We've been spending a lot of time outside, Haylee is our outdoors girl. It's hard for me to be out in the heat for too long being pregnant, but we got an inflatable swimming pool for the back yard so I can sit and relax while she splashes around. Haylee loves the water, here is a picture of her right after we came inside after a couple hours out in the sun. She was beat and fell asleep on the couch almost immediately. It's a rare treat when Haylee naps these days, so I took advantage and got lots done around the house while she slept.
I've been trying to encourage Haylee to be independent and do things on her own lately. I figure it will make things easier when the baby comes if she doesn't insist on me doing everything for her. The other day she insisted on painting her finger and toe nails all by herself. So, I put her in my bathtub and let her try. She actually did a really good job. I was expecting a huge mess but she was very careful and sooooo proud of herself....I'm sure you can tell from the picture.
Last week we got to watch our friend's little boy Charlie. He is so cute and was so fun to have around. It was like having a babysitter for Haylee. She usually insists on being in my lap or in the middle of whatever I'm trying to get done, but when Charlie was here she was just happy to have a buddy to play with. And I was happy to have some space to get a few things done. They played together really well. Haylee was much more excited about holding hands and posing for pictures than Charlie was, but he was a good sport. We hope he comes over to play again soon.
Haylee loves to help out in the kitchen! Here she is "helping" me make oatmeal cookies. She always wants to help me measure the ingredients and pour them in the bowl, her favorite part is the eggs. She's actually really good and it, and she hardly ever drops any shell in.We usually end up with a big mess afterwards, but we have so much fun, it's worth it!
Haylee loves to play in my makeup, I usually am able to wake up and get ready before Haylee wakes up so she doesn't get into it, but on this particular morning she was up extra early and so she wanted to get ready right next to me. It didn't occur to me that she was putting on my lip gloss that is supposed to last all day....until I tried to wash it off. It doesn't wash off! I thought she was going to have to where it like this all day, I tried everything. Finally I used my eye makeup remover and luckily it worked. She didn't have to look like the Bride of Chucky all day.
