Hazel and Dad, January 9, 2008

Happy Birthday Hazel!!
Hazel turned 1 yesterday. I know everyone says it, but of my goodness time has flown by! Cory made her a yellow cake with chocolate frosting. There was, of course, pink accents. At first she was a little apprehensive, just dipping her little fingers into the frosting. She began with just one hand, but soon figured out that it would be much more efficient to use both!!

At 1 she has been crawling for about 3 weeks, she loves baby dolls, any kind of animal. She is currently very into facial expressions and animal noises. She scrunches up her face when she smiles, it is so not cute, that almost is cute, does that make sense? She is also trying get her "blue steel" look down. She pushes her eyebrows down and gives you the look. A lot of the time you find her crawling after the dog growling. You might think she is smart, but she makes the same noise when you say "ducks go quack, quack"

We love our big-ger Hazel!

Merry Christmas!

I know it has been awhile, I have been having major technical issues and I have been waiting for my technical support to come into town. Unfortunately they are located in Toledo, Ohio and don't seem to make it here often. But today, as promised they showed up and have somehow...without any work...has fixed it!!
This is a photo of Hazel just after her surgery in October. She had just come from recovery and was SO out of it. I cannot explain the emotions that came over me when we saw her safe and sound again. It was a long day of waiting for us. After this picture, she began her recovery like a real trooper. She was eating and drinking very quickly without becoming sick, and that was very important for her to do so that she could come home. She ended up staying only 1 night in the hospital, when the dr. had told us to plan on 3-4 nights!!

this is a test, and only a test

i wondering the other day, how do other people make their blogs so nice and pretty with all those pretty pictures? So i have employed my family to help me make my blog pretty. here goes nothing!