Pulling up & On the mend :)

In this post Haley is 9 months and 20 days old:

Haley is feeling MUCH better today, and she spent the day with Grammy! She woke up without a fever at all, and as I type this, she has made her way into the computer room with her walker. Man is she growing too fast! Like a WEED I tell you!!!

Last night, before her bath we had stripped her to her diaper becuase she had food on her clothes. We came in here to work on something, and she was playing at her karoke machine. When we walked back into the living room, this is what we found:

Obviously she is trying very hard to become mobile, and I am sure it is just a matter of time before we will be chasing her around. Her cousin Elijah is coming to see her this weekend, escorted by his mom and dad :). We are all looking forward to their visit, and I am sure I will have lots of stories to tell and pictures to share after thier visit. In the meantime, enjoy the following video! We FINALLY caught her talking....ENJOY!

Sick Baby

In this post Haley is 9 months and 19 days old:

Well, it has been an interesting few days around our house. Saturday, Rachel kept Haley all day while Ethan and I went to the Ole Miss football game. They had a great time, and she was a complete angel. Then Sunday, she was home with us, and while her overall mood was ok, she was starting to get kind of clingy. Didn't wan't to be left alone. We went over to our friends Amy and Sanford's house, and played with them and Chloe and had chili and had a great time. Well, yesterday morning, we got Haley up and she was burning up. She had a fever, and when Ethan and I looked in her mouth we could see blisters on her throat. Turns out she has a virus called Herpangina. It is blisters in her mouth, and is very common among toddlers and pre toddlers this time of year. There isn't anything we can do, other than give Tylenol and Motrin, and maker her as happy as possible.

She is starting to get better (we hope) and sleeping a lot. We are thankful for her schedule, because even when she hasn't been feeling 100%, she still sleeps like she needs to. I am going to post some videos from Sunday, that should make you smile. On a good note, she apparently had a growth spurt from 9/22 to yesterday. She is now 29.5 inches long and 23 lbs 6 oz. Our big little girl! Hope everyone is well!

Love, Susan

Dancing Queen

In this post Haley is 9 months & 13 days old:

This past weekend, Ethan and I were in the spare bedroom and he was uploading music to his ipod. Haley, walking around in her walker, came in to check things out. Apparently, she is a fan of rock and roll. Enjoy!

Ethan & the Presidental Debate

As you may or may not have realized, the 1st Presidentail Debate was held at our very own University of Mississippi on Friday night. Ethan is one of the Fire Inspectors at the University, so he was able to be in the debate, and also had the opportunity to see, and have his photo made with, some very famous people. I was excited to see that he met Katie Couric (I cried when she left the Today show) and Rudy Gulianni as well :) Here are the pictures, what a neat night!

9 Month Checkup

In this post Haley is 9 months 6 days old:

Hey everyone! I forgot to post on Monday after her appointment, so here is the update :)

Haley weighs 22 lbs 13 oz, is 28 1/2 inches long, and has a head circumference of 48 cm. She is in the top percentiles for everything :)

The doctor was very pleased with her development, and wants us to work on getting her totally onto table food, and off of baby food. So far she has had some roast, potatoes, carrots, purple hull peas, and other finger foods. She is doing fine with it, but we found out yesterday that gassy foods like peas make her mad :) She probably comes by that naturally :)

We are going to continue on the formula, until 11 months, when we'll transition to whole milk. That will make Ethan happy as he misses whole milk, so I guess I'll buy that for him and Haley and buy low fat for myself :)

Haley also got the first part of her flu shot on Monday, and so far so good. Her ears where "beautiful" and that was good news since we just got the bill for her tubes :) Money well spent!

I hope everyone is doing well, Haley says hello and COME VISIT :)

Love,
The Peterson Family :)

Hotty Toddy Grove Day!

In this post Haley is 9 months 3 days old:

Yesterday Ole Miss played Vanderbuilt in their SEC home opener. Although Ole Miss did poorly, Haley definately stole the show in the Grove :) Here are some pictures!

Daddy & Haley
A very excited Haley!
Haley & Mama
Haley, Grammy & Mama!
The Peterson Clan
On Daddy's Shoulders watching the Band
SO EXCITED!!!
HEY DAD! Isn't this NEAT!

Photo's Galore!

In this post Haley is 9 monts 3 days old:

Ok, so I said I had some photos that I had been taking but not posting, so here they are! Enjoy!