Utah Trip

We went to Utah at the beginning of July for Ryan's little brother, Jeffrey's, wedding. I didn't get a picture of Jeffrey and Cadence..oops. Congratulations anyway! Hayden was very cute in her new dress and was excited to show it off to everyone. She loves her Uncle Jeff and wanted to dance with him so badly. We discovered her great love of dancing while at the reception. It was a wonderful wedding and we are so happy for Jeff and Cadence.



While we were in Utah, my mom and sister-in-law threw me a baby shower. The realization of how much stuff you need for a new baby is overwhelming, so the shower was so so nice. Thanks to my mom and Brittany and everyone who came!!


I know this picture is sideways but I don't know why and I don't want to take the time to figure it out....
It was a quick trip but we had so much fun with family and friends. It was a great trip.

I had to throw this picture in because it is so cute. My friend Noel gave me a pedicure for my birthday. I have tried to paint Hayden's nails before but she never lets me. When she saw Noel painting my nails, she got excited and wanted hers done too. Afterward, she kept showing anyone who would look and saying "pretty toes'.

Birthday Pics

Here are some pictures from Hayden's birthday. I tried to get a video of her to post. It didn't work so well. By the time I got the video camera rolling to talk to her, she was so tired and so ornery. She wouldn't perform any of her tricks ;)

So, pictures it is....

2 Years Old

Hayden is 2 today and I can't believe it. The last 2 years have gone so fast. At the age of 2 she is full of attitude, Ms. Independent, has the most contagious laugh, says the funniest things, can be such a stinker but can melt my heart in a second. We love our Haydie Babe so much!!

To celebrate we just had a little party at our house with her playgroup friends and her cousins. I made a butterfly cake, of course it barely resembled the picture I copied, but it was still a recognizable butterfly. That works.

Happy Birthday Hayden!!

*I've been trying to upload pictures for 45 minutes now and it's not happening. At this point I'm exhausted. So, I will try to post them tomorrow :)

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?

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!

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!

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...