Merry Christmas Eve!!

Since Hayden has slept awful the past two nights and then decides to wake up insanely early, I might as well take this time to blog :)  So you all can benefit from my lack of sleep, right?
I just wanted to take this moment to say Merry Christmas to all of you!!  Enjoy this amazing time of the year to celebrate with friends and family.  It's a very bittersweet time for me - already this morning I've shed tears for missing my brother so much.  It's hard to think that while we are enjoying this exciting time and eating delicious food in the company of those we love the most, he is away fighting for our freedom - I'm really struggling with that and hate that it is so out of my control. But, with that said - it's Miss H's FIRST Christmas and we are going to make sure that it's the most amazing time for her.  Santa has been working hard to get everything just perfect for her and we plan to take many photos to document this special weekend for her. 
We are fortunate enough to get to spend the next 3 days with our families - so, a blog will be done on all the festivities for sure :)

Last weekend Hayden met Santa Claus.  She was fortunate enough to have met him at her daycare party, but since J & I weren't there to wtitness, we had to have her experience it with us too.  So... she did very well at the beginning, putting on a nice big smile for Mrs. Claus and then sitting on Santa's lap with no problem.  Truthfully, I think that she was staring at the million flashes going off in front of her.

Then she had a minute to realize that mom and dad were both staring back at her... so, why not check out who is holding her??

It was quite quickly after locking eyes with Santa that the crying started.  But, she did very well and we were able to get some cute pictures :)

Again I want to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas!!  We definitely have a white one too!

Here is a few more adorable pics of Miss H to leave you off with :)

Merry Christmas, Love -
A+J+H

Oh Miss H!!

Mommy & Miss H

My Loves

Hi Megan!

Baptism - Godparents Tara & Ben

First day of daycare

Some laughs!

3 months old!!

A+J+H

Our Little Kitty - H's first Halloween

Look at my baby!!

Typical H style - scoochin away

H's thighs - ;)

Precious

4 months old!!

First time with rice cereal - no thank you!

Gross Mom!

Dad - save me....

Love, A+J+H

Almost 5 months -- YIKES!

To say that I'm a little behind on my blog is an understatement - where oh where does the time go?!?  Seriously, I have gone to the computer to do an update far too many times over the past, ahem, couple of months - how embarrassing!  Maybe my New Years Resolution should be - Quit Procrastinating ;) 

Any way, on to the important stuff - that beautiful baby girl of ours who is almost - FIVE months old!  I really cannot believe it.  She is growing up so incredibly fast!!  I wish that I could sit and fill you in on all of the happenings over the course of the past few months, however, there just isn't enough time.  So, we will sum Miss H as best we can in a brief blog post. 

She is the HAPPIEST baby - seriously, she wakes up with a smile on her face that puts you in a good mood no matter what hour of the day it is.  She couldn't light up our lives any more than she does with that big gummy grin of hers.  She is constantly keeping us on our toes as she jumps like crazy in her jumperoo, tries oh so hard to roll over (she has mastered ONE time from back to tummy, and ONE time from tummy to back), will do everything in her power to get out of the bouncer chair and the Bumbo.  If you put her sitting somewhere, you better keep a close eye on her as she will scoot her way out of the position you leave her in.  She constantly is watching the world around her and taking every little detail in.  She definitely likes to be heard and makes lots of babbling sounds, will try and imitate you and screeches and squeels with the best of them (in our house, you definitely can tell there's a little GIRL ruling the roost!). 

We have been so blessed by our daycare with Kirstie.  She is doing a wonderful job with Hayden and I'm so thankful that we found her.  She is continuously sending photos of Hayden and her happenings at daycare, whether it be sending a picture home each day on a note or via email or text message.  Such a wonderful treat to get pictures of my girl sent to me while I'm at work.  And, Hayden definitely gets quite the attention at Kirsties which she definitely loves.  She just loves watching all of the kids ;)  Couldn't have found a better place to have her at while Jas and I are busy at work! 

Our household is trying to get everything ready for Miss H's first Christmas!!  Such an exciting week we have ahead of us - one that will hold lifelong memories.  We'll definitely be missing some of our favorites this year: my brother, my Grandpa and Jason's Granny - but, we know that my brother is serving our Country (thank you Nate!) and we have two extra Angels watching over us ;) 

(Photos will be uploaded separately as it's not allowing me to upload them right now)

Happy Holidays - Love,
A+J+H