Don't Tell Elmo!

So far this week has kicked off to a great start!  Hailey slept for over 13 hours last night (food induced sleep from Granny Nanny's babysitting I'm sure! But I'm not complaining!)  and I got to go to my Cycle class bright and early this morning (6am!!  ugh!) while she was still fast asleep.  I long for the days when she doesn't get kicked out of the gym nursery after 15 minutes! 

More importantly, baby music class went flawlessly!  Hailey was laughing, singing, waving and clapping (yes, she's waving and clapping now Grandparents!) and demonstrating her soldier crawl to the entire class of "Richmond Elite" mommies and babies, while I was trying not to be embarrased, but instead proud of her "special way" of moving around!

After a very long and hard nap (for the both of us!) we woke up and had lunch with Daddy and played in our playroom.  We've been trying to hide from Elmo the fact that he is slowly being replaced by "Funny Bunny" the musical rabbit!  We started playing with him only when we wanted to make Hailey stay still long enough to at least change her diaper, (forget buttoning or zipping up her clothes, that simply doesn't happen all at once anymore with our Litte Wiggleworm!)  Then we took him with us to get our most recent series of shots, and then he went with us to baby gym and music class, and now he seems to always be by her side!

These looks somewhat demonstrate how early Buggy's attitude, I mean personality, is starting!  I was attempting to sing some of the songs from our music class this morning, but clearly I'm not the best singer!  She usually gives me a blank stare or a little smirk as if to say, "Seriously Mom?  You are not a good singer!"

Yes, she is still doing her unique soldier crawl, at almost 10 months.  We asked the instructor at Little Gym on Saturday if she's ever seen a baby crawl like that, and she responded, "It sure is different, isn't it?!"  Hmmm...I guess that's a no!

And her favorite toy is still the padded flooring...

...but now she is also pulling up!  What an exciting world it is up here!

...and down we go!  To which Doug and I always respond with, "Yay!!" and clap our hands like she has just performed an amazing trick that wasn't supposed to hurt!

And up she goes again, trying to break out of her "baby jail!"

Of course I let her out after I took this picture...I mean, look at that face!