sweet girl.

i managed to get this picture today while hadleigh was chasing me down the hallway... she's so cute.

me and my kiddo.

have you ever seen a more precious baby??

playtime.

hadleigh doing what she does best... play play play. 24/7. and not sitting still. ever.

hi, mrs. hatcher!

we love you!

8 months!

hadleigh is 8 months old today! it's hard to believe that she's only been in our lives for such a short time -- i don't know what we did before her! she's such a blessing. she is getting so big and changing so much every day! she is constantly on the move... she is never sitting still anymore. she makes me tired. she crawls everywhere and is pulling up on everything. she has turned into a little daredevil and likes to pull up and then hold on with only one hand. she hasn't gotten hurt doing it... yet. she has two teeth now. she's eating all the time. her favorites right now are apples and cherries, apples/strawberry/banana, and anything with chicken. i tried giving her some cereal puffs the other day... she has only figured out how to mush them in her hands. she's just so fun :) here are some recent pictures!

asheville.

this past weekend, jered, hadleigh and i went here:

this is the biltmore house. we took a little weekend trip to asheville... saturday we just walked around downtown and went in all the little shops. it was a lot like fayetteville. sunday, we ventured out to the biltmore. the pictures outside do not do it justice. it is a huge (5 story) house surrounded by TONS of open land, a winery, vineyard, etc. etc. etc. it's a house built in the late 1800s and is one of the biggest homes in the nation. it has an indoor swimming pool with the original lighting and super-old bowling alley. they also still had up their christmas decorations complete with 35-foot christmas tree. very cool. too bad we couldn't take pictures inside...

hadleigh hanging out.

biltmore, hadleigh, and daddy...

biltmore, hadleigh, and mama...

merry christmas!

we had a great time celebrating with hadleigh on her first christmas! we think she had fun -- we opened all of her presents for her, and she played with every bow and piece of wrapping paper. she's been playing with all of her toys now and wearing all of her new clothes! we didn't take that many pictures; we just wanted to enjoy the day with our kiddo, but here are a few that we took.

hadleigh climbing on sonny...


reading a new book with mama!



riding on her new push toy...

crawling around in her christmas gear.

santa came to visit!