"Mary Had A Little Lamb"

Hailey singing "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and playing the guitar.

Another first.....

This week was full of firsts: Potty training and then yesterday mom decided to convert my crib into a BIG girl bed. I had been using a crib, but Mom said it was time for me use a bigger bed. Here are a few pictures of me in my new bed. I can get in and out of it all by myself.

Today, I did such a good job going potty and didn't have any accidents Mom let me get a tattoo. Here is a picture:

We also went out to dinner after Daddy got off work. We ate at Cracker Barrel. I chose Macaroni and Cheese, and Mommy and Daddy both had pancakes. I don't understand why they had breakfast for dinner. Sounds crazy to me. This is me at Cracker Barrel:

I'm a BIG girl now!

Sunday we said bye to diapers and HELLO panties. Hailey has done so good. Only a few accidents and none so far today!!! YAY! Sunday we went to the store, and Hailey picked out some panties. Her favorites were High School Musical and Elmo. Mommy's favorites were the days of the week with monkeys on the be-hind (see Picture). Hailey is doing so great being a BIG girl. Mommy is so proud.

Hailey is also turning into a little fish (or turtle as she likes to be called). We are members of the Vanderbilt Rec Center, and we are able to go swimming about everyday. She always wants to go and never wants to leave. Next week, we begin swimming lessons. Hailey is so excited!

This Friday we are also starting gymnastics lesson at Harpeth School of Gymnastics. Hailey is excited to do gymnastics too. Harpeth is where mommy took gymnastics when she was a kid.

Yesterday we met our friends Diane and Laura Beth for a spur of the moment lunch playdate. The girls had a lot of fun until, as Hailey put it, "orange boy roar like tiger". Apparently a little boy wearing an orange shirt "roared" at them. This brought Hailey to tears, and Diane began crying because Hailey was crying. Anyway.... they kept playing, but anytime a boy got close to Hailey she started crying and ran out of the play structure.

This morning we met MiMi and Uncle Clayton at the downtown library for Storytime. Hailey loves storytime. There is music, puppets, Mary Mary, the Professor, and of course a story. After storytime, we walked down the street and ate lunch at Quizno's. YUM!

Well that's all for now! Who knows what will happen the rest of the week!

A Great Memorial Day with Family!

So, I am just going to start from this date forward. It will be to difficult to back track the last two and half years.....

Yesterday was Memorial Day. Hailey and Kelley started off their day by taking a nice morning walk before Mike woke up. After our walk, we came home and fixed Dad a nice breakfast: eggs, bacon, and his favorite biscuits. After breakfast, we went out in the yard and picked up the remaining sticks in our yard. (Papa, Mike's dad, cut down two dead trees in out backyard, while creates ALOT of sticks to pick up) After we picked up the sticks, Kelley mowed the backyard that was starting to grow out of control. Then it was lunch time, and Hailey took her nap.

When Hailey woke up from her nap, she apparently woke up on the wrong side of the bed, because she did not want her diaper changed and threw the worst tantrum yet. It was a full out two year old tantrum, screaming and flailing around on the floor. Anyway, after we FINALLY got that under control, we began to get ready for our family to come for a Memorial Day Grill Out. Except this year, it was a Grill IN because it was raining. JJ (Mike's mom), Uncle Chris (Mike's brother), MiMi (Kelley's mom), Grandaddy (Kelley's dad), and GiGi (Kelley's grandmother) all come over to have dinner with us. We had a great time. Hailey entertained us with singing and dancing while Mike and Uncle Chris were grilling, and Mike entertained us with his stories from work.

I wish I took pictures to share, Sorry!

Beginning a blog....

Hello everyone! We have just decided to make a blog. Hopefully through this blog we will be able to update you on our lives by sharing stories and pictures. Alot has happened in the past several years.

First, Hailey was born January 3, 2006. It's hard to believe it was that long ago.

Hailey Grace Jones
1/3/06

She is 2 1/2 now and is learning and growing everyday!

This past year Hailey attended preschool at Westminster Toddlers and Twos three days a week. She LOVED it. She made lots of freinds and came home talking about her freinds and what she did at school everyday. Hailey is finished with school for now, but will gp back in July for two days a week for three weeks.


Mike is busy busy! Besides being a husband and daddy, he is currently interning with Vanderbilt Football and working at Target full time as a "Target Protection Specialist". He is currently set to graduate in August with his Bachelors Degree in Recreation Administration. He will soon be looking for a new job.

Kelley is busy being a mom and wife. She is currently taking a summer course (although it will be completed at the end of this week) in Abnormal Psychology. After the completion of this class, she will be out of school for the summer and is looking forward to spending more time with Hailey. Kelley is set to graduate next August (August 2009) with a Bachelors degree in Speech Pathology. She will then proceed to graduate school to earn her Masters in Speech Pathology.

We also bought a house about a year ago. And are LOVING it!! Here is a picture:

Here are a few more pictures: