On Christmas Eve, Hailey and I decorated a gingerbread house together. This was Hailey's first experience with something like this, and I have to say that I think she enjoyed eating the candy more than she did putting it on the house! :) Oh well, that's a two year old for you!
We had Ryan's parents over for dinner on Christmas Eve. It was so nice to be with them for the holiday. After dinner, we talked about the Nativity story, and then opened up our Christmas jammies. This is a tradition we started on Hailey's first Christmas.
Then we drove around for a couple of hours to see Christmas lights. This was a tradition that I grew up with. We would always have a Christmas Eve program/get together at my grandparents house, then we'd drive around Farmington and see all the lights. When I was younger, Farmington used to have a Christmas light contest that was sponsered by the city. I'm not sure if they have it anymore, but the lights are still fun to look at. Its fun to see all the people that get so into the Clark Griswold-like spirit of decorating!
Christmas morning was so much fun with Hailey this year. Since she's well over 2, she totally "got" it. She loved ripping open her presents and helping other people rip theirs open too. It was so much more satisfying to see her eyes light up when she unwrapped the toy that she'd been wanting.
The tree on Christmas morning!
Hailey's present from Santa
Daddy & Mommy's stockings
Hailey, very excited for Christmas morning...
Santa came!!
Hailey opening her stocking!Ryan and I were spoiled as well! Ryan got me a WiiFit! I was so excited! I really didn't want to pay over retail for it, and I knew that Ryan, with as cheap as he is [ :) ] didn't want to either, so I just figured we would wait a while until the demand went down. I was SO surprised when I opened my present and there was a WiiFit sitting in my lap! Ryan got a new game for the Wii and a new MP3 player, which I'm pretty sure he likes. We also got tickets to the Jazz vs. the Cavs at the end of January and to WICKED!!! SOOOOOOOOO EXCITED for that show!!
WE had a wonderful Christmas and a fun New Year and hope you all did too!
4 comments:
Woohoo for Wii!!! Love it Love it Love it. So does lily. Every time she comes out to visit first words are hi grandma can I play your Wii.
She likes to race the cows, shoot the ducks, and the fishing game.
I got a wii fit just the other day was walking through walmart and there it was so I put one in the shopping cart, have not tried it yet.
Hi Aubrey:) We have a Wii Fit. It fits right behind the TV where it sits in the box that has only been openend once since July! Ha Ha, classic me to get all revved up about working out and then never do it. I think it's because the first time I tried it I did that balance test but I didn't all the way get what I was doing until the end so it says my fit age is 48! Then I was mad at it! I hope you use yours better than I use mine!
Claire was the same way with her gingerbread house. I was way more into making it look pretty. Hope your having fun with the Wii, especially hula hooping. Next time I am there and not carrying multiple babies, then I will challenge you to a duel. Start practicing now!
So cute. I haven't been on here in forever because I can never get the link from my blog to work. Bad excuse, I know. But I can't believe how big Hailee is getting! Almost 3?? Craziness!
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