More Pictures

Blogger is finally letting me add pictures again. Here they are from over the weekend. Enjoy!

Tampoline

Since Hayden likes to jump on my bed, I introduced him to Aunt Beth's trampoline at Nonna and Poppa's house. He LOVED it!


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I'll post more pictures later when blogger is not acting crazy.

Weddings and Dancing

We went to Julie and Chase's wedding Saturday night and had a great time. Hayden actually sat thru the ceremony (very short ceremony) and had a great time at the reception. He danced with everyone. The DJ even played "Sponge Bob Square Pants" for him when he saw Hayden on the dance floor.

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Here are some pictures from the night.

(Addison learning to walk with her daddy's assistance)

(Hayden just up from a nap)

(Hayden on the move picture)

(Bad picture of Hayden)

(Justin, Lacey, and Addison)

Durter

A year or so ago, Brian came home and told me the story of the "Durter". I asked him several times what he was saying b/c it seemed I didn't understand him. Come to find out, a lady that Brian works with has a son. One day her son asked her about a "durter". She apparently didn't understand either so he demonstrated. He took the card board tube to his mouth and said "durt derrrrr durrrrr"...I fell out laughing when Brian told the story.

I found a "durter" at our house on Monday and taught Hayden how to use it. Enjoy!!!

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Dancin'

We had a great Labor Day weekend! I bought a new CD and was listening to it in the kitchen on Sunday when I noticed that Hayden was doing some sort of crazy movement. I grabbed my camera to catch his "moves". Needless to say, he dances like his father right now. Hopefully I'll be able to teach him the "cool moves" to impress the ladies! :)


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Toot Toot

Hayden went to a party in his old room at daycare today. In his goodie bag were some fun treats that we played with tonight. He especially loved the horn and the glasses.

As you see, Hayden has a little "boo boo" on his eye. He had an "accident" at school today. Good thing for the glasses... :)

Playing Outside

Just a few pics of us playing outside.

Mowing

Hayden loves to push his bubble mower around even thought it won't make bubbles. Brian wishes it actually cut the grass :)

Jumping

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This is Hayden's favorite thing to do: jump on my bed! As you can see, the bed was not made which might have been a good thing with him all over it. Hope you enjoy!

P.S. Make sure you have sound so you can hear him laughing!

Man's Best Friend

Hayden telling Whiskey "no"

Hayde, Brian, and Beau

Update

It's been a while since we posted. On friday, Hayden went for his 15 month check-up. He had a great report and the doctor seemed really pleased with his development. He weighed 25 1/2 pounds and was 32 inches long. He is in the 50% for his weight and 75% for his height.

Some of his new words are yellow, more, nanna (banana), Elmo, Blue, shoes, and fishie. He is also starting to ramble strings of words that we cannot understand. The doctor said that was definately good even though we have no clue what he is saying.

Not Just for Laundry Anymore

Hayden has recently found out how much fun it is to play in some of our laundry baskets. He is pretty graceful at getting in and out also!

Aunt Beth

Here is Hayden and Aunt Beth. As you can see, Hayden just got out of the tub!

Zoo

We went to the Nashville Zoo on Friday. We had a great time even though it stormed. Luckily, we were able to stay dry and see a lot of animals.

Here is Hayden and Daddy on the Carousel. He like it at first but then got a little scared when the animals started going up and down.

The giraffes were beautiful.

Hayden absolutely loved the fish. He waved his little hand like a fish and would scream "fshhheeeee".

We had a great time. Hayden was asleep before we got out of the parking lot. We will definately go back when it's not as hot and rainy.

Helping Daddy

A few weeks ago we got a new floor for the living room - out goes the carpet! Hayden was a big help as you can see.

Our new floor:

Thank you Nonna and Poppa!!!

Fun Pictures

Helping daddy get his arrows back

He picked an apple off the tree and called it an "abble". Too cute!

Enjoying some "abble" juice

Tooth Brush

Now that Hayden has 11 1/2 teeth, it is time for him to start "brushing" them. Normally, while in the bath, I let him chew on a wet wash rag to help get the food off this teeth. He loves this!

On Sunday at the grocery store, I saw the most adorable tooth brush for toddlers and decided to get him one. I knew that he LOVED Blue's Clues so I got him the one with Blue on it. During bath time last night, I took the brush out of the package and handed it to him. His first reaction was to "brush" his hair. I had to laugh at him but then showed him by brushing my teeth with it. He immediately knew what to do and put it in his mouth. He giggled a bit - I guess it tickled his little teeth and gums. From then on, he would chew on it with both sides of his mouth. I was so proud of him. I had to pry it out of his hands when bathtime was over. Next step - put toothpaste on it!

Watermelon and Elmo

Sunday was absolutely beautiful! After Hayden's nap, he got to enjoy some Watermelon and Strawberries. This is the first that he's had Strawberries so we weren't sure if he'd eat them or not. Turns out, he LOVES them!



A new word for Hayden is "Elmo". If you ask him who is on his shoes, he will pull up his leg and look at the bottom of his shoe and say "El-mo". It's too adorable!!!

He has figured out how to climb up the slide as well. He can only get a few inches up on his own and then he turns around and "slides" down to the bottom. He is so proud of himself that he can do it without us.

Shopping

On Saturday, Hayden and I went bridesmaid dress shopping with Nonna, Aunt Beth and Shelby. Our first stop was for lunch at Cracker Barrell. We had a short wait which turned out to be a good thing as Hayden LOVES rocking chairs. He even found a few that were just his size.

Needless to say, taking a toddler shopping can be quite a feat in itself. He wasn't bad by any means, just busy. He was a trooper!

Here's a sample of what the dresses look like...(shhhhhhh)

Mr. Independent

We are trying to teach Hayden to use a spoon or fork with his dinner. Normally he will let us load the spoon and he takes over from there. Half of the time he holds the spoon in one hand and uses the other to take the food out of the spoon and into his mouth.

Ravaoli was the specialty last night which is very messy. He decided that he wanted to do it by himself and did a pretty good job of actually eating off the fork. You would think this wouldn't be as messy but you are incorrect...

Hayden was very insistent on doing it himself - which is fine if we could take him outside and hose him off. As you can see, the ravaoli is ALL over his face and hands. He was even nice enough to rub it in his hair...not a nice look I must add.

His next course was strawberry yogart. Here again he wouldn't let us help him which got rather irritating at first because we are having to "hide" his allergy medicine in the yogart (it's in granules). After a slight wrestling match, he won (surprise, surprise). After a few minutes, he decided that he no longer needed his spoon and threw it on the floor. This was the result.

(He's even got manners - trying to share with me)

Here's my revenge on the mess...


As you can see the picture is sort of blurry. He was too busy rocking out to "the wheels on the bus" for me to get a good picture. The Mohawk worked for Angelina Jolie's son, why not mine?