Sleep!!

Hayden slept 10.5 hours straight last night!!!!

We arrived!

We have arrived in Utah. The flight was long but Hayden did really well. He took 2 short naps. He met some of his cousins today. He was a little overwhelmed at first but eventually calmed down and was his cheerful self. So now we are hoping that he sleeps well. He went down in the pack and play no problem. So far so good.

Leaving on a jet plane....

We are leaving for vacation today. We are flying to Utah and meeting up with Mike's family and then driving up to Yellowstone. It will be Hayden's first plane ride...4 hours. We will see how that goes! We are a little nervous about the trip. The flight makes us a nervous whether Hayden will take a nap or not. The trip makes me a little nervous b/c of the time change (2 hours difference). Hayden has been sleeping soooooo good lately. He pretty much has slept thru the night for a few weeks now (knock on wood). I hope this trip doesn't mess that up. Keep your fingers crossed for us.



I think we have may have a soccer player on our hands (much to Mike's dismay since he wants a golfer). Hayden has super powerful kicks. He kicks all of the time. He propels his butt off the ground, lifts both legs and completely thuds down. It hurts so bad if he gets you. He does this in his crib at night too. We kept hearing these loud thud noises. He kicks the crib over and over. It actually shakes the walls. Above is a picture of what happens when he does it in the tub. Whoever gives him a bath is completely soaked all of the time. I don't even sit that close to the tub! We have a video I want to post but I have to learn how to edit out his pee pee. Look at how long he is...especially in the torso area!



We have also discovered that Hayden is scared of the pool. Actually petrified is more the word. He loved it at the hotel in Ohio and loves his bath time so I am not sure when this happened. The kids took him outside at Renee's house. As soon has he got near the pool he cried. So we can't use that the water was cold as an excuse, he never went in. So I tried to take him too it and he flipped out and actually was trembling. I tried again another day when the pool cover was on. He acutally let me take him over to it. But as soon as I moved the pool cover back he cried. He doesn't know who he is dealing with b/c I plan on swimming this summer!

He also appears to not like grass again. And he is getting a little clingy and whiny for mommy. Again he doesn't know who he is dealing with!

Well next posts will be about vacation. We might have internet access so if I get bored I may be posting. I am sure we will have tons of pictures to post soon so stop back. TTFN

New foods

Hayden has been trying all kinds of new foods lately. He is eating stage 2 foods. He has had rice in his baby food and some corn pieces. He eats the rice cake things that you see above. We have given him bits of pretzels, gold fish, and cheerios. He doesn't have the hang of that yet. He likes watermellon. He didn't enjoy the canteloupe. He also really likes my italian ice freeze pops.

Evidence: Hayden was here!

Hayden is a drool monster! When he wakes up I never get him right away. So he rolls around and plays or rests some more. But he constantly moves. This is what I found the other day. Too funny and gross.



P.S. Hayden doesn't need wrapped to sleep. We use it as a blanket. This way since he moves so much he is constantly warm with his blanket. Kind of like those sleeper blanket things (but he is too big for the ones that he has so we use the wrap)

1st shower

6 month portraits

Here are the proofs from Hayden's 6 month portraits. We also got some family shots too. I am happy with how they turned out. Hayden was so good, until the end when i let him topple over and hit his head pretty hard. After that he was done!

(The pictures do not get any bigger, they are just sample images)