Hadley's First Christmas

Hadley stayed awake long enough to "see" her Santa gift...and then she slept through the rest of her gifts. Aunt Devon shot video of Daddy opening Hadley's presents. Next year she'll be a little more animated ;)

Santa was good to me as well as he wants me to get back to my golf lessons so I received a new putter and 6 half hour lessons. I am hoping to get the ball in the air by the spring as that is when I can pick out a golf bag and the cute golf clothes! But only if I get some air under that darn ball. Santa also wants me to be ready for our fall trip to Arizona (the Dawgs play ASU this year) so we can golf together. Santa may have high expectations...that's ok though because I want Santa to run the ING Half Marathon with me in March. So we both have goals to fulfill...

No white Christmas here but we did get some much needed rain and it's falling again today. Marsh is headed for the Sugar Bowl on New Year's so we won't be doing much Monday night except sleeping. No bowl game for me this year - Hadley and I will watch games on TV as well as the One Tree Hill marathon on Soapnet. This is what happens when I am not allowed to work...I am now hooked on this silly show!!

Hope everyone has a safe and Happy New Year!!

Family Drama

I love my mom, but she drives me crazy. And my sister and my brother. We have way too much drama for a family of four - usually caused by her. The latest is that she is too scared to pick up my sister and brother from the airport. The kicker is she MADE Alex fly up here from Florida (he is spending most of his break down there with his friends) b/c she didn't want him to drive. But yet she won't pick him up (and Devon arrives at the same time). My sister got so mad she hung up on her last night and decided to rent a car. I told her no, that somehow either Marsh or I would pick them up as she spent enough money on the flight. It just stinks that my mom can't pick up her children knowing that it would be slightly easier than having us do it with a 5 week old at home that would like to be fed every 2 hours and a husband that is at work all day. My mom gets off early today...but again it's just too much drama. Marsh isn't a big fan of Christmas to begin with so this really makes him enjoy the holiday! I am starting to think that we should just go away somewhere instead of being around the stress. This is probably Devon's last year being with us anyway as she better be engaged soon and thus spending the holidays with Phil's family in Texas. ARRGH it shouldn't be so hard.

On a lighter note Hadley finally had her first bath in her baby bathtub this week. Her cord just did not want to fall off...it took forever! She didn't mind the bath too much and Marsh took tons of pictures...these will of course embarass her when she is older! We are such mean parents;)

Debbie - I thought of you earlier this week as Dan Fogelberg passed away and his Same Old Lang Syne song is playing alot this time of year. You loved that song and I always think of you when I hear it..."Just for a moment I was back at school, and felt that old familiar pain"...that line still gets to me! It's one of those timeless songs, that is for sure.

Well, in spite of my ranting above I am looking forward to Christmas with our baby girl. Best wishes for a very Merry Christmas!!

It's beginning to look alot like...Spring?

Our stockings are hung and we have watched Rudolph and Frosty, yet I am in shorts and I feel like I should be singing that Hawaiian Chrismas song! They say the cold weather is coming back...honestly it's been nice not to run the A/C or Heat for a change! I've also been able to take Hadley for a some outside walks in her stroller!

Hadley is 4 weeks old today and the time has gone by so fast! She is growing (and eating and eating...) and she can finally wear more outfits since they fit!

We'll take our first road trip this weekend as we're going to visit Granny in Augusta for the day. That is the only travel we'll do for the holidays - woo hoo!

I hear Hadley stirring as it's time to eat yet again. Those 2-3 hours really go by fast! Especially in the middle of the night...:) Enjoy the rest of your week!

PS - ok I moved the pictures around but now my text is all messed up. I cannot figure out formatting. Help.

Pictures

I sure wish I knew how to lay these pictures out better when posting? I click on the add image icon...is there something else I should be doing? Anyway, we had lots of fun visiting with Aunt Devon this weekend as well as "Uncle" Phil and we sure wish he would make himself an official uncle soon!! Meaning hurry up with the ring so we can start planning Devon's wedding and Hadley's flower girl dress. Geez!! I did have that margarita but I could only drink half of it. Yep, I am an official lighweight ;).

Have a good week!