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Baptized!!!

Mike — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:10:30 +0000

Once again I’m a few weeks behind, but I wanted to let Hailey know how proud I am of her for choosing to be baptized. To be honest, I only remember bits and pieces about my baptism day, but I do remember sitting on the front row in the chapel with my Dad and several other kids in my ward who were being baptized that day. I can’t say that I really remember the event itself, but of all the things that happened in my young life it was definitely one of the most important. I also remember that for several weeks or months afterward that I was much more conscious about making mistakes though. And at this point in my life I can clearly look back on it with the knowledge that I am truly lucky to have the knowledge of the Gospel in my life and the opportunity to join Christ’s church.

I hope that with time Hailey will come to truly appreciate the amazing gift she’s received. I realize that at 8 years old it’s a bit hard to comprehend the true weight of what has taken place, but I pray that Emily and I can help her to learn to appreciate it and to choose to follow the teachings of our Savior. We love you Hailey and we’re so happy for you.

Happy Birthday Hailey!!

Mike — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:59:54 +0000

Well… I’m a failure. I meant to post this two weeks ago when it was relevant, but better late than never, right? RIGHT???

Anyway… happy 8th birthday Hailey. I can hardly believe that you’re 8 already. I remember the night we spent up at Alta View hospital when you arrived. We got there in the early evening on the 22nd of June and after a long hard night of labor, the doctor finally decided you needed to come out via an alternative method. So I put my scrubs on and we headed into the operating room. The doctors gave me a little stool to stand on so I could see what was going on and it was pretty crazy to watch them extract you. The next couple days are a bit of a blur, but you spent a lot of time hanging out in the nursery in your own personal incubator bathed in blue lights. Everyone was so excited to come up to the hospital and see you. Just like me, you were the very first grandchild on either side of the family. And the very first great-grandchild on my side. And now its 8 years later and you’re ready to be baptized. That’s halfway to being 16 and ready to drive (oh crap!!!). Time sure flies.

I hope you had a great birthday Hailey and I just want you to know that I love you.

Hailey’s Headgear

Mike — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:43:08 +0000

For the past several months Hailey has had a permanent retainer installed in the top of her mouth. We identified pretty early on that her teeth were pretty messed up so we got her started early on the braces. Well, after several months of retainer it was finally time for her to get her headgear. It’s not the facial monstrosity I had pictured in my mind and she luckily only has to wear it in the evenings so she won’t have to worry about having it on at school. The funny part is how excited she was to get it. She asked repeatedly if the next visit to the orthodontist was when she’d get her headgear and when the day finally came you’d have thought it was Christmas in June. I’m pretty sure the “fun-ness” has worn off now that’s she realized it’s kind of a pain in the butt, but she’s been real good about wearing it so far. Guess we’ll have to see how long that lasts.

Hailey’s New Hardware

Mike — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:41:03 +0000

Hailey went to the dentist last month and apparently he told Emily that Hailey was in for quite an orthodontic experience. We kinda already knew that, but what we didn’t know was that we needed to get started right away in order to help correct the weirdness that’s going on in her mouth. As a result of this announcement, Hailey now has a newly installed apparatus in the roof of her mouth. The purpose of this unit is to widen her mouth a bit for the teeth that still need to come in. Each day we have to crank a little gear built into the little thing which pushes her upper molars apart. I guess it’s doing its job, but it’ll be interesting to see how they plan to correct everything that’s apparently “wrong” with her mouth. Hooray for modern technology and medicine I guess.

Here’s a couple pictures of Hailey’s pre-hardware smile.

Can You Tell Who’s Who?

Mike — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:19:33 +0000

Emily snapped this picture of the twins and we’re just wondering who of you out there can tell them apart from behind. You can try your luck and vote below…

Can you guess who's who?

UPDATE: I figure most of you have had a chance to vote at this point so I guess it’s time to reveal the answer… the majority of you were correct. Jack is on the left and Annie is on the right. You can tell by Jack’s chunky thunder thighs.

Back to School

Emily — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:03:04 +0000

Hailey started back to school on July 28th! It was a day for celebrating. We got a new school this year. It takes 10 minutes to walk to. It is so nice to have it so close. School ends 20 miinutes earlier and there isn’t a long bus ride home so I feel like we have gained an hour in each day. It’s wonderful. Hailey is now a second grader and I am in shock. I don’t know how this happened. I remember everything about second grade because it was only a few years ago, so how do I have a daughter having these same experiences! Hailey’s teacher’s name is Emelie Larson. Kind of funny huh? ( my maiden name is Emily Laursen, if you didn’t know) She seems very fun. There is a set of triplets in her class and atleast 4 kids, that we know of, have twins in their families! Crazy! So we think she belongs in this group. The strange thing about our track this year is that it is week three of school and we are going off track!

Go Falcon Ridge!

The World at a stand still

Emily — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:08:30 +0000

Well, at least at our house. And only in the world of blogging. Unfortunately everything else is still speeding by. The blogging world is frozen because our computer broke. (I didn’t do it) And Mike put all the blogging shortcut that I know how to use on the computer and not the laptop. So because fixing the computer is on the list of broken stuff a little too far down, I am going to give a quick up date and have Mike add the pictures later!

Mallory finished up her soccer season. She still asks everyday if she has soccer practice. I think she really liked it.

The girls started swimming lessons. Hailey is a little nervous about it but she has hung in there.

The girls had their dance recital. Hailey did a great job. Mallory did a great job too!! This was a shock and a huge improvement from the Christmas recital when she jumped off the stage to me.

Jack and Annie had their 9 month check up. Jack is a nice 18 1/2 pounds and Annie is just over 17 pounds. They are both doing great. I think Annie is a little taller than Jack but is is hard to tell because getting them to stand still is impossible. They are crawling everywhere….fast and pulling themselves up to everything. They are even trying to stand alone and walk behind things. I was hoping this would come a lot later but it might be nice to have them walk instead of carrying them all the time. But the time has come at our house to once again baby proof. The gate is up, the plugs are in, doors are shut, the blinds are raised, and the third shelf is still not high enough. We find them everywhere. In the house they are good to stick together and follow each other but outside they go separate ways!

Places we have found Jack…..(Annie started crawling later so we had rearranged the house by then and she seems to have a little more reserve to situations!)

I did find Annie under my bed. She likes to take the thighmaster under there to play.

Hailey got the Soaring Eagle award at school. She had a list of things she had to pass off and present and she did a great job. She memorize some pretty funny poems! So now it is on to second grade. She gets to go to the new school they built. Falcon Ridge Elementary is about a 10 minute walk from our house. If the neighbors house in front of us was not there, we would be able to see it from our front porch. We are too spoiled!

Jessie and fam came for a visit at the end of May. We had lots of fun. We look forward to their next visit. Hailey already has a few plans up her sleeve!

Locks of Love

Emily — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:49:40 +0000

Hailey has been growing her hair out. She wanted to cut it short and give it to Locks of Love. She had to wait and wait because it needed to be long for her dance recital. But the morning after the recital Shelley cut Hailey’s long hair. 11 inches later Hailey has a super cute cut. She looks so grown up! It has been great.

At our house the girls fight every morning about who has to get their hair done first so it is nice to have the time cut in half. In fact the morning after the cut I called the girls to the bathroom to get their hair done and the fight started. I told them to both come because Hailey’s wouldn’t take very long. So Mallory announced that she too would like her hair cut short!

Happy Birthday to Hailey

Emily — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:57:58 +0000

I can’t believe my Hailey is 7. The time has gone so fast. I really feels like it was yesterday that we got to see her for the first time. We couldn’t believe how perfect she was despite her cone head! At 6:20am she came to us. I had a c-section so she got to meet her grandparents and dad before she got to visit with me, but I will never forget the millions of feelings swirling in my head when I finally got to hold her.

Hailey is very creative. She writes and draws all day. She is very smart. She uses such big words and has since she started talking. I know I don’t talk like that so it must be from her dad! She is a huge helper and a good friend.

Yesterday we had our family come over to celebrate with us. Today we had a little party with a few of Hailey’s cute friends. We had all kinds of giggles going on. Even Mallory and Annie were just one of the girls! Jack was a little grumpy. It’s hard being the odd man out! I think that Hailey has very much enjoyed turning 7. And I know that I have very much enjoyed having her around for the last 7 years. She has taught me so much and I am glad for every minute of it. We love you Hailey and are very proud of everything you do.

Hailey’s friend party.

These are the cousins on the Haymond side born in 2007. Annie is going to have to keep these boys in order! How cute, they all have the same hair cut!

Our budding author

Emily — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:50:24 +0000

Today Hailey brought me another paper she wrote. She always has a pen and notebook with her. She writes me love letters during Sacrament meeting and write everybody’s names on the bus ride home. She writes tons and tons of stories. Yesterday she made up a survey for all of us to take during family home evening. And she wrote her own talk to tell us about the survey. I find myself in a pinch because I want to save all of these papers but I would seriously need a bigger house especially because Mallory is following suit now that she has discovered the alphabet.

Well the paper that Hailey brought me today was special. Not that the others aren’t, but this one was a song. She wrote it all by herself. I only helped spell a few words. I wish I could scan it in so you could see her handwriting (and spelling). I also wish that I knew how to put video on so she could sing it for you. I have had her sing it a few times and the tune doesn’t change much so she really must mean it. Here are the lyrics…..

I want to see my children praying to thy Lord. They will feel the Spirit coming and I will be proud of them. I will be there when they need me and I will feel the Spirit too. And I will feel It too.