Uh Oh Spaghetti-O's

We've really been working with Hayden on using a fork and/or spoon with his meals. Instead of using plastic kiddie utensils, we've just given him our smaller silverware. The plastic spoons and forks don't really let them pick anything up with them being so shallow. I got brave last night and gave him Spaghetti-O's and let him figure it out himself. He'll let you show him once and that's it. He is so self sufficient (at least he thinks he is). These are a few pictures of the great job and mess that he created.

The video is dark (sorry about that) but you can hear how excited he is about eating like a big boy.

More Random Pictures

It looks like these pictures/video were taken between Christmas and New Years when everyone was sick and the house was a mess.

In this picture, Hayden and I were playing around with Daddy's new digital camera. It's not great by any means but fun to share.

Here is some video taken on Brian's camera of Hayden practicing his duck calls (on one of Brian's old calls). Hayden calls it his goose call. Between him calling and wiping his nose, it's a mess!

Random Things

It's been a while since we've posted anything. It seems we've been spending so much time playing and learning that we've not taken many pictures. Hayden is learning so much and is so smart. We are working on our ABCs and continuing to count to 5.

Here are a few pictures of him playing in his jammies one Saturday morning while I tried to clean the house.

He absolutely love his cowboy hat from Halloween. It's getting a little small but he continues to wear it.

If I remember correctly, he was a little upset with me in this picture for putting up the Christmas decorations. He loves the "noman" (snowman) and didn't want to see it go.

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Hayden and I were out shopping at Target with Nonna a few weeks ago when we stopped in at Steak N Shake. He loved the paper hat that they give to the kids. He put it on and off a million times it seemed.

He's a Genius

Recently we've been working with Hayden on his shapes, colors, sounds, animals, and counting. He is such a quick learner. His favorite color as of now is "green". Everything is green. You can ask him just about any normal animal and he'll tell you what it says.

At dinner the other night, we were counting. He is in such a hurry to get to 5 so that he can give you "5". Enjoy!

Christmas ** Updated**

We had a great Christmas despite Brian and Hayden both being sick. Here's a picture of the tree and gifts before Santa Clause came.


Voila! Santa came to town!!!!

As you can see, Hayden is the proud owner of a 4-wheeler. It took a little coaching for him to get on it but he definately knew what the button was for. I'm working on some adding some video of him riding it in the kitchen. Hilarious!!!

**Updated**

Here is the video from Hayden riding his 4-wheeler on Christmas morning.

Christmas Eve

We traditionally have Christmas with the Atkins' on Christmas Eve. Since Brian and Hayden were both sick this year, we had it at our house. Here are a few pics from the fun event!

Here is Hayden checking out T.J. Bearytales that his grandmother got for Christmas. He is very much like Teddy Rupkskin with his story telling and songs. Hayden absolutely loved him from the get go.

Here is Addison hugging the bear.

Here's Hayden after a hard day of playing and unwrapping gifts while being sick. Notice the cute outfit :)

Mr. Potato Head

One of Hayden's favorite things to play with now is a hand-me-down Mr. Potato Head. For some strange reason, he wants to wear the glasses.