Thanksgiving

On Wednesday night we spent the night at grandma and grandpa's house. We all got up early and left for VA for a Schleicher Thanksgiving. A nice time was had by all and we ate some great food. The highlight of the trip was watching Hailey with all the animals. At one point there were three dogs running around and Hailey chasing after them saying "oof oof" the whole time. She didn't sleep at all on Thursday night because she was so excited about the dogs. When we were carrying her down the stairs at 1am all she kept saying was "oof", we even had to go through each room of the house to show her that the dogs were not there anymore. On Friday she got to pet a cow, a 3 week old baby lamb and some chickens. I can't wait to go back when she is a little older (and when it is a little warmer) so she can play with the animals some more.



On Saturday we got up and met mimi, popi, uncle Jason and Auntie Allie in Floyd VA to cut down Christmas Trees. As always it is an adventure and never works out like we plan. The place that we were going to go (which told mimi and popi was a cut your own tree place) did not have choose and cut trees. So we had to try and find another farm that someone told us about. It turned out that the tree farm was nice and a lot cheaper then the place we ended up at last year. Hailey was in heaven with all the trees around, she would point at them all and say "trees". I love that she is saying more words now, she has the sweetest sounding little voice.




We spent the night at mimi and popi's house and had a Locke Thanksgiving on Sunday and had some more great food. It is always fun getting together with family. Can't wait to do it all again in a few weeks. Less then a month till Christmas!!

Pictures

We finally took Hailey to get her 1 year pictures done. I will never get professional pictures done this close to Christmas ever again. They turned out really good but we were very rushed and felt like we didn't have enough time to really look over the options. Thought you might like to enjoy some of the cute pictures of our sweet pea.

New Hat

While in Virginia last weekend Uncle Jason and Auntie Alli bought Hailey this cute little hat. She just looks so precious that I had to put a couple pictures up of her in the hat. I wish she would wear it all the time. I love the way it frames her sweet little face, she looks so angelic, you would never know she has a mischievous side to her (lol).

Merry Go Round

Hailey spent this past weekend with her mimi and popi. On Friday mimi took her to a work meeting and I think Hailey got more attention then the presenter. Then on Saturday they took her along with Uncle Jason and Aunti Alli to a little town called Floyed Virginia. This is mimi and popi's favorite place to visit now, it seems like they go there every other weekend. We will be going after Thanksgiving to cut down the tree so I can't wait to see what all the fuss is about. On Sunday they took her to the mall to play with her friend Kate and ride the cars and the merry-go-round. This was Hailey's first time and I think she enjoyed it. As you can tell in the pictures she wasn't feeling well that day, she had a little bit of a fever so she wasn't her happy self but she was still well behaved. Popi will just have to take her again when she is feeling a little better.




On Monday we took her to Mt. Airy to walk around since both mimi and popi had the day off. The second floor of the Emporium has all kinds of toys and Hailey had a field day. She loved the rocking they even made a galloping sound when you pressed their ear. She just needs to get a little taller so she can ride them better.

How old are you?

When we ask Hailey how old she is, she will hold up one finger (on both hands) to say she's one. She is so proud of herself when she does this that she has to clap afterwards. I don't think we will ever have to worry about self esteem issues with this child.

No shoes, No shirt, No problem

We put Hailey down for a nap the other day but she didn't want to go down yet and kept playing in her crib. When we went to check on her when she was was quiet for a few minutes she had gotten her shirt over her head somehow. Brian and I couldn't stop laughing. It was too cute so we had to take a picture.




Our cousin Ashley had a cross country meet at Wingate University near our house so we went to cheer her on. It was a little chilly so we had Hailey bundled up. Of course we couldn't go without her golf club, she carried it with her the whole time. That is till Ashley gave her a banana. Ashley placed 14 in the race and her team qualified for nationalsl. Congratulations we are very proud of you!!

Future Career

I guess Hailey is already weighing the options for what she wants to be when she grows up. Right now I would guess she will either be a pro golfer, a model,a gymnist or a vet. She gets so excited whenever she sees or even hears a dog, and she is constantly climbing on anything she can find. Here she is practacing some poses; natural and attitude.