Hayes Christmas

We had Christmas with Johnnie's family at the lakehouse the weekend before Christmas.

Olivia got a Baby Alive from Gina, Big Curt, Lil Curt and Casey and she LOVED it!

We named her Katy and Olivia still plays with her every day

Nana giving Katy a drink

Olivia wanted to try Katy's drink

Gina showing Olivia how to feed Katy. Katy was the first present Olivia opened and she was not interested in opening any more presents after that LOL

Preston was the same way about his first present - a lawn mower, weedeater and chain saw from Nana and PawPaw - he was in heaven and didn't care to open any more presents

here he is weedeating in the laundry room

Casey was super excited about his game system from Nana and PawPaw

I love this picture of Lil Curt - Nana and PawPaw got him an ipod touch and he loved it!

Olivia loved her Dora from Nana and PawPaw

King is smiling about that purple duck he just opened from J, Linds, Nathan and Preston

Here he is laying with it

and here he is chewing it to pieces :)

Olivia got this baby accessory set from J, Linds, Nathan and Preston and it was perfect since she got 3 babies that day.

Big Curt helping me put together the baby stroller

Olivia and her baby, Cindy, sitting with PawPaw

organizing her babies and their things

covering Katy

she put Katy on the activity mat and is bringing Dora

I'm putting together her baby pack n play

strapping Katy into the bouncer

Christmas Morning!

Christmas morning was so much fun this year! Randy stayed the night with us on Christmas Eve and my parents stayed the night with my Grandmother so they were just right around the corner. They came over before Olivia got up and then we went in and got her and told her that Santa Claus had come and left her some presents. She was so excited!

Santa brought her a tent so she wanted MiMi and Poppy to get in it with her. She also loved her maracas!

Once she saw her new crayons and coloring books she didn't want to see anything else! We took a break so I could get breakfast ready and she could color with MiMi and Grandmother.

Olivia blends in with all the gifts LOL

she set up all her new "friends" like an audience to watch her color

Poppy got her the movie "Oliver and Company" because he remembered me and Zach liked it and Olivia loves it! We watch it almost every day while we play in the playroom.

Johnnie and I got her a guitar and she also plays it every day

She wanted MiMi to play her guitar

She was great at helping everyone open their gifts

Then had to play us a song on her guitar

back to helping open presents

then she wanted Poppy to play her a tune

she loved her doctor kit

and all her Disney characters

and her daddy's new work shoes

and the Christmas tree! She did this several times over the past couple of months while the tree was up. She would try to hug it and say "I LOVE IT!" And sometimes she would laugh and say "It poked me!"

My parents got her this drum set and it is probably her favorite Christmas present. She plays it every day and is really good at it. So funny! I've got a video of it so I'll see if I can figure out how to get it on here.

Grandmother got her a tricycle but we haven't had a chance to get outside when the weather has been decent to show her how to ride it.

My parents also got her this awesome kitchen and she has been boiling and baking and stirring up a storm - so much fun! I just realized I have another memory card somewhere with more Christmas pictures because we did Christmas with Johnnie's family the weekend before. I'll have to find that and see what else is on there.

Yo Gabba Gabba! Live!

December 12th - I had been waiting for this day for 6 months! I knew Yo Gabba Gabba Live was coming to town and that Olivia would LOVE it. I told Johnnie to get her tickets and he seemed less than thrilled until a couple of months before the show when he realized how much fun she was going to have. He also got us passes to the VIP afterparty so she could meet the characters. We were not disappointed and agreed that it was the best money we had spent all year. She had the absolute best time ever, was grinning from ear to ear the entire show and it was the sweetest thing ever to watch her run with open arms to hug the characters after the show.

We parked next to one of the Gabba trucks and had to take some pics

the view from our seats

DJ Lance Rock on screen...

and LIVE on stage!

so excited!

Toodee, Foofa, DJ Lance, Muno, Brobee and Plex

dancing!

and singing!

this is one of her favorite parts of the show - Brobee floats up with balloons and then...

tons of balloons fell from the ceiling!

she would only sit in my lap for a minute. she was a total daddy's girl that day!

Biz!

she's hugging herself and singing the "Hugs are Fun" song :)

singing the "Goodbye Song"

how cute is this?!?

We will always remember that special day of family fun!