My sweet Hailey muffin is 9 months! I can't handle the rate life going at lately. My kids are all growing up too fast. It seems like just yesterday, Luke was being a unruly little toddler and I was wishing he would grow-up. Now he is doing things all by himself. On our way to the dentist last week he told me in the car that he didn't need me to come back with him and that he would be just fine, I could watch t.v. in the waiting room if I wanted. I love that he's growing up, but I just wish it would slow up a bit.
Now Hailey is already so big, I'm not ready for the baby of the family to change so quickly. Which is probably why she's spoiled and coddled. I just can't help myself.
Her 9 month stats are:
20.7 lbs. 75%
29 Inches 90%
She's such a little ray of sunshine, always happy!
You can tell she's grouchy/tired when the fingers go in her mouth...
But you know she's not messing around when she puts her other arm in front. She sleeps with her fingers in her mouth and her arm across her face. It's like she's holding her fingers in. Even when I'm feeding her a bottle, she puts her fingers next to her mouth and her arm over her eyes.
I love this little girl with her big bright smile, and her little giggles. She says, mama, Dada, and No. Funny that she's learned so young to say no. Ben was feeding her peas the other day and finally she had had it. She shook her head saying, "no no no no".
Now for the my excuse as to why I haven't blogged for a while. Well, Ben got a kindle for Christmas/birthday. When he got it, he kept urging me to use it and I kept telling him no. He decided he would just put a book on there for me and leave it at home. So of course I read it and I was hooked (which is why I didn't want to use it in the first place). Having free books instantly at anytime of the day without leaving the house was amazing. I started begging him to leave it at home during the day and then I wouldn't give it back till I went to bed. If you've been to meals with the Jenkins you'll know that moderation is not our strong suit. Ben realized that after we got married and he saw that we have to ration out the bacon and rolls (Jenkins favorites). Thomas Luke still doesn't think 5 rolls per person is enough. I could write a book on my and maybe some of my sibs. obsessive behavior over the years, but I'm getting off subject... Well, back to the kindle. Ben being the sweet guy that he is let me use it. Then I think one day he'd had enough, and he started taking it to work, and he even bought me a book to read. Well he could see I was going through kindle withdrawals, and he found one on KSL and drove down to south jordan to pick it up for me. He's the best. It kept me great company through all of February, because we have all been sick for pretty much the entire month. I don't even want to know how many books I've read in the last 2 months. The bad part is that, they're mostly the free crappy ones off amazon. So it's not like I've been expanding my horizons through reading. But now I've decided to change my obsessive book reading behavior, and I've cut back. Now that the kids are all feeling better, we've got stuff to do, things to clean, and fun to be had.
Now if you don't see or hear from us in a while you'll know I've gone back to my old ways and I might need rescuing. Seriously.
