Happy Easter!

We hope everyone has a Happy Easter. We had a great weekend. We loved the 80 degree weather.

Hayden and I went to an Easter Egg hunt with friends on Friday. I will post pictures later. On Saturday we went hiking with cousin Kennedy. We have some really cute pictures to post from that too.

Spring is here!!!!!

We have been loving the warm weather lately. We did some yard work earlier in the week so we gave Hayden an early Easter present we bought... a pretend rake. So he helped us out for awhile.






He loves showing his belly button. He is getting skinnier. This time at the doctor he was in the 50% for weight. 97th for height!


Right now he is obsessed with going into the neighbors yard. He likes their dog so at first he looks for it. Then he realized that they have nice rocks for him to play with along the side of their house. And he just loves to sit in their part of the driveway for some reason. He just recently discovered they have a pool. He will point at it and make his question noise. Great...

Trying to get in their back door...

Trying to get in their garage...

Wondering where the dog is...

Isn't he cute...



And enjoying a nice refreshing Sonic slushie...

Date Night

Mike and I went out for dinner with some friends and then used their free passes to go to Phipps again. We ate at Jerome Bettis restaurant downtown. It was a nice evening without the child :)

(Disregard my nasty hair. Apparently after having Hayden I lost a bunch of hair... I have so much I never noticed. But now all of those hairs are growing back. So I have short crazy hairs everywhere. My hair is just nasty).

Is this my boy?

Who's child is this???!!! This is certainly not MY child!!!!

Actually he has been really good lately, I just thought these pictures were funny. He was mad at me b/c I wouldn't open the door so he could go in the basement.

Hiking at McConnell's Mill

The weather was terrific on Saturday so we decided to go hiking at McConnell's Mill. First we stopped at Quakertown falls. They were nice but we couldn't get really close b/c it was a steep climb down. If we didn't have Hayden we could have done it.



Hayden liked seeing the water at McConnell's mill, whether it be the river, the rapids, or waterfalls. He would scream when we started to walk away from it. He also loved every dog that walked by. He better not get any ideas! We will not be getting a dog ever!!!!!











We also stopped and let Hayden play at the playground. He has been loving riding the swings and the slide at Webb park and this was no exception. He also enjoyed swinging sticks. He is definitely all boy!

What WE are up to

Since most of our posts are about Hayden here is somethings that are going on with us right now:

Brooke --
* Still working in the kindergarten classroom.
* Working with the u-13 Hotspurs soccer team. We have some tournaments coming up.
* Playing soccer in a coed league.
* Trying to run everyday if its nice out.
* Created a cooking blog here


Mike --
* Officially got a promotion at work.
* Will be traveling to Cleveland and Baltimore for work.
* Joined a weight loss challenge at work
* Can't wait to go golfing again.
* Started a new hobby -- wood working.


I know the picture is old. I couldn't quickly find a recent picture of just the two of us. Lame! Technically Hayden is in that picture too b/c I am a few months pregnant there.

Hayden at 15 months

Hayden Right Now:

Giving Tons of Hugs and Kisses. I love it.
He is a little more cuddly (mainly when he is tired)
Enjoys climbing tables and sitting on them. Or if he thinks he is sneaky standing on them.
Turns off the TV or Mike's X box to get attention
Still loves wires, outlets, computer mouse/mice?,
Blows kisses
Saying more words here and there (once he says some we never hear them again!) Recently he has said these words at least once: Kennedy, Grandma, Ryan,done, banana, Dia, Thank you, Hi, Bailey, dad, mom, bottle, no
A pretty good eater -- still loves yogurt. Always will eat bananas.
Favorite food is mac n cheese (homemade or the box kind)
Knows where the M&M's are and will ask for them.
Will trick me to come help him and then bolt to my computer chair and steal my seat.
Gets no more bottles. They are put away for good.
Will throw things away in the garbage if you ask him. Or take things to the sink if you ask him.
Loves to say Uh oh! Will drop food on purpose just to say it.
Also says Whoa!
Climbs in the dryer when you try to load it.
Likes to show his belly button and get yours.
Broke open all of child proof cabinet locks. So we had to buy new tougher ones.
Constantly dumping out my scrapbook supply drawers
Loves to listen to the Imagination Movers Cd
Watched an entire episode of the Freshbeat band (the first show he has ever sat and watched that I know of)
Needs a hair cut. Not sure when I will break down and do it though.
Says a combination of Please and Up... "Bup". We have managed to confuse him!
Has lots of teeth with more still coming in. Over 10 so far.
Listens to my ipod.
Likes the annoying Kei$ha song Tic Toc. Dances to it.

He is also stubborn, active, athletic, bores easily, dramatic, high maintainence, and bothers Kennedy just to make her cry (then laughs). I wonder who's child he is???