Since I have no ambition to do anything else at the moment, I figured I would update my blog. Life has been so crazy lately. I don't know what I expect with the holidays and whatnot upon us. Craig has finished football season which is a relief! His team did very well, they made it to the 2nd round of the playoffs losing to Thermopolis, the would-be state champs. He loved it, but was ready to be done. He has so many different hobbies that it really cut into his "play" time. I can't say we have seen him a whole lot since, but at least he is available.

I can't believe Thanksgiving has been here and gone. Unfortunately, Craig had to work this year. It was our year to be in Burlington, so Hailee and I went to Burlington to spend the day with my family. Craig went to his mom's when he got off of work to eat, then just watched football. I was going to come back over, but was wiped out by the time evening rolled around. We just stayed in Burlington Thursday night since Craig had to work the day after too. Friday morning Mom and I ran to Cody to hit the sale at Walmart. Becca ended up staying home with the kiddos and just sent a list with us. It was kind of a bummer, Mom had one big item she was after and we figured out after we got there that it didn't go on sale until Saturday... We still got some decent deals and got some Christmas shopping out of the way though. I was feeling really bad about not spending any of the day with Craig, but by Saturday I was glad I hadn't come back over... All of Craig's family ended up with the flu!! Rob had it Thanksgiving Day, Jacob got it Friday, and by Saturday everyone was sick! Craig didn't get it, but I am SO glad that Hailee and I avoided that one!

Hailee turned 3 on Tuesday. I can't believe my baby is already 3! For some reason I was awake that morning about 5, which is when she was born, and I couldn't help but think how much our lives have changed since she came to our family. I don't really even remember life before we had her. It seems like she is just the center of our lives. Hailee had kind of a long day of waiting before we got to party. I had a dr. appointment in Cody that morning, so she and I ventured up there first thing. I was a little worried that she would want everything in sight while we were at Walmart, but she was actually really good. I took her to McDonalds to get a happy meal for lunch though and that was when she fell apart. I was ordering and she was howling in the backseat. Finally when I was done ordering I asked her what she wanted if she didn't want a happy meal... she told me that she wanted birthday cake for lunch! After some discussion she decided that she would eat the happy meal and we would make cake when we got home. We had my family and Craig's family over for dinner and cake. Hailee had an absolute ball! She loved everything she got, especially her cake. Lorraine made her cake again this year and she couldn't have done a better job, it was exactly what Hailee was expecting! She got some great gifts that she is just thrilled about. 2 tea sets, an apron, books, a tutu... We have done a lot of playing since! We are so glad that our families we able to share Hailee's special day.

I can't believe we are into December! I have a feeling this month is going to fly by. I keep telling myself I need to get my sewing machine out so I can start sewing on a few Christmas stockings for Cailee's "new" family. We'll see how that goes ;)