Build A Bear Party.....

So my spoiled little girl decided instead of getting lots of presents from Mom and Dad that she wanted to invite a few friends to go with her to Build A Bear for a party. She had lots of fun and it was so exciting to see the kids and want they all picked out. Afterwards we went and had donuts and juice and opened presents. Hailey had the best birthday ever. Thanks to everyone for making her day super special!

Hailey and her monkey!
All the kids with their bears. Again not a grea tpicture!
Haliey being sang too!

Hailey's birthday cake....Hard work for Mom to cook that one! LOL
Getting all ready for her party. She had to have lipstick on!
Some of the party kids...You can't take a very good picture of them !
Hailey checking to see if her monkey is soft enough!
Washing their bears!

Happy Birthday to Hailey!!

I can not believe that Hailey is 3 today. She is growing up so fast. I love her to pieces. It is hard to believe that just a few years ago we were waiting for our little girl to arrive. She definitely was a miracle to us and has brought us so much joy. Words can't explain what a wonderful blessing she has been to our family. We love you Hailey. Happy birthday!

In Honor of Hailey's Birthday I wanted to tell about her favorite things to help me remember.

Favorite shows: Dora, Barney, The Bearstein Bears,

Favorite foods: Stroganoff, Spaghetti and Carrots

Favorite Color: Pink

Favorite toy: Ponies, Babies, Stuffed animals (She always has to carry one with her and knows exactly what one she must have), Little People, and other various toys.

Favorite saying: "What are we going to do today!"

Favorite day of the week: Library day. Hailey loves to read books and will have us read to her for hours and hours on end.

Here are a few of her favorites and things she liked. Have a great Day Hailey!

An early birthday present.....princess wishes.......

So Of course I am in denial of my baby growing up and getting into all the "character" things. I have tired to deny it but Hailey is getting very opinionated and I think I just can't hold her back any more. Needless to say for Hailey's early birthday present we took her to see Disney on Ice Princess Wishes....of course she wanted to dress up as a princess...nothing how I am with character things I was mortified to take her out in public in a dress up. I stirred about it all day and then I just decided to bit the bullet and do it. Well needless to say it was a hit and Hailey loved it so it was worth it.

We made it a date night tonight. We went out to dinner at yummy California Pizza Kitchen. I recommend the Honey Chicken pizza...to die for...and the Chinese chicken salad. After dinner Daddy took Hailey to Build A Bear and let her get a matching Princess outfit for her bear. She was so excited that they were matching. After stopping at Build A Bear we headed to the show. Hailey was so excited and couldn't get there fast enough! All the little girls were dresses up as the different princesses....that made me feel good about letting Hailey do it too! She had so much fun and loved the show and having her bear be Snow White to. After the show she was beat and tired from watching so intently. Needless to say I think she was asleep before we pulled out of the park garage. Here are a few pictures from our fun night. Happy Early Birthday to Hailey! WE love our little princess!!!

A princess Dinner!
Getting Snow white's clothes
Hailey and Katie before the show.
Hailey watching the show.
Hailey "Snow White" and Jared
Hailey all ready to go in her dress up. Thanks to Aunt Wendy we had something to wear!
SNow WHite
Hailey was posing like a Princess
Another Princess Pose
SHe carried this ticket with us to dinner. I gave her the receipt and not the real ticket. GOod thing cause she left it at the restaurant and was crying she didn't have a ticket. I had to show her the real one and then she was fine!

Sorry for so many pictures!

Signs of Spring!!!

It was almost 60 degrees today and we got to play outside. Hailey was in heaven. And she actually pedaled her bike this year. I told her we could go for a bike ride and when we got downstairs I asked her where we were going...she told me, " to the playground...." and off she went. Here are a few pictures!




Daddy saw us out playing on his way home from work so he suprised us and stopped to say hi!

Signs of Spring Videos!

A friend emailed this to me and I couldn't help but cry. I know I have felt a lot of these feelings as well as some of you out there. I had to share it! I think this is my new favorite song. It sums up thoughts I can't put into words.

Living Planet Aquarium

Today we got to the aquarium with some of our favorite friends. I wasn't sure if it woudl be all that neat but suprisingly they did a great job with it. Hailey enjoyed checking all the fish out. We will definately have to go again soon. Thanks for letting us share some pictures!

The Giant cRab!!
Andrew, Christian and Hailey!
Mommy & Hailey

This what you get when you try to take a picture of 3 kids under 3!!!
Hailey and Christian having fun in the little tunnels!
Hailey attempting to pet the Sting Rays....she didn't!
Hailey driving the boat to teh doc! Or so she thought....thats where the screen was taking us!
Hailey checking out all the "cool" fish!

Who needs toys....

When you have a container to play in! Hailey's imagination is flourishing and so fun to watch. She thought she was pretty cool playing in her toy's bucket!

The Bearstein Bears!!

Since we have been making weekly visits to the Library Hailey has been finding lots of different books and things to be into. Her new favorite is to read any Bearstein Bears book. I find it funny because I loved these books when I was little. Well today Hailey discovered two books on the book shelf that were a whole bunch of The Bearstein Bears stories. She was oh so excited just reading them but you shoudl have seen her face when I offered to read them to her. She asked me to read her the whole book and just sat their listening to story after story. It was fun to read them to her and remember being a kid and liking them myself! I love my little Hailey!

New Hair

So I haven't mastered how to take a picture of myself very well but some of you wanted to see it. I decide on a whim to go and chop my hair off. Before I changed my mind I hurry and ran to get it cut. I am hapy with how it turned out! It's always fun to have a change!