Zoe

Zoe, our first baby, was put to sleep last night. I will spare the details, but she was still a baby at only 4 years old. She just developed alot of health problems and we knew they would eventually take her we just didn't think it would be this quick. We are very sad because she was a big part of our family. For those who have pets, when I say there is a void you know what I mean.


I can't seem to find the pictures of Hailey and Zoe I wanted, but here is one. Truthfully, Zoe had a love/hate relationship with Hailey. Hailey would gleefully chase her with her brush - "mommy I want to brush Zoe" and Zoe would ungleefully run in the other direction. One in awhile Hailey could get close enough to pet Zoe, but not often. Zoe was never mean to Hailey though she just loved having her space and Hailey loved to feed Zoe (she tried even this morning before she knew she was gone). Even notice Zoe in the pix below, I think she is waiting for Hailey to notice her before she runs :-)

And now that you are thoroughly sad read my post below to lighten the mood!

check-up

My camera has been missing (don't ask), so I haven't been able to take pictures in days, but today I got it back. When I was uploading what was on there this picture made me laugh after a rough day.

Last week I had my yearly OB-GYN appointment, we should all know what those entail. Well, on Tuesday nights daddy works 3rd shift and so he sleeps during the day on Wednesday. Hailey wouldn't take a nap with him so she ended up coming with me to my appointment so daddy could sleep.

The above picture is her as soon as we walked in the door ... she was "checking" the monkey. It is hilarious to see her act out what happened. She doesn't have an actual doctors set, but she finds stuff around her room that will work for the check-up and ad-libs. Notice in her right hand is her bug catcher scissors - ouch! For those who know what they look like up close (Robin) you will laugh out loud!

finally - the park!

It was finally nice enough to go to the park today and Hailey had a BLAST! It was like discovering it for the first time!

Since it is slowly warming up we decided it was time to pull "pack, pack" out of storage and dust it off for another season of hiking. This year Hailey is quite excited about it and LOVES backpacking. Daddy actually took her today while mommy was at work and they had a blast.

our little princess

Hailey LOVES Cinderella and since mommy has been on the couch today with strep we have watched many movies. This morning was Cinderella, after it was over and time to get dressed for the day she decided she wanted to dress like a princess. She has been running around the house saying ... bippidi, doppidi, doo ... (that is how she says it :-) and shaking her wand at us! She also runs around singing, "sing, sweet nightingale". Its so cute!

For lunch today daddy brought home a McDonalds happy meal for Hailey and guess what the prize inside was? A princess Jazmine crown!

strep

Yeah, I have strep. How I got it I have no idea and before I knew I had it I shared food/drinks with Tim and Hailey so we may all be doomed this week!

On Monday Adia and Elijah came by for a visit. After Elijah left the girls painted their nails and Hailey LOVED painting her nails all by herself. She even tried doing mommies!

And this morning Hailey had gymnastics. Every week we see so much improvement. This has been a great investment and she LOVES it! For those who are interested she has a gym show June 11th and everyone is invited.

Below the teacher is helping her do a side slide on the balance beam.

I don't know if I mentioned that daddy is now watching Hailey during the week now that my mom started a new job. This new arrangement is working out well and if you ask Hailey who her best friend is the answer you will get - DADDY!!! She loves all the extra time she gets with him!

So wish us a healthy and happy week ahead :-)

if you find spring can you send it up here?

Well, the 5o degrees was short lived because Friday we had ANOTHER snow storm! It moved New Hampshire up the snowiest winters list to second place in the past 135 years. Aren't we all so proud?! If spring doesn't arrive soon I fear I may go insane.


This was Hailey Friday morning - do you see something wrong?! Snow boots, winter hat and coat and its almost APRIL?!Notice Hailey's shoes ... Hailey is in love with Cinderella right now and she found these "glass slippers" in my closet. She loves trying to walk around in them ...

Last night we went to Meme's and all the cousins were able to play together which is always fun!

Do you love Alyssa's new Hannah Montana hair?! She was so cute playing dress-up last night. Can you tell Hailey NEVER cooperates when I am taking a picture!

And in case you want to check it out, many of you know my husband is a wonderful singer and leads worship for our church, but you may not know my brother is musical as well. He actually drums for the band. Drumming is his newest passion, but when he was little he learned to play the piano as well and recently he wrote a song and put music to it. If you want to check it out here is a link to his and Laura's blog where she has a video posted.

http://www.mds-llg.blogspot.com/

Good job Uncle Matt!

50 degrees and daddy's birthday

Who knew 50 degrees could feel so warm?!

Yesterday Hailey saw a little grass for the first time since fall and she ran around on the little patch yelling "grass mommy"! Lately she has also been talking about wanting to go swimming. We can only hope spring is on its way seeming as we woke up with a fresh coat of snow on the car! I can't complain though because by this afternoon it did warm up.

Yesterday was daddy's 29th birthday!!! We want to wish him a very happy birthday! He truly is the best dad and husband, we are very blessed. Hailey and I had fun decorating the house so when daddy came home from work he was quite surprised.

Hailey and Ashleigh, her "big sister"

birthdays and bunnies

This weekend Hailey's friend Sidney celebrated her 2nd birthday! She had an airplane theme which was really neat and as always we all had fun.

Can you believe we have had a birthday party every weekend this month and daddy's birthday is this Tuesday. This is getting mighty expensive :-)

Do you love Sindey's airplane jumper suit? She looked adorable!

Amongst the birthday party fun Hailey has had a cold. She is hanging in there and slowly getting better ...

with lots of rest ...

and cuddles! :-)

She had a great Easter as well, the easter bunny left her some goodies which she loved - note to self - save the basket for later in the day or live with screams at 7am because she doesn't understand why she can't eat the chocolate bunny!

Daddy produced the easter program at our church and did an amazing job.Thankfully amongst the colds and laryngitis I got he somehow stayed healthy thus far! Because of the presentation he had the weekend off from work which was quite a treat for us, but all good things must come to and end so back to work we go!

escape artist

Hailey has conquered the art of escaping from her pack n' play. She has never been a big climber so escaping her crib and pack n' play have never been a huge issue. Way back we switched her to a toddler bed so we never even had to deal with her conquering that, but she still naps in her pack n' play.The biggest reason being I don't think she would stay in bed in her room and secondly she needs dark to sleep and her room is so bright compared to ours so we set her up in our room and thats the end of it. Until Friday! Tim was home, put her down and next thing he knows she has escaped. He puts her back and out she comes again ... needless to say no nap was taken that day. That weekend I had the same trouble and we never figured a resolve. During the week my mom keeps her and she naps pretty well, not even trying to climb out of the pack n' play - until yesterday! Then she pulled the same stunts for my mom. I guess its time to figure new nap ideas. I am starting to think I will just put her in her room and if she sleeps, she sleeps, if not she can play quietly for an hour. I would love to believe eventually she will be so tired out she will nap, but for some reason I highly doubt it with her :-)

Do you love the coat and boots? Meme bought them for her a couple weeks ago! She LOVES puddle jumping and with all the melting snow we will have plenty of it. Unless it keeps snowing through summer! It is snowing as I type this - HELP!

Lastly, Hailey is sick. She started with a fever a couple days ago and last night it turned into a nice cold. She was up tossing and turning all night. Getting up for work after nights like that are HARD! Anyway, I know the colds that have been going around are brutal, but I am hoping and praying that she is able to fight it off without much trouble ... We shall see!

Jordyn's Magical Day

Jordyn celebrated her 7th birthday today! What a truly miraculous day after fighting leukemia for 6 of those 7 years. You can't say you don't believe in miracles when you look at her beautiful face.

To celebrate such a HUGE day she had a magic show and the kids had a blast!

At the end of the magic show each child was made a special balloon of their choice. Hailey has a doggy on a leash and Olivia has a princess wand. Olivia and Hailey had loads of fun together and became new "best" friends!

And of course what is a family get together without the famous family pix! Never want to take for granted time well spent with family ...

cinderella and baby brother

Hailey actually sat and watched a movie with me the other night. Usually she won't sit long enough, but it was bedtime and the threat was either sit and watch or go to bed! Bad mommy :-) But it was so nice to actually sit and cuddle with her on the couch (daddy was at work).

The movie was Cinderella, her new favorite. She calls her "Brella". During the movie when Cinderella goes to the garden to cry because she doesn't think she will make it to the ball Hailey looks at me and states - "Brella crying - she needs a mommy"! That melted my heart ...


Also, Hailey has made a tall request lately, she wants a baby, and not just any baby but a "baby brother". This all started because the last two weeks at gymnastics a couple of her little friends have brought their new baby brothers and so she determined she wants one. It has gone so far that all her babies at home now are called "baby brother". Its cute, but thankfully the decision is not up to her :-)

twister, birthdays and SNOW oh my!

Earlier this week we went over to play with Luke and Alyssa. Hailey had fun "attempting" to play twister!
Today we celebrated Amber's 4th birthday and she had the party at a bowling alley. This was Hailey's first time bowling and she did well overall. It was hard to keep her contained and entertained in between her turns, but thankfully Taylor was a huge help!



Also, today is Jordy's actual 7th birthday and tomorrow will be 2 years post transplant! Can you believe it?! What a miracle she is! She is having a big birthday party later this month. Happy Birthday Jordy!

And lastly for all of you who live out of state and can't fathom the amount of snow we have, here are a couple pix my husband took earlier this week (as you can tell from the train in the pix).

Look at these snow banks! Notice the car in the one below, these banks are at least 10 feet tall on either side of the road!