Miss Jessica

I just had to post this picture of Jessica. Isn't she beautiful!

What A Fun Weekend!

Oh wow. We had so much fun this weekend. It went by soooo fast too! Hayden was a pretty good boy and Jess played SO nice. I was pretty lucky on Friday i worked for my co-worker Sue, who's son was in the hospital w/a broken arm. So i got down at 2:50 on Friday and we were on the road by 3:30. Hayden slept the majority of the way, and we watched Elmo for the last 30 mins, and we stopped for a push up! He loved it, but he thought the stick to hold it was a straw and kept sucking on it to get the sherbet out! We got to Lisa and Nick's at like 5:45 and had yummy pizza! The kids played and played and got really worked up! It was hard to calm them down friday, but they played great!
Saturday started early by getting up and getting everyone ready to go by 9:20. Elmo started at 10:30. We were really lucky with parking and everything we got in and out super quick at the Target center which makes life a lot easier. Elmo was awesome. It was not cheesy or super kiddish. They had good music(If you like the whole Sesame Street Tunes like i do! Lisa too!) and kids were sooooooooo good. They sat pretty great the whole time. I loved our seats because we had comfy folding chairs on an upper lower level platform and we could have as much room as we needed and the kids could stand up and dance. The show had all the characters and was so jazzy and upbeat. Jason couldn't help himself and bought Hayden a ridiculous expensive light up toy from the show. Hayden of course loved it! Boys! Then after the show we had two sleeping beauties and the mommies and daddies brought food from Chipotle home. I have been wanting to try it forever! It was great. I want one up here! Then we went to IKEA! We didn't by much but we have more of an idea for what we want for our future desk/entertainment center. We ate Swedish Meatballs( Hay's favorite) at Ikea and walked around some more. Then it was home and we went to bed.
Sunday started out slow. We were all tired i think. Jason made us all breakfast and then the boys took the kids outside. They had so much fun outside and came in with very rosy cheeks. We spent the rest of the day trying to get Hayden to take a nap, playing and then we drove over to Eden Prairie to their indoor plaything. Its all foam and the kids can climb and what all. It was nuts there. A TON of kids. Hayden who was SUPER crabby didn't really enjoy himself, but boy did Jessica have fun. It was kinda funny when a little African American girl came up to Hayden and put her fingers threw his hair. He had a funny look on his face, but you know those flowing curls are very had for people to resist. Hayden slept the whole way home so we had a nice and peaceful drive!
All and all it was so much fun. We don't know what were are going to do next weekend without Jessica!
Have a great week


Before the show waiting to sit down!

Hayden watching and loving the show!

Hayden actually took this picture.

After the Show. They were too busy

looking at all the people walking by.

Jess loves to push, Hayden loves to ride.
They make a good pair.

Going outside with the Daddies! It was cold.

At the indoor park, he had fun for
a little while!

HayHay and Jess enjoying pizza

http://www.sesamestreetlive.com/
Sesame Street Live here we come!

Okay, I HATE things with characters on them. I never put them on Hayden, unless they are super cute. Jammies are one thing. I also don't do light up. But i broke down and bought Hayden an Elmo sweatshirt, and Zoe for Jessica! It just seemed appropriate for him to wear it to the show on saturday. I snapped a picture of them with Hayden's help! He loves to take pictures.

Hayden can not wait to go to Jess's house. All week long that's all he has talked about. He got really mad at me today when i told him he was going to Jake's house. He started crying and said "No, I want to go JESS's house!" But he knows we are going tomorrow, so he wants to go to Jake's now.
I am excited because i get to go to IKEA! Yeahhhh. But there really isn't anything i need. But that usually doesn't stop me. I am going to look at some pictures for my walls. I also think we are going to try and get a Wild Rumpus stop in, since we didn't make it last weekend. The kid doesn't need anymore books, wait no you can always need more books! But its the experience there. I also hope the kids get a lot of playing in!
Wish us luck for a quick, peacefully ride there and back. And that Elmo isn't too insane. For the mommy and daddy's sake! Have a great weekend!

Wanted!

Wanted: Lots of pictures from Jessica's Birthday Weekend. Pictures of Cookie Monster, Princess Jessica, and Hay Hay. Will pay with disc for photo burning. Please help!

Okay. I very very stupidly left my memory card at home in my computer this weekend! I was SO mad. I brought a ton of extra batteries and everything, but no card! So if anyone can help me out i would really really appreciate it.

We had SOOOO much fun. Jessica was great! She was so in to her presents and party, and no tears! She tried on most of her clothes as she opened them, too cute! She is such a little girl. Hayden spent most of the party attached to Jessica's kitchen. He loves to play kitchen. It has all sorts of buttons and doors Hayden's favorite! If i could only talk Jason into buying one for Hayden!

The waterpark/hotel was a blast. Hayden decided this weekend that he can swim, by himself, for like 2 feet. But he finally was able to balance in the water and keep his head above and kick! He is such a fish. He has always loved water from day 1. One of my favorite NICU moments was the first time they let me give him a bath. He just was calm and cooed. The nurse said she had never seen anything like it and called a few other nurses over to see. He is just a natural in the water. Then he was water sliding like crazy. He didnt even go down with us at all, it was all by himself. Up and down up and down. Grandpa chased him a lot! Then when we were in the pool area guess who came in. Cookie Monster! That was pretty cool. He wasnt so sure but he has been talking about it since. We just had so much fun. It was pretty relaxed and just had fun!

The ride home was a breeze too, Hayden fell asleep before we ever got on the freeway and slept until we got home. Then my parents took him sliding at Valhalla in Washburn. He loved it! He even went alone. So i guess I'll be going sliding this year! (I am not a huge fan, i ache for DAYS afterwards! And i always seem to hit the biggest most unwanted bump and go flying through the air. fun huh!) But i hope everyone else had a great weekend we sure did. And we can't wait until next weekend when we get to see "Elmo Live in Concert"

Guitar Hero

Oh Boy This is Guitar Hero is EASY!


I love to head bang!

Okay, so all of us here at the Smith House have a bit of an addiction with Guitar Hero. We "Borrowed" it from Brandon, he may never get it back!! haha! But i snapped a few pictures of Hayden playing this morning, super cute!

Have a great weekend! We're off to the cities.

Happy Birthday Jessica!

Okay, we know that it's only been since saturday since we saw Jessica. But we just can not wait to see her on saturday. She is turning 2 on friday. Happy Birthday Jessica! They are having a party for her and then we are going to be staying at the very cool waterpark/hotel in Minneapolis, Depot-Courtyard. YEAH! It is going to be lots of fun! We really don't have much going on this week, again. That's okay! My mom is in New York for work and of course Hayden asks every two minutes where she is! We brought her to the airport this morning and boy did Hayden FREAK out. He wanted to go in so bad. But we had to go! I had to get ready for work. But on Friday we're going to go and pick her up and i'll let him come in! But its pretty cute, he says "Nana Airplane" he told me that its "Hayden's Airplane, No Nana." Sooooo i just think we need to go on an airplane ride, right Jas! Hayden also went to Angie's house today, and LOVED it! Jacob was there waiting for him. He calls him My Hayden. He is so cute. When we got in the house he took Hayden in his room but he told him he was sorry it was not clean! How cute is that! Here are a few pics i threw on!


At Jessica's 1st Birthday Party!
She got a wagon!


Hayden Thanksgiving Weekend at the
Waterpark.It's Choo Choo Themed.


Here is the waterpark!

Happy Birthday Jessica!!!!!

Have a great week! Love The Superior Smiths

Wow!

Oh my goodness! We had a HUGE turn out for Hayden's birthday party. I just did an official count, 49 people in our little house! That's crazy. Everyone just about came to the party. I hope everyone had a good time, even though it was a little nuts here. Hayden did. I do however feel bad for Hayden. He woke up this morning and wanted it to be his birthday again. He kept bringing me the matches(oops!) and saying "Hayden, Happy Birthday". So i lit one of my candles and sang to him, that seem to make him happy. Auntie Renee gave Hayden a tee shirt, that says I'm Two, You've been warned. But I put it on him to take a few pictures and he told me that he got that for his birthday party. He was excited. Poor Jess isn't going to have a birthday this year. Hayden decided it is not her turn it's his again! So she'll just have to stay 1 for another year. Sorry Jessica!

We really had a good time. It was a lot of people and a lot of work but worth every minute. It's great to have pretty much all the family together. All the boys plus Jessica played so well. She is so cute! She had gotten a hair cut with bangs and looks SO cute! Not like she could have been any cuter as it was.

Grandpa Mike had a big oops at the party! He spilled on my new couch! Cranberry Raspberry punch. But THANKFULLY i bough a massive bottle of cleaner and all is well now. Its came completely out, lucky for him!

Well Thanks everyone for coming and the super nice gifts, he can't get enough of them, all of them! He sees one and drops the other, and this has been continuing since he opened them!

See you soon. Have a great Sunday!

"Ohhhh Nice Couch"

Not much as happened this week. I have been busy getting ready for the party. Have i mentioned that Hayden has A LOT of toys? I have been going through his toys. Everything BIG got put in the basement until after the party. Then hopefully i'll filter it up. Hayden is excited about his party, my mom asked him what he wanted and he told her cake. When i was teaching him about birthdays i always associated cake with it, so that's what he thinks, still.
On Saturday we got our new furniture. Hayden came in the house, didn't even notice the furniture all still wrapped up in plastic wrap! Finally after a few minutes he hopped on the plastic couch and went "Ohhhh Nice Couch" and hopped off. It was cute! He does not like Mommy's new rules about eating on the couch, none. He gets mad at me, but we are adjusting.
Can't wait to see everyone on Saturday. Have a good rest of the week!

Peek-A-Boo

Hayden loves to play Peek-A-Boo! Watch and see his new favorite prop for this fun game!

Cool Slideshows

Cool Slideshows

Well apparently Hayden found a new use for his Train Table drawers, a chair! The little goof ball decided to sit and play! He was really tired! But never TOO tired to play Choo Choo Train. He loves his train table, and boy are we glad. Tonight we drove past Barnes and Noble and of course he still wanted to go and play with their Train table, its Thomas! I found a super smokin' deal on some Thomas trains the day after Christmas at Toys r us. I ended up paying almost nothing for them! I was excited because he didn't have any Thomas, oh no! But he will get them at his party next weekend. Here is a pic of one of them, its a special birthday Thomas, its way cute! You can put these little stickers on it to spell his name.

Tonight was very exciting for Jason and I we bought new furniture, yeah! Our coach is gross, way gross. Anyone who has seen it knows it. But if anyone wants it, its yours! We wanted something that we wouldn't feel bad replacing in a few years. I have very high standards for stuff!! hehe! And i know exactly what i wanted. Not Leather, Not Microfiber, Not reclining or vibrating or massaging! I wanted a neutral color, but not too blah. I like comfy, not firm(MOM!!) Jason really wanted a chair and half.(Didn't really want the Ottoman??) and we found it! We've looked at least a hundred times for something we could agree on, its impossible, but tonight we did it!!! Go us! We got a pretty good deal too! It comes with some okay tables, i don't love them but whatever! I am so excited. They will be here for the party, actually we get them on Saturday. If Grandpa Mike will let us use his truck =)! Please!!! Here's a picture of the sofa and part of the chair! Tables too i think.

Well not much was said at Hayden's Two year appointment. He's healthy, growing boy. He is however borderline heavy. But the Dr wasn't too concerned because he has a monster of a head. Dr said the majority of his weight is in his noggin! He's a smart boy, he needs the head space. Also my son has HUGE tonsils. Dr Billman told us this before, but just wanted to confirm it, maybe an issue later down the road. And Doc said he may be no fun at sleepovers, cuz of his snoring. Breath right strips! He got his flu shot and they drew blood. Which went easy as pie, he didn't even blink when they were drawing his blood, he just watched and went "Oh Red". But all is well, he's a smart cute two year old. He even showed the nurse a great two year old tantrum. Well everyone have a great weekend! Have lots of fun.

The Smiths!!!

Lots more pics!

Hayden called the front desk at Craguns, oops!




Bunch of pics from last week!




My Little Fishy!

Look at the TV! How Cool huh!

Mom-me

I have a new name. Mom-me. It's not just Mommy, its Mom-me. The other day he started adding the y sound to the end of words, this one stuck. Its Mom-me this, Mom-me that! Silly Boy.
I hope everyone had a great New Year! We did. Hayden went to bed at 9:30, and then we played Pictionary with Sarah and Casey until 2:30! Mommy was TIRED the next day. We spent the day just relaxing! Hayden is helping me 5with thi3s 3+entry. As you can see! . Silly Boy! .......................................5redvg n ,bk(more from Hayden!)
Okay Daddy is here to entertain him! Tomorrow is Hayden's Two year appt. with Dr Billman. He is a great doctor! Hayden is very comfortable with him. The worst part is always weighing and measuring him. No shots thank goodness! I'll post with anything interesting! I really don't have much to talk to him about. We of course think he is SO smart, but i think its just us!!! Hayden misses his Jess. He wants to play with her. After this weekend we'll see Jess every weekend this month, if they are able to make his Birthday Party. (Jan 13 from 4-7! Mark your calendars) Have a great week!