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Sunday, May 30, 2010

My surprise party!

On my birthday, Sean had planned to take me to the movies and get something to eat, well at least that is what I thought.  After the movie, Sean said that we had to come home to look for Shannon's sunglasses because she thought she had left them at our house the night before.  He gave me the keys to open the door.  I hurried to turn the alarm off and that is when I noticed that the alarm didn't go off.  I looked and saw Hailey and Shannon standing there.  I didn't think too much of it since Shannon was the one babysitting Hailey for us while we went to the movies.  Then I saw my friend Marika standing there and then I heard SURPRISE and the sound of horns going off.  I turned the corner and saw many of my friends standing around the living room.  Boy was I surprised.  I had no idea whatsoever.  Sean truly is the best husband and friend a girl could have.  I had a rough week and he wanted to do something special for me.  He sure knew how to make it one of my best birthdays ever.  Thanks Sean and Hailey (she was in on the whole thing too.  she kept a great secret) for going over and beyond.  I love you both!  The only thing that was missing was my family in California.  I know they would have been here if they could. 

Here are a few pictures from the night.  The first one is Hailey and her little friend Cobin.  They like to hug and kiss each other.  We missed the opportunity to take the cutest picture of them hugging yesterday. 

Thanks again to everyone who took the time out of their day to come and celebrate my birthday.  It truly meant a lot to me!

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Finally Some Summer Weather

If you can believe it, just a couple of weeks ago it was still snowing.  It was so nice to have some beautiful weather this weekend.  It got a little windy, but we could deal with that.  Hailey enjoyed wearing her summer clothes and being outside with Daddy.  Here she is coming up the steps.  She kept stepping backwards because she didn't want to come inside.  Once inside, she was being her silly self.  It is a ritual to always get in some playtime before it is time for bed.

Monday, May 17, 2010

17 months on the 17th


Is it possible that Hailey is 17 months old today?? We can't believe it. Here are a couple of pictures of our little angel eating a snack and playing with us after dinner. We have so much fun with her.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Christmas and more



OK so I don't need to mention how long it has taken us to post. Last post was Hailey's birthday back in December of 2009. Yes I said it "2009"! But hey "2010" is a new year right. Does it matter that we waited until the middle of May to post? Sean was busy all morning updating the blog and downloading pictures. He even showed me how so I should be better about posting. :) There are tons of pictures and so I will just give you a brief description of what is on here. Next time I post, you shouldn't have to look at 500 or so pictures. I will do my best to keep up with it.

These pictures date back to Christmas. You will notice the first set are taken at our house. Sean, Hailey, and I did some of our Christmas here at home before heading to Bailey, CO to the LaLone's. We decided to take some of her presents with us because she had so many to open. She LOVED all of the toys she got. The next few pictures were taken at Barbara and Ron's house Christmas afternoon. Hailey had a whole other set of presents to open not to mention the ones we brought from our house. Everyone else finished opening up gifts and Hailey kept going. It seemed never ending. I don't ever remember getting this many presents. She is a lucky girl. You will notice Hailey showing off her cool shades that her auntie Shannon and Uncle Pat got for her. We had a wonderful Christmas. Hailey had another set of gifts to open from my side of the family. We got some great video of that and Sean will post that soon.

The Dallas Cowboy gear finally made it on Hailey. Thanks to Auntie Christina and Grandma Judy for sending it. Hailey is sporting her #12 jersey that her Uncle Louie and cousin Lucas wore. It looks more like a dress but hey it doesn't matter. She LOVES the Cowboys and did what she had to do to prove it. Besides I think she looks pretty cute. This is when Hailey started taking a couple of steps at a time and could stand up.

Doing Hailey's hair was much easier than I thought. She likes to be stylin' and so she let me start putting her hair in two piggies. Sometimes I would just pop a ponytail right on top of her head. No matter what, she always looked cute.

By the time Valentine's Day rolled around, Hailey was walking and standing up all by herself. You can see in a couple of pictures where she is pulling herself up on her own. She is also coloring a Valentine's Day card she got. We had to take a picture of her St. Patrick's day outfit. She does have a little bit of Irish in her thanks to Daddy.

Hailey got to attend her first Easter Egg Hunt this year thanks to her friend Cobin. She had lots of fun. Grandma Barb went with us and held on to the basket while Hailey put them in there. At first Hailey was more interested in the pine cones and then she got the hang of it. I think she ended up with about 16 eggs. She was quite the Easter egg finder by the end. That night, we started to dye some eggs. We weren't sure if Hailey would be into or not. She really liked putting her hands in the different colored cups and getting us all wet.

Easter Day arrived and we were lucky to have grandma Barb and grandpa Ron here to celebrate with us. Auntie Shannon, great-grandma Norma and great-grandpa Floyd would be joining us for a tasty ham lunch. It was like Christmas all over again. Hailey had so many gifts to open from everyone. She even had gifts to open from grandma Judy and grandpa Luis that were sent to her all the way from California.

The last set of pictures are the most recent ones we have taken. Hailey is kickin' back on a pillow watching TV. She likes to sit in awkward positions but she's comfortable.

Like I said before I will TRY to post at least once a week now that I know how to download the pictures off of our camera. I have a couple more weeks of school so things will be extra busy but I will have no excuse once June rolls around. Love to you all!