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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Labor Day weekend, Airplanes and Football....


Haley is now obsessed with Airplanes and of course Gary and Miss (Melissa) are in everyone of them....even the ones on TV :) Gary even did a fly by over Mom and Jim's house...it was so exciting! Sunday afternoon we decided to take Haley down to the airport to see Uncle Gary fly Greg Biffle's plane down for the race and Aunt Miss was along for the ride as well. As you can tell from many of these videos Haley is super excited about seeing Gary and Melissa and she LOVES airplanes!!! Soon she can take start taking flight lessons with Uncle Gary! From watching this clip, i'm not sure anyone would want to ride with her :)

We told Haley before we left where we were going and about 30 minutes into the trip she started waiving out the window and saying "Hi Gary... Hi Miss" when she saw an airplane flying over the highway! We couldn't believe she still remembered where we were going and who we were going to see.

Haley also got to see the 3 fighter jets fly over the Race Track!!! It was quite an evening!

We also had a great time watching all the Football games this weekend! Go FSU....and Go Neers! Of course most everyone knows that Clayton went to FSU so naturally Haley has to cheer them on, but some of you may not know that Aunt Mandy, Uncle Gary, Uncle Jared, and Aunt Tonia all went to Appalachian State University (Mountaineers).
Haley has gone to two birthday parties over the last two weekends! I think she is really starting to enjoy these! Braylen turns 1 on 9/17 and had her 1st b-day party over labor day weekend while everyone was in town. She seemed to really enjoy her watermelon cake and playing with all of her friends! She's such a cutie! This past weekend was Brandon's 1st Birthday party who turned 1 on 8/21! He of course didn't mind getting his hands dirty with his cake and chowed down! Look at those big blue eyes! Following the big bash was his older brother Russell's football game! Russell is #6! It was so cute to watch all of these little kids running all over the field chasing the football! Haley and Brandon had matching home made shirts that Lindsey and I made....that's about as creative as I get :) I must say that Haley's FSU and Neers outfits were homemade as well since it's tough to find things in her size. I love this picture of Haley and Brandon first seeing each other with the same shirts on...it's almost like showing up at Prom and seeing someone else with your dress on...LOL. Haley is one of Russell's biggest fans :)

Ma and John drove all the way from St. Louis to come to ATL for Labor Day weekend! It was so much fun to see them again and Haley really loved playing wtih both of them! We can't wait to see them again at the end of September! Haley even woke up a few mornings specifically asking for "Ma"! With Ma and John being in town Sher Sher (Sheryl) and RyRy (Ryan) were around the family a lot that weekend and Haley got to play and read lots of books with both of them. The first night Haley and Ryan showed up in the same outfits :)
Last but not least.....we have a shopper!!! Haley woke up this past Saturday morning and all she could talk about was going shopping! She really wanted to go so we finally took her to target and bought her her very own shopping cart! She LOVES it and really enjoys pushing it all around the house now. When she's not shopping her 2nd most favorite thing to do these days is to play in her fort that Clayton makes for each night! She thinks it's the coolest thing and brings all of her animals inside to hang out with her! It's actually kind of scary because Sheryl, my cousin Rachel and I were notorious for making forts! We made some really good ones too so we'll have to teach Haley!

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Road Trip.....

Haley, Clayton and myself hit the road early Friday evening to head to Charlotte to see Haley's new cousin's Macy and Makayla and of course Gary and Mandy too :) Haley stayed awake the entire 4 hour car ride up there so we did lots of games, playing with toys, eating, and a Starbucks stop to make the car ride more enjoyable. The last hour of the trip Clayton and I gave in and let her watch Barney since we know that's typically how she likes to wind her evenings down. She was very excited to see everyone...including Max and Marley! Saturday we all went to the pool for a while where Haley got to go swimming with Uncle Gary! She loved having him chase her around the pool! Then we took the girls out for their first Sushi dinner....which of course they just loved but I really think that they like their trip to Brusters the best! I know that was certainly Haley's favorite stop! Let's see....yep she still gets the free kids cone! Even a couple states away on our way to get our Ice Cream, Haley still misses Sher Sher and Ryan! Late Sunday morning we started our journey back home and I took several video's of Haley entertaining herself which just cracks me up. She gets pretty creative :).....some of it we could have done without though.

Eventually we did let her watch Barney again, but at least she is learning her fingers!
I'm not sure which story she is reading but it sure sounds like a good one!
Here's what Haley remembers of the weekend!
Gary and Mandy took Macy and Makayla on their first road trip to ATL when they were just two weeks old! They fit right into our family.....we are always on the go :) It was so much fun to see the girls and really get to know each of their personalities! Haley did get a little jealous sometimes when I would try to hold or feed the girls, but she did much better when we went to Charlotte for our trip. She's going to have to get used to the idea that she's not the only little one around anymore. Although a few times she did revert back to her baby life, but I think she was just trying to get some attention. All and all though she did really good and she loves her new cousins!
The weekend just before Gary and Mandy came into town Minnie had her 15 year old Birthday Party!!! Happy Birthday Minnie! Naturally Sheryl and Ryan had a huge bash at their house for the big day and it was all done in Minnie Mouse style :) Sheryl definitely got the creative gene. All of the dogs were invited and they were all treated with mini cup cakes (vanilla of course!) They all went home with goodie bags full of treats, bones, etc. Kylah loved it and I think Haley enjoyed it just as much because it gave her even more dogs to chase! Ryan's nephew Caleb (3 months older than Haley) got to join the big event as well so him and Haley got to do a little catching up. Haley also got to play with Papa too which is nothing new but Haley always enjoys it! She sure loves her family!