A New Year

I'm trying not to start the year 2007 with a bad attitude, so for my first paragraph I'll make some small talk and save my rant for paragraph two! We had quite the excitement here in Greyhawk Landing on New Year's Eve. As Brian and I sat down to enjoy dinner (with Hayley asleep per her 6pm bedtime, even on New Year's Eve), we quickly noticed flashing blue lights out our back window and a police flashlight shining in our backyard and across the street. The police car continued to proceed up the street and then after a few minutes circled back down our way. Of course we were panic stricken... it was obvious the police were looking for somebody. After several tense minutes we were relieved to learn that it wasn't a serial killer, and it wasn't a burglar, it was.... A COW!!!!! Yes, the police were on mad search for a COW that had gotten lose in our neighborhood. Now living in Florida I've been concerned about encounters with gators, snakes and spiders, but cows had never even crossed my mind. Looks like Bessie must have made a clean break because as far as I know she was never found.

So for my vent to start the year... Hayley is a little GIRL (and a darn cute little girl if I do say so myself). You may think that I'm telling you something that you already know, but lately there seems to be some confusion. Hayley has quite the personality and manages to attract a lot of attention anywhere we go. She squeals whenever she sees someone in a store and is quick to flash a gummy grin which evokes an immediate response out of strangers. The problem is that if she gets called a "cute little guy" one more time her Mommy may just have a conniption. Not that I can't understand it... after all, she's bald as can be and I know that she can look a lot like a little boy. So what's a mother to do to help her girl out! I understand now why babies get their ears pierced, but between Hayley, myself, and Chloe, I don't need another task to add to the list of daily hygiene maintenance and I've always thought of ear piercing as a "rite of passage" for young girls. I could put a bow in her hair, but the lack of hair makes that impossible as well! My only option seems to be dress her in pink. But that doesn't seem to work either as she has been called a boy multiple times while wearing pink flowers on her shirt. I guess I should be thankful, I'd probably be even more peeved if I had a boy that was being mistaken for a girl all the time!

Here's some video taken of Hayley on New Year's Eve. She's laughing and playing with Daddy, one of her favorite things to do! Cheers and best wishes for hair in 2007!