Bloedel Donovan Park

Hailey and daddy went to Bloedel Donovan Park on Sept 26. Unfortunately mommy had to work.

Ashley - The Soccer Star

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Originally uploaded by Jeff MacDonald

Cousin Ashley's Soccer Game

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Hailey got to watch cousin Ashley play soccer. She was excited to see all the soccer balls.

Ice cream

We visited Edaleen Dairy in Lynden for the first time. The have baby ice cream cones for .40 cents, so we all got some!

Water slide fun

Playing at the park

We had fun playing at the park...so much fun, that someone was upset we had to leave.

Children's Museum

We visited the Burlington Children's Museum this week. Hailey got to drive a truck, play the drums, and paint her very first picture. We had the place all to ourselves and we had a blast!

Hollywood Diva

Hailey at the Woodland Park Zoo.

We had a great time at the zoo, so great in fact that we bought a membership to the zoo and the aquarium! Hailey had a blast looking at all the animals, and she even got to pet some goats in the petting zoo. Hailey was pretty sleepy by the end of the day, so tired she fell asleep riding on Jeff's shoulders! So cute!

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Waffles and jam!

Hailey got to try waffles the other morning...I figured she may like a little raspberry jam on them too! She wasn't too sure of it at first, so she used her pointer finger to poke the jam a bit, and then decided to taste it. I think she ended up eating more jam then waffle.

House stuff

Here is a picture of our new windows in our living room, a picture of Hailey testing out the new windows by banging on them with a wooden puzzle piece, and finally a picture of Moose and Hailey looking out the new screen door. We are so happy to have windows that actually open now! It will be nice next summer. All of the windows are installed except Hailey's, her's had a crack in it, but the new one gets put in tomorrow along with new white gutters. We are soooooo close to being done painting the house. We have one side that needs a second coat, and then some touch up stuff to do around the windows. The house looks amazing, and I'm so glad we finally fixed it up. We can't wait to be completely finished and enjoy our upcoming vacation.

1000 Trails

On Labor Day we went visit Jeff's sister and her family in La Conner at 1000 Trails. Now that Hailey is walking, and almost running, it is so hard to sit and visit with anyone because Jeff or I are constantly chasing after her! I don't see how people have more then one! She had a lot of fun playing the dirt and getting all muddy. We also got to see my 3 year nephew Lincoln ride a bike without training wheels! It was really cool!

Hailey carries a big stick...and a smile

Hailey is in to everything these days. And when she knows that she has something she shouldn't, she doesn't want to let go. She has discovered where the dog water is, and she tries to play in it as often as she can :-)

Upper molar

Hailey has another molar popping through on the upper left side, that brings the total to 11 teeth!! She is going to be visiting the dentist for the first time pretty soon!

More progress

Painting is coming along! I was able to get a lot done today while Hailey napped, and then after Jeff got home we put Hailey in the exersaucer, and she played while we painted some more. We got the garage area completed except for a tiny bit of trim, and we got the first coat on the area around our front windows. I am hoping to get the second coat on tomorrow, and then we can finish up on the trim. Our windows are being installed on Tuesday (woohoo!), and our new white gutters and white screen door will be done on the 17th. We originally thought we would just paint the gutters white (they were dark brown), but it takes 3 coats of white to cover up the brown, and it looks ugly, so we are splurging on new ones! After everything is done, Jeff is going to put up new black porch lights that are going to look awesome against the blue. We are excited that things are going so smoothly, we are just hoping that it doesn't rain this weekend like it's supposed to because it would set us back a couple of days.

Little stinker

I bought this skunk costume for Hailey last year during an after Halloween sale, I figured it would fit her perfectly for this year. WRONG! We thought we would try it on her just in case. Good think we did because it was soooooo tight that Hailey couldn't move while she was in it. I had to hold her up so she didn't fall backwards. It is an adorable costume, I'm sad it doesn't fit her.

SunBanks 2009

We went to SunBanks with our friends KC and Jenny, and their 9 month old son, Tristen! Jeff and KC used to work together in Everett, but KC transferred to Clarkston, so we don't get to see them much :-( It was our first time meeting Tristen, and I'm so glad that we got to know him! He is such a sweetie. Hailey and him had fun sharing toys, and they even got to take a bath together! We visited the Grand Coulee Dam and enjoyed catching up after the kids were in bed. We really miss having KC and Jenny close by, but we are excited to begin a yearly tradition of meeting at SunBanks!