looks like me

The older Hailey gets the more I think she starts looking like me. I attempted to put her hair into a pony tail for the first time today. Her hair is still short on the sides and longer on top but we accomplished our mission:

'half way' party

I'm happy to say that it is well over the half way point of Micah's deployment! I recently attended the ships Family Readiness Group (FRG) half way party. This party was of a tropical theme much like a luau, there were leis, grass skirts, pineapple's and we even played limbo. A half way party is basically a party for all the spouses(mainly just women, out of about 150 people 2 were men) to dress up, get together, have fun (that's what you do at parties) and celebrate the fact that you have made it half way through the deployment. I decided last minute to attend, and I am glad I did. I was well over do some much needed adult interaction without having to worry about what Hailey is putting into her mouth this time. Although it was a struggle for me to be away from Hailey for six, I repeat SIX hours! I had an awesome time with some of my friends. And yes, there were many phone calls and text messages sent to make sure she was ok.

beachin' it

I love the beach, I love feeling the hot warm sand in my toes and having the sun beat down on my SPF slathered skin. Since we live by the beach we feel that our daughter should be no stranger to it. With that being said, she has now been more times than some people have gone in their lifetime. She stays well shaded under an umbrella most of the time with a hat on and lots of sunblock being reapplied every hour or so. This is how we have been spending most of our sunny days, if not at the beach than down by the pool.