Happy 1st Birthday Haylee

Although Haylee won't officially be 1

until tomorrow, we are traveling for Christmas

so I wanted to blog today....

Haylee's 1st year of life has flown by!

Christian and I can't believe how much

she has changed and what a happy daughter

we have. We are so thankful to have her in our

lives everyday and can't imagine our lives without

her. Haylee is such a joy and blessing to us and we

love teaching her new things, spoiling her with

hugs and kisses and listening to her sweet giggles!

Happy Birthday Haylee Elizabeth!

Ornament Time!

Christian had graciously

assembled our tree on Sunday and after

passing by a blank tree for 2 days, it was time

to decorate. Haylee loves Christmas trees and

loved learning how to hang ornaments before

bedtime. (she even sported her ornament PJs!)

Nana bought her a fun train that adorns the bottom

of the tree too....secretly I think Chris enjoys the train

more than Haylee. Below are just a few pics I

took before my camera battery died.

Happy Holidays!

Thanksgiving Holiday Fun!

This Thanksgiving holiday was very

busy, but fun! Haylee's 1st Thanksgiving

morn started out by trying on her snow bibs

& winter hat and wearing them while we

watched the Macy's Day Parade

at home. Later on that day we went over

to mom & dad's house for a late

lunch/dinner. We were joined by

my cousins Brian, Steph & Jon,

Ella & Gavin, Aunt Ann & my sister and JP.
The kids loved playing with each other

and since Haylee is walking now, she

did a great job keeping up with Ella, JP

and Gavin!

Friday I had to work (boo!) but was

then greeted by my in-laws, SIL and

my nephew Holden. H & H had such

a good time playing with each other while

all the adults gabbed, ate tons & shopped!

I love holidays and am SO thankful for

my wonderful husband, daughter & family!

Thanks Auntie Holly for the great snow bibs!

JP, Ella & Gavin at the "kids" table

Cousin Brian & my sister Katie

Brian, Steph & Jon, and Aunt Ann

Haylee's seat of honor at the dinner table!

Chris and me

Haylee & Ella (she is such a good babysitter!)

Mom & Dad

Haylee & cousin Holden

H & H

The stairs were so fun to climb

(but so nerve wrecking for the mommies!)

H & H in the trunk of the CRV eating Cheerios

in the mall parking lot!

Sharing Cheerios

Every set of cousins has to have a bath pic

together as babies!

Drying off in our hoodie towels!

Aunt LuLu, Holden, Haylee & Aunt KiKi

Wanna take a ride in my coupe?...

Two Saturdays ago it was fantastic weather

in St. Louis so I decided to get out

Haylee's coupe! She loved riding in it

and feeling the breeze through her hair...

(wow, is this what 15 1/2 will be like?!)

Thanks Amy for handing down this

fun toy!

Stinky face! Really mom, another pic?

Look to the left...

Look closely, she is giggling but her finger

is in the way! Fingers are always in her mouth

these days since are top teeth are breaking through!

Exciting Events!

Two exciting events happened last week....1) I bought a Honda CR-V and 2) Haylee started walking!!!

I have been in love with the CR-Vs and Chris and I decided it was time for a little bigger car than my civic. I am not excited about adding another car payment for the next 5 years, but I am already in love with my new car! It is so spacey, drives great, and lets face it...its a Honda-enough said!

Last Friday (ironically Friday the 13th), Haylee decided to walk 6 steps in a row! Christian and I were both home from work in time to witness it. For the past 3-4 weeks she has been taking about 2 steps then falling, but on Friday she did 6 in a row. Then she crawled to her room and not even one minute later she took 6 more steps in a row! Over this week she has been practicing and two nights ago we witnessed her walking 9 steps down the hallway! (thats her longest distance so far!). I didn't walk until I was 15 months, so if she keeps this new learned trick up, Haylee might be a pro by her 1st birthday!!! She is growing so fast and is such a smart-pants! (of course I am her mother so I am biased!)

Happy Wednesday!

Look what I found...again!

Haylee loves finding the toilet paper holder

in the hallway bathroom.....

A favorite mess to make that never gets old!

A few more pics!

Just wanted to add a few more pictures

from last Friday. These were taken

on Mei-Li's camera (Haylee's sitter!).

Enjoy & happy November!!

Haylee LOVES balloons!

Mommy & Haylee
(her beanie bat is a favorite at daycare!)

Happy 30th Birthday Holly!

My good friend Holly's birthday

is on Halloween. This year she wanted

to go to the West End's Halloween Bash.

I don't really like dressing up but felt

obligated since costumes are pretty much

mandatory in the CWE. So, I decided

to put on the poodle skirt & become

Sandra Dee from the 50's!

Our sorority sister Jess came into

town too and was a geisha...
The birthday girl Holly was Shirley,

a 1950's diner waitress...She looked fantastic!

Happy Birthday Lady!

1-2-3, lemon drop!

Ladybugs love to go trick-or-treating...

Saturday evening around 5pm we put

Haylee in her ladybug costume.

She was adorable!!!

Nana came over at 5:30pm & we went

trick-or-treating around the neighborhood.

Haylee had a fantastic time and was

really excited about exploring her

collected candy (thanks Sue Sue for the

matching ladybug candy catcher!).
Later on that night Haylee & Chris

drove me to Holly's 30th bday party

and while I was partying at the Central

West End's famous Halloween Bash,

Haylee was in bed & Chris

manned the door for trick-or-treaters.

Needless to say Haylee had a fantastic

1st Halloween!

Haylee's 1st piece of candy, a dum dum

lollipop....sticky!