Hailee Catherine Walker is here!

My sweet Hailee is here!

After much walking and cleaning and jumping and whatever else I could think of to get her here she was a no go. She wanted no surprises, no water breaking, no contractions in the middle of the night stuff...Nope she wanted to come on a schedule. So that's what we did. I was induced June 15th 2010. I arrived at the hospital at 12:00 pm, got all hooked up by 1:30, epidural by 4:00, dilated from a 6 - 10 in 10 min, pushed a couple times and she came at 5:23. It couldn't have gone any better!

I was able to shower that morning. Get Kendra and Trisha ready for the day. Do some last minute cleaning. AND Blake got to take me to the hospital this time :) !!! (he met me at the hospital with the other two).

She came out weighing 7 pounds 4 ounces, 19 inches long. Poor little girl came to fast she bruised her head and face pretty good. But she is a healthy little princess.

Her sisters can't get enough of her! They want to kiss and hug and hold and play with her ALL the time. They are going to be great helpers! Mom and Dad are doing good. Trying to figure out how to juggle three little girls but getting better everyday. Needless to say Dad is the pro!

Welcome baby Hailee. We love you so much!!! (and as Kendra would put it...we can go to Disneyland now :) )

Trisha is 2!

Trisha turned the big 2 today! Happy Birthday Trisha sue!!!

We had a great day. We went and got balloons...princess balloons of course! We made cupcakes and a special star cupcake just for you. Grandma and Grandpa Hale and Walker, and uncle Cody came over to celebrate. You got some great presents. Lots of books, a princess Aurora dress, clothes, bubbles and more :) What a fun day!

New Years Sledding

For New Year's Day we decided to go sledding. We have a great park near our home in Pleasant View with a perfect sledding hill! We got parts of the Walker family and parts of the Hale family and had a blast! Trisha had to warm up to the idea of going down a huge hill with only a piece of plastic between her and the snow as well as going lightning speed down this hill (in her little perspective). After she got the hang of it she couldn't get enough. She even would get a little frustrated waiting for an available sled. Kendra on the other hand acted like she lived to sled. It was so cute to see her big smile all the way down. She'd climb back up and ask a new person to take her down every time...I think she thought if she did this she wouldn't have to sit out a turn cause she was giving a waiting person the chance to go down with her. She's smart :) After a while we thought it would be fun to connect a huge sled train. After a few practice trial and error runs they got it down and were able to all hang on down the hill. So fun! It was funny to watch all the boys do their sledding tricks and get bumped off or spin out of control. What a great day!

Christmas 2009

Christmas was great this year! It was fun having the girls understand and get a little more excited (well at least Kendra understood more this year). We cut down our Christmas tree just outside of Vernal the day after Thanksgiving. It was fun. There was snow and it was warm. We had fun decorating it. The girls and I went to our annual Festival of Trees event with Grandma Hale, Auntie Erika, Auntie Laura, Anela, Kanani, Kekoa, and Alakie. We had to see Santa of course. We were saddened when we found out that the Santa that has a real beard that is always there wasn't scheduled the one day we went :( But all in all I don't think Kendra or Trisha cared. Kendra even liked going to him. Trisha just sat. Great fun though!

We spent Christmas Eve at Grandpa and Grandma Hale's house. We had a wonderful dinner followed with the Christmas story telling and gift exchange. It was hard to keep quiet order amongst the cousins while Grandpa Hale read the story. To much excitement! But all the cousins survived. Kendra and Trisha were given Barbies and a barbie car. Life couldn't get any better....so they thought till next morning arrived :)... We spent the night at Grandma and Grandpa Hale's house and Santa still found us! The girls are still to young (thank goodness) to pull the "stay awake all night" excitement card that we were even woken up by auntie Natalie because she thought we were awake and waiting on them. So we got to sleep in till 7:30 a.m. PERFECT! We sent Kendra in to wake uncle Greg and we all waited by the stairs till the Earl family was ready. It was funny to see the confusion that turned into excitement as the kid's saw and realized what Santa left them and that he really does come. Not just in the stories or movies! Kendra couldn't process everything cause she wanted to see what her cousins Annie Jane and Ethan got before her own stuff. What a fun and confusing morning :)! We had a great big breakfast after the Santa bliss and then onto the presents under the tree. It was a wonderful Christmas morning!!!

Later in the day we ventured back up north to Bryan and Jesenia's home to spend time with the Walker family. We had our gift exchange, played games, and ate yummy food. (Don't you love the holiday's) The little girls had lots of fun playing with all the new toy's. Blake and I got the game Ticket to Ride and I couldn't wait to play so we recruited Tori, Cody, Jason & Rachael, and Diane to play. It was so fun!

We went home that night at a decent time and it still felt like it was late. But we all felt like the boy's in the movie Christmas Story when we went to bed with BIG grins of satisfaction on our faces!!! It was a great Christmas!!!

Kendra is 3!!!

Wow my oldest baby is 3! And boy does she show it! What a cute girl she was that day. We let her pick anything and everything she wanted to do (that fit into mom's plans :) She was so excited to go to the store and get her birthday balloons. Of course she picked out a princess mylar and fun balloons to match. When kids are this age all you really need to get them are balloons. She played with them all day and for a few day's after. She helped make a princess cake with pink (of course) frosting. She picked out star candles and we were set. She couldn't stop asking when her family was coming over for her party all day. Finally 7:00 p.m. rolled around and Grandma and Grandpa Hale and Walker came over. Auntie Tori, uncle Cody came. Auntie Jesenia, Uncle Bryan, Seneca and Paelyn came as well. It was a success! She got her first Barbie's, some great clothes, and the Snow White movie. You know you had a great birthday when you ask the next day and the next day and the next when everyone is coming over to your party again! Happy Birthday my Kendra doodle!