Christmas!

We had a fun Christmas this year. We spent Christmas Eve with the with the Banks family. Dave and Michelle are gracious enough to host it every year. Each family takes a turn being in charge of the program. Dave and Michelle's family was in charge this year. They did such a great job. It really brought the Christmas spirit. We ate and visited, it was just great.

Christmas day was a little bit hard because Craig had to work, but we still had fun. Craig was able to wait until eight o'clock to go in to work and was able to get off a little early. We went down to Dave and Suz's first thing to open presents. Hailee was asleep for the first 45 minutes, but woke up happy so that was great! We all got some great gifts and had a really good time watching everyone else open the gifts they received too. Grandma and Grandpa W. got Hailee a rocking horse that she wasn't too sure about at first, but really enjoyed it later on. We also got her some books and a little ball popper toy. My parents got her a cute little outfit and a fun book that sings. After opening gifts we just hung out and took a little nap then came home and showered. Then we waited for Criag to get home and showered before we went back down to Dave and Suz's for dinner. We love to play games with them. It was a really fun and laid back day.

Birthday Party!

We had a lot of fun with Hailee's birthday. I had bought this little dress about a month ago and figured I would save it for her birthday. She looked SO cute in it, but she wasn't too impressed with how poofy it was (niether was her dad...). I have tried to keep her pretty comfortable so far with the dresses, but I figured since she is walking it wouldn't be as big of a deal. Well, she still didn't like it. Then there is Craig who thinks that the bows for her hair and poofy, girly things are just dumb. I don't really care, I do it anyway :) It's cute, right!! Anyway, she made it through church. Craig has to take her after sacrament meeting because I teach primary. This is SO good for him. I am glad that he has to take responsibility once in a while. She even pooped at church and I am always really glad when he has to change a poopy diaper or two! I love primary, but it is really hard when Craig has to work or teach figuring out what to do with Hailee. Thankfully, Becca and Craig's parents' ward meets right after ours, so there is usually someone who is willing to take her to sacrament meeting with them.

After church I came home and started cooking! We had dinner at like 4:30 with my family and Craig's family down at Big Horn Federal. It is so nice to be able to meet down there since I don't have enough room for everyone at my house! We just had BBQ beef sandwiches, or BBQ beef nachos. Suz brought salad and mom made a pan of potatoes. It was a little stressful getting to that point, but it was really good. I was glad to have that all over with. Lorraine made Hailee her darling little lady bug cake. I loved it, it was so cute. Hailee was trying to go to sleep right before we were ready to do all of the cake stuff. Craig woke her up and she perked up when it was time to eat the cake. She was a little hesitant at first, but dove right in after a few minutes. Cailee and Lauren got her cleaned up after that while I cleaned up the frosting off of the floor before it got smashed in the carpet. She ended up in the sink to get cleaned up. She is such a little fishy! She absolutely loves the water, she doesn't even care if it gets in her face; it really doesn't phase her much, she is always blowing bubbles in the bathtub and loves the shower! Once we got her cleaned up we moved over to the gifts. She wasn't real into opening them, she just wanted to play with the ribbon and bows off of them. I ended up opening them! She has loved to play with them since we brought them home though. Thanks everyone who bought her stuff!

I can't believe it's been a whole year since we brought our little angel home! She is so much fun and teachs me so much everyday. I feel very blessed to be trusted to raise this sweet little girl.