Hayden is going through yet another stage... He hates taking a bath. It is a battle every night that Nate and I are getting used too. I try to make it a fun thing by letting him pick a toy out of his to room to play with while bathing and I ask him if he wants to bath by himself or with me. He usually picks none of the above and fights the whole bathing thing. By the time we are done bathing him, and believe me it is a fast one, he is tuckered right out from all of the kicking and screaming. Now he is a very active sweaty dirty little toddler that you just can't do without a full blown bath. A sponge bath does not work for me. We have all the fun bath toys and then some that aren't bath toys. We have bath books. We have bubbles. We bath together. We shower together. None of this seems to be working lately. And I am a firm believer that bathing at night helps you sleep better. All I want is a clean little boy! What's a Mommy to do?!
October 2, 2020
A Trip to the Fire Station
Hayden & Landen love fire trucks! Kathy, Landen's Grandma who both Hayden and Landen spend everyday with, decided to take a trip to the fire station with the boys and asked me if I would like to go with them. I didn't want Hayden experiencing this without me so of course I had to go. I just have a hard time missing out on anything to do with Hayden. (Just a normal mommy thing!) Anyway, the boys made the Firefighters a Thank You card for everything they do. It was cute! They also made chocolate chip cookies for them. Hayden loves to make cookies! The Firefighters were great with the boys and invited us right in. Hayden was being his shy self but Landen was in aw the entire time! They got to get inside of a fire truck, try on a real Firefighter hat, and even squirt the water. I call them Firefighters rather than Firemen because there was a women Firefighter there too and she was super cute with the boys. They gave each of the boys a Firefighter hat, stickers, a Junior Firefighter pin, and a stuffed animal that they would normally be giving a child that they went to help. We had a good time hanging out at the Fire Station until we were just about to leave and Hayden was finally getting warmed up to these people when he fell down. The flooring in the fire station is not smooth but rather kind of rough. He skinned up both of his elbows and was crying that he had two owies. He has really never been scraped up before so it was traumatizing to him that he had two owies at once. That's all he could talk about the rest of the evening. Not about how neat the Fire Station was but how he had two owies. Little ones are so funny!Thanks Kathy for a fun trip to the Fire Station!
Our 4th of July Fun!
Happy 4th of July!!
What a fabulous day for a 100th year 4th of July celebration Magna parade! The last few years the famous Magna parade just hasn’t been all that great. So I was leery of going this year even though deep down I knew I couldn’t miss it. So glad we didn’t miss it! Hayden was so excited to go to the parade at Grandpa Rock’s house but after a while during the parade he got a little anxious…. I guess you could say. Once the candy throwing started Hayden was so concerned that all the pieces got picked up. Even out of the middle of the road and even stepped on pieces. He picked up tons and tons of candy but about half way through the parade he wanted to go home and it seemed he wasn’t having much fun. I think that maybe it was too much excitement and confusion. With our Uncle Curtis and Cousin Greg making us laugh like crazy during the entire parade Hayden may have been a bit over the edge with all the craziness! But all in all I think we all had fun and enjoyed ourselves! And what prefect weather!!!! 72 degrees! Maybe even a little chilly at times.
After the parade we spent the rest of our holiday with some old friends of ours, the Starley’s. They had rented a big bounce house/slippery slide for the kids. Even though it was not as warm was we would have liked the kids still had a blast. While the kids played we ate some yummy food and once it was dark enough we had our own little firework show.
Hayden is 3 Years Old!
Our big boy turned 3 on December 30th! I can not believe we are parents of a 3 year old! It just seems like yesterday he was born. I just don't know where the time goes.
Because Hayden's birthday is so close to the holidays we always try to make it an extra special day for him. On the 30th, I sent Hayden with some cupcakes to Kathy's house to share with the kids. Hayden got an extra special birthday present from Kathy and Bompa John, they took him to the toy store to pick out his own gift. None of the other kids besides Landen gets to do that so it was a very special thing for Hayden to do. He was excited to show me when I got home what he had picked out. He had picked a few Tonka Helicopters and they also gave him 3 movies. Later that night, Nate and I had our parents come over along with my Brother and his little family for pizza and cupcakes that Hayden and I made the night before. My parents gave him his big gift on this night since it was his real birthday. He got a new Yamaha Raptor four wheeler. OK, so not a real four wheeler but a Power Wheels one. It is the cutest thing ever! He sure thinks he is big stuff on that thing! He already as it all figured out on how to go forward and backwards. He is just too dang smart! He also got some CAT diggers and trucks from his Bompa Rock and Ma Marsha. Hayden loves diggers too!! Nate and I gave him some Transformer stuff since he is recently been into Robots (Transformers) lately.
On Saturday January 3rd, we celebrated once again for Hayden's birthday but this time with his little friends! We planned a fire truck birthday party since Hayden has always loved to see and listen for the firetrucks. I had planned ahead and called the fire station and asked if we could come and visit for Hayden's birthday. They were the nicest Firemen ever! They loved having the boys come by to visit. Our Fireman host was so dang cute with the boys!
Before we went to the fire station we had a little party at our house. I had the table set up for the four boys with fire hats, fire truck cups for chocolate milk to eat with their hot dog lunch, a fire truck picture to color for the Firemen and a box of crayons. Hayden loves to color so I thought that would be a fun idea. Hayden was really the only one that cared much to do that though. Landen was so dang tired that he didn't care to do much of anything and the other two boys just wanted to play in Hayden's toy room. It's kind of hard to round up these four little 3 year old boys and have their attention long enough to do much. But it actually went really well. We ate lunch, opened presents, and sang to Hayden. He is such a shy boy when it is time to sing to him. He gets embarrassed. It's so cute how he tried to bury his face into his little hands. We all then headed to the fire station. Hayden was the big birthday boy so he got special treatment. He was the only one that got to drive the firetrucks and ambulances. Loftin sure wanted a turn but the fireman kept telling him that only the birthday boy gets to drive! Hayden got to get in and even honk the horn, that was probably his favorite part!
After the fire station we headed back home for the second half of his party with the rest of our family. It was a big birthday bash of a day! Hayden was a good sport for most of the day considering that he wasn't feeling all that great. Once the second part of his party started with our family coming he perked back up to open more presents and to pay with his cousin older cousin Tyson. He loves bigger kids!
Hayden, We love you so much! You are our world! We are so proud to be the Mommy and Daddy of the cutest most bright boy ever! I hope this was the best birthday yet!
July 22, 2015
My Sleeping Beauty
With Hayden I tried and tried to do everything by what "they" say to do. We had way too many long trying nights of no sleep just to make sure Hayden slept in his own bed. What a joke! All those nights of crying and screaming and not being able to comfort my baby was so not worth it.
We did this nonsense until Santa brought Hayden a big boy bed just before his third birthday. With the transition, we thought to keep him in his bed we would lay down with him until he fell asleep. Well, I gave that duty to Nate! Nate, for some strange reason, would end up falling asleep with Hayden and staying there all night. In a twin bed! Talk about squishy!
Now we have two habits to break! Hayden and his Dad! Not so easy! Because now, I'm pregnant with Brynlee and Nate no longer wants to sleep in our bed with a snoring beached whale!
After Brynlee is here, We think that since Nate is working and has to get up that maybe he should still just sleep with Hayden so he doesn't get woke up when I got up with Bryn. And that is how are craziness started!
Being a new Mommy I was very sleep deprived to say the least and some how Bryn got used to sleeping in my arms. Don't ask me how that happened! So...it's now Bryn and Mommy in Mom and Dads bed and Daddy and Hayden in Hayden's twin bed! Nuts!
So here we are, Bryn is now 5 and Hayden is 9. Things have changed a bit but we've added more to the sleeping arrangement problem. Nate now works rotating shifts at work. Two weeks day shift and two weeks afternoons. We have such different schedules! It's a nightmare! Poor Nate never gets sleep! Good sleep! I feel bad for him. I don't know how he functions sometimes.
Now, so everyone gets to get some sleep around our house, I sleep with Bryn sometimes in her full size bed or in our bed. Hayden sleeps on his own in his room and as for Nate, he sleeps in whatever bed is empty when he gets home!
People say we are crazy and/or weird but who are they to judge?! Besides, how could you resist snuggling this Princess!
July 21, 2015
Brotherly and Sisterly Love
Moments like this melt my heart! It doesn't happen near enough! Even though Bryn idolizes her bubba she still does all she can to torment him and vise versa. Hayden may pretend to be bothered by his pesty little sister but he really does love being her big brother. And a good big brother he is! July 17, 2015
Date Night with Mom!
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