oprah.

oprah is speaking at duke's graduation in may -- and i'll be there! how cool is that??

baby big head.

apparently, that's what i've got. among other things, hadleigh is a big-headed baby; she's also bald and "healthy". today, we went to target and mcalister's. these are the various comments and conversations that occurred:

in the target parking lot, there was a woman walking up with her friends. i hear her say, "oh, look at the cute baby", which was followed by "look how big her head is!" nice.

on to mcalister's. we were sitting waiting for my food and had this conversation:

bald guy: (to hadleigh) hi there. i see you're wearing pink... i assume you're a girl?
me: yes, she is.
bald guy: how old is she?
me: 11 months.
bald guy: (to hadleigh) oh, don't worry. eventually you'll have more hair than me.

then another guy walks by...

random guy: well, she's cute. how old?
me: 11 months.
random guy: wow! you certainly are healthy. you must be quite a good eater!

wow. i'm glad i do not take offense to comments like these. but sometimes i do wish people kept some comments to themselves, please and thank you.

i love this big-headed, bald, healthy baby! :)

yellow.

it's official.
the tickets are purchased and i'm going to listen to this awesomeness. LIVE. in august.
i'm so excited.
it's ok if you're jealous : )

just because.

cute kid.

dog food.

hadleigh officially tasted her first handful of dog food today! apparently, i was a dog food eater back in the day... so my kiddo has followed suite. i've been trying to let her play and explore without being too paranoid; tonight, she decided this exploration included sonny's food. i saw her sitting there, and of course, when i said no ma'am, she grinned big and shoved some food in! i scooped one piece out. i kept watching her for a minute and noticed that she was doing some chewing motions with her mouth. checked again and she had a piece of dog food tucked in the side of her gums. WOW. what a handful that kid is.

graduation.

i registered for graduation today... one step closer to being finished! yay!