25 RANDOM FACTS...LET'S SEE...

I'm jumpin' on the bandwagon--get ready to know me better! Here we go!!!

1. When I was pregnant, I LOVED smelling the bag of Cascade dishwasher gel pacs--and still do! Cameron was always worried I'd start eating them! Never did, thank you very much!
2. One of my biggest pet peeves is when people read over my shoulder--drives me crazy!
3. I LOVE music trivia--any genre, any decade, LOVE IT! Thanks for that, Dad!
4. I actually really enjoy public speaking. Crazy, I know!
5. The way my home smells is a HUGE priority to me. Thank you, Scentsy!
6. I hide my treats from Cameron. Not that he always eats them--it's just my own weirdness. Thank you for that, Mom!
7. I hate odd numbers--thank you Haylee for being born at 8:48am on the 28th!
8. I don't handle stress well at all. I get extremely grouchy to the closest people to me--sorry, Honey.
8. I have two slightly different colored eyes--check 'em out sometime!
9. I LOOOOOOVE history. Especially war history--for some reason, the grossest, craziest stuff is the most intriguing to me.
10. I am proud to say that I throw a pretty sweet spiral with a football.:)
11. I am completely against baby talk. You'll never hear it from me. I'll do the high voice, but no baby talk.
12. The weirdest thing I've ever eaten was a cow's hoof on the mission. It's more of a "chew" forever thing, rather than "eating". Kinda like chewin' the fat...literally.
13. I love to be surprised--like in a good way. Like gifts, parties, etc.
14. I DO NOT like haunted houses, although I will go to them. But I hafta be in the middle of the group and I usually walk through with my face presses against Cameron's back. Total waste of money.
15. My favorite color to wear is olive green.
16. I've been to a topless beach...twice. Gotta love the Dominican Republic.
17. I LOVE to country swing! In my single days, I used to go almost every weekend! I was the girl being thrown and flipped--LOVED IT!!!
18. The only car accidents I've caused were with stationary objects. I've hit three poles!
19. I have a hard time delegating. I'd rather just do stuff myself so I know it gets done right--especially cleaning!
20. I am soooooo not touchy. Not even with Cameron. Sure, I was when we were dating--hello, I am human! But now, not so much.
21. I won't watch movies about animals. Free Willy did me in! I am way to emotional for that!
22. Speakin' of Free Willy, my dream as a kid was to be the person diving off Shamu's nose at Sea World. The closest I've gotten to that is swimming with dolphins. Thanks Mom and Dad!
23. I have the best husband in the world (sorry ladies, yes, I do!). He is always happy, always funny, always helpful, etc. An amazingly hard worker, too! Love you honey!
24. I have the best child in the world (sorry moms and dads, yes, I do!) She is so easygoing and completely self-entertained. Plus, she's incredibly cute!
25. My dream would be to spend at least a day in every single country. There's so much I hafta see!

Well, there ya have it. This was a lot harder than I thought. I hope everyone who reads this will also do it so I can read it!

NEW YEAR=NEW ENDEAVORS...

Well, 2009 is already proving to be a year for change for Cameron and I. For starters, I am now working! I began teaching the 3 and 4 year olds at a new preschool in Mesa on Thursday this week. It really is an ideal situation for me. I get to work part-time (from 8am-1pm Monday through Friday) and I get to bring Haylee with me! Since it is a new preschool, I only have a handful of children right now, so I am able to train them and get them set up and work on the new children as they trickle in. I love the director of the preschool as well as the other teachers.

The changes just keep on comin'! This coming week, Cameron will begin taking an EMT course. He wants to have something a little more stable to fall back on just in case, since we never know what the future holds for us...

Another big change? I will be turning the big 3-0 this year! Yup, April 18th I will leave my 20's behind. The fun part is we will be in Rocky Point, Mexico to celebrate! Cameron is going to do the triathlon in Rocky Point that day! I'm so lookin' forward to that trip!

Well, there ya have it! Oh yeah, and Haylee will go to nursery the first week in April! Woo hoo!

LOVE THIS GIRL!!!

Haylee is seriously one of the easiest kids ever! She is very good at finding ways to entertain herself. At church yesterday, we found her sunglasses in the diaper bag and let her play with them. She'd let us put them on her, she'd smile real big (as shown above), and then she'd take them off and want us to put them on again. Such a diva!

And who knew a shoebox could be so entertaining??? I call this picture, "Fat girl in a little box." She was honestly entertained sitting in this box for about 45 minutes to an hour! It was hilarious!

Lately we've started letting Haylee play in our room while we get ready or clean in there--you'd think it was a playground the way she gets so excited! This picture was taken in our closet as she dug all of Cameron's clothes out and surrounded herself in them. Such a dork. One thing we've noticed about Haylee lately is what a ham she is. She LOVES to make people laugh and be goofy. We have no idea where she gets this. When I was a kid, if I even thought you were laughing at me, I'd cry. She definitely has her own personality. And we LOVE it!:)

CLEARING THINGS UP...

Just wanted to make sure everyone who was curious knew that NO, I am NOT pregnant! Apparently, my last post including the pregnancy pillow gave a few people the idea that I had that pillow out for a specific reason. Nope. My sis-in-law, Julie, just returned it to me, along with a ton of maternity clothes (some were mine I had loaned her for her last pregnancy) since she will not be needing them anymore. So let's review...am I pregnant? NOOOOOOOO!!!! Thank you.:)

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO US!!!

I already know my mom will not be thrilled with this picture. Sorry Mom! It's so great to have a picture of my parents with Haylee (and Buster)! This was taken this morning (Christmas) before any stockings were unloaded or presents open.

Haylee has totally bonded with my dad. It's so cute! And once again, when he pulled out his guitar today and started playing, she just stared and smiled at him! Maybe she'll get his music gene! After all the presents had been opened and put away, my brother and his family came over for a big lunch of ham, potatoes, green bean casserole, fruit salad and the best part: a cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory (yeah, we do it up right around here!). It was so fun to have everyone here today.:)
And this is Haylee after all the chaos had ended. Cameron took this picture when I was napping and said that she climbed all over my big pregnancy pillow and loved it! I told him that maybe she remembered it from when I used to lay my big 'ol belly on it with her inside! She was a nonstop kicker when I was pregnant and loved to kick that pillow all night long! Haylee is still too young to understand Christmas, so we sorta milked that for another year by not going crazy with gifts for her. Next year will be more fun I think! I sure miss being a kid at Christmas and having it all done for me--decorating, gifts, Santa, great food, etc. I even miss the snow at Christmas (no Sean and Penny, that does not mean we will be moving up there so we can have white Christmases-sorry!). Overall though, this was a wonderful Christmas and I was just happy to have my parents here to celebrate it with us! Hope you all had a great Christmas, too! Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight!!!

THEY'RE HOME!!! WOO HOO!!!

Unfortunately, this post will not have a picture. But I just wanted everyone to know that my folks got home safely last night around 11:20pm. We picked them up at the airport (thank you soooo much, Cammie, for staying here with sleeping Haylee!) and it was so great to see them again! This morning they got to meet Haylee, who went right to Grandpa! She is very fond of him.:) After my mom played peek a boo with her and chased her around the kitchen, she had a new friend! When my dad pulled his guitar out and started playing, she was in awe! We spent the day at my brother and sister-in-law's house where they got to meet little Addison, my adorable new niece and see Celeste, Clayton and Jonathon again. Then we all went to the Chandler mall so my brother's kids could see Santa. We ordered take-out chinese food and ate dinner at my brother's house and just enjoyed each other. Tonight they took my niece Celeste to see Twilight (they heard all the hype even in the Philippines about Twilight!). I hafta say, it feels so good to have them here to bond with Haylee now. And it feels good to have them see me being a mom--something I thought they may never see. I can't express how happy I am to have them here for Christmas! It's gonna be a great one!

OH, WE ARE NOT AMUSED...

So, anyone who knows Haylee and the happy little baby girl she is, will probably consider this act of sitting on Santa's lap some sort of horrible child abuse and you probably have your phone in your hand just ready to call CPS on me. Haylee really has no "stranger anxiety"...until Santa, that is. Can ya blame her? Big freaky guy with a huge beard??? All I have to say is like mother, like daughter. My mom asked if she'll hate clowns like her mom too. Most likely...
Pretty sure Santa is saying, "Get this kid off my lap right now!" Hey Santa, five words: it comes with the job! Get used to it! Haylee was so freaked out that after I took her back and she calmed down, if I stepped anywhere near Santa, she started climbing right over my shoulder to get away from him! I'm sorry Haylee, that we subjected you to this type of cruelty. Unfortunately, we'll probably do it every year till you're 10 or so!:)