3 Months Old

Hayley is 3 months old today. I can't believe it. She is growing so fast. I took the kiddos to get their pictures taken today. They turned out so cute. I put together a slideshow of some of the pictures. Enjoy!

Steve, you will be missed!

One of my really good friends lost her husband to cancer last night. Steve was a wonderful husband and an even more amazing father. He will be greatly missed by so many people. Please continue to keep his family in your prayers.

A child is a precious gift from God And baptism is God's gift wrapping

Hayley was baptized over the holidays. It was a very nice ceremony and we had most of our family there with us. Thank all of you for coming to help celebrate this joyous occasion.

Christmas 2008

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. It snuck up on us and was over before we knew it. I didn't take very many pictures this year, with two kids I sort of forget about the camera. I did video Peyton seeing all the presents and his stocking in the morning. So, I get some points. Here are a few pictures from our Christmas.

Christmas Eve

Our littlest elf

The kiddos had semi matching pjs and this was our attempt at getting a picture of them.

Aunt Lacy and Peyton (the only time he sits still enough to be held is when he is drinking his milk).

Peyton and Hayley with their Aunt Kelsey

Hayley with her Pappy Jack. She thinks he is hilarious!

Mommy getting some Peyton love on Christmas morning.

Peyton and his Mr. Potato head, he loves it!

Peyton also got this dump truck for Chrismas. He thought he would climb on in.

Peyton picked out this horse for himself at the store one day. I hid it when we got back and put it out for him from Santa. He was so excited to see it and rode it all around.

Smiles

Hayley has started smiling now and its enough to melt my heart. I love those baby smiles. Thought I would share some with you!

Trail of Lights

We decided to take Peyton to the Trail of Lights this year on the coldest day of the year. I'm not sure why we thought this would be a good idea but I was sure Peyton would love all of the lights. He loved the fact that they had all of his favorite characters like Wild Things, Little Mermaid, Micky Mouse and so many others but he did not like the cold or wearing all of the clothes that I put on him. I think he was pretty confused on why something so cool could be so bad at the same time. Next year we will be sure to go when it is not freezing outside. Here are some pictures from the night and you can pretty much tell that Peyton had enough of being cold.The famous Tree, we started out here and Peyton loved the big tree. He kept saying pretty lights! This was probably his favorite thing, the fire. He learned to warm his hand over it.

The very beginning of the Trail of Lights. It is so neat.

Peyton was already very cold here.

Daddy and Peyton walking the trail.

The Wild Things!

Peyton thought they were very cool!

Dr. Seuss, we tried to get Peyton to look at the camera but there was better things to look at.

This picture totally describes our visit to the Trail of Lights.


Peyton did not think that these pictures were necessary.

Santa

Peyton was so excited all morning to go see Santa, mainly because I told him that he could get a candy cane afterwards. So, a friend of mine and her two little ones went to the mall to take pictures. We got there right before it opened so we didn't have to wait in line. That turned out not to work. They didn't have the keys to open the camera equipment and they said it might be hours until they could open. They told us we were more than welcome to sit with Santa and take our own pictures. Neither of us had our cameras so we had to use a camera phone. Peyton wasn't very cooperative with smiling at the camera. I'm trying to decide if its worth going back to take a real picture. This year Peyton wasn't scared of Santa but he also wouldn't talk to him or smile at him. And they did not have candy canes to give out. I guess I should have checked before I promised one so we had to go get a cookie afterwards. Anyways, here is our picture from the camera phone. Merry Christmas everyone!