John babysits

I left to run some errands and came home to John getting the grill ready for supper and Hayden outside in his play saucer. The funny thing was Haydens attire (as you can see). John put the bandana on his head to keep it warm. Hayden lost a sock and John just found a different one. I love these pictures! (April 25th)

Buddies

Isabell latched onto Emily the entire time she was here. I just thought these pictures were too cute. (April 22nd)

Love The Nana!!!!

My mom was officially loved on and snotted on by Hayden. I love these pictures. (April 21st)

new toy

My friend Emily came for a long weekend and we ventured down to visit with my parents. Mom broke out the walker. It was Haydens first experience in a walker and he absolutely LOVED it! He has since spent hours upon hours in it. He thinks he is just the coolest kid on the block because he can move. It has been great. His balance is getting better...he sits up straighter...and he stays entertained longer. WHAO!!!!

Easter with Isabell

Isabell is my niece... Stephen and Bethany's daughter. She is 2 1/2 years old and quite the socialite. She is going to be a great big sister soon (in July)

Best Bug

So this is how Hayden treats his best "bug". This toy is his absolute FAVORITE. He can't seem to get enough of the antennas.
Life has been good. I think Hayden is working on some teeth. He has been drooling like crazy...running random fevers...and everything (EVERYTHING) goes in his mouth! We have also successfully introduced other foods to him. His favorite is the rice cereal. Even over bananas and peaches - believe it or not. He also loves his veggies which is wonderful! He eats almost all of his carrots and peas every time. I think we are going to just stick with those four for now and in a week or so we'll try sweet potatoes and apples. Then I think we'll have all the bases covered for a while.
Tomorrow we are having Stephen, Betty, and Isabell over for the day. I hope everyone's Easter weekend is wonderful. Check in Monday for some fun pictures of Isabell and Hayden.

Hangin' With Dad

I love watching them together. They are like to peas in a pod......SO FUNNY! And Hayden loves his walks with Dad. So do I cuz I get some alone time and actually get a few things done!!!

Sock Anyone?

Over the weekend Hayden spent A LOT of time with his cousin Isabell. They played together and talked heart to heart and napped together and watched movies together. It was really cute. They bonded. We came home on Monday and he's shown NEW things. He talks much more and much louder. Surprise surprise. EVERYTHING goes in his mouth. I think Isabell has influenced him in more ways than one. I knew they'd get along. She makes a really good big cousin and soon to be big sister.

Sleeps...

So...I've been noticing more and more that Hayden has this thing with having his face covered when he sleeps. Isn't he cute?!!!

PEEK!

Mr. Crabby Pants

What a morning so far. Hayden isn't fussy but he isn't happy happy either...he's just BLAH. I can't get him to smile for anything!

John's Boy

This morning has been FULL of laughs. First of all, when Hayden woke up he just layed in bed for a while and started laughing. Like really laughing. I went in there and he has pulled his sock off and was wrapped up in his blankie and was trying so very hard to suck on his toes. Then a little while later after John got off to work and breakfast was eaten, I put Hayden on the floor to play. He has been rolling all over the place lately so I barracaded him in with one side being the couch. I was going about my business never leaving the room for more than a couple minutes. I ran upstairs to use the bathroom and came down to find Hayden half underneath the couch. How that happened I don't know. So I grabbed a cushion and propped it up against the couch so he couldn't do that again. I went into the kitchen and was unloading the dishwasher when I hear him squealing and laughing. I went to check it out and he had rolled back over to the cushion and it fell over on him so he was sandwiched between the floor and the cushion. He got a kick out of that. So, I adjusted him and played for a bit then went upstairs to grab a basket of laundry. I come down and he's got one sock off and thrown out of reach...the other sock just about off...and while he was working on the second sock he managed to just about pull his pants off (as you can see in the picture). He was just having a good old time. There you have it....
LIFE WITH HAYDEN (remember...he's John's boy) ;-)

Familiar scene...

Hi.
At about 1pm I left Hayden with John so that I could get some grocery shopping done alone. I came home to find this...the two of them sleeping soundly in front of the TV. Fitting. This is an all too familiar of a Sunday scene for me. When I was growing up this is all I saw on a Sunday afternoon: my father snoozing while "watching" football and my brothers often followed in his footsteps. Just thought this was a cute picture to share.
Have a great day everyone!!!

Very Mobile...

So Hayden's new thing is not only rolling over, but rolling over and over and over. And he LOVES it!!!!! It is absolutely amazing to watch him grow and change each day. He laughs so much more and he is starting to do funny things to get our attention. He loves to play with our faces and I think he tries to give us kisses because he grabs our cheeks and tries to suck our faces. It's kinda cute.
My favorite thing though is when John gets home from work. Hayden goes buzzurk. They play and play and play and roll and play and wrestle and play and sqeal and play. I love to watch that. Hayden is really starting to show us more and more his personality. It is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen....life.