A Reunion is still a reunion!

Curt's Grandmother Lillian passed away last Friday and her funeral was Tuesday. Even with the poor circumstance it was still neat for him to get together with his cousins. He had fun catching up and Hailee had fun running around with the kids.
Curt's cousin Chelsey has a little girl about the same age as Addison and so these three girls are all very close in age. We took pictures of them when they were just tiny so it was neat to see them a little older and extremely more busy!






We went down the night before and stayed in a Motel so we could spend some time together. It was really fun to just hang out and go swimming with everyone! The kids esspecially had a great time and we should definatly try to do it more often. Nic came down with Curt that night and spent the time with the family while his mom and dad were busy getting little Trudy here!


This is Curt with Hailee at the cemetary. It was pretty cold and there were geese that had left markings all over the ground so we didn't let her down very much!



It was pretty neat that Cheri was able to come over for the funeral. Hailee had a lot of fun with Aunt Cheri and kept asking about Uncle Mike. It was actually the first thing she said to Cheri, "Mike?" I think both Cheri and Mike liked that!


This last shot is of the girls at the pizza place. They were pretty mobile and I think they are going to get along really well, at least they seemed to this time!

Trick or Treat on HALLOWEEN!

Hailee loved Halloween! I didn't think she would really understand, and I'm certain she didn't all the way, but she did have fun! She ran into lots of great friends and loved seeing all the costumes. She also figured out the whole "candy" part of the night and wouldn't slow down. She didn't get to eat a lot of the candy, but just holding it was pretty exciting!!! She was a trooper and walked up and down Main Street for the Trunk-r-Treat and then walked up and down a few blocks to get to various houses! She is a pretty darn tough 1 year-old!




The above pictures are of a Chicken, modern-day Princess, and a Cabela's Model. I'll let you put the figures to the faces! I am sure it will be pretty tough!

The Little Chicken ran into several friends throughout the night!


Leah the Lion



Berrik the Lawn Nome



Addison the Teddy Bear, Porter the Cowboy, and Logan the Football Player!

Many more friends, and pictures.....

After such a fun night Hailee took off her costume and took a pitstop at Grandpa's. He had her favorite snack and together they ate away greenbeans in the middle of the kitchen!



A great alternative to candy.

We're off to see Aunt Christina!!!!

The most wonderful Aunt in Twin Falls!


Hailee and I went to visit Curt in Twin Falls one weekend instead of waiting for him to come home for a few hours! We stayed with Christina and her family. Hailee loved every second of being at Aunt Christina's mostly because Nic was there to entertain her. She was as big as a 7 year old that weekend!



This is Hailee getting her first juice box and she loved it by the way! In the back you can see Aunt Christina, who by the way had her super cute girly only a couple days later!!!


Hailee and Nic played the blanket game, which Hailee has already mastered thanks to Grandpa Layne. I barely got the picture and you can barely see Nic's eyes in there!


Hailee helped Nic play his Wii game and jumped and jived as fast as Nic did! He is pretty good at that game!



Hailee and Nic out on the tramp in the freezing cold wind. Nic loves Santa and dressed up in his outfit and brought a bunch of toys out for Hailee. It was great!

Funny story:
After Nic brought out the toys he wanted to go outside and play. Hailee had been running around inside in just her onsie and I was busy chatting. After a couple minutes of not hearing her I looked outside to see her at the top of the swingset. Nic was up there in his Santa suit getting his snow-sled ready to go down the slide. He was going to give Hailee (in her little white onsie) a ride on his "sleigh"! AHHHHH yeah I ran out there and grabbed her. We got dressed really quick and ran back out to jump on the tramp with Santa!
Just so you know- she didn't get sick or hurt at all, just a funny little moment!

PARTY TIME!

Hailee and I decided to host a Halloween Party for as many as would come! It turned out great and we had tons of friends come! We made a few crafts, ate some yummy treats, and tore apart a pinata (literally, the dang thing wouldn't break open so I had to tear it apart!).

Just a little Hairplay!

Hailee and I have been spending tons of time playing with her hair! She is such a great sport. She actually comes running sometimes when I tell her it is time to do her hair. She likes to look "pretty" and will comment often as she sits in front of the mirror. We tried curlers again (the velcro ones) and didn't like them. Her hair kept getting stuck and the curls were less than impressive. We tried to over-night foam curlers and they turned out super cute. We just added a bow and tada it is Shirley Temple Day!

She also had a pony tail one day and it was so bitter-sweat. It was absolutely adorable, but she looked so old. I am too scared to do it again because she is still my baby! I posted a few cute pics below of my hair model.

Since You have been so PATIENT...

By reading my blog the last few posts and experiencing my emotional rollercoaster....I thought it would be only proper to share with you more uplifting moments from this past month. And trust me the majority of the month was amazing, fun, lovely, and truly wonderful. I feel terrible to make my life seem so miserable, when in fact I have had a great time but neglected to share that part:(

So get ready to share some great moments from October with the Stegelmeiers!!!

On October 27th.....

Trudy Grace was born. She is so adorable and we cannot wait to hold and cuddle her.




This is the sweet little gal with her mommy Christina, and big brother Nic! Can't wait to see them again!