A BIG Nipper

So Hayley is officially a crawler (or linoleum lizard as they're sometimes called in Florida). Sadly, her new found mobility got us kicked out of Little Nippers today. You see the rule is that once your baby starts crawling, it's time to leave Little Nippers. We (Mommy) really enjoys the social time with other mommies and their babies and I was hoping we could keep attending for a few more weeks. My thought was that I could keep Hayley occupied with some toys and that maybe she would just sit on our blanket and play, but alas, I should have known that my little rebel was going to show off her new skills. As I sat her on the blanket, I could see it in her eyes. She was practically shaking with excitement at all the open space. I quickly changed my tactic and thought "maybe if I just hold her in my lap..." WRONG MOVE Mommy! Hayley let out a shriek so loud that everyone in the room turned to look at us. With a heavy sigh, I set Hayley free and she took off across the room, stopping at each mom and baby and squealing at them as if to say, "Look at me, I'm HOT STUFF!"

So now that we have lost the weekly comfort and advice from the nurses at Little Nippers, Mommy will have to look elsewhere to find the answers to "what is normal?" I guess what I've learned from our time at Little Nippers and my short time with Hayley is that with a baby there is no such thing as "normal." This is a tough pill to swallow for a slightly neurotic new mother like myself. Speaking of neurotic...

Brian informed me that today he found a gray hair on his head. He told me that he thinks it just must have been a hair that didn't grow right and therefore was not "pigmented" properly. If he's getting gray hairs now, just wait until Hayley turns 13!!!!

Here is some new video of our little linoleum lizard doing her thing!