Haylee's Singing Debut

Haylee can sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"

And those of you that need a translation...about halfway through the video she is singing the part "ba ba bove ba world so high"

(*notice Rylee in the background, lol. She'll hate me for having/sharing this video when she's older!

Still too hot....

So, I have been dying to get back outside again and this past weekend we got a small glimpse of fall temperatures. We ventured to the park for the first time in months but we only lasted about 10 minutes. It was still just too hot, even at 9am. But we still had fun for those 10 mins.

Rylee showing Haylee how to slide
Haylee plopped right down and scooted herself over the edge, no problem. She has no fear, what a natural.

My boys...

I was just taking a picture of Scott's shadow when Cruiser snuck right in and posed just like Scott.

Cruiser enjoys sliding too

The Sun and Moon

One day Rylee made up the song...

"The sun goes up,
and the moon goes down.
The sun goes down,
and the moon goes up."

She sings it a lot and gets mad (but thinks it's hilarious) if you sing it wrong.

"The moon goes up,
and the sun goes UP?"

Anyway, as we were folding laundry she looked out the window and noticed the moon was up during the day!! How could this be? She panicked and asked what was that? I said the moon and she said "Nooooo! The sun is up. What is that?!" I tried really hard to explain that sometimes you can see the moon during the day....to a 3 year old....

...she is still very confused.

Silly Girl

18 Months!

Haylee is 18 months old! She doesn't see the doctor until next month so I don't have any of those stats.

But...she is still the happiest baby ever, she gives the world's greatest hugs, she is the biggest cuddle bug, she has developed such a personality now and is learning her voice, and she loves dancing, and singing.

She still doesn't have much hair but the hair she does have looks awesome after a bath!

Dancing Babies

Both girls started feelin' the urge to shake it around 18 months. I have video of each of them dancing to the song of their choice. This is the first time I have been able to share the video of Rylee...oh how she has changed!

"Haylee's Gotta Feeling"

"Rylee's Bringing Sexy Back"

Our New Addition

Not much has been going on around here! We are cooped up inside avoiding going out in the 110+ degree heat! Last weekend though we ventured out and car shopped. Let me tell you, it was miserable...we spent about 10 mins looking at each car and then booked it inside to the air conditioning. We decided to trade in our small SUV now while we still would get more money than we owe for it and upgrade it to a big SUV. We searched for every used SUV on the internet (we had to buy used to stay in our budget since we wanted something bigger) and we looked at a bunch of different SUVs all across the valley. After many dissapointments and a lot of annoying car salesmen later we found our perfect match.

We bought a 2005 Dodge Durango. It seats 7, has rear air (A must have! Our old vehicle didn't have this which is crazy that its not standard in AZ! Our poor kids!), and a DVD player which Rylee has already gotten good use out of! Its great and in great condition.

We were obviously confused about the cash for clunkers program...Oh wait, we were suppose to trade in our older less fuel efficient vehicle for a newer more fuel efficient vehicle??!?! Whooops. We totally got that one backwards... ha ha

In other news, Haylee has enough hair to put a hair tie in!!! This is her 1st official "do".
And lastly, my cute as can be Minnie Mouses.