Our Baby Girl Turns 4

Today is Hayley's birthday. She woke up this morning asking to look at herself in the mirror to see if anything was different now that she's 4. She had a good hard look and concluded she looked the same. She is a sweet little girl who lights up our lives and makes us laugh every day. I thought of a few random things that I always want to remember about Hayley right now...

She takes after her Dad and makes up random words to songs all the time. Her two most common tunes she uses are "Popcorn Popping" and "Zippity Do Da". If you've never heard her making up words as she goes, it's actually quite the talent. We just sit and listen to her in awe at how she is able to think up new words and phrases (rhyming, and the right amount of syllables) just off the top of her head.


She has recently started having nightmares. The first time it happened to her, I went into her room after I heard her crying and asked her what was wrong. She replied, "Underneath my pillow there's bad stories and they're making me very sad!".... Saddest. Thing. EVER.


She still says certain words very strangely and we usually don't correct her because a) we don't notice anymore or b) it's cute. Lots of people comment on how she talks. Examples?
"Brother" sounds like "Broller"
"Different" sounds like "Dar-furnt"
"Carter" sounds closer to "Quarter"


She has so many nick names. Hayley Boo, Hails, Hayley Bayley, Hailsey Bails, Bayley, Bails, and a few other random assortments of gibberish that are far to silly to write on here. At this point, she pretty much answers to anything.


She loves animals and whenever she sees one her voice gets about 50 decibels higher.

She still has ridiculously tiny feet. Her feet right now, at age 4, are one size larger than the size Carter wore when he took his first steps. At 10 months. I am not kidding.


She eats the strangest things. Her 3 favorite snacks are: hot dogs straight out of the package, red peppers (I just cut her off a huge hunk and she munches on it), and dry (uncooked) spaghetti noodles. Random.


She's so so sweet most of the time, but can all of a sudden turn spunky. Walking back from the park one day, the nice old neighbor man asked her "Did you have fun at the park?" and she yelled back at him "OF COURSE WE HAD FUN SILLY!". Or she tells me things like "Fine. I'll come to the store with you but just don't try to talk to me."




Happy 4th Birthday Hayley! We love you!