Our Beautiful Jessica
Here Hayden you look very thirsty!
Papa, Buy this for me. I'm VERY cute!
Wow! What a great couple of days we have had. Busy. Brainerd was great! The drive home was even good. I was worried, but Hayden slept and then just played with Elmo. Christmas with the Sandmon's was very very nice. Jessica was a blast. How she gets so cute I don't know. I just saw her! and she still is cuter than the last time. Those two were so much fun today. They played and played. The best was right when we wanted to leave. They were jumping and copying each other. Being total Hams. Then Jessica was pushing Hayden on her little bike. Everyone was laughing so hard at them. Crazy goons! Hayden was so pooped out he fell right asleep! He was sleeping in his new hat from the Schouvillers! The night was perfect, we even got some of Grandma's Hot Fudge! Its the best!
We woke up today, (not so early for Nana!) Then we woke Emily up and went Hot Tubbing! Thats all Hayden wanted. Until he saw the game corner. He was playing pool with the cue ball and all was good until he pitched it across the pool area! Oops. We didn't play with it after that. We hit the road early then i was going to but that was good! We stopped and grabbed a Latte for Mommy and a milk for Hayden, we shared a yummy biscotti too! And off we went! He was so excited when we got home, he saw his choo choo's and thats all he wanted to do! Well we had an awesome day! Hope yours was great too! I'll post lots of pictures tomorrow! Happy New Year
Here we are in Brainerd. We are staying at Craguns. We love it here, even in the winter! We brought our little Water Baby swimming right away. He loves the water. He is a natural born swimmer. He slept pretty good too! He kicked Emily out of bed with us in the middle of the night. That's okay by me! Emily, Brandon and I went ice skating last night, and had a lot fun being goofy. I want to get Hayden out on the ice sometime this winter, i was two the first time i skated! Well it's snowing here! Hopefully not too much, but i would really really like to push it over to Superior. We need snow at home! Have a great day and fabulous weekend.
Hayden sharing his Choo-Choo Train. Jess likes
Trains too!
Ahhhhh Big Hug! Lots of Love for Jessica.
Hugging! But oops, we fell over.
Christmas Pictures!
My baby is two. I can't believe it, it really can't be possible. To me he is my baby, but to the rest of the world he is a little boy, and a toddler. Where does the time go? I was telling Jason that I never want to have more kids, because I want Hayden to always be my baby! But anyways , I am done pouting. We had the most wonderful Christmas(es), and Birthday. Hayden was EXCELLENT, all day long. I don't think he cried once all day long. We woke up at 6:00, Mommy was a little excited too, so when Hayden woke up I really didn't let him go back to sleep. He woke up with a big smile on his face, as i told him "Happy Birthday". Then we talked about Christmas and Santa(Tanta). Then the big moment, he remembered Tanta had come and was suppose to bring him a choo-choo train. Good thing that Tanta was on top of things! Hayden woke up to his BIG Train table. After 10-20 minutes playing with that, we finally got him to open some presents. He loved his stocking, Tanta also brought him "Nacks" in his stocking.(A whole box of Fruit Snacks, Target Brand Multi Fruit are his favorites, not Elmo, Scooby-Doo, or Gushers, my son likes the Target Brand!) He likes his new boots too. Hayden loves boots, and I really don't know why. Then it was off to my moms.
Stop #1: Moe Family House. 8:30 am. Open presents. Then we opened more presents, and then more! We all received very very nice items. Ranging from Mission Paintball(Jason's), New Jacket(Kasie's), and another train set(Hayden's). Lots in between too. Brandon was given Guitar Hero from Santa, a big hit with Brandon and Jason! My husband is a BIG kid at heart! That's why I love him.
12:00 pm. My mom made us a HUGE lunch. All Italian food. It was super. Olive Garden has nothing on her. We have discovered a great market/restaurant in Duluth, the Italian Village. She made an awesome Salad, 2 lasagnas(spinach and meat), penne, meatballs, sausage, Ravioli, Sauce, Garlic bread, and wine. It was so good. Thanks Mom!
1:15 pm. Stop #2. Mike and RaeAnn's. Same thing pretty much. Lots and lots of presents, and great food. The whole Smith family came over at 3:00. It was nice to see everyone and wish them a Merry Christmas, and Happy Hayden Birthday. Hayden of course got lots of nice things. Gram Smith gave him super nice jammies and ELMO dvds. We had a very lovely time out there. I didn't think i could eat one more bit there everything was excellent. We all sang Happy Birthday to Hayden and he loved it. It's what made his day i think! I'll just sing Happy Birthday everyday to keep him happy. We relaxed a bit with a yummy Tom and Jerry's before heading out.
6:30 Stop #3. Mum Moe's House. Food, Food, Food. More eating! Ahhh. Tradition is to go there and watch old videos. We didn't pull out the super old ones but we watch when all the kids were young. They all seemed to enjoy seeing that. I of course was silly on every tape since i loved being the center of attention. Hayden played with his favorite big cousin, Kaitlin or Katie Kate. She takes very good care of him, and he can never get enough of her. It was a quick visit but relaxing! I think all the kids were worn out!
9:00 pm. Home. Finally. Hayden played Choo-Choo, bathed, and went to bed!!!! Opened a few more presents from Jas and I too! We had a great day! Thanks to everyone for making it so special. It really means a lot to us. Before you take your tree down, remember how long you've had it up. What's the rush? The Christmas season doesn't stop at Christmas Day. Don't pull the plug yet. Enjoy the rest of season, without the rush and worry. Stop and remember what its all about! Merry Christmas to all!
Pictures to come tomorrow!
We just wanted to make a quick post wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas. I hope everyone has a great couple days! Hayden says "Yeah for 2!" He apparently is excited to be two!
Merry Christmas, and Happy Birthday to my baby boy! (Jesus too of course!)
Most of you know that yesterday was my birthday. Hayden woke up and said "Happy Mama Birthday!" So cute i know! But today we were driving and I said "Do you know whose birthday its going to be in a couple days?" He of course said "Mama's Birthday!" I told him no not Mama's birthday, its going to be Hayden's birthday. He responded to this with "Hayden's turn birthday!" But we have had a lot of birthdays this last month, the poor kid has had it, its Hayden's Turn! Only 3 more days until its Hayden's Turn!
Merry Christmas!
Hayden's First Birthday!
****Happy Birthday Hayden! Leave Hayden your birthday wishes, post a comment
Hayden and Nana on Saturday. Grandpa and Grandma Routh gave each of the kids a gift. It was very nice. Each kid got something they really seemed to like. Good shopping guys! Hayden LOVES his. He got a Little People's garage/carwash. It was a gas pump and he likes to give all of his Little People's cars some gas, like Daddy does to Mommy's car.
On Saturday we celebrated Christmas with the Routh family. We had a lot of fun. The Aunties put together a Nativity Play. Hayden, Ben(2 1/2), Jacob (3), and Ethan (2) were the sheep. They stole the show. Everyone but Hayden came out crawling and baaing. Hayden was crawling, saw my mom and yelled "Nana, Nana". Then they all just wondered around the "stage" until the end. But they had everyone laughing so had. They were way too cute. Ethan, my cousin Nathan's son, is 9 days older than Hayden. They were playing and standing next to each other. Hayden was a whole head taller then Ethan, he only came up to Hayden's shoulders. It was funny, my baby looked like a giant. Ethan is just a peanut though, and so funny. He has the cutest personality ever. I asked him if he wanted to play, and he looked me right in the face and said "Noooooo." We all had a great day. It was so nice to see everyone it's hard to get the family together.
Poor Josh, he got attacked by sheep!
Ethan, Jacob(on Josh), Hayden, Ben
I have a little sheep and his name is Hayden. Baaa Baaa.
Make sure and visit my favorite cousin Jessica's new blog!
http://www.jmschouviller.blogspot.com/
Last night we went to Park Point and walked around the christmas lights, at the Duluth's light contest winner. It's amazing. Its so elegant and almost simple. She only uses white and green lights. I don't know if it was the lights, water, or just being outside, but Hayden went wild. He was in hypermode. He ran through the whole place like 5 times. The pictures with the Imagine sign have a funny story. I parked him infront of the sign to take his picture. Thats the last picture. But everytime we went pass the sign, he'd stop and make me take his picture. I have 4 pictures. Then the previous picture, Hayden had to show Daddy how to pose for Mommy, and then i had to take his picture too. Silly Boy. It was great, i recommend everyone going up there and see the great lights.
Merry Christmas to everyone. I didn't know my mom's letter would bring so many visitors. Thanks for looking at our blog. We are glad that everyone can see how big Hayden was gotten over the last 2 years. We just started this last month, so take a look at the back blogs, there aren't too many. Happy Holidays.
Love The Smiths.
Jason, Kasie, and Hayden
Wow! We had an awesome day! Hayden was in the best mood. We had so much fun. I love it when I can go a whole day without yelling at him, or punish him. It just makes life better. We had a blast. He was playful and helpful and very very loveable. He would just run up to be and say "BIG HUG" and then give me a hug. It just melts my heart. We went shopping for a few things and then went to OCB for dinner.(We like it there because he always eats! They have his fav, Corn Bread!) When we pulled up to the Mall he saw Barnes and Noble. Do you know what they have? Thomas the Train Table. He OF COURSE remembers this. So we told him if he was a good boy, we'd go there after dinner. He was a SUPER good boy at dinner. He ate mostly carrots!!?? Turkey, cornbread, and meatballs (other fav). For dessert he thought he wanted cheesecake, one bite of that was all he took. He's not a big fan of funny textures. So I got him an orange sherbet cone. Boy did he like that. Orange is his color of choice for everything, but it must of tasted good too! There was a baby next to us, and he kept trying to share with the baby. He was giggling up a storm, because we'd say "no gross!" So after we left he wanted to go to Hayden's House, we didn't get very far. We got in the car drove down 3 aisles and he spotted B&N. So in to the trains we went! He loves Trains! I just wanted to share a day where he was good. In the mix of all the days, the bad ones seem to stick the most. Today I truly enjoyed being the mother of a toddler, we had so much fun!
What is this, why its a professional picture. And he is smiling. Thank goodness, i have faith in him again. Boy did we have a fun time with Jessica today, her mom and dad too. We had such a lovely lady at Sears do the pictures, she was great. Can't say that about all their staff though. Manager gave me some issues, oh well. They played and played today. They both were so good. We took them to lunch and i was so suprised at how long and well they sat. Thanks to Grandma Sandmon for lunch. She really takes good care of us. Then Auntie Renee came over and played at our house too. We had yummy pizza and watched the kids play. They are so much fun to watch. They grow up so fast. Jessica is the cutest. She is a little mommy, she takes care of everyone. We had so much fun today. Hayden fell fast asleep in his new Elmo jammies from Auntie Lisa. He had pictures in those too, i'll post someday. We have the cutest kids in the whole world.
Yesterday we finally got some snow that stayed. Boy does Hayden just love it. He keeps looking out the window and says "Snow, Snow, Snow." "Mama, Look snow on the window." We went out yesterday and played a little bit too. He liked walking up and down the little hill in our yard. He's a trooper. He loves to be outside, no matter how cold. Mom only lasted like 15 minutes. I can't help it i just get too cold. I took a few pictures. Have a great day.
Almost the end of another week. Hayden was been so good this week. Such a change from when he was sick. He loves taking his medicine we call it his Alligator Juice. We have a medicine spoon shaped as an alligator. That really helps. We decided to go and get his pictures taken again. All week long i have been preparing him and posing him and telling him cheese and he makes the silliest little face at me. So i thought we'd have no problems up at Sears. Boy was i wrong. He was fine until an assistant came and sat down next to him. Then he cried, and cried, and screamed and cried. It was great fun. So again no pictures. If anyone has an ideas let me know. I am in need of pictures. He has found a new love. I have never let him watch TV before. No movies nothing. But when he was sick i bought him an Elmo DVD. Everyday sometimes twice we have to watch ELMO. Granted its not the worst in the world, but one can only take so much Elmo. He still plays but Elmo needs to be on in the background. We were up and Barnes and Noble yesterday and he LOVES the train table. So Mom and Dad are going to go talk to Santa. But my goodness Mom was looking on the internet, so many choices. But i am sure Santa will pick out the best one for Hayden. If Hayden is a good boy. Have a great Day.
I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving, we did. Had found his new love in life my aunt Marilyn's Buns. Everyone loves them, and now Hayden. On friday my mom and dad took us down the Cities for the weekend. We are staying at the Depot, they have a waterpark and ice skating rink and its very nice. The waterpark is perfect for Hayden its Train themed, Hayden even goes down the smaller slides by his self. He loves the water, and all ways has. He tries to take off in the pool. We ate at Andy's Garage last night and they have mini bowling bags filled with toys for the kids to take to the tables. I wish every place did. He loves to take things out of bags and had kid doesn't like toys?
If you ask Hayden where daddy is he says "Huntin" and then i ask him for what and he says "Buck" and then we ask did daddy get one? Hayden responds "mmm no" Sorry Daddy.
Well i better go rescue Hayden. Bye for now. Have a great weekend.
I thought I would give Blogging a whirl. I feel so bad when i don't get people pictures and don't see people often enough, so here's a way i hopefully can pass on more info. Hayden has had a never ending flu since last wednesday. We just can't seem to get rid of it. So we went off to Dr. Billman today and he told us to just keep drinking. But Hayden can't have milk, his favorite by the way. He has to have soy milk. He is not fooled. He took one sip and said Milk? I feel bad but we just want him to be better. We went and tried(Again) to have his pictures taken, and it didn't work out to well. I think the next time we go in there everyone in Sears will runaway. However, that was the night he first got sick, so maybe he was just crabby, right? Also on Monday Hayden got his first haircut. He sat and cried on Mommy's lap until Julie at Trends, gave him the squirt bottle and then all was well, and wet. Daddy had a very wet jacket. Robin the stylist was very fast, and didnt cut off any curls for us. Just had a little trim, so it wasnt so wild, and it was wild. Here is a picture of all of this happening.
