Posted by Michelle on Nov 25, 2006 in Hayley
When I work late downstairs sometimes Hayley wanders down around midnight. She wants me to take her up to bed with me, so I told her to wait just a minute so I could finish. Hayley snuggled right up with the pups and they were so adorable, I grabbed the camera.
I love her legs over Buster and Annabelle in the crook of her arm. Only a kid could lay that way, in her footie PJs. In the link to the photos below, you can see Annabelle wake up and ignore me all together, then Hayley wake up too.
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Posted by Michelle on Nov 24, 2006 in Hayley, Jeff, Michelle, More Family
Couple of photos of the family as Thanksgiving was ended. I keep hoping to take more photos but that’s tough from in the kitchen. Of course most of the photos would be of the guys watching football or everyone eating!
back row: Jeff, Gordon (my dad). next row: Sharen (Jeff’s mom), John (Jeff’s dad) and then Joanne (my mom). next row: Jay (Jeff’s brother), next row: Cathie (my aunt) and then lowest row: Hayley.
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Posted by Michelle on Nov 24, 2006 in Hayley
The basketball season is over for the 8-9 Panthers. They were undefeated and league winners for the 2nd season (our first since Hayley is just 8). Hayley got her trophy and award at a party last week.
Hayley got the team Hustle award and her coaches said she was the scrappiest kid they had seen in several years. They continued with they could always count on her for tough defense and coming up with layups just when they needed a score.
It was a great season for Hayley, learning to play with much bigger kids and the fun of playing with all girls for the first time.
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Posted by Michelle on Nov 8, 2006 in Hayley
Halloween was a blast. All the prep work was worth it! We didn’t get many photos of the house that night but we did in the days before. Three themes – House Decorations, Hayley & friends and Annabelle as a Hula girl.
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Posted by Michelle on Nov 8, 2006 in Hayley
Photos from riding lessons from last week. Mason from next door came along to check out the stable as well. They are both so cute.
Hayley can now handle the horse basically on her own as well as ride bareback. She is definitely in a horse-y stage, she’d spent every day at the stable if she could!
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Posted by Michelle on Nov 2, 2006 in Hayley
A friend emailed us to tell us that Hayley was on the evening news on WTVD 11. We are trying to get a copy of it or see if they re-air the footage. It was just from her classroom at school, background for a school bonds story.
Of course Hayley didn’t even mention it! Who forgets to mention a TV crew in your classroom?!?! I guess she was just so engrossed in learning, hahaha.
The email…
Did you see the ABC News channel 11 this morning or last night at 11 ?
They were doing a story about the voting for the bond and the cameras must have come to school yesterday to tape our kids in the classroom and I saw Hayley in Ms. Hall’s class.
They showed Ms. Hall and then had a great shot of Hayley at her desk.
You might be able to see if again at noon and maybe again tonight because they are having a meeting at Green Hope High School about the bond so they may show it again.
They may even have it available online for you view.
I thought you would like to know in case they didn’t tell you she would be on TV.
Tags: in the news, school
Posted by Michelle on Nov 2, 2006 in Hayley, Jeff, Michelle
We planted two trees on the day Hayley arrived, November 3rd. She was so small then that she got almost fit in the hole if she sat down! The magnolias, slow growers in general, may not be as lush as when they were planted but they are definitely bigger, stronger and growing well on November 3rd 2006.
Tags: adoption, family, holiday
Posted by Michelle on Oct 27, 2006 in Hayley
I’ve taken photos from all of the games so far this season for the Panthers 8-9 Town of Cary team. The photos are not great – lighting in gyms like this coupled with floor glare are rough. This gallery is just ones of just Hayley.
The photo below I adore – she had six points (3-3 shooting), three steals and did so many little things right on defense and offense. She set two nice picks and she figured out how to switch to backpedaling to cut off a fastbreak – those things pleased me as much as the scoring. This is an 8-9 team and she is one of the youngest and 2nd to the smallest on the team.
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Posted by Michelle on Oct 17, 2006 in Hayley, More Family
We were really luck to have a chance to have Hayley’s birthfather’s mom and sister visit. Maw Maw Jenny and Aunt Regina were passing through the area and dropped by to see Hayley and share photos with her. It was a lovely visit and they are really nice people. Hayley is lucky to have more people join her life who want nothing more to know and love her in a healthy way.
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Posted by Michelle on Oct 10, 2006 in Hayley, Michelle, More Family
I had to have Jeff snap a few photos before we left for the Broadway South production of Lion King, which was absolutely amazing!!! Me, Hayley and Jeff’s mom Sharen went and had a wonderful time.
(notice the puppy tugging on my skirt!)
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