Hailey One Year Pictures

What a joy Hailey has been for me. I have no idea if she seems sweeter just for the fact that I have learned patience or maybe I realize this is my last baby and I am eating up every moment of it. The one year mark seems to change everything, and I am really sad to be leaving the baby stage with her. No more bottles, try to get rid of the pacifier and no more rear facing car seats. Hailey is my girl, and she wants me all of the time. She has grown so fast and I love that she is so happy and willing to smile. The pictures were a breeze with her. She did great. I think I might actually cry when we have her party.

She is saying more words now and she is walking most of the time. She is even perfecting squatting down to get toys and standing back up. She loves her food and is eating everything. She has been my first baby to actually like whole milk. I am glad it will make the transition easier for me. So here are the pictures, enjoy.

Snowed In

Awww, the joy of snow. I have to say I am pretty much sick of it by now. School has been out for a week and of course we broke the 100 year record for snowfall. It would choose to do this on our first winter in MD. I have been hibernating as of late, which is why my post are far and few between. I am locked in the house with my books and the kids are going stir crazy. It snowed so much that Corey couldn't go to work for two days due to a state of emergency in the county his work is located in. It was nice having him home for two days, but now he has to work extra to catch up with all the orders.

I took pictures, but for some reason they don't do much justice. I am sure people will look and think that it is not a lot of snow, but for two days it is tons believe me. I am so grateful we have our 4 wheel drive vehicle. There were a couple of mornings where we couldn't get out of the driveway without it. Hopefully now we can get back to some normalcy here. This is one of the first times that I am looking forward to the start of a new week. Get these crazy boys back in school.

Looking down our driveway.
Before we shoveled out, wind was blowing notice all the drifting.

That is our trash can and the snow is taller than it. All that snow is just from our driveway.

Out of Office Due to Flu

Can you say virus? I can times four. I have not been very good about updating with pictures, but I can say I have a great excuse this time. We have all basically gotten the flu. Only two have survived with no symptoms and that is Lexie and Gabe. It all started with me as I blogged about in my last post. So I was thrilled when I was starting to get my energy back, only to have Corey contract the same bug.

Corey does not do well with flu's. He doesn't eat, lays in bed for 48 consecutive hours and then proceeds to demolish my clean toilet. Yes the one I just cleaned on Friday. But he got a blessing yesterday night and he is back to his kidding self today. Although he is still not 100 percent. Then of course little Hailey had to get it. I tried really hard, but when you are the sole comforter and tender of your little one it is hard to not be exposed. She of course got bad enough I took her to the Urgent Care on Saturday and she had Croup (which she got some steroids for) and also a double ear infections which she got antibiotics for. She is feeling better and on the mend faster than any of us. I guess it pays to actually go see a Dr.

Then yesterday Logan started complaining that his head was hot. I took his temperature and sure enough, sickly again. But he has really no other symptoms than the temperature and a little bit of a sore throat. So I sent him to school this morning after he and Gabe polished off a whole (yes I said whole) box of Cocoa Pebbles. He goes to the nurse and she takes his temperature and calls me to come and get him. When does 100.5 constitute a temperature? My Dr. always said under 101 don't even bother medicating. So I had to deal with Logan, who was running and jumping all day long. Asking me to play catch with him and doing wrestle mania with his sister all day long. I told him vacation is over, he is going back to school tomorrow. Wish I had felt well enough to have a wrestling contest.

So hopefully we are done with this nasty bug that has invaded our home and lives. I am so looking forward to Spring and warmer temperatures.