Memorial Day Weekend 2007

Just a quick entry to publish our busy Memorial Day weekend!
Saturday we went down to Parish to visit our friends Brian and Beth. Todd and Melissa were also there with thier little girl Makenna, who is Haley's age, so this gave them a chance to get together and play. Melissa brought TONS of activities to keep the girls busy. Haley also had a blast swimming in the pool! Here's a pic of Makenna and Haley painting.


The girls also got to go on a tractor ride with Uncle Brian and they saw a gator in the little lake behind thier house


And you can see that Lola really enjoyed the day...


On Sunday we went to the airport to say goodbye to Grandma Twinkle, who came to help when Lola was born. Haley had so much fun getting to know her while she stayed with us. Here's a picture of the crew at the airport:

What a Day!!

Here's what our day was like yesterday:
1) I woke up with a 102 degree fever for the second day -- feeling pretty lousy.
2) Mick was kind enough to take Haley to school in the morning. Since my car was parked in back of his, he took mine... or at least planned to, until he tried starting it and the battery was dead! So he pushed it out of the driveway and parked it on the street so he could take his car. What a hassle!!
3) Lola was having her own day of fussiness and didn't really sleep well all day -- which is a bad thing if you are only 2 1/2 months old!
4) As the evening drew close, Mick thought he would help calm Lola down by swinging on the porch swing (which she loves)... Haley joined and there were three on the swing... which is not unusual, however this day, the swing decided to pull out of the joist and fall during a back swing, which is right over the driveway. Everyone was pretty shaken up, but no one was seriously hurt... just some scrapes and bruises. Lola has a nice raspberry on the back of her head and Haley has one on the top of her shoulder.
5) To top the day off, Haley begins to complain about her stomach hurting and moments later tosses up most of the days food and continues to vomit into the night.

This day couldn't get over with soon enough!!!!
Here's is a picture of daddy's little girl at the end of the day... so sweet! (oh ya, in the lower right corner, that is our family pukepot, which I used when I was a little girl!)

A Day at the pool

Haley had a blast last week visiting the City of Tampa's public pool. The pool we went to is a fairly new facility and is quite nice. Mick came over during his lunch hour and played with Haley for a little while too. He took Haley down the big red curly slide (in the background of the photo below -- you can click on the photo to make it larger), which she LOVED, until we were told that she can't go on it unless she knows how to swim. So needless to say, I think we will be looking into swim lessons for Haley this summer :) Here is also a video of her at the pool.

Here's a link to the City of Tampa Parks and Recreation activities available. There are a ton of things available. Haley also enjoys a great art class each week by the City of Tampa. She has been able to work a lot with clay and paint, along with some other creative things.

Here are some photos of the pool we went to: