Family Love

To me, the holiday season means tradition, family,

love, and faith. I am so thankful and lucky to

have two wonderful parents who love their

children & grandchildren unconditionally, with

all their heart!

Papa & Nana Szorady with Haylee & John Paul

December 2010

Thanksgiving in Fayetteville

Every since Chris and I were married, we split

Thanksgiving & Christmas holidays between Fayetteville

and St. Louis. This year we had the pleasure of

spending turkey day with the Jamersons.
It was a fabulous holiday filled with love, laughter,

snow and even 4 am Black Friday shopping!

Sue Sue & miss H

Haylee & Holden

(they have SO much goofing around together!)

Coloring our turkeys

Haylee, Holden, Katie & Brianne

Will, Chris & Hunter

Pa

On Friday morn, we set up Aunt LuLu's Christmas

train....it was a huge hit!

Friday evening we took the kids to see

the lights on The Square. It was so much fun.
They even got a free mini candy cane and road

the ponies!

Haylee & mommy

Riding the pony with Daddy

Holden on his pony

The girls!

Haylee, Aunt LuLu, Holden & Paw Paw

Paw Paw & his grandbabies

(grand-toddlers I should say!)

H&H having fun

The Jamersons

Final Thankful Post

Well, its 1 day before Thanksgiving Day 2010 and I thought I would finish up my thankful posting series....
I am thankful for:

-A fabulous sitter who does a fantastic job of watching, teaching, & loving Haylee while I am at work!
-A secure job
-A mom who comes over to read bedtime stories to her granddaughter the night before we depart on our out of town travels because going more than 5 days is WAY to long not to love on her
-Keyless entry on my car
-Umbrellas
-An amazing husband who is the worlds best Daddy (2nd only to my own Dad!)
-Fun, beautiful, and sweet nephews
-Iced tea
-Candy canes
-Smiles
-Getting to spend the holidays with loving family & friends!!!

Happy Thanksgiving 2010 Everyone!!!!

Christmas Bargain

Some special toddler is getting her 1st pair of Lelli Kelly's for Christmas because Mommy bought them for 50% off!

Thankful- Post #2

Continuing on with my holiday Thankful posts...

I am thankful for:

-Compliant Patients
-The fact that my daughter is almost 2 years old and a complete DIVA
-Cell phones
-Warm throw blankets for snuggling
-Schnucks $5 rotisserie chickens
-Getting great deals on holiday gifts
-Having a roof over my head
-Yoga
-Having the most awesome Mom in the world
-Chapstick

Thankful- post #1

Since November is the month well known for the Thanksgiving holiday, I thought I would do a few posting installments on things that I am thankful for...

- My beautiful husband and daughter, of course
- Close and extended family (spread throughout the USA and world)
- Wonderful, honest friends
- The way my Haylee says "I happy" with a smile on her face
- A great glass of red wine
- Hand sanitizer
- Relaxing massages from my hubby
- Cute shoes that don't hurt my toes
- Shopping with friends
- Delicious, warm coffee

Sickies...

Haylee came down with a multi-system virus last week.
Yesterday she perked up a bit, but her appetite is still low.

Last Friday she was nice enough to share her congestion & runny nose with her mommy. Honestly, my head feels like it is going to explode from pressure......

Wonder if daddy is next on the sickie list...? Hopefully not.

No updated pictures (since neither of us Jamerson ladies like our picture taken when we are under the weather--who does?!)

The Bee Costume

Soak up this cutie!!!!

Pumpkin Pics...

Two weekends ago, Nana, Papa, Chris and I took

Haylee & my nephew JP to Thies Pumpkinland &

Farm....It was amazing! The kids had a

wonderful time exploring, playing and looking

at animals and many, many pumpkins!

JP

JP & Haylee tackling the toddler maze

Haylee on the horse swing

(It was made completely out of an old tire!)

Daddy & H going down the firemans pole

Goats!

Nana & the kids for a water break

(it was 83 degrees that October afternoon!)

JP going on the zip line

Papa pulling the kids

(Yes, Dad loves the RAMS and his

jersey is a Sunday wardrobe staple!)

Leaving the Farm with their pumpkin

finds!

Indoor camping!

On Friday, my sitter had an "indoor camping"

adventure day to kick off the start of Fall.

Here are some pictures she took. The kids played

instruments, ate rice krispie treats & turkey dogs,

played flashlight wars and jumped around in

the big tent while listening for animal sounds!

Looks like Haylee (21 months), Jordyn (2) and

Alex (2 1/2 ) had a fabulous time!

Thank you Miss Mei-Li!!!!

Cute campfire!

The best band ever!

Of course, my H puts the light in her eyes!

H & Alex

Rowing in the paddle boat...

(I am pretty sure Haylee got to paddle

because she would not follow directions to sit down!)

Treats that Haylee and I made for everyone!

Special Visitor

Bubble time in the tent!

Everyone relaxing in the tent!

Lunch time

Go HOGS!

Like many of you know, my hubby is a

HUGE Razorback fan...since we rarely

get to go to football games since we live in St. Louis,

I thought I would post an "online" flag

to support the hogs this weekend when they

play #1 ranked Alabama.

Go HOGS! Pig Sooie!!!!

Haircut & Hot Air Balloons

This past Saturday Haylee got her 3rd

haircut (very dramatic--will post pics of

that event later!) and after leaving

the salon, we headed to Forest Park for the

annual hot air balloon race. It was crowded,

but a lot of fun. H really enjoyed seeing the

balloons and Chris and I enjoyed our family time!

Our piece of shade under the tree.

(you can see H's new hair too)


YUM-funnel cake!

The balloons getting ready for take-off

1st balloon to start the race....Energizer Bunny

Amazing Balloons!

(All of these pics were taken from Chris's

iphone..not too shabby!)

My bruiser & our KC trip

This past weekend we took a trip to Kansas City.

Chris goes up every fall for his annual Fantasy Football

draft with SMS fraternity brothers & this

year Haylee & tagged along & visited my BFF

Ericka & her parents. Unfortunately, on Friday

night within 1 hour of arriving, Haylee was

running & fell into a metal flower pot planter.

She really busted her lip good and bruised her gums,

lips, got a nose bleed & bruised the area between her

nose & mouth....Poor girl!

She is black & blue, but acting great (thanks to

some infant Advil too!)

Below are some pictures from today and believe me--

pictures do not do this injury justice!

Seriously, her upper lip is 4x bigger than her

bottom lip & makes her look like a little duck!

Ericka & her mom Becky were great hostesses

during our visit and came to immediate rescue

after Haylee's injury! (Thank you ladies!!!)