long time....

wow... it's been a long time! we have a lot to catch up on... first, new tricks!! we learned this in aruba. that's where we've been (and we had some company). i will try to get a good variety of pics onto the blog. i am also going to email out pics, since there are quite a few. if you want to get the pics, but aren't on our email list, email me! hailefam@gmail.com. there are a lot of videos on this, but they are fun (if you are a parent or grandparent... or just are incredibly BORED at work!!!)

i will add more tomorrow, but here's a quick update. david and i went jetskiing and tubing, david LOVED golfing... he got to be on the "dad's" team. and he improved in the few times he played there. nora adored being in the pool. she was an awesome traveler. there was a lazy river that we would get in the rafts and just float. you have never seen a girl so happy! we introduced a little bit of food, and really started today (more video and pics on that tomorrow...). she will imitate a lot of things (thank you david presley for teaching her how to stick out her tongue!!)

nora also blows raspberries, and can say four syllables.... dah dah, mah mah, bah bah and tah tah. she waves, mostly indiscriminately! and will do so big both on command and just because she wants you to remember that she is a big girl!

she has this new face to go with her new tooth. i will try to get a decent pic of it. she puts her upper lip in her mouth, with the lower lip still out. or, she will just rub her tongue incessently over it. she is still getting used to this new invader in her mouth! thankfully, i have yet to be on the recieving end of her experimenting!

i think that's about all for now. my child seems to be back on san diego time, my husband however is still on aruba time. i am somewhere in between. so, with both of them in bed, it is peaceful here! i should think about heading that way now. more tomorrow!!! enjoy

so, we learned so big! nora also got her first tooth! it FINALLY broke through on the 26th of march. i had threatened not to bring her to aruba if she didn't get it before then, but i broke down. she got to come. we had a great time! we did a lot of swimming...

and playing in the sand...

and reading menus...

and hanging with uncle jon (he loved to put her to sleep while everyone else ate!!! it was WONDERFUL!!)...

dancing with pop pop on the beach....

looking cute in flip flops!!!






















sleeping on the beach.... every day....






















and wearing sunglasses to match my mom! we looked so cute together!!