Wildlights

It was a long trip and cold but we went to the wildlights at the Columbus Zoo. Before it was dark we explored the aquarium, which Hailey always really enjoys. After dark, the lights were all around us and were so pretty especially when riding around on the carasol. The best part was the light show on the water that played to music. Hailey was really into looking at christmas lights this year so it was something she really enjoyed.

New Years Eve

On New Years Eve Hailey stayed up til after midnight and was still going. As most people do, we had pork and kraut. But we have to laugh at our Bug. As picky as Bug is with her vegetables, she LOVES kraut. The girl stuffs it in by handfulls! When midnight came Hailey was ready to make a bunch of noise with all of her instruments and noisemakers. We popped streamers all over and had a fun time dancing around with them. What fun memories!

Christmas Morning!

Hailey was so tired from the day before, she slept until almost 10! Mommy and Daddy got so impatient we had to wake her up. The moment she opened her eyes she asked if Santa had came. When we said yes she went running. Before she even looked for presents she went to the cookie plate and was very excited that Santa ate all of her cookies and left a special one just for her. Then we started opening presents. Hailey was more excited about baby dolls and a little tea set rather then her bigger presents.


Hailey made Mommy & Daddy a Christmas gift at school.

It was Mommy's & Daddy's favorite gift!

Cookies for Santa

After all the festivities of Christmas Eve, we still managed to make cookies for Santa. I refuse to let this tradition die, no matter how busy we are. I even let her bake in her pretty dress!! Mommy was so tired to care!!

Christmas Eve fun!

After having breakfast at Grandma Tynas house, we headed over to Papaw and Grandma Tubbs house. Like every Christmas, Hailey gets so excited and starts ripping through presents. After all the action, Hailey was very content coloring in her new Magic marker Dora book. After loading up lots of presents, we were off to Grannys house! Granny always has lots of yummy food and surprisingly Hailey sat nicely and ate a whole plate. When gift time comes, paper starts flying and fun chaos breaks out. After its over, everyone is literally buried in presents and wrapping paper! Its always very exciting.

Christmas Eve breakfast

Christmas Eve breakfast at Grandma's was very nice. Hailey was very excited to unwrap her first gifts of Christmas. According to her, the Disney princess carriage was "what she wanted her WHOLE life!".


Hailey also loves spending time with her favorite playmate Little Grandma. She was so sad when it was time to say goodbye. But Little Grandma promised her a sleepover at her house which made things much better.


It was raining when leaving, and Hailey looked so cute with her umbrella.

Candlelighting ceremony in Roscoe

The candlelighting in Roscoe was beautiful but very cold. There were crafts, cookies and hot apple cider. It was such an experience to see a large group of people holding candles singing silent night.