Mother's Day 2010

My gifts from Hailey (& Daddy)

Hailey made me a bookmark at preschool for Mother's Day. She used her fingerprints to make a cute flower, and then it says,

"I love when Mommy takes me to the outlets and gets me dippin' dots!"

I guess that was the best she could come up with when asked what her favorite thing about me was?!? Ha!

We had a nice lunch as a family, and even spent some of the day outside planting flowers and working outside on some landscaping (the warm spring weather is taking forever to get here, and we haven't had many nice, warm days yet!)

Hailey liked helping Tony pound the edgers in!

We joined my family for dinner after our afternoon of planting and working outside to celebrate all of the special Mother's in our family! We had a very enjoyable day!

Hailey & Kaleb...

enjoying a treat together!

Sweet Moment!

I just had to share this sweet photo. Hailey rocked her baby cousin Tory to sleep the other day. She was whispering "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" to him while she gently rocked him on her lap. Those of you who know Tory, know that he fights taking naps! So, my sister and I were shocked to see that he actually settled in with her and fell asleep! What a sweet moment!

Hailey's Princess Party!

The invites
Painting Princess wandsGames Singing to the birthday girl
all the girls!

pinata fun!

Hailey's princess crown cake courtesy of Danica (Dan-i-cakes) Lemon! It was so yummy! (Thanks, Danica, you're the best!)

Hailey's 5th Birthday!

I can't believe that another year has come and gone, and that our baby girl is 5 years old! Such a big girl now! We celebrated her actual birthday with lunch at Red Robin (her pick, of course!) She told the hostess right away that it was her birthday, and then when our server came to the table she told her too! It was pretty funny to see her so excited about it! After lunch, we headed to the new American Girl doll store at Park Meadows. It opened a few weeks ago, and Hailey has been begging to go. We thought it might be a special thing to do on her birthday. She was so excited when we saw the actual store, and was running over to it. I had to get her to stop so I could take a photo before we went in!

She had so much fun once we were inside. She was checking everything out, and trying to buy everything she could get her hands on! We helped her make her decisions, which included a new wagon for her Bitty Babies, and a few outfits (including some birthday outfits for her twin dolls. They needed to be able to attend her birthday part the next day in style!) She also got a new doll bunk bed set complete with trundle so all 3 of her babies can sleep together now! She has been asking for doll bunk beds for a while now, so she was so excited when we received them, and got them all put together. She loves putting her dollies to bed each night in their own beds!

We enjoyed a great family day celebrating our little girl turning 5! It is hard to believe that not that long ago she was just entering our lives on that amazing day in April. We have had so many wonderful times, and made so many fabulous memories as a family. We know we have so many more ahead of us! We can't wait to experience them together. Tony and I both feel so incredibly lucky to have had the opportunity to parent such an amazing little girl! She is definitely a sassy little thing, and keeps us on our toes, but we wouldn't have it any other way!

We love you so much sweet Hailey! Happy 5th Birthday!

More Interior Photos!

The house is still a work in progress. But, I have a few updated interior pics!

entry/study (sneak peek- the study is a complete mess, still!) Hailey's bathroom (still need to paint)

Our room (still need to put up the crown molding!)

Hailey's Room! (still have some wall accessories to hang)

Hailey in her reading corner

By Request:

Updated interior pics!

(click on photos to enlarge)

We have been busy unpacking and settling in! We painted most of the downstairs (except for the kitchen. study and powder bath), and put up crown molding! My Dad and Tony put it up the weekend after we moved in, but we have just recently finished caulking and painting it! What a little project that was! So much more time consuming that I originally anticipated! But, we think it looks awesome, and we are glad that we put it up! Thanks for all of your help, Dad!

We hung a new chandelier in the dining nook! (the one the builder gave us wasn't so pretty...)

Please excuse the stacks of pictures, and decorative accessories.

We are still working on finding their new homes!

The rest of the house is still a work in progress. But, we are happy with the way things are coming together!

Things look even better in person, so feel free to visit soon to see it all for yourself!

Hopefully soon we will have things put in order and will be excited about sharing photos of the rest of the house! (And, yes, Hailey insisted in being in most of the photos as I took them!)