Next Tuesday our baby girl will be one year old! I cannot believe how quickly the time passes. Jacob and I are planning her Mickey Mouse Clubhouse birthday party and I have mixed emotions. I absolutely love watching her grow and learn new things everyday but miss those days when I used to be able to sit on the couch and just hold her in my arms. The only time that happens now is when she is sleeping! She is incredbily smart and amazes us each day. Recently Hailey has learned the words; wow, papa, and baby. If you ask her how old she is she will hold up her little pointer finger. She picks up on things so quickly its incredible.
We are buying a house in Orangevale and should be able to move in by the end of this month. We are so excited, the house is super cute and perfect for our family. We will post pictures once we are all moved in and settled.Tomorrow my level four team has their very first competition. I think that I may be more excited than my girls! They have been training so hard for the past nine months and now it is time for them to show the judges what they can do. Go Tricks!

Hailey was in her first Gymnastics show Tricks - Tumble in the Jungle 2010. Some of our family came to watch her and she had a blast showing off for them. She went up and down some cheese mats, held onto the monkey cars, bounced on the trampoline with an alligator, played in the foam pit, and got her very first blue ribbon. She had such a good time with all her little baby friends; Magnolia, Mitchell, Aiden, and Supratick. We have a little performer on our hands!
My very first Mother's Day was excellent. We went over to my Aunt's house and had a big bbq with all my family. I could not have asked for anything more. My 22nd birthday also just passed. Jacob and Hailey surprised me with a little get together at our place when I got home from work. Jacob and I have also been super busy house hunting for the past few months.... We recently put everything on hold because he decided he wanted to apply for the CHP academy. The testing begins in a couple months and then we will know if he has been accepted or not. Other than that I have been enjoying coaching my Level Four Gymnastics team and hanging out with family. Our baby girl will be NINE months next week and I cannot believe it. We are having so much fun watching her grow and learn everyday. She has been trying to walk for a few weeks now and I feel like any day now she is going to go for it. Today she learned how to clap and thinks it is just about the best thing in the world (besides food or course!) Hopefully the weather will stay nice and we will get to take her swimming in the next few weeks. She absolutely loves bath-time so I can only imagine how much fun she will have in the pool!

Everyone says when you have child to enjoy each day because time flies...and wow it is so true. It's March and our little girl will be SIX months old this week. It really feels like she was just born yesterday. Our family has not been up to a whole lot the past few months. Hailey started her very first gymnastics class and absolutely loves it. She rolls down the wedge mats, swings in the giant swing, jumps on the trampoline, and plays with the parachute. I go with her every week and Jacob comes with us when he does not have work. She smiles and laughs the whole time she is there, it's so adorable to watch. She also loves to see the other babies! We recently took Hailey to the park for the first time. She liked going down the slide, swinging, and just being outside where she has so much to look at. Jacob and I have slowly began to search for a house. Hopefully these next few months we will speed it up and maybe even find something. We have way too much stuff for our little two-bedroom apartment and want to have more room for Hailey when she starts crawling (which will be SOON) and walking. Anyways, life is great and we are having so much fun being parents!

Christmas time was crazy-busy for our family but we had an excellent time and were spoiled by our families. Christmas Eve we went to Grandma Koehl's for dinner and gifts. Jacob's whole family was there including Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, and Bart. It took us a few hours to open up gifts but we all had so much fun and got lots of neat things. After that we went to the Candle Light Service at Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church like we do every year. Then Christmas day we woke up and celebrated on our own for a little while. That afternoon we went to my parents house where the three of us got another load of presents. We ate dinner with my family and played a few games. My Aunt Debbie, Uncle George, and Cousins, (Brandon and Austin) opened Hailey a college fund and are going to put money in it twice a year. Overall we had the best Christmas ever thanks to our incredible families and friends. They all mean the world to us and we are so blessed to have them in our lives. We had a pretty calm New Years. We went over to my parents house where we ate dinner, played games, and just hung out. We celebrated at 9:00pm, East Coast time because we did not want to have Hailey out and about. After that we came home and watched the Countdown on TV. Hailey almost made it to 12:00am with us but was just too tired and eventually fell asleep in her swing at 11:30pm! It was a great end to 2009 for the Rennick Family :]

Hailey got here just in time for all the holidays. We did not dress her up or take her out trick-or-treating this year. She did however wear her little jammies that said, "My Little Pumpkin" to my parents house where we passed out candy. We ate nachos, (since that is our family tradition,) played games, and watched a movie. Hailey slept most of the time but did get to see her Grandma, Pappy, Aunties, and Uncle Joe.

Thanksgiving was a busy day for our family. We went to Grandma Koehl's for lunch and saw the whole family. Hailey spent some time with her Uncle Josh and Great Grandpa. After a few hours there we went over to my parents house for dinner. After we ate all that delicious food Jacob, Hailey, Jorgie, Pappy, and I went over to Beamy and Papa's house where Hailey met her Great, Great Grandpa. She had not taken a good nap all day so by the time we got over there she was pretty fussy. We were able to get a picture in with all five generations before she passed out in my arms. Next we went back to my parents for

dessert and games, thats when things got crazy. We were all tired and slap happy by then so the games were a little more exciting and hilarious than usual. Overall we had a wonderful Thanksgiving with our new family!!

Jacob and I have been together for about six years now. We met back in 2004 and have been crazy about each other ever since. We finally tied the knot this past July and are loving every second of our new life. Jacob is working at Olive Garden and UPS part time. I am coaching school-age and level four artistic gymnastics at Tricks. A few months after the wedding our little miracle, Hailey Autumn, arrived. We absolutely love being parents and are having a blast watching our daughter grow. She already has mommy and daddy wrapped around her finger! We will use this blog to keep family and friends up to date with how things are going for us. We are so excited that from here on out there will never be a dull moment in our lives and can't wait to see what the future holds for our new little family!