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