Hailey says the darn'dest things

She is getting so big and I love that she is able to communicate with me more. I try to write things down that are funny that she says, but she pops off with the funniest stuff all the time I don't get it all down on paper, but I try to jot it down on a random paper I have on my dresser (easily accessable) So here are a few things that have happened as of late:

"Can I wake up just a little?" Meaning that she doesn't want to go to bed, she wants to stay up.

I sing her "I love to See The Temple." but she has come up with some of her own version: "...to SEE the Holy Spirit, to listen and to PLAY." I like her way the best, I should write to the Church to change it.

I was having cabin fever and dying to get out of the house on a cold winter day, and so I asked Hailey where she wanted to go, here is the conversation that ensued.

Mom: "Where do you want to go?"

Hailey: "To Disneyland."

M:"Oh, honey, Disneyland is too far away. We'd have to take an airplane to get there."

H: (reaching into an imaginary pocket in her dress) "I have an airplane right here in my pocket." (hands me a pinch of nothing.) I tried to hold in my laughter.

We play "beats" it is a game Dave and I played in High School where you sing a note a quarter step away from the other person and it creates beats in the pocket of dissonance in the note. She loves it and will grab my face and sing a note into my mouth so I will sing back to her. She loves it, and I love that she loves it! I am so glad that I have my little Hailey and am loving the things she comes up with daily.

I MADE this!

I don't mean to brag, I am just very proud of myself. I have wanted to make Dave something to honor his mission and to show him some love, but haven't really had the time, or help. This year since I am close to my Grandma's house and was inspired by a comment from my MIL about making Christmas gifts for your spouse, I decided to make Dave a quilt. I have been collecting Asian fabric since we first got married and pulled them all out, as well as dug into my Grandma's plethora of fabrics. My grandma helped me design it, figure out measurements, cut and even provide a secret hiding place to stash the quilt in the making as well as providing an excuse to go over and clean her house and then spend some time sewing. My mom and I finished the borders and put the top together on Christmas Eve. It was quite the project, but it all worked out! My very talented Auntie (AKA the Queen Mother) did the machine quilting on the top and it turned out better than I could have imagined! I love it! I envisioned as I was sewing it that Dave and I would be able to snuggle under it, spend late nights talking while under it, read books, on Saturday mornings play on it with the kids and create good memories with the quilt. All of those things have happened so far. Dave loves it even more now that it is all done and we can use it daily. I didn't finish binding it until Jan.25th, so it took a little while... but I am just happy with myself, having 2 kids, working and still managing to get this quilt sewn AND keep it a secret from Dave! Love you, honey!

Aunt Michelle-Doesn't it sound nice?

I want you all to know that I have been sworn to secrecy for weeks to not tell a soul the wonderufl news that my baby brother and his wife are expecting their first. I am so thoroughly thrilled! I have wanted to be an aunt for some time now, and my wish is coming true! Ryan and Heather came to the house a few weeks ago and brought a card that said Hailey, Preston and _______? (see you in 9 months) My mom squealed and I jumped for joy! Heather is currently 7 weeks along and due at the end of September, so I have to wait a long time, but it will be oh so worth it! I am selfishly hoping it is a boy so that their baby can be close to my baby and grow up together and be friends. Heather has the preminition that it is a boy too, but we will see in 13 weeks.

Dave and Hailey sledding

Hailey and Dave went sledding for the first time this season. We searched for the perfect hill, not too steep, nothing at the bottom, and not a school (since it was a school day, we didn't think we could sled while school was in session!) We went to the A-frame chruch near my grandparents.. I had the hardest time finding a sled, all the stores were sold out and I finally found one at Kid-to-Kid. Hailey LOVED it! A far cry from last year and her first experience with sledding and snow.She kept wanting to go down again and again, but always insisted "Daddy, you come with me."

Ice Cream, for Breakfast?

I know that you are thinking, but please, I need some reinforcements on this one! Dave thinks that it is weird to have ice cream for breakfast. Now mind you, it is not a big bowl with chocolate syrup or anything. Growing up we would have Malt-O-Meal cereal and put ice cream on the top. It is very practical, it helps cool the hot cereal quickly and it makes it creamy without having to add milk. It has become a comfort food for me and I love it. I have passed this tradition onto Hailey and she loves it too. (I mean who wouldn't, it's ice cream!)So, tell me, am I the only one that does this?

under, around...over!

Preston just thinks that he is a big boy now and can go over instead of around! (You know, the path of least resistance.) He got high-centered and couldn't get off his toy basket. I had to take this picture before I helped him off.9 months old and he is already showing his tendancy to be all boy, very active into everything and on the go!

Maybe it won't be such a bad day afterall

(this should have been posted yesterday, but by the time the kids went to bed, so did I!)

Last night Hailey woke up just as we were getting into bed. Dave went in to check on her, but she told him that she just wanted Mommy. (I never actually heard this request and think it is possibly a cop-out because he wanted to go to bed and sleep...I guess we will never know.) I tried to leave her after she was calm, but she was freaking out. I couldn't figure out why, she wouldn't tell me anything. I ended up lying next to her and rubbing her back until I fell asleep. I got into my bed at 1AM and then Preston decided that he wanted to start his day extra early at 6:30! I was worried that it would turn out to be a whiney, cranky day for all of us...that is until this happened at BREAKFAST! Preston was OUT! I had walked into the other room to get Hailey, she hepled me make the bed and when I walked into the kitchen he was asleep. Needless to say, it really was a good day. In spite of the fact that the kids nap schedules are opposite, so I didn't get a nap. But I spent the time while Hailey was sleeping and Preston was playing with Jaycee and Cayden (my cousins) cleaning up the whole house. I think it is the first time in months that the whole house has been clean at once!