Hadley - 14 Months!

I cant believe my sweet girl is 14 months old (Yesterday)!
She is getting so big and has such a beautiful personality! I love to hear and see her laugh, which she does non-stop. That girl rarely has bad day... We ARE SO BLESSED! She eats good, sleeps great, and loves to be cuddled! Her new favorite thing is 'being chased'! Its funnier for some reason with Graham does it, but he will get on his hands and knees and chase her around the couch!!! She laughs so hard she usually falls over a few times! My Mom and I just sit and watch, killing ourselves laughing at the two of them!
Last week my sweet girl got 'THe Croup"! It was awful! I still have no idea where she could have gotten it from but my heart broke to see her so sick! I thank God every day for having a healthy baby! This was the 1st major (taken to the emergency room)  sickness she has had! I was so panicked waiting in the ER every time the nurse, intake nurse, or whoever the third person was that asked me her symptoms that I just started crying!!!! I am sure they thought I was crazy but something about being in the Children's Hospital, holding your sick baby over-whelmed me with emotions! We were in and out within an hour and Hadley was given a steroid to beat the Croup. Within 24 hours she was feeling a lot better! She still has a little cough but they said that will go away within a week- 10 days!

Other than that our life has been pretty normal (for us anyway).
Grahams sisters and their families are coming into town on Friday so we will have a full house this weekend!!! We are excited to see them, especially the kiddos! Hadley loves playing with her cousins!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful week!

 Love this smile!

 Living in Canada you have to have a good snowsuit!!!

Watching Daddy play Hockey!

Change of Plans

Ok, Ok. So things change right?

1st of all, I am no longer "attempting" to run the OKC 1/2 Marathon! The timing just isn't going to work out for us to be in OKC that weekend! I was really looking forward to it, but oh well! Maybe next year ;)

2nd- we are no longer going to Costa Rica (for a lot of reasons), but we are now going to MAUI May 6-14th!!!! Flights are booked, and accommodations booked....that's right folks, we are going on Vacation!!!
We are so excited and its LONG over due. Graham and I always said that we would take at least one vacation every year but so far we haven't stuck to it :( Mostly because every time I get any time off I want to go home! I am sad that I wont be home in May but will be home sometime this summer! It depends on G's work schedule but for now it looks like June 30-July 12th!!!! Of course that could change, but defiantly no later than July!!!

Well I hope everyone is staying warm! Is anyone else wanting to see summer!!!!

Favs

Some of my favorite pics from Hadley's 1 year old pics by Callie Black- http://www.capturedmomentsbycallie.blogspot.com/

Ok so I have A LOT of Favorites!!!
Callie does an amazing job and I love every picture my sweet pea is in!

Two weeks down...

After two weeks of being back to work, I can honestly say, it has gotten MUCH easier.

Dont get me wrong, its still torture leaving the house every morning, and I miss Hads so much during the day!!! I would still much rather be at home with her than at work, but the days (usually) go by fast and I LOVE going home to my sweet girl! Her smile lights up my life! When I come through the door she is SOOOOO happy to see me! She immediately starting laughing and runs to me! She always looks so happy to see me, which makes my heart melt! It almost makes being away all day worth it.

My Mom is still loving being with her during the day and we love having her so we may never let her leave!!! We are still unsure what we will do after she leaves in May, but the uncertainty of my job and Graham being away for most of the summer makes it almost impossible to plan that far a head. So for now we are just praying about it and hoping the right doors open so that we do NOT have to put her in a daycare.



We have also decided on a MUCH NEEDED "hot" vacation! We haven't been on one since our honeymoon 2 1/2 year ago! We are going with a group of friends (and Hadley) to Costa Rica May 7-14th! We are so excited! I seriously already have a countdown up on my board at work! We are also going to OKC first which makes it even better! I am running (attempting) the OKC Memorial 1/2 Marathon on May 1st! Hopefully I don't have a heart attack and make it to Costa Rica! haha. So OKC April 30th-May 6th, Costa Rica May 7-14th, back to OKC, then Calgary on the 15th! It will be a lot of traveling but well worth it!



Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! I will try a get some new pics up of my sweet pea soon!

1 day down. :(

So today was a the 'big day'!
It started as badly as I expected.... The one good thing was Hadley, who usually gets up around 6:30 was still asleep when I left at 7:30! This sucked because I had to leave without seeing her or saying goodbye, but it was easier to leave without her screaming as I walked out the door. That was as good as it got though...
I was so upset getting ready that I made myself physically sick... yes, I THREW UP! (sorry I know its gross)! I am glad that I had only had OJ. I decided breakfast was a no go after that!
So I left for work in -20 degree weather, and on the on the way to work almost crashed my Jeep 3 different times! The roads were terrible not to mention I was bawling my eyes out the entire way.
I got to work, parked the car, and pulled myself together... I actually made it through security and talked to my boss for about 3 minutes before she asked about Hads and I lost it again! Needless to say this happened every time anyone asked me about Hadley (which was everyone) until lunch. I am so grateful that I work with all women and all mothers! Everyone understood and were super supportive. I went to lunch with some girlfriends which was a nice break in the day... The rest of the afternoon was pretty good. No Crying.No breakdowns.

It was horrible but I actually was doing a lot better than I expected by the end of the day. Hadley on the other hand did wonderful! No big breakdowns and was SOOOO HAPPY to see me when I got home. This made we want to cry, happy tears. She is so awesome and I love her so much. She was attached to my hip and G's (he has been gone for 5 days) for the rest of the night. Cuddle time before bed takes on a whole new meaning when you dont see your little one all day. I know tomorrow will be hard too, but hopefully a little easier than this morning.
Thank you to all my friends that sent me sweet messages today.

Cant wait until Friday @ 4:30!
Have a great week.
Jamie

PS CONGRATS TO MY BF's BROOKE AND SETH PITTARD and the arrival of beautiful Ethan Brooks on Sunday! Love you guys!

Hadley's Shots :(

Today was a rough day for my little one :(

She had her 1 Year Old shots, 3 OF THEM!!!! I shed a few tears along with her. It is absolutely the WORST feeling in the world to see your child in pain, especially when you 'let it happen'! I am pretty sure she cried harder than last time. I dont blame her though! I had the MMR a few months ago and I thought I was going to cry! It hurt so bad! Anyway, she was a trooper. She cuddled with me and then crashed for almost 2 hours when we got home. So far, no negative reactions.
My big grow continues to grow! She is 21.5 pounds and 30 1/4 inches long! She didnt hold a candle to the 6 month old that we were sitting next to when he weighed in at 22 pounds!!!! haha. He was a chunky little/big guy!

Here is my little monkey tonight...

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

This week :( Bitter sweet

I am going to try and not give the pity party too much because I know how blessed I am... With that being said, I am going to pity my self a little bit for a minute! This week is my last week at home with my sweet pea! I have been so blessed to be home with my angel, on maternity leave (THANK YOU CANADA) for the last year! I think that EVERY Mother that wants it anyway, should get the opportunity to have this incredible mat leave.
But here comes Monday! I go back to work on Monday and there have NO shortage of tears shed talking and thinking about this. I am so incredibly sad about going back to work but know that I am doing it for our family. With Graham being in school I really didn't have another option. We are very thankful that my Mom has agreed to come up and stay with us for a few months! This is so awesome because it allows us to keep Hadley out of daycare for a few more months and gives me an opportunity to get 'use to' the idea of leaving her with someone, and give us a chance to save a little money.... Especially since daycare here is literally 2ice as much as it is in Oklahoma.
I am sure I will have a few sad posts in the next couple of weeks but please bare with me! I am going try to see the positives it all. My Mom is so excited to spend so much time Hadley (and us) and I am happy that she is going to get to know her so well.

For the rest of the week I am just going to love my little girl every second of the day!
Say a little prayer for us in our transition next week.

A few pics from Christmas in Oklahoma.