Friday, July 23, 2010

Summer Update

Good news... Hayden is going to be a big brother! Michael and I are expecting a little one early next year. I am due February 13th, so we'll have a little Valentine! We could not be happier:)



Not so good news....after we found out about the new addition we also found out Michael would be leaving on business for 3 months. Yep, he is gone until the first part of October (let's hope it doesn't get delayed) Needless to say we are missing him!



Now on to the fun stuff... before he left Michael and I were able to take a week off to spend as a family. We loaded up Hayden and the dog and headed to the cabin in McCall to join my grandparents, and parents for the 4th of July. We had a ton of fun but were very tired from chasing Hayden around a cabin that hasn't seen a little walker in atleast 18 years! We also took a few days to head to Boise to see our good friends Bill and Nikki, and their little one Averi, who had just turned 2 months old! What a doll:)









Michael flew out on the morning on the 11th to St. Louis, where he has his own apartment for the time being and will be overseeing the completion of a job there at an Oil Refinery. After about a week of Michael being gone I loaded up Hayden and the dog again. This time we headed to Spokane to visit my parents and celebrate my sister's big 30!






The weather has been great! Not as hot as the Tri-Cities so we have been able to take walks everyday and Hayden loves playing outside, usually in a big bucket of water or just walking all over trying to master the stairs whenever he gets a chance.







We even took Hayden strawberry picking one afternoon! He was great, even though he was wanting to eat everything we picked along the way. We have made a few trips to the pool as well, Hayden loves the water! He spent an entire hour playing today in the pool before it was nap time.







We are able to talk to Michael everyday and at night we do the whole video conferencing thing so he can see Hayden. It's no substitute for him actually being here but for now it will have to do. He has a big job to do and we miss him dearly but we are proud of how hard he works and what a great job he is doing while gone! Love you Michael!






Friday, June 11, 2010

Hayden's 1st Birthday

Happy Birthday!


I guess it's about time we update everyone with some pictures from Hayden's first birthday party. We had friends and family join us over Memorial Day weekend to celebrate Hayden's first birthday, luckily the weather turned out to be pretty nice. A bit windy but nice. He was a trooper all day long, even without a good morning nap!


Hayden had his very own cake at his party!


Only the second time trying frosting...


And it was a big hit!!



Needless to say, he went straight to the bathtub after this!



We are so lucky to have such an amazing little boy! We can't believe how fast the first year went by... we look forward to what's in store for us in the year to come!


Mommy and Daddy love you Hayden!!





Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Mother's Day Weekend

Our good friends Lacey & Steve, from Spokane, made the trek down again this year for our Annual Wine Tasting/Birthday weekend. The only difference is now we all have kids to look after as well:) They brought their son William, who is exactly 6 months younger than Hayden. The boys got to know one another again...we hadn't seen Will since he was just a month old! Unfortunately the way Hayden shows his love towards Will right now involves smacking him in the face. He thinks thats what bigger kids do since he gets it a lot at daycare!




It was so cute to see the boys interact as much as they could, next year we'll be able to see them both walking around! The wine tasting portion of the weekend was fun as well for us adults. We were a tamer version of our former selves now that we have munchkins to come home and take care of at the end of the day! Will is adorable and it was great to see Lacey and Steve! We are already looking forward to their next visit in July:)




Hayden is so close to walking...I was certain he might surprise me and walk over to say "Mommy" on Mother's Day but no go yet. Instead he wandered around the house and played with JD in between visits to daddy outside (who was staining the fence). All in all my first Mother's Day was a nice and relaxing one!












Only 2 more weeks until his first birthday!! We are looking forward to celebrating with family and friends!