Hailey lately

Here's my baby, or should I say amazon woman, lately! She's 11 months, walking, into everything, wearing 18-24 month clothes, weighs 24 lbs and she's in the 99th percentile for height. She loves her brothers and her blanket. She loves going outside and heads right for the street as soon as I open the door (scary!). She has to have food on her tray or she won't sit in her high chair, even while I'm actively feeding her. She signs 'more' and tries to say 'all done' and has a new habit of letting loose a high pitched scream. If you get her in the car at the same time as Chase she will relentlessly yell Ahhhh! She has this new sound she makes- she sucks air in while saying Oh! And she makes a great OH! face to go with it. Hailey is such an easy going girl I feel like we can take her anywhere, she hardly complains even when it's past her bedtime. I've had a very hard time finding shoes that fit her feet, and she takes them off as soon as shes in the stroller or car. She makes us laugh and she's so sweet, we love our Hailey girl!

Meals From The Heartland

Have I mentioned I love Iowa? I love Iowa. There are some of the coolest people here and everyone is super friendly and caring. They have a service project that we've been able to participate in for the second time called Meals From the Heartland where groups prepare food to be sent to those in need. My family and I scooped rice, veggies, and protein into bags, weighed them, and packaged them for shipping to places around Iowa and to Haiti. It's set up so anyone can help- as pictured below Chase is at a scooping station with 2 of his friends :) Even Hailey came along (and wore a stylish hair net). It is a great service project to be a part of and a great way to teach our kids to serve others and to be aware of people who don't even have their basic needs met.

It was set up in a huge hall downtown and there were so many people working, it was amazing to see. Hopefully we can do it again next year!