Wow, Hailey Bear.  It’s been over three months since we blogged to you.  And, so much has happened.  Everyone told us how fast time would fly, but we just didn’t understand until it actually happened to us.

You turned two years old a couple of weeks ago and in true Nash style we had a party for you.  Everyone had a wonderful time.  You are pretty spoiled and have so many wonderful, kind, and generous friends and family, too many to list here.  One of your many notable gifts was your very first tricycle from Grandma Karen and Grandpa Bruck.  You haven’t got it mastered yet, but you definitely get the concept.  You’ll be flying around in no time at all.  Grandma Lulu and Papa got you your first wagon.  So I bet if I put in a good word with Grandpa Nash and Abby they might be the ones to get you your first bicycle.   Oh…wait.  Maybe mommy and daddy should get you your first bicycle and leave the first car to Grandpa and Abby.

Grandma Karen flew down from Iowa for your birthday party.  She stayed a couple of extra days to spend with you.  You even got to play hooky from school for a couple of days for some quality Grandma time.  The last two times grandma came to Texas for one-on-one Hailey time you we’re feeling well.  But this time you were in great spirits and the two of you had such a great time together!

You’re vocabulary is exploding and you’re like a little sponge right now.  Mommy and I have to be very careful not to swear, one slip and you’re sure to pick up on it.  You haven’t mastered full sentences yet, but you definitely know how to put your words together and communicate your thoughts and feelings.

Your favorite things to do right now (in no particular order)

• “Watch-a Barney” i.e. Watch DVR’ed re-runs of Barney the Purple dinosaur.
• “Check-a mail” i.e. go out to the curb with mommy or dad and get the mail out of the mailbox.
• “Go outside”  it doesn’t matter what your doing, as long as you are out site you are happy.
• “Blow bubbles” you LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to blow bubbles.  As this activity combines two of your favorite things, outside and bubbles, you always have a catastrophic melt down when we tell you it’s time to go inside…even if you’ve been blowing bubbles for an hour.
• “Tinkle star” and “Abcdef”  You love to sing and be sung to.  Your favorite songs are Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and your ABCs’.   You usually leave out the second twinkle and there’s usually a missing W when you sing and right now can only make it to the letter F with your ABCs, but it’s only a matter of time.
• “Swing” Again, as this is an outdoor activity a meltdown is all but assured when we try to tell you we’re done swinging.

You are definitely the girliest of girls.  Your favorite color right now is very clearly Purple, with Pink a close second.  You’ve got a really good grasp of most or your primary colors.   You don’t like being dirty, things that are dirty, and are obsessive about cleaning and wiping your hands.  You’re cautiously curious.  You’re rather reserved and shy, not a head first barrel through anything kind of girl.  When you see something you don’t quite understand you’re quick to run behind daddy for protection.  It takes a little coaxing, but after daddy’s shown you a few times something is safe you become really curious about new things and are so proud when you accomplish new feats.

So many more milestones we’ve missed blogging about, we’ll try to do better about righting more frequently.  But never fear, I think we have between two and three million photos and videos that have captured in image what we’ve failed to capture in words.

Love you Monkey,
Daddy