its beginning to look alot like christmas

From Dec.08

Per Hailey's (numerous) requests she had her ears pierced last weekend. It was funny because here and there a few people stopped to watch how this little 3 year old would handle it and believe it or not she didn't even cry and she tells me they didn't hurt. Maybe she has a high pain tolerance or maybe the excitement was more than the pain, but either way she now believes she is more beautiful than ever. In the pictures above she is trying to mimic me putting on makeup.

From Dec.08

On Saturday Hailey's friend Sidney, and her baby sister Riley came up from Mass for a visit. Elijah also joined us and the kids had loads of fun playing as usual. Sidney ended up getting her ears pierced as well!

From Dec.08

This past week the area where we live was devasted by an ice storm. Many of my family and friends are still without power and it was a week ago from Thursday. On Sunday, Meme and Papa were still without power and Jon was in the hospital so daddy and Hailey decided to make them some homeade meatballs to cheer them up!

From Dec.08

Hailey requested I take this picture tonight of her and "her" christmas tree. She loves to hug, yes, hug her tree and all ornaments are fair game. In the past years we have never had a problem with her taking ornaments off or messing with the tree. This year I cannot keep an ornament on the tree. There is a pile of them by our recliner and I still do not know why?!

From Dec.08

Lastly, a story I won't soon forget. On Sunday we were doing our usually laundry, washing sheets etc. Well, our sheets came out of the laundry and felt gritty, like dirt was smeared all over them. I couldn't figure out what had happened, but I knew the load needed to be re-washed. As I was putting them back in the washing machine a pull-up had fallen out! Hailey who is potty trained now, wears pull-ups at night for safety sake and is so used to putting her undies in the laundry basket she must have thought that is where her pull-up should go! It was gross at the time, but looking back now I thought it was quite funny!