The best Christmas EVER!!!

I have waited my whole life for this morning. I think we had a wonderful day together, we were missing Taylor and our crew in California. But maybe next year!! I am certain that I received the best present of all. I don't know what I did to deserve the amazing life and family I have!

Oh here we are again pushing Kate in her stroller!! Her darling outfit is Luna Luna!! How cute does she look with her outfit and ballet flats??

The best $20 I have ever spent!! Yep this was THE GIFT for Hayden and she really didn't care about anything else...she only opened a few, and then went back to "Kate" Pretty much obsessed with the doll and her stroller/high chair/pack n play!!

Christmas eve and all the children were snug in their beds with their santa slippers on!! They were still on this morning. She never leaves her socks on, but the santa slippers are a whole different deal.

Shiyu arrived on Tues night and it was so fun to go meet her at the airport!!


We shot about 200 pictures and a lot of video today, but need to sit down and edit and find the best way to display it all. But wanted to share a little bit of our merry, merry day!!

Hope you and your families had a wonderful holiday season, and I hope that 2010 has so much in store for all of us!!!

Hayden is a little bit famous

yep...Hayden was blogged about!! Check it out here

We have been busy!!

Daddy and Hayden at the airport

These chairs rock!! I can get to anything now!!

Hayden loved Molly who is a cream golden, and Molly loved Hayden. Actually Hayden loves all dogs!!

Meggie do you care for a spot of tea?

Sharing snacks and staying out of the way of the housekeeper:)

We have been visiting friends and family and so we have been out of town. Sorry to have disappeared. We had a really nice time seeing so many people that we have not seen in awhile, and many whom have never met Hayden. That still blows my mind because it seems like she has been here forever and how could there still be anyone left that hasn't met her. We are slowly checking off the list of those who have not. Again Hayden is the ultimate traveler. Other than refusing to sleep in the pack and play she is a rock star on the road. Daddy says she is just like mommy...always ready to go somewhere.

We visited my hometown, and were able to go and put flowers and such on my grandmothers grave. She passed away in Oct, and unfortunately was not able to meet Hayden before she passed. She did see pictures and we left some pictures on her grave as well. We stayed with some very important life long friends of mine and they were so gracious and so excited for Hayden to finally come to visit. They spoil her rotten by mail and now they were able to do so in person. She is a very special "grandmother" to Hayden, and Hayden almost instantly connected with Carla!! We stopped by her office when we arrived, and I swear Hayden was like a celebrity. They had all heard about this little piece of joy, but when they saw her in person the cameras were clicking and the sweet comments flowed. At one point I think there were about 25 people gathered around just watching my child HAM it up. I thought she was going to act shy...uhhhh NO she didn't, she sopped up every moment of attention she was being given along with all of the gifts that were be handed out to her. I have never seen someone receive so many gifts in her short little life from so many complete strangers!! We had an awesome visit with them even though it was colder than cold and us being the wimpy Texans who came unprepared for the polar tundra stayed inside almost the entire trip. No venturing out into take your breath away coldness.

We then headed to see our very close friends and their kiddos. Daddy only spent one day there as he headed back to be a "producer" and we stayed for the week and were "consumers" as he would say(thanks Eric)We went to the Nutcracker tea and got to wear a pretty Christmas dress, and we did get to see the kids participate in their activities like dance and we had lunch at school with Jack one day. Hayden LOVED being with Jack, Katie and Meggie. They played constantly, and just had a blast. Hayden really loved that their were so many "little" chairs for her to use to climb on things!!! Yes we are looking into buying a helmet for the little evil Knievel. She loved their dog Molly. Hayden even saw it snow for the first time. We did not go out into it, as again we were not prepared and it was WAAAAY too cold. Jack asked us if we had brought our snowsuits. I had to tell me him that we don't need them in TX!!

It was a great trip. Glad to get home and try to get ready for the holidays. But wanted to share some pictures before we get into the middle of the holidays. We are anxiously awaiting Shiyu(our exchange student) she arrives next Tuesday for her entire college break. She is even more excited than us I think:)

25 days until Christmas

Here is Hayden's tree in her room. It is a white feather tree that I bought 3 years ago and am so thrilled to have it up in her room with her admiring it to no end. Every single time we walk into her room she points and says "WOW" "tree" she would like to leave it on all the time, but Mommy is a bit of a freak about the house burning down, so we have it on for just a little while each day!! Yes, we used a tutu for her tree skirt, and I think it looks marvelous.

Hayden enjoying her "wow tree"

Hayden learned Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas. You can't really understand the latter part, but you can sure understand the Ho Ho Ho part and she even holds her tummy while she does it!

Hayden thinks all electronics have the ability to be used as a phone device(I am not proud of the fact the kid knows all about phones) But here she is using the remote as a phone while sliding. Just like we would all do if we were still able to fit on the slide:) right??

So Thankful

I am so thankful for this little girl...even in the midst of a terrible tantrum. The very worst tantrum is better than the best day I ever had before being a mom to Hayden.

Wishing you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving. We are so thankful and blessed beyond measure, and we try to remember it everyday, and not just on Thanksgiving. We hope your holiday season is bright and safe. We hope that we will see many of you, but for those we don't, please know you are always in our thoughts!!

Hayden, Hayden, Hayden

Hayden blowing kisses to herself!!

Who is that baby??

loves to brush her teeth, and I do mean LOVE...we do it many times a day!!

I now have my front teeth and look even now. Two on the top and two on the bottom, makes eating a lot easier.

eye candy

Have I told you how much I love you Hayden Magee?? With all of my heart and to the moon and back:)