Our 1 Year Old Sweet Boy

Time just goes so fast...I can't believe Hayden is 1 already.  We took him for his 1 year check-up and he is doing really good, but not walking yet.  He is cruising on the furniture and able to walk slowly if we hold one hand, but no walking on his own.  The other two were walking by now, but this little guy is in no hurry.  Who could blame him, it is so much easier just being carried every where.  Ha! Ha!  He says "ma-ma, mom, da-da, na-na(my mom), va-va(valerie), and ba-ba(bottle)."  I think that is all he says.  He waves bye, blows kisses(but hits his cheek instead of his lips), gives high fives, and claps.  He is in the 90th percentile for his big head and all those brains in there (Ha! Ha!), 75th percentile for height(scott says he gets that from you dad), and 55 percent for weight.  I posted some pictures of the photo shoot we had for his first birthday.  I couldn't help myself, but post the ones that he looks mad or sad.  He looks so pathetic, that its cute.  Anyways, hope you like them.   Double click on some of the pictures that are hard to see his facial expressions, because those are the best ones.  He wasn't happy the day of the photo shoot, because I had to wake him up from his nap. 

Haydens Birthday Party!

Hayden's First Birthday Party was great!  It was wonderful having our friends and family come and share in this special day.  It was small, simple and sweet.  The cake was a big hit thanks to my wonderful friend Shannon who made it for us.  It tasted as good as it looked.  I had a special photo session with this beautiful cake! LOL!  We hated to eat this gorgeous cake...but once we ate it we hated to stop.  Ha! Ha!  I'm just the comedian tonight, aren't I?  Anyways, here a some pictures of the special day.  Happy Birthday Sweet Hayden!!

the wonderful cake, cupcakes, and Hayden's cute little cake

Hayden getting his yummy cake

Hayden not knowing what to do with it yet

Hayden's first bite!

gotta have more of that

ohhhh, so yummy!

and still eating

silly Taylor

this is sooo much fun

our other cute little man enjoying the party

opening his first present

starring at Taylor's ring pop wondering how he is going to take it from her

sweet Taylor sharing with the birthday boy

Hayden wanting more...what a tease one lick was

okay, back to the presents

snuck away with the ring pop...who needs presents when you can have your own ring pop

Carter, Hayden and Jacob playing in the jumpy jump...oh what fun!

Family Fun Day in Beaumont

Last Saturday we decided to take the kids to Beaumont for a fun filled family day.  We first went to the pumpkin patch.  You all know how compulsive I am about pictures.  So, we did our picture thing (so much harder with 3 kids by the way) first and then the kids got to pick out their pumpkins.  The small ones were their choices this year.  The pumpkin patch had a jumpy jump so the kids had a blast with that.  Hayden saw Jacob and Taylor jumping around and kept pointing (see photo below...its so cute) to go in there with them, so we let him and he loved it.  Then we headed to a new petting zoo in town.  Oh my goodness, we spent over 4 hours there.  The kids had so much fun!  They went for pony rides, train rides, and pet all sorts of animals.  They had kangaroos, a joey, goat, deer, ducks, pigs, sheep, zebra, camel and lots and lots more.  They were able to hold and play with 3 baby racoons, a huge turtle, and 2 large bunnies.  Jacob spent hours with the racoons, while Taylor spent most of her time with the Lemur monkey.  The kids were sooooo good and we all had such a blast!!  Here are a few pictures from the day.