Soccer Banquet

The final part to our busy Thanksgiving break was to attend the banquet for my high school team I coach. It was held at Nevillewood so that was nice for us b/c we could take Hayden home whenever he was tired since it is only a 5 minute drive. The banquet turned out really nice. I will miss the senior girls. They are the first group I have coached all 4 years.

Hayden looked so cute dressed up and was the hit of the banquet. He just walked around, checking everything out, laughing.





Family photos


Hayden with the senior captains


The seniors wearing their gifts

The party (Lots of pics!)

Hayden's birthday party was on Saturday. We had over 45 people there! (everyone was family except about 6 people). It was nice to see everyone but I didn't get to spend much time talking to everyone. Sorry! Hayden got a ton of toys, which he is already playing with. He has played with every toy so far, no lie...he enjoys them all. And he got tons of cute clothes.

He had one meltdown after eating his cake. But he just wanted a bottle so that fixed that.





We had a sports theme going so I made oreo balls into the shapes of footballs, soccer, basketball, and baseballs. They were all gone fairly quickly.



His cake was from Costco. I originally planned on getting a cake from Kribel's but once I saw the price...Costco it was! At least Costco has good cake (and cheap too). White cake, chocolate mousse filling, and buttercream icing.




Grandma bought him the birthday shirt and crown so we took some pics before the party.






Hayden wasn't too into opening presents


He did enjoy clapping and making everyone else clap afterwards. He thought this was great.








The motorized school bus from grandma was a huge hit with all of the kids!!!!


Hayden enjoyed his cake!

Thankgiving Pictures

We finally felt better on Thanksgiving. We had our first real food in days. We sang Happy Birthday to Hayden and he devoured his pumpkin gob! Mike and I gave him his birthday presents: a small blanket, a broom, Christmas pj's and a golf club. He loves the broom and club. He sweeps the kitchen with the broom. And he swing the club all of the time.

Happy Thanksgiving and 1st Birthday!

First off...Happy Birthday to Hayden. I can't believe he is one already. He is such a great little boy.

My favorite things about him right now are:
his cheesy face he is making all of the time.
his soft cheeks. Everyone loves kissing them.
his pretty blue eyes and long eyelashes.
Hearing him try to talk
his funny little laugh
watching him walk like pap pap erfort
watching him stick his chest out and walk when he really wants to get somewhere
doing tongue tricks with him
his open mouth and sometimes tongue kisses!

We can't wait to see everyone at the party this Saturday.

Next... Happy Thanksgiving! We have lots to be thankful for. I could be all sappy and write how I am thankful for family, friends, blah blah blah...


Here are some less "traditional" things that I am thankful for today:

1. That we are feeling better and will get to eat Thanksgiving meal. It wasn't looking too good there for awhile!
2. That Hayden went back to bed after crapping himself at 4am. I needed more sleep!
3. The computer/internet.
4. Chocolate
5. Where we live. While I would love to make lots of changes to the actual house... the location is great.
6. That my sister watches Hayden so he doesn't have to be at daycare.
7. That Hayden is a good boy. I thought for sure he have more of my qualities (which he does have some)
8. I like having my family close by. Thanksgiving makes mike sad that his family is not here.
9. Black Friday shopping-- love it!
10. Contacts, I hate wearing glasses.
11. my car (esp after looking at mike' hyndaui
12. my job, I really do enjoy it
13. my nice camera
14. my big star jeans. They are awesome and I will never go back to cheap jeans.
15. the nice weather we have been having.
16. living near the highways. I could never live in the south hills or out 51. I would die.
17. scrapbooking, I need a hobby that is not sports related so when I am old and can't play soccer anymore I have something to do
18. coaching, I do enjoy it even though I complain, esp the little girls. It makes me feel needed
19. That I am not the sole food provider for Hayden anymore. I don't know how or why people breastfeed a one year old. I made it 6 months.
20. Thrift stores. The only place I get hayden toys now. That way if they are a bust, I only spent 50 cents on them!

A bunch of sickos!

Wow its been a rough 24 hours. Hayden got sick on Monday night. Turns out he had pink eye and a stomach bug. By the next morning I was sick. It is no fun taking care of baby who is sick, when you are sick yourself. By midnight Mike was sick. I was finally sleeping, only to be woken every time he had to run to the bathroom.

I finally felt better this morning. I think Hayden is finally feeling better. He was screaming for real food, opening the cabinets, trying to open the fridge. He has had toast and a bottle with no problems. And there is no sign of his pink eye. Thanksgiving just may be a go! I can't miss a yummy thanksgiving meal two years in a row.

My poor baby!

Hayden is sick...just in time for his birthday. He started the weekend off with goopy eyes. They were nasty. Yesterday he still had that and his eyes were puffy and pink. It comes and goes and switches eyes during the day. In the evening he wasn't eating or drinking much. I eventually got him to drink his bottle. Well he threw it up in its entirety. Gross. And he was diarrhea. Poor baby. Hopefully he is better for Thanksgiving and Birthday fun. We are off to the dr. today.

More 1 year pics...

My boy is almost 1!

I can't believe Hayden will be one in just a week. At this point last year I didn't think he would ever come out and join us.

It seems like just the past week or so he has grown up so much. HE is so aware of everything. He knows his routines... if I put a towel down on the bathroom floor he lays down and waits to be undressed for bath. He holds his feet up to put socks and shoes on. And many more.

I *THINK* he is saying Hayden, thank you, please and up. He is saying mom more now.

Hayden...Jump on it!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

My favorite part is when he does the centipede!

Hayden's Birthday Party

Hello Everyone! Hayden's birthday party will be November 28th. I am just waiting to hear back from the place. So I will let you know the time and place ASAP and you should get an invitation in the mail. Mark your calendars. We hope everyone will be able to attend.

All boy!

Hayden is a rough and tough boy.

He loves to climb things. He climbs the treadmill every day. Then he dives into the balls afterwards.


He climbs under and thru anything and everything.

He loves to rip paper, envelopes, kleenex you name it.


He loves to swing golf clubs. He will hit balls with it. Then when the balls are all gone he will swing away and hit anything in his path. He also grunts with each hit. I hope to get it on video its funny.
One day he couldn't find his club so he used his toothbrush to hit the balls.

He will kick a ball and grunt.


He is a pretty good burper. Wonder where he gets that from???

He is very good at walking. He can almost run.

He loves cars, trains, tranformers, etc.

He hates to be held. He wants down to get in the action.

He steals Kennedy's pacifiers all of the time.

He still hits himself in the head with things just to hear the noise. He does it pretty hard too. He mainly uses remotes, phones...

He also has a hitting problem. He loves to hit me in the face. If you tell him no or yell at him he laughs hysterically. Any advice??

He hates when other kids cry. When Kennedy or Aiden cry at Renee's he tries to hit them in the face! He hit Kennedy with a car the other day.

But other then that he really is a sweet boy. He is getting a little more cuddly and he loves to give kisses. He give them all day. And they are open mouth kisses too! Just don't cry and you are good to go!

See isn't he sweet!

Enjoying the weather

The weather has been very warm the last few days and we have been taking advantage. We went to the park, played in the backyard, walked the trail, etc. Hayden loved it of course.

Hayden was rockin his green puma suit. I love that outfit.