has 3 visible teeth and her two top front ones are in the process of coming in. She will walk when we hold on to her hands and is getting more brave by the day. She will stand for seconds at a time and while standing will move along the walls or couch. I know that any day now she is going to be walking. She loves playing out side. We got her a pool and sandbox for her birthday and just loves them. She also loves crawling in the grass and going for walks. She is also a big girl because she is now sleeping in her room at night. We use the monitor to keep a listen in on her, but so far things are going well.

We are excited for this summer and all the things that we get to do with her. We cant wait to see how she reacts to the beach and going swimming in the lake and in the pool.

pictures

Here are some newer pics that i have of my girl..... Enjoy!

new things

Well, i have not been posting as frequently on here as i have wanted to, but it is a start. Hailey is now able to do some things on her own and we are very impressed by her. She is a very smart girl. As we (or at least I) would say before she was born, she needs a big Kittleson head for all of my brains!!

She is able to clap her hands, give high five, shake her head "no" when we say no, crawl all over the place (she is very fast) and she is also now just realizing that she has hair. She likes to reach up and grab her hair! And also she can brush her hair. She watches me brush my hair, and then we give her her brush and she will reach up and try and brush her hair. It is so cute! We will have to get some of this on camera.

I guess that is all for now!

update

Hi all;

Things are going well at the Kittleson household. Hailey is getting so big! I can't believe how fast the time flies. In the past couple of days she has learned that she can "skoot" along the floor. So now we really have to watch her. She is not on her knees, but will reach for something, move her body forward and reach again. She will keep doing this till she gets what she is after. Very cute!

Also a side note, i don't know this couple and dont even remember how i found their blog, but pray for them www.kellyskornerblog.com She just gave birth to a baby girl Harper, but she is having a few complications. Pleae pray for them and that Harper is healthy and well enough to come home eventually.

Christmas Update.

Merry after Christmas to everyone. Our holiday season went by very fast! Too fast i must say. We spend Christmas Eve with Dan's Family, so we headed up the night before after i got out of work. One of the scariest trips i have ever been on. It was snowing and blowing and icy! Instead of it taking us 2 1/2 hours to get there, it took us 4! and the way back home was not any better! 3 hours that trip took us. But to spend time with the Family and to have Hailey there with everyone was well worth it. We got some great video footage and a great time was had by all! Next year we will try and make the time up there a bit longer!

Christmas day we went to my folks house. First we went to my grandparents and spent time there. Then we went to my parents and opened presents and ate! It was so fun watching Hailey and seeing the excitement in her eyes when she got to see a new present of hers.

That night we went home and went straight to bed - we were tired! That next morning we had Hailey open our presents to her. It was so cute watching her hold on to the paper and try and open things. Can't wait to see how she will grow this next year and see how she handles Christmas in 2009!

Dan has had these past two weeks off and has been Mr. Mom watching Hailey. He has done such a great job! He is also in the process of painting our kitchen. It looks great babe!

We also got rid of my beetle and got a Dodge Caliber. I love it! More room, which is great!

We are excited for the new year and to see what God has in store for the Kittleson family. I am learing to rely on Him more and more for things and realizing that He is in control of things, not me. He is the one to trust in and to lean on for everything. Nothing is impossible for Him.

Hope everyone has a happy New Year!

Hi Everyone! We had a great weekend. Dan worked on Saturday and then we spent the rest of the day at my parents hanging out with the neighbors and eating pizza... we had a great time! Had lots of snow on the way home. We stopped along the way and Dan helped two different people push their cars out of snow piles. What a buff husband i have!

We are getting very excited for Christmas. I have all of Hailey's presents wrapped. Now i just have to finish my shopping and wrap everything else! We also finally found a stocking for Hailey last night and hung that up. We were also able to add another building to our village! Now our decorations are complete. Now i just have to do the Christmas cards! Its nice though at night sitting in our living room with the tv on and just have the Christmas tree lights on....

minnie me

Hi everyone. Thanks to my sister Shelby for emailing out to everyone the correct way to get to this site. Things are going well over all in the Kittleson household. Hailey is just starting to get her first tooth! It is in the bottom in the front. I tried video tapping it the other night, we will see how that went. She is starting to get so big! The picture is one of my favorites. I think she looks like "minnie me"