Canada for Christmas

This year we spent Christmas with the Swaner's  in Canada. We stayed in Radium at some fabulous little condos called Bighorn Meadows (b/c there are big horn sheep EVERYWHERE!) We had a great time skiing, hanging out and celebrating Christmas. It's really hard not to post all of our pics, but I'll try to post some highlights... (WARNING...EXTREMELY LONG POST...LOTS OF PICS)

Skiing at Lake Louise...in -22 degrees!

Relaxing in these awesome condos

Stopping at Storm Mountain

Dinner with the fam and our 6 days of x-mas gifts!

Going on a Sleigh Ride!

Lunching at the Château at Lake Louise

Skiing of course

Gift exchange and white elephant gifts!

9 Months Old!

I can't believe my baby is nine months! 3 more months until she is one! Weird! Hailey is just so cute and fun right now. She is a little chatter box. She says na-na, da-da, ba-ba, ya-ya, ma-ma. She has learned to crawl...well kind of. She army crawls still, but I think she will be on her knees in no time. She sits up by herself now and just started pulling herself up on things. She just got her third tooth in! She has mastered her little pinchers and loves feeding herself. She is all over the place. She is going through a little separation anxiety with mommy. It's great to feel so loved by her but really hard at the same time. She wants me to do everything, not Brandon. No break for mom! I love her chubby cheeks and her chubby thighs and her cheesy little grins.

 

9 Month Stats

1/3/11

Length: 28 3/4 in. -- 90th Percentile

Weight: 22.8 lbs. -- 90th Percentile

Head Circumference: 45.3 cm -- 85th Percentile

Da da da da...

So lately Hailey has been talking up a storm and it is so cute! The other day I was walking through the store and she was just having the best conversation. I had like 4 women stop and talk back to her and comment on how she was talking. I love it! Sometimes she will just be sitting there and crack herself up. Love this girl!

(sorry, I don't know how to rotate the video. It's really irritating me, but oh well. If you know how, please do share!)

Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving we were in California! Brandon and I drove down with Hailey and she did really well. Thursday morning the fam ran the Turkey Trot in Dana Point. We had shirts made with our own unique names. pics not taken on my camera :( Then we headed down to San Diego for Dinner with the grandparents. Andrea, Brandon and I braved the black Friday crowds for the first time. We went to walmart at 11:00 pm for the midnight specials. Then off to Target and lastly the mall. We got home around 5:30 am. Crazy! But we had a good time. 

We had family pics taken while we were there and we just played and had fun. We took Hailey and Lucas to Knott's "Merry" Farm for the first time. Always a good time when we are down there!

And the pink flamingo...

On the move!

This is for the proud grandmas, grandpas, aunties, and uncles that can't be here to see this cute little munchkin learning how to crawl!

Just a little army crawl for now. But so cute! Now to really baby proof the house!