Merry Christmas!

We hope you enjoy our Christmas Pictures. We really had a wonderful time. Grandma and Grandpa Spencer and Aunties Trudi, Tressa and Tami stayed with us for a few days. It was a lot of fun, and it only took Bailee 3 days to warm up to them. A few months ago we saw a rocking horse (just like this one) at the store. Bailee absolutely LOVED it! We let her ride it and it was hard to get her to leave it. When it was time to let Santa know what she wanted, we thought this would be the perfect thing. I have been waiting, not so patiently, forever for Santa to bring it to her. I just knew that Bailee wouldn't want anything to do with the other presents because she wouldn't want to leave her horsey. Santa was even tempted to bring it early on more than one occasion because I was so excited. That should have been my first clue. Bailee didn't want to ride the horse, we are lucky she will observe it from afar. I convinced her to ride it long enough to get a few pictures (I think it helped that she was within reach of a dozen candy canes,) but she hasn't been back on it since. I am a little disappointed, but I do have hope she will come around. On the other hand, I was right that Bailee would love a broom of her own. Grandma and Grandpa came through on that one. She has swept the floor a few times in the past couple of days, and also vacuumed thanks to Auntie Trina. Bailee has absolutely loved her new boots. She has asked for them first thing the past 2 mornings. We've been having so much fun playing with all the fun toys. We are constantly reminded of all the Lord has blessed us with. We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and took time to remember our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Um...Okay?

Well, by now you must all think that I let Bailee eat Candy constantly. In fact, I don't even let her have it every day. This time of year is a bit more challenging. I am serious about this though: Bailee loves chocolate more than anyone I've ever met. Yes, even more than Jolynn. I swear she can hear a wrapper crunch from a mile a way, and with VAMPIRE speed she is at your side begging for a bite. It doesn't matter what kind of chocolate or what it's mixed with, Bailee will eat it. Now back to the pictures.... I walked into the front room to find Bailee biting gum drops and licking the frosting on the gingerbread house. Now maybe most moms would remove the child from the situation immediately, but I wanted a picture of this. Of course, my camera wasn't where I thought I left it, so I spent a good 10 minutes looking for it. I knew I had plenty of time, Bailee wasn't leaving that tasty sugary house any time soon. I finally gave up on the camera and headed back up the stairs. Lo and behold, the camera is sitting at the computer desk and Bailee has now brought the gingerbread house into the kitchen. She had it in between her legs and was bending over it bitting the candy off. If you recall we put this together the first week of the month, so it's pretty hard by now. Bailee was shaking, though I'm not sure if it was from excitement or sugar, and eating as quickly as she could. After a few pictures, and a big grin, I put the gingerbread house on the fridge. You probably think she cried and threw a fit, well you are right, but not before trying to pull herself onto the counter towards her now confiscated evening snack. And here is the evidence. Enjoy.

Candy??

Bailee was bored this morning (because I wouldn't let her watch TV or color on the walls) so we went on a walk. I took her jammies off and went to find her some warm clothes. I came back and she had just her hat on and was trying to open the door. I should have grabbed the camera. We finally got her dressed and she didn't even fight me when I put on the cute pink snow boots! After our walk I found some icicles hanging on the rose bush, so I broke one off to show her. Bailee took off her gloves to hold it and the next thing it was in her mouth. She dropped it and wanted another, so I gave it to her. This time I had the camera ready. I really hope there wasn't anything nasty in it!

Our Tree

I've been meaning to post these forever. Here is our tree downstairs!

Bailee meets Santa...

Need I say more??