The Little Notepad: Haley

Happy St. Nicholas Day!!

December 6th is almost as exciting as Christmas! This morning we came downstairs to find all of our shoes filled to the brim with goodies.

Haley was the first to the loot - and she went straight for her own shoe.

Next came Sydney, and she knew exactly which one was for her. I think the Santa Pez gave it away (she's crazy about Pez).

Max was thrilled about his shoe, which was filled with some mittens and a brand new binkie. He didn't like the cold binkie too much.

Haley dug right into the spoils. We actually all kind of looked like this, but I'll just leave it at this. :)

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, by Aria

Haley

We've been carrying on the Dec. 6th tradition in our family. But this year I didn't know what to do, since "Mrs. Clause" didn't get a chance to run out to the store last night. But this morning as we all went downstairs, sleepy and groggy, there on the steps were our shoes filled with goodies! St. Nicholas came through for us after all!

I must have been a good girl this year, because he filled my boot up to the brim!

Sydney can now open up doors by herself. This was helpful for her this morning, since I was taking too long with my camera, and she was eager to get her goodies.

she caught on very fast

Unfortunately, Sydney's not as fast as her big sister, Haley, who decided Sydney's toys looked more fun than her own. She snatched up her little doll and ran off at full speed.

A sneaky elf left some cinnamon rolls and a crown on our doorstep late last night. (I would've taken a picture of the delicious treat, but we were too excited to dig in this morning). This is another St. Nicholas tradition. The person who finds the little king (in this case, the penny) in their roll gets to be king for the day and wears the crown all day long.

I was the lucky king this year! But too bad I woke up sick this morning, so the only people that will see me in my crown are Sydney, Tommy, and the dog. It's a shame Tommy didn't get it since he's ushering for Stake Conference this morning. :)

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, by Aria

Haley

Spot the Dog

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, by Aria

Haley

The Family Bed

Okay, I know this isn't too flattering of either us or our bedroom, but it captures one of my favorite times of the day. I love it when we're all cuddled up in our PJ's on our bed, talking and laughing about anything and everything. This one morning we were babysitting Lole, Haley's doggy friend, for a couple days. The more the merrier, right? Pretty soon there will be a whole litter of kids (and dogs, probably) squeezed onto this queen bed of ours. We really should have gotten a king...

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Haley

Crazy Haley

Ever since she was a puppy, Haley has given us a run for our money with her countless accidents and sick episodes. The poor thing has had to go all the way to Australia and back (I know, a little selfish of us, but she's our baby!), and that's probably been a shock to the system. She's chewed through stitches, gotten a million infections in her ear/feet/lips, kennel cough, all different allergies and reactions to who-knows-what...the list goes on and on...and so do the vet bills.

Yesterday was another day for Haley drama. We got home from church to see her with a HUGE fat lip (probably tried to bite a wasp). And just as that was going away and we were getting ready for bed, we find her up on the counter finishing off the last of the brownies. Luckily our wonderful brother-in-law, James, is a vet tech at a nearby emergency vet clinic. He rushed over there with us, performed the needed procedures (a shot to make her throw up and some charcoal down her throat), and helped waive a $200 fee! What a life-saver!

You're probably wondering why we put up with so much, but she's our little girl and brings us so many smiles. I mean, look at those eyes...how can you resist those?

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, by Aria

Haley

I'm So Glad When Daddy Comes Home...

Everyone gets very excited to see Tommy come home from work everyday. I light up, Sydney is all smiles, and Haley, well...you'll just have to see the reaction we get from her every day: