End of 2008...

Well Christmas with Hailey this year was great. The holidays are always tough because we have to make things work with Hailey going to her dad's house and family parties. There is always so much going on and we have to really focus on what the priorities are and go with those rather than trying to do everything.

But this year with Hailey was great. I was kind of bummed after leaving my parents house on Christmas Eve at 9;30pm and Hailey already asleep in the car after not even 5 minutes that I wasn't really going to get to spend time with her for our Christmas. I just felt like everything was so rushed and I couldn't really just sit there and enjoy it with Hailey. But we got home and I woke her up and carried her in and I told her to look under the tree and SANTA CLAUS CAME!!!!

Her face was the one I had been waiting to see all night. She was amazed and loved it and was so excited she didn't know where to start first. She asked me "Mommy can I hope my presents?!" and she went to one opened it and then wanted to open another. And of course I couldn't get things put together fast enough. Hailey I think really just enjoyed opening the presents and seeing the surprises hidden beneath the paper. She was so excited!

I got everything put together finally and Hailey was playing with all of her baby dolls that Santa Claus brought. Finally at 11:30pm we had to get to bed. Hailey wanted to play but she needed to get to bed because we had to be at her dad's at 8am on Christmas morning.

It was the best thing ever though...I could have skipped everything else and just spent the night with Hailey and enjoyed our Christmas together.

From Santa Hailey got:
2 baby dolls
food for her kitchen
baby set that included a stroller, swing, high chair, car seat and diaper bag
shopping cart
Leap frog Tag system and books
microphone - which she loved and sang into right away!!
play dough set