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.

Easter day the Family

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!

Holiday Pics

Ok so a lot of these pictures could of been deleted but we thought it would be fun to share our struggles with the new camera and oh yeah using the new tripod to take the family X-mas picture. Raquel will add some info later but we wanted to get some of these pics up for X-mas...Happy Holidays to all

So who knew it would be so tough to try and keep up with a blog. I hope you have a few minutes to look through the 354 pictures we have posted. I promise that one day we will try and post more often. I will try and give just a brief description about the photos.

First you will notice a gift that was sent to Hailey from great grandma Lupe in California. It was the cutest Betty Boop Western Doll. She likes to give her hugs and play with her. Hailey also enjoyed tearing through the paper and playing with the box. Thanks Great Grandma!

The next few pictures were taken on Thanksgiving Day while in Bailey at Grandpa Ron's and Grandma Barb's house. We had to take Hailey to visit Henry, The Donkey. We bundled Hailey up in her new coat and went down the street with Grandpa Ron, Auntie Shannon, and Apollo. Hailey wasn't afraid of Henry and she liked petting his coarse hair. On the way back, Dad thought it would be funny to have Hailey help him drive back to Grandpa and Grandma's house. She had fun helping daddy steer when the sun wasn't shining in her eyes.

A few days after Thanksgiving, we got some ornaments from Grandpa Ron and Grandma Barb. We opened them up and Daddy and Hailey hung them on the tree. Sean and I got a really cute Grinch ornament but I don't think we got a picture of it.

We had to share the pictures we took in order to get our Christmas card. It only took us about 100 shots or so. Sean and I had been wanting a tripod so that we could have pictures with all three of us in them. Sean set up the tripod one night and we started taking pictures. Little did we know that it would take so many to get the PERFECT one. Every time we thought we got a decent one, one of us closed our eyes or Hailey was looking the other way. You can notice that our smiles start to fade as we continued taking pictures. It became quite comical and we gave up and decided to try the next night. We were much more successful the second night and it didn't take us as long.

The BIG DAY had finally arrived and we took pictures of Hailey first thing on the morning of her 1st birthday. She was still fast asleep when we went in but once she heard us, she jumped up at once. She was all smiles and we sang to her. That night we decided to let her open a couple of gifts and we bought a slice of chocolate cake for her to try. She enjoyed the cake as Daddy fed it to her. You will notice that we waited until 7:58 and took some special pictures of Hailey. That was the exact time she was born and you will notice the time on the stove in the background.

December 19th was Hailey's Birthday Party. It was a gingerbread theme. We were joined by lots of family and friends. We sure missed our family and friends that couldn't make it. Hailey got tons of fun toys and cute clothes. She liked helping me as we would tear open the gifts. She really enjoyed holding on to the pair of shoes she got. Uh oh, I think she is going to like shopping. :) When it was time for cake, we sat her in the highchair and were ready for the mess she was about to make. To our surprise, she put her hands in the cupcake and didn't seem to like the fact that she was dirty. She kept touching her fingers together and looking at me for help. I wiped off her hands and then fed her some of the cupcake. She liked that better. I don't think she is going to like to get dirty or at least not for now. I think she may be a true girly girl.

After our friends left, we celebrated Sean's birthday. His birthday is on December 12th. He opened his gifts and was surprised with an acoustic guitar given to him from his parents, me, and my parents. He jumped right into it as Ron started to teach him some of the chords. Sean has been practicing religiously every night.

Another gift that Hailey received after her birthday party was from her Auntie Christina and Uncle Jimmy. Auntie Christina is extremely creative. She made the four onesies that are absolutely adorable. Thank goodness we got some more Cowboy gear in the house. Grandma Judy sent the Roger Staubach jersey that you will notice in some of Hailey's birthday party pictures that her Uncle Louie and cousin Lucas wore when they were little. Anyhow Hailey wore one of the onesies and we got some good pictures of her wearing it while she is playing in her crib. It says "Lil Angel" and the back of it has wings. She truly is our angel. Thanks Auntie Christina!

Well I hope you enjoyed all of the pictures. We got some great footage of Hailey's birthday party and of Christmas day. We will try to get that on the blog within the next week, but no promises. :)

Some pics with the new camera

Sorry we have taken awhile to post. It has been crazy in the Bostwick house. We recently purchased a new camera that we have been playing around with. We included all of the pictures we have taken so far. We didn't edit any of them or take any of them out.

You will notice Hailey in her Bronco jersey once again. Her and daddy like to take pictures after Bronco victories (notice the TV in the background where you can see Coach McDaniel cheering because the Broncos beat the Patriots). Hailey gets truly excited when the Broncos score a touchdown and she will clap her hands.

Hailey and I went to a good friend's house for a playdate. Hailey got to play with her friends Natalie and Cobin. Hailey didn't know what to do with all of the toys around her. She had a fun time.

Sean, Auntie Shannon and I took Hailey to a pumpkin patch here in Colorado Springs. Hailey was too small to do any of the activities but she was so interested in everything that was going on around her. She wasn't afraid of the animals and she kept turning her head this way and that so she didn't miss anything. We got to pick out two pumpkins.

Sean and I carved pumpkins the night before Halloween. We were a little late this year due to the horrible weather we had. The Elmo of course was Hailey's.

The last set of pictures are from Halloween night. We stayed home and passed out candy. Hailey enjoyed seeing all of the different costumes. Uncle Pat and Auntie Shannon joined us later in the evening.

Oh and yes Hailey is a lion cub. I don't know why I said she was a bear cub.