Baby "Ducy's Visit"

Hayden's cousin Lucy (or Baby Ducy as Hayden calls her) came to visit after Christmas. Hayden loves younger kids and babies. He still asks about her and enjoys looking at pictures of her on the computer. These pictures were stuck on our old camera and I couldn't get them off until today...

Not much.

Not much to write. We have been busy rearranging the house getting ready for the baby.

Hayden loves his robe from Grandma. He makes us wear ours over our clothes when he is done with a bath.


Some bad news...I broke the Steeler Gnome. Mainly just the back of him. His front is put back together. Hopefully I haven't caused us any bad luck. And Hayden sings "Black and Yellow" when we are in the car. It is funny. I need to get it on video.

Oh and Hayden has decided he doesn't want to sleep in his bed anymore. Fun times.

Snow Days

We have gotten to play in the snow a few times so far this year. I was prepared for this winter and bought Hayden boots and a snow suit way back in the early fall. I got this ski coat and pants at the consignment store for $10. No pink snow pants this year! I also got him some "moon" boots at the consignment store for $5. Gotta love a good bargain. He is warm and toasty so definitely worth it.

He loves wearing hats. He has tons of cute hats. Lately he has liked wearing my Kermit hat. It is cute!

Hayden mainly goes out with Mike b/c I can't carry him up the hill to sled ride. Which he enjoys.



He also really enjoys shoveling the snow.


His favorite thing to do is to throw snow balls at you.
Here is he getting ready to throw one.


And here are some pictures of the joy it brings him. So worth it to see that huge smile. Even if it is a little evil.

Black and Yellow!

I guess it is now a tradition to take a quick snapshot of our little family in their Steeler Jerseys. So here is one from this year.

What a game. Very nerve racking! Hayden was so good the entire game and actually let us watch it. Then when the Raven's had the ball for the last series with 1:38 left he decided he was ready for bed. Well it is a whole process to get him tucked in, say prayers, etc and I would have missed the end of the game so I made him wait. He kept begging to go to bed, and even shut the TV off! I guess he was tired. So I almost missed the end. I was so happy to see TJ Houshmandzadeh of all people drop that pass. Hopefully the game against the Jets I can relax.

Here are our previous family Steeler pictures.

Bored

Hayden and I have been hanging out since schools are closed due to snow. We have played toy story, watched curious george (finally something other then toy story or monsters inc), made no bakes, drawing, played cars (actually mommy fell asleep), danced, built blocks, read books, built puzzles, ate guacamole, looked at pictures, played hockey, made dinner, worked on cleaning up after we play with something, fought with light sabers, oraganized baby clothes, and much more.




Right now Hayden is watching the neighbors use their snow blower. He laughs if the dog goes in the snow. I have some pictures of Hayden playing in the snow but can't get them off of the camera right now.

We also bought Hayden a twin mattress and started him sleeping on it. He loves it. So far so good! I don't have a frame for it yet. We are debating if we will buy one or if Mike will build one. You can see his star wars sheets in the picture below.

He also has this comforter that I need to get out. It is from Pottery Barn Kids and was his Christmas present from Pap. I need to finish up his room soon. Hopefully this weekend. At least we got the crib out of it.



I am currently organizing some recipes to freeze. Our new deep freezer comes this Friday thankfully. It has been too long (ours died in september). If you have anything to add to my list let me know. I love collecting recipes.

We are also rearranging some rooms, creating a good play room for Hayden, getting the baby room ready, and more. It is overwhelming.

Hayden's Favorite Souvenir

Hayden got to pick out a souvenir in disney. He found this earlier in the week and used it to fall asleep at downtown disney. Once asleep I put it back. The next evening at Epcot he was sitting in his stroller and started pointing and crying. I couldn't figure out what was wrong. It was late so I thought he was tired. But He saw this doll and wanted it again. He did the same at one of the resorts. So the last day we bought it. I bought it thinking he could give it to the new baby as a gift he picked out. I am now realizing that this probably won't happen. Since he calls it "my baby" and is very possessive about it. Yesterday he was pushing it around in his shopping cart. Oh well, I guess its his. It is such an ugly doll too.

Happy New Year

For New Years Eve we went to dinner at the Melting Pot with our friends Phil and Chris. Everything was delicious. We walked around outside afterwards b/c the weather was so warm.




Here is a picture of our "X-rated" raw meat before we cooked it...





After dinner I picked up Hayden and we went back to our house to play Wii. Hayden played for a little bit and then we put him to bed. Thankfully he slept until 8:45!
We played Wii well past midnight and I think I pulled a muscle in my arm!