The Hayden Montage

Not to take the focus away from M&Ms awesome April Fool's joke on Ray... BUT I thought I had better hurry and make another post to refocus people! hahaha!

Here is a little video clip I've put together of Hayden's latest exploits. Hope you enjoy.

Ray's Spring Break Mishap

Ray recently took a “Boys” trip to Vail for Spring Break. When they got back several of his buddies shared with me these photos of a mishap that Ray had while trying to get on the ski lift. Do you think alcohol was involved? Ray said there wasn’t and that he was just talking and not paying attention. Hummmm, what are your thoughts? In any case, Ray was exposed ;-) Ray doesn't want to hear any "ski bum" jokes, yeah right, like that is going to happen! On a serious note, I would like to thank all the workers at Vail who helped get Ray down safely, they are awesome!

Better Late Than Never!

OK, I've been a bit delinquent on updating the blog over the last couple of weeks - sorry everyone! I'll give a quick summary of the last couple of weeks.

Hayden celebrated his first St. Patty's day, and he sure looked the part. Thanks to the new shirt from Grammy and the Irish pin from MeMe Karen, nobody would dare pinch him!

We also picked up Hayden's new car seat - I'm not sure, but I think he likes it?

Cousin G was also here the other weekend and see what happens when she is left to her own devices? Its what we call 'Baby in the Hamper' - I think his expression says it all.

Grammy was doing the true grandparent thing and spoiling Hayden - here he is playing with his cool new bunny that sings and dances and playing with the tissue in the bag that had his cool new PJs in them...

Here Hayden is enjoying pancakes on 'Pancake Sunday'...

OK, and lets face it - it doesn't matter when this next picture was taken, because it's dang cute!

Walking Man

Here is the official proof of our boy walking. He's still a little bit shaky, but every day he gets better and better.

Last Sunday, Grammy came in so we met her, Great Grandma Rita and Great Uncle Eric for a late lunch. Hayden was a complete ham as usual - he really enjoyed showing off his new walking skills for everyone.

Hayden has never been what you would consider a 'binky' lover, though he did discover a new way to use one - silly boy!

And here is one of those pictures that he will hate us for later, he was taking a nap on Daddy's shoulder - check the hairdo.

Dog Show!!

We had another dog show this past weekend, luckily the weather was a bit better than our last outing. Still a bit cold on Sat, but overall MUCH better! Plus no body was sick this time! We were finally good parents and brought the camera to take some pictures, but after about 5 pictures on Friday night, the battery died and we didn't bring the charger... oh well, next time we will get it right!

Here is Hayden already working out how to open the door:

He loves the fact that everything in the travel trailer is within his walking distance - here he is helping me feed the dogs.

Now he's tormenting Nemo with his Frisbee.

OK, and this one isn't dog show related, its just a cool picture!

10 Month Walk-About

Well, its official - we have our first solo steps! Hayden decided to try his hand at bi-pedal locomotion and has gone from one tentative step to around five over the course of the weekend. Unfortunately we couldn't get any video of him walking because the camera is WAY too exciting, so he has to get down on all fours to get to it faster. While I'm excited about the prospect of him walking, I'm also terrified at the prospect of him walking... For example, he wasn't paying attention and fell and hit his chin on the coffee table, biting his tongue, we had blood and everything... After Ray calmed both Hayden and me down, we lamented about this being the first of many to come!

Since I don't have any pictures of him walking I thought I would add a random cute picture. This is the way Hayden plays with his Bumbo seat, he picks it up and flings it around. Silly boy!

Hayden's First V-Day

OK, I'm a little delinquent on getting our blog updated this week, but as they say, all good things are worth waiting for!!

Last weekend was of course Hayden's first Valentine's day. Grandma Karen sent Hayden a cute card and $5 for his piggy bank, as you can see he was enjoying both the card and the money!

Hayden also "made" his first card (OK, I'm no expert, but I think his daycare teachers may have helped a little, but its the thought that counts!)

And my darling Husband had a special surprise for me, he had Hayden's teachers help him 'sign' his first card to Mommy! How cool is that???

Here are some random pictures of Hayden feeding himself this week, he's getting to the point where he wants to do it by himself - every night we need to hose him off... Thank goodness for the dogs who clean up the floor!