First Haircut :(

Today my baby girl got her first haircut. :( She was such a big girl. Her hair was growing in such different lengths that it looked silly if it wasn't in a ponytail. So we talked her into getting her haircut. We went to the mall first because I had to exchange a jacket. The salon in the mall had a 30 minute wait so we left and went to eat. After lunch, there was a Wonder Cuts right next to the restaurant, so we just went in there. There was a little boy in one seat already screaming like they were cutting his ears off. He was squirming and kicking like nobody's business. I think this put the fear of God in her. She got in the seat like a big girl, put the cape on, and sat very still while the lady cut her hair. They even gave her a certificate with her first lock of hair in it showing her first haircut. Her hair is now all one length and it looks much better. She says she wants her hair to grow long and pretty like Ms. Mandy's hair so she will get it cut so it can grow faster.

Christmas Day!!!!

This was an exciting Christmas. It was Landon's first Christmas and Elena's first that she will remember. Santa was good to everyone. He brought the kids lots of good stuff. All Elena asked for was a car seat for her babydoll. Santa brought that plus a stroller, high chair, baby swing, and bouncy seat. She loved it. It all looks exactly like Landon's. Everytime Landon is in one of his seats, she puts her baby in its seat. Landon got lots of things as well. One of them was a ride-on giraffe for his bedroom. He even sat on it this morning for a picture. After we opened Santa gifts, we went to grandma's house to do Christmas over there. Of course, they went all out. The kids got all kinds of great things over there. Elena's best was the Leapster. She has been carrying that thing all over since then. Landon got a big bouncy horse seat. He looks like he is lost in it but he likes it. We got really great stuff as well. I FINALLY got my Wii and Wii Fit (Aunt Colleen, you need one of these. It is awesome.) We also got a bunch of games to go with it. One of them was Wii Ski and on the back of it was a note saying "Practice up. We hit the slopes on Feb. 22"!!!! How awesome is that. We are going skiing. Moma and daddy are bringing all of us skiing over Mardi Gras. I am so excited. I have never been skiing before. I also got a bunch of other great stuff like a Coach purse and wallet as well. Great Christmas as usual. After that, we went over to Ms. Paula's house to do Christmas over there. The kids got great stuff over there too. Elena and Grayson played outside most of the morning shooting silly string at each other and anyone else who happened to come out. I got some great framed pictures to hang in Elena's bathroom. They match it perfect! I don't know how they found them to match so well.

Anyway, after all of the opening was finally done, we went back to moma's for lunch and then we hooked up the Wii and Wii Fit and played until about 8pm. Aunt Patricia, Aunt Brenda and everyone came over to play it. Then I brought it back home and played until about 1.30 am. I am so sore. I knew I was out of shape but I didn't realize how badly out of shape I am. Anyway, I have played it pretty much nonstop since then. This is so much fun, I don't even realize I am exercising. Great Christmas. We are way to spoiled rotten.

Christmas on the Oalmann Side

Tonight was Christmas Eve and we went to Aunt Linda's house to do Christmas with moma's side of the Family. Everyone was there and we all had a great time. The kids got lots of great stuff. Of course we had too much food as usual. Elena didn't want to leave. She loves being around everybody. She is so afraid that if we leave we will miss something exciting. Our family seems to get bigger and bigger every year. We have more children there now than we know what to do with. It seems like everyone is having babies. I did bring my camera tonight and got some shots of everyone acting up and playing around. We didn't take family photos this year in front of the tree like we always do. I think this is the first year we missed that. I was looking forward to it. I had both of the kids all dressed up and ready. Even Landon had on his suit and tie. He looked like a little man. We had a great night and everyone had a ball. Either or was fun tonight. Everyone must have bought really good stuff because a lot of the presents were stolen and gone. We played a card game with all of the siblings children and grandchildren and girlfriends. Aunt Cathy and Uncle EJ brought cards for everyone. They had money in them ranging from 5-100 dollars. We all picked an envelope and then we passed them to the left and then we got to open them. It was fun and everyone was excited. Kristin, Krissy, Austin, and Jennifer got $100 dollars. The people who passed to them were good sports about losing there money. It was a good way to kick off the night. It got

Christmas on the Adams' side

This weekend we had Christmas with Daddy's side of the family. Of course, I forgot my camera, so no pics. The kids all had a great time. This was Landon's first official Christmas kickoff party. He got lots of great gifts. I was a bad mom though and didn't even let him open one. Maybe next time :) Elena had a lot of fun. She didn't want to leave when it was time. Jennifer and Melissa taught the kids how to roll Aunt Laura's house. They must have spent an hour at least out there wrapping one of her trees with toilet paper. They had it looking pretty good by the time we left. Aunt Laura's neighbors probably won't be very happy though. The wind was blowing so bad that most of the toilet paper kept blowing into their yard. Oh well, all in good fun. Anyway, it was a great day. We had lots of good food, good company, and good fun. (all except Aunt Laura's party game she picked to play). She decided we should play a toilet paper and plunger game. She held the plunger between her legs and Aunt Mel held the toilet paper between hers. The object was to get the plunger into the toilet paper. This probably would not have looked so dirty if they were opposite. Aunt Laura is so much taller than Aunt Mel that it just looked really nasty!! Obviously we were all laughing so hard, noone else could play (or would play) after that. We had fun though and both kids crashed in the car as soon as we pulled out of the driveway.

More Snow Pics

More Snow Pictures

SNOW DAY!!!

What an awesome, beautiful day. We had snow today. REAL snow. Most of us stayed home and let the kids play in it. I would guess that we probably had about 4 inches that actually stayed on the ground and is still there today (or it was when I left the house). I don't remember it ever snowing like this here. It was beautiful. I am glad we don't get this every year, but every once in a while would be nice. The kids and the adults all had a ball yesterday. We all got to moma's house about 7:30 am to start playing. The kids and grandpa immediately went outside to build a snowman. Grandpa said it was the first snowman he had ever built before. It was UGLY!! He was in a real rush to get it done though. I guess none of really knew how long the snow was going to last for. Krissy had to go home about 9 to get snowsuits for all of the kids. It snowed steadily until about 11:30am and then started raining a little about 2:30pm. It was cloudy outside so most of the pictures are a little dark but we had a ball. All of the kids rode the knee board behind the four-wheeler. Some of them even rode the intertube. We had so much fun. Hailey built snowmen all day long. She was only getting better and better at it. She was doing great at making giant balls. Elena ate snow all day. She didn't eat any lunch and hardly any dinner but it was probably because she was full of ice. None of them wanted to stop playing. They all wanted to keep playing. Even Landon looked like he enjoyed himself. He loved watching the snow but he would get really cranky when he got in it. The snow kept falling on his face and it was making him angry. We dressed him up in his new camoflauge snow suit that Aunt Trina bought for him. I didn't think he would have a chance to use it, but two days later, it is snowing. Go figure. Barrett missed the whole day. He had to work and by the time he came home, we were all pooped out and ready for a nap. By the time we woke up from nap, it was almost dark so we didn't get to play again. Anyway, it was a great day. One we will probably not experience in this area for another 20 years. Here are some pictures of all of us enjoying our experience.

Busy Weekend

We had a busy weekend and I didn't bring the camera so I have no pics. Saturday we had a birthday party for Evan. Evan turned 2 today. He had a space walk and a clown at his party. Elena loved it. Barrett did not. He will probably hate me for this, but he was totally freaked out by this clown. It was a girl clown with bright pink hair and a cute little dress on. Elena thought she was great. She did magic tricks with the kids and made balloon animals. Evan did not like her at all either. I have never seen Barrett move so fast. When she came out of the house into the back yard, Barrett jumped up, grabbed Landon and took off. He literally looked like he was being backed into a corner by this woman. I will never let him live this one down. Anyway, Elena didn't want to leave because she was having so much fun playing with all of the kids. There were a ton of children her own age and her own size there to play with. After we left, we went to Kohl's to try to do a little more Christmas shopping. Elena was exhausted by this point so of course she tried to show her butt in the store. We were not there long before we left. Landon and Elena both fell asleep on the way home because they were just beat. Sunday we got up bright and early and went to the Saints game. My boss gave me his tickets and boy did he have great seats. We left Landon with Krissy because we didn't think he should be there but Elena did come with us. We rode with moma and daddy because they were going anyway. We had a great time. Elena loved it. She didn't understand that the game was happening on the field. She kept watching the televisions. I guess she knows thats how we watch it at home, that must be how we watch it here as well. She danced and cheered the whole time. She loved the mascots and the Saintsations. That was all she was worried about. We had a great weekend. Busy, but great. Can't wait to have another one like this one.

Christmas tree

We went shopping for our Christmas tree yesterday. Elena had so much fun running through all of the trees. We finally picked one after about 1/2 an hour of looking. There wasn't much of a selection this year so we had to settle. We picked a 9' very fat tree. Elena even got to cut it down with her daddy. We put the tree in the house and started decorating last night. It smells so good. Can't wait to get it finished.