Pretty in Denim

Hazel is 10 months old today! She has 3 teeth and I think she is currently working on the 4th. She is starting to say things that sound like "Hi Dada" which Jared is super proud of and she is always very happy to see daddy when he comes home (like drop everything she is doing as soon as she hears the door open and speed crawls to find him) and often won't come to mommy if daddy is holding her. 

She likes to stand and play with toys at the coffee table or the couch, she doesn't army crawl anymore.... (I was really sad when she stopped that one :( I think that one was my favorite) and loves to be helped to walk around, which would be why the only super smiley pictures of her are when she is standing...

The majority of the photo shoot Hazel had her back to me which was not very helpful, but her hair is coming in nicely and has cute little swooshes at the sides. 

Once she noticed I was taken pictures she wanted to show off all of her blocks.

Like I said earlier.. No more army crawl...

Fun Toys

With family visits over for a bit and projects relatively under control I finally have time to do some blog catch up! It feels like quite a while since I have done a post... this is a collection of pics and videos from over the last few month when there has been the odd time that I remember to take a picture of Hazel when she is playing nice or get a video of her without her noticing.

I caught Hazel snuggling the monkey stuffy, she was hugging it with two hands before, but I wasn't able to get a picture of it.

Another little stuffy to play with... it's a bit hard to see in the picture but she is laying on 6 or 7 little blocks while playing with the stuffy... 

Jared and I where both working on projects in the shop. Hazel didn't go down for a nap nice so she got to come in the shop for a bit. Daddy's "toys" were much more fun then her toys...

Sometimes there are certain objects that really get Hazel attention, when they do she loves to babble all about them, the tape measure is one of them 😍 (Video Below)

Nice plasticy, shinning DQ Coupons are another (Video Below)

Hazel loves to play with Daddy's hats!

Hazel found the laches on Jared's guitar case quite entertaining. I was also nicely entertained, by both Jared and Hazel's playing that evening. 😍 (Video Below)

This would have been a super cute photo from the last photo shoot we did, but she had to put one of her favorite toy lids in front of her cute smile...

Cold Snap

Finally cold enough to go skating but still "warm" enough to actually be outside for a bit! Got my first outside skate in since we moved up! Other times it just didn't work out or I was pregnant and not comfortable trying to skate as I haven't done it in ages! We got to spend our family day with our small family, some extended family and friends!

Used the rain cover as a wind block for Hazel, I think it worked quite well!

Us girls skated around the rink a few times while the boys played hockey, and then when back to a nice warm house while they finished up their game. 

One-Hundred!!!

 It's been a year since we have arrived in snowy Prince George! Just over a year since I started blogging and I have officially reached post 100! 

Even though it's neat to reflect on the year gone by and its MANY changes, I'm really looking forward to the year ahead as in theory there is not as much new. We are more or less used to the weather in PG and what seasons and work types go together. We have established good connections in our church to build on and we have a weekly routine to work with, which includes Jared's firehall practice on Thursday evenings and women's bible study every other Tuesday evening. It feels normal to have a baby in the house, though with Hazel's ever changing abilities, normal keeps changing as well. I'm not really looking for a "normal" year this year as that doesn't seem to exist, but "steady" would sure be nice! 

Hazel in a Minute

 9 Months already! I feel like 6 to 9 months went really fast!

So, what I want to do with this photo shoot was to take pictures of Hazel with the blocks.... as you can see there is no pictures of Hazel with the blocks as things didn't go quite as planned. I know I've said this before but these photo shoots aren't getting any easier... but they sure are getting quicker! Just out of curiosity I checked the time stamp on the first and last picture, it only took a minute, literality!

Picture taken at 11:27 AM

Picture taken at 11:28 AM as Hazel leaves the scene

Hazel can reach the couch seat while on her knees now, and she is slowly exploring with her reach more and more. 

Occasionally when a toy or object that she wants isn't to far away she will crawl for it on her hands rather then her regular arm crawl. If the distance is to long she tend to give up and goes to her faster crawl.  (Video Below)

I think that's it for updates on Hazel, she is working on and improving a lot of the skills she has already learned, she is teething off and on, getting a little more smiley and giggly, but you have to work for it. Overall she is still our little bundle of joy. 

Into, onto and up onto Everything

I'm sure this is only stage one of Hazel getting into everything, but still a significant change from just crawling around!

Hazel figured out how to tip over the book box and take out all the books.

This video is why I spend most of my day sitting on the couch watching Hazel and trying not to have mommy heart failure when she would start to climb onto things. I found it a bit nerve racking to watch her climb to her knees holding on to the bottom of the stool and then take turns taking one hand off and then the other, then almost hit her head, and then try and reach higher...once she did it a few times I managed to settle down a bit more... (Video Below)

She also learned how to reach the top of the coffee table that day... the table wasn't quite so forgiving as the stool and she did end up bonking her nose pretty good when she was climbing on the bottom shelf of the table.

The oven has a handy little hand hold that a Hazel can reach...

And if she reaches a bit higher the tea towels are fun to play with too!

But the best thing in the kitchen is the dishwasher or the open fridge if she can get to it fast enough. It is a perfect height to climb on to and if mommy isn't watching she kind find all sorts of neat things...

Caught red handed...

Even with all the new climbing Hazel has been doing she is still army crawling everywhere. But if you only watch her crawling from the front you are only getting half of the picture, so I took a video of her crawling away to find Daddy who is hiding behind the corner. 

Another thing to climb on!!!

The first time she has pulled herself to her feet on her own!

I'm sure many more adventures await!

Nova and Hazel Part 2

Oops... I forgot to post this one... These pictures were from a while ago, December 2 to be exact...

Every once and a while I try to get Nova and Hazel to spend some time together, most of the time I have to do this when Jared is not around because Nova is always more energetic when Jared is home. After getting all her face licks in Nova did settle down and play nice with Hazel for a little while. 

As cute as all these pictures are they are not exactly realistic... they are pics of what happened in a second...not a minute... there was lot of me intervening, holding Nova back, Hazel not really caring that Nova is there... I would love for Hazel to be super excited about Nova, but in general she actually doesn't pay Nova much attention at all, which is a little tricky as Nova thinks Hazel is the most interesting person ever...

Not so sure why I need to put Nova behind the gate, likely she started thinking that Hazel's feet were nice chew toys... even though I'm sure Nova is not happy to be behind the gate I just love how she poked her nose through it, so cute!😍