We traveled to Charlotte the Monday before Christmas. We spent the first part of the week with my family and then went to Ryan's parents the day after Christmas. Here are some quick pics of our time:
Das got Hailey donuts for our first morning there and she loved the snowman one best
Getting ready to help Daddy in the garage
Ryan changed the spark plugs in my car while we were there
Justin (my brother-in-law) and Ryan playing Candy Land with the kids
On Christmas Eve we went to service with my parents and Hailey was super excited about the candles...until we lit them. Then she just wanted to blow it out.
Mack stealing Grams' fruit on Christmas morning. He went around and cleaned everyone's plate for them.
Opening presents
Hailey loved opening presents this year. She finished opening hers and then tried to open everyone else's! She got some fun games, pajamas, Mrs. Potato head and a baby stroller. She loved pushing her stuffed animals, and anything else she could find, around in the stroller for the rest of the day.
The next morning, we got up, packed up and headed to Ryan's parents house. We weren't going to actually celebrate Christmas with them until Monday so Mimi let Hailey open a present each morning. She was so excited every morning for us all to get up so that she could open something new. She got a few new games and we loved playing them...not that we actually played by the rules, but hey, she's not quite 3 yet.
Hailey got lots of time to love on Beau (their dog)
and get ticked by Poppi
There were a few not too cold days so we got to go outside and "walk" Pluto and check Mimi's mail
One afternoon she played doctor with a stethoscope she found in the toy box. She called "patients" in from the waiting room, checked them out and then gave them a sticker!
We got to go visit a friend who had a new baby. Hailey liked holding him but really wanted him to play with her. She may be a little upset when Reece gets here...
Finally we got to celebrate Christmas with Ryan's family on Monday night! Hailey had been dying all day and just barely made it through dinner! She kept asking me if everyone was done yet. Ha! Before opening presents we had a little concert courtesy of Kristin (Ryan's sister), Hailey and Nala.
Hailey was so excited to get Bonsai (the hyena from Lion King) She had been begging us for a stuffed hyena FOREVER. Seriously...her favorite characters in the movie are the hyenas...
After she opened her presents she loaded them up in her "car" and went to the mall to Bass Pro to see the "long nosed gar". I'm.not.even.kidding.
It was precious. This girl has the most imagination I've ever seen!
We had a great Christmas vacation visiting family and friends and are so thankful that we live close enough to do so! We headed back to Raleigh on December 30th and are busy painting Reece's room before Ryan heads back to work next week!
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