The Order of the Phoenix, 7-13-07

Here is some fun news for the several of you who are Harry Potter fans. Pictures and information about the upcoming film, The Order of the Phoenix, are starting to be released. It shouldn't be long before we get a teaser trailer, the movie comes on out my birthday 7-13-07. So to get everyone excited, here is one of a few new pictures from the film. It's a picture of my favorite part of book 5, The D.A. (Click the picture for a larger version.)

Funny Star Wars iPod Ad's

I saw this little paroday ad today and thought it was funny. Pretty much everyone has seen the iPod ad's around, but here are some with a little bit of a "geek" twist to them.

Alien Hair and Sleeping Baby

Here are some recent pictures of Hailee. Now that Hailee is starting to get more hair, Brooke is getting a lot more creative with the styling. I am not sure how happy Hailee will be seeing these pictures when she is a teenager. I don't envy the pain it takes to get her hair like that, but it looks cute.
Then of course, more pictures of Hailee sleeping. I know it's strange but it's one of our favorite things to do. We like to sneak into her room a few times each night and take pictures of the funny positions she sleeps in. I don't know how she sleeps like that, but it makes for good entertainment for us.
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Hailee's First Word

Today Hailee said her first word. She has been doing the "Baby Babble" thing for a while now, but everything is indistinguishable, sometimes what she says sounds like words, but they really aren't. Today was different, what she said was very clear and it was even in context, and she did it again so there was consistency.
Hailee and Brooke were just about to leave the house so I said "Goodbye Hailee" and she said..."Bye". Brooke and I looked at each other and started to praise her, she looked at us like we were crazy. It was a big occasion for us, but she wasn't really sure what the fuss was about. Then I walked down to the garage as Brooke was putting Hailee in her car seat, I said goodbye again and she said bye again. So we are counting this as her official first word. She is really close with a few other words as well, Mom, Dad and Hello.
So next time you say goodbye to her, she just might respond.

Family Pics

We had some pictures taken last weekend. Here are some to check out, they are small and low resolution, but you get the idea. Make sure to see the very last picture with Hailee's new cheesy, fake smile thing that she does all the time.