Late Christmas Post

Hailee does not like Santa at all. Santa made an appearance at our ward party and she wanted out of the room that he was in. She wouldn't even talk to him with me holding her. I told her that if she didn't tell Santa what she wanted for Christmas he wouldn't know what presents to bring her. So we tried again and took her to the mall. She was all excited to tell Santa what she wanted until she saw him, we were the only ones there so the Santa was really nice and talked to her and tried to make her feel comfortable. He read her a book and talked to her, during the whole time I was holding her she kept saying " Santa, Santa, I want a baby with food for Christmas" Once he finally acknowledged her, she was ready to go. He tried to get her to sit on her lap and she wouldn't let go of me, but she told him what she wanted.

West Family Christmas party. This year it was at my parents home. It is always fun to get together with all the cousins and see how everyone has been doing.

Jimmy's brother's family came to visit for a couple of weeks during Christmas. It was fun to see them. Hailee especially liked that Bryson was here and that she could see him all the time. They decorated sugar cookies together and both of them have a love for *SPRINKLES*. Now that they have gone back home, Hailee doesn't quite understand that Daddy can't go and get Bryson and Uncle Matt anytime we want. How we miss them!!

As usual, we spent Christmas Eve at my parents house and the kids opened up their Christmas jammies. They had a lot of fun!! Christmas morning Hailee was scared to come all the way down the stairs cause I told her that Santa had come, she thought that he was standing there waiting for her. She does not like Santa. She came down a few stairs and looked around the corner and she saw the presents, then said "It's only snowmen" meaning the paper had snowmen on them. We finally got her all the way down and she saw her bike in the corner and ran over and hugged it. She was so excited. Then she was ready to open the rest. She got a couple of games, a Baby Alive doll, Leap Frog scribble and write, barbie house and barbie doll. She got a lot of other presents from the rest of the family as well. She was sad when there were no more presents to open and started to cry. She thought they kept coming. Even though Christmas is over, she still asks at the store if she can ask Santa for a certain toy for him to bring her.