Hailey is ONE! On October 11th, we celebrated Hailey’s birthday in the beautiful Georgia mountains in Blue Ridge on our annual Fall trip (and while avoiding Hurricane Milton). Hailey is the perfect addition to our family. She gives the best smiles and loves to flirt with her Dad. She loves watching James run around the house and giving high fives to Claire. Her favorite foods are sweet potatoes, pasta, corn on the cob, quesadillas, and strawberries. She takes two beautiful naps a day and still wakes up for her midnight milk snack. She is such a fast crawler and will be in the other room before you turn around. She’s starting to stand on her own and recently took her first steps. She’s getting more confident and will be walking soon!
Now that Hailey is one, that means our last baby is officially a toddler. While I feel a little sad that the baby chapter for our family is complete, I am eternally grateful that we got to experience it three times. Before I was a parent, I didn’t fully grasp how special it is to watch your child grow from a tiny newborn, to toddler, to preschooler, to little kid, to big kid, etc. The same baby with the tiny fingers and toes is the same kid that you’re tossing a baseball to. The same baby that wouldn’t sleep longer than 2 hours at a time now needs to be pulled out of bed to get to school on time. That same baby that loved to rub their cheek on anything soft now has a twin bed full of colorful stuffed animals. Comparing my 7 year old (wasn’t he just a baby??) to my 1 year old shows how fast time goes and how quickly they change. It’s a reminder to embrace each stage and enjoy them in the moment. I remember asking a family friend (with two adult children), which stage was her favorite and she immediately said “all of them!”. I think about that often. 😊
Thank you Darlene Barlows for these beautiful beach photos of our family and capturing Hailey for her birthday!
To look back on Hailey’s earliest days, here is the blog from her birth story and her newborn session and my letter before her birth and our pregnancy announcement.
And just for fun, here’s my blog posts for James and Claire’s first birthdays!
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