Christmas day 2008

We had a great Christmas with Hailey this year. She was really into Santa and all the decorations and lights. We explained to Hailey that we leave cookies and milk for Santa cause he needs the cookies to get him through all his deliveries to all the good boys and girls. On Christmas eve we made cookies and she helped (mommy cheated and got the pre mixed ones) by putting sprinkles on the cookies. She was so excited to be making the cookies for santa, all afternoon after the cookies were made she was obsessed with them and when HO HO was coming. We went to dinner that night with MeMe,Granddad and Uncle Aaron. As soon as we got home from dinner it was HOHO, cookies!! Before she went to bed she picked the cookies and put them on the plate for HOHO. There were no presents under the tree when she went to bed.

When she woke up the morning and came out of her room she was so excited to see all the presents. She did not know what to do. I was standing behind her and she ran out into the living room, stopped saw the pile of presents...ran back to me and hugged my legs...back to the presents...back to me and hugged my legs...then finally back to the presents. She was so funny....the whole time opening up her presents she just kept saying HOHO.



Here is the picture of the presents after Glenne got done putting together the shelf and 2 seater wagon. Glenne would much rather put the stuff together then wrap so it works out good for us both.

The milk and cookies that Santa ate. There were 3 on the plate that she left for Santa....Santa left a little piece for her.

Opening some presents....this one is from Aunt Lisa. Behind her is the bookshelf that Santa brought her. It has flowers and butterlies on it like she has on her bedroom walls.

Trying to sit in the shelf and banging her head....hence the look of pain on her face.

Taking a picture with her new camers from Poppy G and MomMom Terry (well, pointing the camera at Daddy and saying cheese...she is getting the hang of hitting the button on the front).

Sitting in front of her pile of presents....this is before going to Meme and Granddad's.

At Meme and Granddad's playing with her new baby doll crib.

Opening up and playing with one of her toys. That is me wearing my new texans jersey from Glenne. It is an authentic one signed by Steve Slaton..their new very good rookie!!

More presents

The pile got even bigger after coming back from Meme and Granddad's.

Christmas is so much better now that we have Hailey. It is so awesome seeing it all through her eyes. The excitement and wonderment of it all!! I think when all the decorations have to come down it is going to be upsetting for her. She comes out and asks for the tree to be turned on first thing every morning.

I have a few other pictures to post but will put them in a different title.......