Birthday Parties

So i thought i would post some pictures of two of Hailey's three parties. She had on in Stillwater, OK on her birthday, one in Lawton, OK, and then one in Peoria, AZ. I only have pictures of the ones in OK. SO here goes:

Starting off with a group pic of the Stillwater b-day with , Aunt Tippie (as Hailey calls her), KayKay, MaeMae, ALly, Mommy, Baby, and Hailey. Hailey spent alot of time with KayKay, MaeMae, ALly, and Baby and their parents. SHe had so much fun with them and always asks to see pictures of Ally on my computer now.


Aunt Tippie thought it would fun to make a banana chocolate cake as Hailey LOVES bananas and chocolate. So here is Hailey helping to mash the bananas for the cake. she LOVED it.

Hailey with Bananas still mashing and having fun.

Perhaps, the best part of helping make your birthday cake is getting to lick the beaters. =)

She LOVED this and made a HUGE mess.

Ally and Hailey watching Tippie ice the cake.

KayKay, and MaeMae showing off their finished product of decorating the top of the cake with of course CANDY!

The mini cake that Hailey picked. we made two and then let Hailey pick which one to eat. of course the m and m's one won!

The other cute cake, that Hailey didn't pick, but it still looked cute.

All the cakes together, they look like mickey mouse.

Hailey getting ready for everyone to sing to her. She got so shy. It was so cute.

Aunt Tiffy and Mommy with the birthday girl.

Mommy and the birthday girl. I can't believe she is TWO!!

Eating her cake, first bite of sweet chocolate, mmmmm.

Eating the m and m's off the top.

eating more m and m's

Eating cake with a fork

Opening presents with the girls... this is the TAILS book that Tiffy got her, that is really cute.

Leapfrog games AUnt Tippie got her, which by the way she LOVES

When she opened the TAILS book.

Ally and Hailey opening gifts. Hailey had so much fun with Ally, she LOVES her.

ALthough Hailey and Ally got along so well, Hailey and the baby maddy (BABY as hailey calls her), well lets just say it was more of a love hate relationship. Hailey walked around always saying No, Baby, No when Maddy threw food on the floor, tried to get into newspaper, touched a toy Hailey was playing with, threw any toys. But Haiely really did love her, giving her hugs and kisses and she still asks about baby. =) But isn't maddy so cute, look at those eyes.

SO this was the end of the night. All of the girls were very tired, but it was a fun birthday party. Also, the older girls, Brandi (mom of 4 girls), Tiffany, and I stayed up and watched the finale of Grey's Anatomy.

So that concluded Birthday number one. If you are still with me, here are the pics of birthday #2 in Lawton. These pictures are backwards becuase i posted the in the wrong way. SO here is the end of the party, right before Lola, left. My mom did a Dora B-day party for her, which she LOVED!!!

Eating cake, YUMMY!!

And more cake

This is my friend Christina's daughter Lola, who is so cute.

Here is Hailey opening her gifts. Jayden is helping her, he is our next door neighbor in Lawton, and Hailey loves playing with him and his sister alyssa.

Lola and Hailey again, waiting to open gifts.

Hailey LOVED the Dora outfit my mom got her so much, that she had to wear it. So we put it over her dress. she eventually decided to take off the shirts, but she wore the jeans for the rest of the time.

GOdmother and Mommy putting the Dora pants on Hailey.

Hailey trying to put the shirt on.

When she got the Dora shirt.

Playing with some of the gifts she opened.

So this concludes the birthday extraganza that took place in May. I still have more pictures from our vacations in May. I will post as much as i can. I also took some cute pictures of her the other day that i will try to post. Also, our friend from OK came to visit us tonight and we got a picture of him and Hailey. He has been one of my best friends. Well, with that, i am going to go to bed. It is late. Hopefully i will post some more pics this weekend. If you made it this far, congrats.

Our Time in Chicago

So i thought i would post some pictures. I am going to post pictures from Chicago tonight. Then later this week i will post pictures from Hailey's birthday parties (yes she had more than one). So, here are the Chicago pictures. We were only there for a two days, but one day where we didn't have travel. So the only pictures i have are from the park that is right by where Tiff and Brandon live. We had a ton of fun as you will see. Keep in mind the pictures are backward the order i wanted them, and i am too tired to go back through and put a new order. So here they are. Also, the adorable puple outfi she is wearing was made by a girl in my PT class (Kristen) mom. So knitted the jacket and a cute design on the shirt.

Hailey and I playing in the field on the way back from the park.

I was trying to show her how to blow, this is when she finally got it and was able to blow.

After sweet success of blowing the flower.

THis was me trying to teach Hailey how to blow.

Hailey and I in the car, she was driving me.

Hailey driving the car by herself

Hailey hanging on the bar before going down the slide. She is attempting to do the tuck, like she does at gymnastics class.

Hailey going down he HUGE slide with Hailey, as you can tell she LOVED it. She went down it by herself later.

So this is a picture of a not so bright idea i had. I thought the zipline looked like fun. SO i thought it would be a good idea for me to go with Hailey on it and i would just hold on for dear life with one hand. Well, as soon as i started to lift my feet up i realized there is no way i would hold up my weight and Hailey's with one arm, hence my face. =)

Tiffany and Hailey on the teeter totter, i am on the other end.

Hailey and i on the tetter totter.

On the tetter totter again.

Hailey and I running to the park, like i said these are all in backwards order.

Here we come, she was so excied.

Look how cute she is running, notice her arms in the correct posistion. She is getting so big, =(

Here we are when we first started toward the park and saw it. We are running in unison. =)

SO these next few pictures need some explaining. and yes they are backwards. SO Hailey spent a TON of time in the car, seeing how we drove to Chicago from stillwater. THis was before the park, but we were going somewhere. Since this is the last photo, just notice that she is sleeping.

Prior to falling asleep, she is chewing fruit loops that are in the cup, i couldn't get her actually putting it into her mouth, but this is right after, becuase she is literally chewing and sleeping a the same time.

Her she is getting ready to put it in her mouth.

SO as you can tell, she was exhusted and hungry from our trip. We actually did more than just the park in Chicago. We carried stuff up from the truck we rode in to unload into Tiff and Brandon's apartment, althought, they just had to move it to a different apartment in teh same complex, becuase that apartment wasn't ready when i was there. Hailey even helped with carrying stuff up the stairs, it was so cute. We went shopping in downtown Naperville which was fun too. I bought some cool cooking items. WE went to the mall too. So we had a lot of fun in Chicago. Brandon was such a good hoster ( i guess instead of hostess). He put up with getting a TON of finger prints all over her apartment. I bet he is still finding some suprises Hailey left him. So something to leave you with. Brandon and Hailey... Brandon is stretching out his back and Hailey watching him and trying to get his attention. Hopefully no one is confused (this is Uncle Brandon #2), Kim's brandon is called Uncle Buckey. So, aren't they cute!

SOrry this was so long, but i hope you all enjoy the pictures. Hopefully, birthday picures will be posted tomorrow.

A busy month

So, it has been awhile since i have posted, but we have been so busy. Hailey and I flew to AZ on May 3rd and then returned to AZ on May 24, stayed at Brandon's parents until tonight. So tonight is our first night back in our house (well actually second, but that is a long story). So here is what happened while we were gone.

I thought we were flying from Phoenix to Tulsa, OK, but at the airport i realized they put a tag that said OKC, so i had the check in guy take my bags back off the conveyer only to find out that yes indeed i had a booked a flight into OKC. Now this normally wouldn't be a big deal, but my sister was supposed to pick me up in Tulsa and her fiance was flying out of Tulsa, so she had to do some extra driving to come and get me and Hailey. We had a good flight though and made it to OK. I took a class in Tulsa the first two days and Hailey played with the Bishop's. They have four girls and Hailey had so much fun with them. We spent the remainder of the week packing so Tiffany could move to Chicago and doing occasional things for the wedding. On Saturday, Tiffany graduated from OSU and afterwards we had a little party at her house. After that we packed up and got ready to drive to Chicago. We didn't leave until late, so we ended up stopping at 1:00 in the morning. Hailey did excellent on the car ride and we arrived on Sunday at 3:00 pm. Tiffany, Hailey, Brandon (Tiffany's brandon), and I all had a very nice time in Chicago. On Tuesday evening, Tiffany, Hailey and I flew back to OK. The rest of that week went by fast and on Thursday we celebrated Hailey's 2nd birthday with the bishop's. Hailey had a blast as she helped Tiffany make a chocolate banana cake and Tiffany decorated it so cute. On Friday, Hailey and i met up with Sara and Melanie (friends of mine, Melanie is Hailey's age, they had the same due date, but Mel came early) and played in the park. Then we drove to Lawton, on Friday evening. On Saturday, Hailey had yet another birthday party, this time my mom had Dora everything for her. My friend Christina and her daughter Lola came over to help celebrate. Hailey's godmother, godfather, and Jayden and Alyssa were also there to celebrate. We had a fun time. On Sunday, Tiffany had a wedding shower and recieved lots of wonderful presents, we spent the rest of the evening planning what we were going to do with the rest of the week to plan for the wedding.

The rest of that week flew by. On Wednesday, Tiffany, Hailey and I were heading to OKC to pick up my Brandon from the airport. ON the way there the tire blew out and we lost control of the car and spun around and slammed into the concrete center median. The side air bag deployed so i had a pretty nasty bruise and some burns on my arm, but other than that we were all okay. My mom's car had to be towed off, but we eventually made it to the airport and picked up Brandon. The rehearsal dinner was on Friday, wedding on Saturday, and we left of Sunday. So it is amazing how fast those three weeks went by.

While i was in OK we found out that Brandon's position is being cut due to budget cuts. So Brandon applied for a job in Dallas, Tx. He was 10 of 30 applicants called back. Unfortantely he was not called back a second time. For the time being, we are staying put here in Phoenix, and the city of phoenix has offered brandon a job in there public works area. So keep us in your prayers.

I am on my LAST clinical rotation for school. It is in a hospital and it is a very different experience than my previous clinicals. I have 7 weeks left and i can't wait. I can't believe i will be done with school very soon. i graduate August 8! =) It will be here before i know it.

well, this is long and i am tired. I have a ton of pictures and lot of stories, but i will share more later. I am going to try to be better about updating this.