I’m finishing up posting some pictures from our Christmas and New Years celebrations.

The day after Christmas my Aunt Jayme and Uncle Earl and their three girls came from out of town to visit.

Hailey loved having her cousins Bethany and Sammi to play with.

Hailey and Sammi watching a movie together.

Then on New Years Eve, Rich, Hailey and I went over to my parents house to join my parents, Matt and Ellie for a New Years Eve party.  We had tons of yummy food, watched some football and played some games.

An exciting game of Chutes and Ladders!

On New Years morning we had a delicious breakfast made by the guys.

Later on in the morning my dad thought it would be fun to take Hailey sledding down their hill.

Hailey was not convinced that sledding down the hill looked all that fun.

Hailey walked next to the sled while Pa tried to convince her to get on with him.

And her final decision- to walk down the hill.

So they built a snowman instead.

Last week I posted about Christmas morning and now I have finally had some time to upload some more pictures from later in the day.  In the afternoon, my parents, Mike, Matt and Ellie all came over for Christmas dinner.  (Some of these pictures were taken by me, some by my dad and some by Ellie.)

Everyone ready to eat.

Then it was time to open some more presents.

Murray and Brady check to see what Ellie is opening.

Hailey with some presents- looking a little tired from all of the activities of the day.

Hailey enjoying her gifts.

Then it was time to go to the garage to see Hailey’s last present.  (Thanks to Ellie for getting these pictures of Hailey’s face as she realized what it was.)

Hailey realized what she was looking at and that it was for her!

Checking out her new log house.  It will have to stay in the garage for now until the snow is gone and it can be set up outside.

Hailey looking out the window of her new house.

We finished off the evening with snacks and games.  Lots of fun times together with the family!

Here are some pictures of our Christmas Eve festivities:

On the eve of Christmas Eve, Hailey decorated some cookies for Santa.

On Christmas Eve we went out to dinner and then went to my Aunt Winnie’s house to celebrate Christmas. I was pretty sure that Hailey would fall asleep in the car on the way home from Aunt Winnie’s house, so before we headed out we had to take care of a few things at home.

Hailey put out some cookies for Santa.

And opened her Christmas Eve presents- a pair of pajamas and a book.

Then we were off to Aunt Winnie’s house.

Opening presents- Andy, Lyndsey, Aunt Winnie, Hailey, me, Kim.

Uncle Jim, Aunt Barb, Rich

Time for some yummy food- Ellie, Matt, Lyndsey, Andy

Hailey playing with her new Princess Tiana.

Time for the annual wrapping paper fight:

Family Picture

It seems like we have been so busy lately!  It’s always busy at this time of year but now that I am working too it’s so hard to find time to keep my blog updated.  I’m going to work really hard on posting more often though because I always enjoy going back and looking at old posts.

Work has been going great.  I am really enjoying my job.  My boss has let me adjust my schedule to work 4 days each week, which is great!  Hailey really loves going to preschool too.  I’ve been able to spend some time with her in her classroom now that she has adjusted to being there.  It’s great to be able to see her throughout the day while I’m working.  When we get home at the end of the day we have to pretend that we are at preschool.  Hailey pretends that she is one of her teachers- Miss “L” and Rich and I have to call her Miss L.  She is so cute and loves teaching us.

Hailey has a new friend at preschool, which I am so excited about!  Last weekend Hailey’s friend invited her to go to Chuck-E-Cheese for the morning.  So we met her there and Hailey had a blast!  Hopefully next weekend her friend is going to come over here for a play date.

Hailey is also loving her new ballet and tap class.  We go once a week and Hailey absolutely loves it!  I took a picture of her a couple of weeks ago while she was waiting for class to start.  Please excuse the bad quality, I took it with my cell.

Hailey in her ballet outfit.

We’ve been busy getting ready for Christmas- but today we took a little break from all the preparations and took Hailey to see her first movie.  Since she loves all the Disney princesses we knew she would just love seeing The Princess and the Frog.

Me and Hailey waiting for the movie to start.

Hailey did really good during the movie!!  She sat through most of it, danced during some of the music, laughed at the funny parts and had a great time.  She did get a little restless during a slow part, but overall she did great!!

We are all doing great- just really busy!!  I’m going to work on being better about updating!