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Hailey has been going back and forth eating/writing with both hands, but I think she is finally settling on her left. Both I and my grandfather (dad's side) are lefties.

I was worried about her lack of choosing a hand, but the ped at her two year check up said that usually this is a sign that she will be a lefty and this is proving true.

makeup

christmas 2007

I think the pictures tell the story better than I ever could. Christmas eve was spent at Meme's where the kids exchanged presents, ate lots of food and played together.

I love the picture above, Taylor is having a "ticklefest" and the kids were laughing so hard!

Christmas day started at our house and ended at my parents house. Hailey was quite spoiled and actually overwhelmed. She opened each present slowly and precisely and wanted to stop and play with each before opening the next.


My parents among many other things got her a bike and my brother probably got her the favorite gift of all - drums! I don't know who likes them better Hailey or daddy! Both daddy and my brother play drums so she has alot of exsposure to them.

family

Last night we went up to celebrate christmas with my dad's side of the family. They live 2 hours hours north of us so we don't get to see them all that often. My cousins daughter, Kailee is about a year and a half older than Hailey and Hayden the other girl in the in the picture is quite a bit older, but Hailey had a blast playing with them and they did great including her in everything they did.

I had to add this picture of my mom and dad giving shoulder massages to my Grammie and my dad's sister.

Below is my brother and his girlfriend Laura. Don't they look thrilled that I am taking their picture?!

Hailey was able to have ANYTHING she wanted while at my cousins house, so she had chicken nuggets, a popsicle, popcorn and then washed it down with ice cream while walking around the house!

sugar cookies

Hailey made her first sugar cookies tonight for our MOPS christmas party tomorrow night. She followed those cookies from start to finish. Added the ingredients, stirred, cut them out, sprinkled, frosted ... you name it.

singing

oh christmas tree

Today we helped Robin, Luke and Alyssa decorate their tree for Christmas. It was great being together and the kids did a great job decorating!

sledding and snowmen

Today we got some snow! YEAH! We were excited for our first significant snow this year so we could take Hailey out sledding. She had a blast! She could be heard yelling - "Do again daddy"! "I want to make a slide" (go sledding) and for some reason she called the sled, the beach. My assumption is she thinks it looks like a float you use at the beach?!

Below is the beginning of a snowman, the snow was perfect for building, but sadly we had to go in because daddy had to leave for work.

Since she never was able to finish her snowman she has been saying all day that she wanted to build a snowman so this evening my mom and I took Hailey back out in the snow. We attempted to build a snowman. Notice the word attempt and lack of a picture. It doesn't take much of a snowman to please a toddler :-)

big girl bed

Hailey is officially in a "big girl bed". It is actually a toddler bed, but it defintely makes her feel all grown up! Meme has been saving this toddler bed for Hailey since Hailey's second cousin, Amber grew out of it. We brought it home thinking we could store it and maybe try it after the new year, but as soon as it was home Hailey decided she had enough of her crib and would throw a fit every time we put her in the crib.

So "for fun" Tuesday night I put the bed in our room and laid her down. She came out twice laughing, but when it came down to it she went to sleep and slept through the night. She woke up with the biggest smile on her face the next day.

Wednesday we made the switch to her room and she has been sleeping in there ever since. The only problem is she doesn't stop moving even in her sleep and so I am using a bolster pillow to keep her in the bed. The first couple nights without it I found her sleeping half on/half off the bed. Once she was off headfirst! So the problem we have is not keeping her on the bed when she is awake, but when she is asleep!