Hayden's Post

Since poor Hayden won't be the sole focus or our attention anymore I thought i would do a whole post about him.

Loves:
watching Umi Zoomi on Nick JR
chicken noodle soup with homemade noodles
vacuuming
he is obsessed with nerf dart guns that my nephews play with
"fixing" things with real screwdrivers
"helping" mommy cook. And "helping" with everything.
going bye bye...anything to get out of the house
yogurt, pierogis, hummus, popsicles, meat, broccoli, cottage cheese
looking at pictures on the computer. We have to look at my blog and all of our families blogs everyday
mini reese cups -- these are his treat for going potty or sleeping all night in his bed
dumping blcoks
babies or younger kids. Hopefully he will like his baby sister
watching Cars
playing cars in his car garage


Hates:
Being cuddled -- unless sick
wearing shoes and socks when he is inside
when other kids cry. it makes him mad and he will scream in their face or push/hit them.
sitting still
when mommy sings along with his shows
If you help him do something. He wants to do everything himself.



Misc:

He has created his own little language again. He adds an "A" sound to the end of words or he adds "A go go" to the end. So right now I am Mommiagogo. He is a weird little boy.

He likes his big boy bed but his sleep is all over the place. We had a rough week last week b/c he was sick for 7 days. I was sick for 5 of them so that sucked. He still gets up in the night sometimes. It is hit or miss. And he never gets up at the same time.

He kicks the wall really hard throughout the night and wakes me up. I don't know if he is awake or asleep.

He has peed on the potty on his own at least twice a day the last few days. I have not really tried to potty train him yet. We just have the potty just in case. And he gets a mini reese (or other treat but this is always what he chooses) for going. So its nice that he is doing that himself.

He has a scar on his forehead from his Christmas accident.

Has taken the M, N, and the comma keys of my laptop. It is very annoying. Now my spacebar also is not working well.


Hayden is a good little boy but a handful. He likes to get into things or climb things so you can't leave him alone for too long. He is very polite. He has the best manners with please, thank you, saying excuse me, bless you, etc. (At least I taught him something good). He is a happy little boy but going thru a shy phase.

Crazy Weather!!!!

We have had some crazy weather here lately -- sunny and hot, freezing rain, snow, you name it. Here are 2 pictures...

1st Hayden is washing our car on a 60 degree day. (He wanted the rain coat)


2nd Hayden is getting snow off our car 3 days later!


Crazy!!!

Here are a few more pics...

Getting Ready

Things have been busy around our house. We have really been rearranging things. Our dining room is now a play room for Hayden. Hopefully this will allow me to get more things done (cooking, cleaning, etc). Here are some pics:


His train table is here and it also holds his cars. He loves the car garage. The car mat is from ikea. The kitchen is from the thrift store. Most of his books are on the shelf over in the corner so we put his toy story couch there so he can read or do puzzles. There also random toys around the room and in the toy box (which we got at the flea mkt) and a small TV, but his time with that is very limited. Our new deep freezer is also in here. I LOVE my deep freezer. So far we have frozen:

cooked ground meat
chicken lasagna
chicken spaghetti
meatballs
chicken fried rice
shepherds pie
pulled beef
chicken pot pie
cookies -- choc chip, oatmeal butterscotch, monster cookies, sugar, and peanut butter
taco soup
cinnamon streusel pancakes
Pasta E Fagioli soup
Tuscano Soup
Calzones
Pepperoni Rolls
Cake
Chicken Gnocci Soup
Cooked Taco Chicken

We also went to Trader Joe's and got some pre-made meals.

Hayden's room is finally done. He was so excited at his new things. He kept pointing at things and saying "Mommy look at that". It was so cute and made me happy.



He will eventually get a headboard for his bed. Mike will probably make one. The bookshelf holds lots of star wars things that we have collected over the years, and books, pics etc. The top has our family star wars pictures from disney. The frames on the wall are just framed sheets of scrapbook paper. The tent and wall clings are from Grandma. The dresser was his great grandma's on Mike's side with a poster above it.


The baby room is also done.

I already showed you the bedding. The dresser was left behind when Mike's parents moved. The doll on the dresser was made by my Aunt Lou and is sitting on a bench I got at the thrift store. We moved the soft recliner into her room for night time feedings. I made the baby letters with scrapbook paper that are above her changing table. We put some books in crates for her. Notice I got Hayden to let her have the ugly Cinderella doll from Disney. So far so good! He does randomly walk into her room and point to the crib and say "that's mine!".

I have also been able to fill her closet with clothes. Mostly from outlets, consignment stores, and thrift stores. There are also some of Hayden's clothes too.

36 weeks

We are at about 36 weeks along. Everything Seems to be going ok.
Dr says I measure perfect. So that is good. Head is down. I wear maternity shirts. I don't have any maternity pants. I just wear jeans I had before I had Hayden that are a little bigger.

I have low iron so I need to take supplements. It is a problem I have had when I am not pregnant (off and on) so its not surprising. Iron pills suck. TMI... it is really hard to go to the bathroom when on iron pills. I had to call a client and cancel because i was...stuck.

I am much more sore this pregnancy. Lots of sciatic nerve pain. Back pain. Sometimes really bad. My hip area is bad. The other day I stepped and slipped on one of Hayden's toys and did a full split. I have never been flexible (can't touch toes hardly) so that was EXTREMELY painful. I cried. Hayden came over and kissed my head :) With Hayden I had no aches or pains what so ever

I am Less active since it is winter. I try to take advantage of nicer days whenever I can and at least walk. But it hasn't been nice here in forever. I miss being active. I still go to soccer practices with my 13 year old girls team but I can't do anything and it bums me out not to play.

My belly button sticks way out this time. One of the kids at the pre-school says its the baby's pee-pee.

Cravings -- just junk food, pop, etc. I am much less disciplined this pregnancy. I lost the weight quickly last time so I guess I am hoping the same this time. Not the best plan but oh well. So far no real stretchmarks or anything. Hopefully that doesn't change.

Names -- We have no idea. None.

Sleep -- yuck. I slept great when pregnant with Hayden b/c I would switch sides and could lay on my back. This time my back hurts too bad so I have to lay on my side but that always hurts my neck. And it hurts when I roll over to switch sides. I Still have lots of bloody noses. They wake me up at night. So add that to getting up to pee, waking up from being uncomfortable and that = not much sleep. You can also add Hayden waking up and getting out of bed every now and then, Mike coughing, and Mike getting work phone calls at 3 am. Ugh!

Movement -- she moves a good amount.But she seems a less crazy then Hayden did in there. It did take them over a half hour to get her heart beat reading at my last dr appt. We would hear it and she would kick them away. It took 3 different nurses to come in and try.

Room --I got all of the furniture moved in. Now I just need to get it all organized. Here is her bedding we got at Burlington Coat Factory.


(We just got the bedding. No huge chandelier for our baby's nursery. Poor deprived little girl)

Hayden will talk about the baby and can show you the baby is in my stomach. He knows there is a baby girl. But he won't touch my stomach or baby if you ask him to feel the baby. He screams "No baby". He will touch my belly button that sticks out. He thinks that is funny.

I have been getting some meals to freeze. If you have any you like let me know. So far I froze: pulled italian beef, breakfast casserole, sugar cookies, meatballs, chicken lasagna and chicken pot pie. I also made tons of cookies for the super bowl so I froze a bunch. I may do some soups. I posted 3 soup recipes on my other site: here

So that is about it. Hayden has been sick all weekend. He has a fever and runny nose. At night he has a couch. So no sleep for any of us. I am sick now too. I can barely move.

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.