She makes me laugh and cry

Hazel is getting smarter all the time, and she copies what we say and do constantly.  She comes up with the funniest things.  She can also be very difficult.

Some of Hazel's new phrases are one night and all the time.  Here are some examples: "I saw that man walking one night."  "Did you buyed that frame one night?"

 Hazel was with Whitney and Whitney was pointing to dragonflies and Hazel said, "I see dragon flies all the time" as if it's no big deal.  I saw her dancing in the room and she said to me, "I dance with Dad all the time."  It's even cuter if you know her little voice and how she says it.

 The first month after Hattie was born was kind of rough for me and I had a few meltdowns, and Hazel let me know all about it.  We were sitting on the lawn on a blanket and she was running around and playing and then she would come over to the blanket and put her hands on her head and put her head down on the blanket pretending to pout and say, "I can't take this" then she would get up and play and do it over.  I couldn't help but laugh.

Hazel was getting better with Hattie for a few weeks where I felt comfortable leaving them in the same room, but now I'm not so sure.  I heard a thump in the room the other day and then screaming.  I went in the room to find Hattie on the ground.  I think Hazel tried to pick her up and she fell off the bed.  Luckily Hattie was fine.  Last night I heard Hattie coughing in her bouncer, and I went in the room to find Hazel putting a triscuit down her throat.  Recently, Hazel has had a biting problem.  She bit me on the arm, and I have a huge bruise that is finally going away.  Brendan caught her with Hattie's fingers in her mouth the other day and she bit them.

Hazel has a nickname for Hattie.  She calls her Patty.  It's weird because she knows how to say h's.  When we have her slow down she can say it, so sometimes you will hear her say Hat - tie.

When Hattie is crying, Hazel will sometimes say, "Mom, the baby is grumpy."

Two weeks ago we took a family bike ride up to BYU.  Brendan and I were on the tandem with Hazel in the front seat and Hattie in her car seat in the bike trailer.  We were going down the hill by the Clyde building when our brakes went out.  Brendan turned onto the grass which is lined with metal poles and rope to keep people off.  The rope caught a hold of our bike and ripped out a few poles until we came to a stop.  Unfortunately the rope caught a hold of Hazel's leg and gave her rope burn.  It took off quite a bit of skin and she was screaming.  We felt bad because she was the only one that got hurt, and we were fine.

Brendan was telling what happened to his grandpa, and he was saying how he had to make a decision whether to keep speeding down the hill and crash or turn into the poles.  A few days later I was taking the kids on a walk up to campus to visit Whitney and we walked by the poles and Hazel said, "Dad had to make a cision over here.  Then for Family Home Evening we watched the movie The Pioneer Miracle (which Hazel wanted to watch 4 times) and the girl says that she had to make a decision and she made the wrong one.  During that part Hazel kept saying, "The girl made a cision.  Dad taught me that."