2007 NWTF Best of Show

Over the weekend, the National Wild Turkey Foundation had their National show at Gaylord Opryland. Brian entered a turkey and 2 deer in the taxidermy competition. Keep in mind that this is the FIRST competition that he's entered. The judging started at 10:30am on Saturday. We arrived shortly after it started and after standing there for just a few minutes, they announced that Brian won NWTF 2007 Best of Show in his category for his turkey mount!!! It was so exciting. (I even cried!)


Here's the picture of the prize winning turkey and Brian (you can't tell by the picture but he was really excited):

(notice the cool trophy of 2 turkeys behind the mount)

The fun didn't stop there! One of his deer won 2nd place and the other won 3rd (each were in a different category). Overall, it was a GREAT day!

Photo Fun

Hot Mommy!

So this morning on the way to "school" Hayden and I had an interesting conversation.

Hayden: Mommy.....Hot
Me: What's hot?
Hayden: Hot
Me: Hayden, what's hot?
Hayden: Outside
Me: Outside?
Hayden: Mommy, hot outside! (with a bit of aggrevation in his voice)
Me: (laughing) No baby, that's fog!
Hayden: Hot.....fog


I had to laugh because it took me FOREVER to understand what he was telling me. He is really good about seeing steam and telling us "hot". So this morning as Brian was putting him in the car, Hayden would say "hot" and point to the back yard. After the storms last night, it was really foggy this morning. (Here's where 2 + 2 = 4). He thought the fog was "hot". It was adorable!

60 Degrees

So Tennessee has had some strange weather lately. Friday night it snowed and yesterday it was 64 degrees! We definately took advantage of the nice weather yesterday. (Hayden loves hats so he got this one on Saturday!)

Doesn't he look so grown?!?

Here he was counting..."1, 2.....3 GO!" Brian was shooting his bow and Hayden was counting for him. It was sweet.

Playing Around

As most of you know, Brian is a taxidermist in his "spare" time. Over the weekend, someone was coming to pick up their rack. When Brian brought it in the house, Hayden screams "D-E-E-E-E-R-R-R-R-R." He just get so excited.

(Yes, he was still in his jammies)

Twinkle Twinkle

Another of his favorite things is singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". He gets a few of the "moves" confused with "Itsy Bitsy Spider" but it's adorable. I caught him singing to the Wiggles last night. (Note: You might need to turn up the volume to hear him well.)

Watch out John Travolta

Hayden has really gotten into dancing a lot here lately. He had his teachers at school in a laughing fit one day last week. Here is a small video of him dancing on cue (not as great as catching him in the act).

The Boys

Here are a few pictures of Hayden and Caleb Darnell from his Mommy's baby shower on Saturday. Caleb is getting a baby sister in about a month. We are definately excited to meet her!!!



Caleb is 3 months older than Hayden and they've been playing together since they were both tiny babies. I found these pictures which was taken when Hayden was 3 months old and Caleb was 6 months. Aren't they adorable boys? I think us mommies are in trouble with these two!

(They were cooing and laughing like crazy)

Great Weekend

We had such a great weekend! Hayden and I went to a baby shower for some friends on Saturday. He had a great time playing with Caleb and loved the attention from everyone. That night, we had pizza with "Toot Toot" (aka Aunt Beth) and "Mo" (aka Michael, Beth's fiance). On Sunday, we woke up to about an inch of snow. We opened the front door for Hayden to see the snow and quickly ate some breakfast so we could play before it all melted.

Here are some great pics of our snowy adventure. He got to ride on the snow shovel up and down the driveway with Brian pulling him. We had a hard time getting Hayden to come inside. He loved it!

(click to enlarge)

Here is a short video of Hayden sledding. Whiskey was even excited aboout it.

Last night we went to Nonna and Poppa's house to watch the Super Bowl. Hayden got to meet a new friend and the boys played like they were old friends.

Here is Sherri (Nonna's friend) holding Hayden and Aunt Beth is holding Caleb (Sherri's grandson). Aren't these some cute boys!!!