Thursday, April 23, 2009

The Survey Says.......

It's a boy! Today was the big day. He's healthy and every thing looks great. We're so excited!

This isn't the greatest profile picture but the other picture shows that it's definitely a boy. Ryan wasn't sure he wanted me to post the "boy parts picture" but how can I not, right?

Here is his one and only belonging.....a 3 piece suit. I bought it 3 months ago when I still had no idea what we were having. I found it on clearance at Target and couldn't pass it up. I was a little nervous that having it hanging in the closet might jinx us and we would never have a boy. Luckily, no jinx and a boy is on his way!

Tomorrow I will be 22 weeks, so here are some belly pictures. At church on Sunday a friend came up and said "You're huge!" and did the huge belly motion with her hands. All I could say was "I know." At least I'm 5 months along. A couple months ago that could have been traumatic but now it's just funny.

The next big step is naming the kid. We have absolutely no options because Ryan and I can't agree on a single name. My brother, Sean, said Cecil or Sport. Both of which got vetoed fast. Any suggestions?

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Six Flags

We got season passes to Six Flags this year and made our first trip on Saturday. I am not a rollercoaster person at all but their water park opens in a few weeks. I'm planning on spending many days in the lazy river this summer.

Ryan went on a few rollercoasters but we spent most of our time in the kiddie area.

We went with some friends who have a girl Hayden's age. It was fun watching the girls on the rides. Haydens never been on any rides so she wasn't sure what to expect. This ride goes straight up and then drops back down. Hayden started out liking it but when it started to drop she got a terrified look on her face and started balling. The worker girl ended the ride early because she was crying so hard, but she couldn't get enough of the other rides.

Then we watched a show by "The Wiggles." Hayden loved it. She was dancing in her seat and then during the last song, she and her friends went up in front of the stage and were dancing like crazy. It was like they were at a concert. So hilarious!


Hayden topped off the day with a huge sucker. It was a great day!

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Easter Festivities


Our friends, the Clements, had an Easter party on Saturday. The kids had fun playing a egg toss game.

Then it was time for an Easter egg hunt. Hayden had fun finding eggs but after about the 6th egg she was ready to just play with the toys outside. After the hunt we had a delicious potluck lunch. It was a very fun day.

The Easter bunny forgot to fill Hayden's basket during the night but came after we had all woken up. We told her the Easter bunny left her basket in her room and she yelled "yay" and ran as fast as she could to find it. She loved it. She especially loved her basket. She wanted to carry all day and show it to anyone who would pay attention.

We tried to get a cute picture of her in her Easter dress with her hair all curled, but she would not cooperate. She had to be holding her juice or diaper bag and kept whining and crying. Oh well, I guess.




We had regional conference for church and then headed home to cook the ham. We went to my brothers for dinner and had fun playing games and hanging out. It was a really great Easter. I hope you all had a great Easter too!

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Eggs


We had playgroup at our house this week and we had a little Easter party.

We let the kids color eggs and did a little craft project. Hayden loved it. All of the other kids finished and Hayden was still sitting at the table stirring her egg around in the dye. She was not happy when it was time to clean up.

She was very proud of her eggs and was so excited to show Ryan when he came home from work. She was also very curious about the eggs. If you notice the orangeish pink egg, you'll see where she clawed a chunk out. Good times.

* As a side note Hayden now calls cameras "cheese" because we make her say cheese whenever we take her picture. Also, she calls all types of vehicles "choo-choos" no matter how many times I tell her otherwise. Oh funny girl...