Hayden's 2!!! Yeah 2!!!

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!

Merry Christmas!

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!)

Hayden's Turn

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

Gingerbread, Presents, and Bowling

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 Sunday we went to Jason's work christmas party at Landmark Lanes. Hayden was so cute. He has gone bowling a few times before, but he used a ramp? to help roll the ball down he lane. He ended up getting 70-80 both games! Daddy of course did really well too! He kicks butt at bowling.

At our Routh's Christmas party, all the kids got little gingerbread men to decorate. Hayden didn't decorate it until monday. I took a few pictures. He did discover about half way through that the frosting taste REALLY good and then just kept licking his fingers!

Well not much has happened this week! Oh on monday Mike, Rae Ann, Laura, and Michael gave me a surprise birthday party. It was very nice. We had a very nice dinner and a very yummy cake. Hayden even told me Happy Birthday a few times. Thanks again for the nice gifts. I also put a new option on our blog that you can leave comments without registering(i hope). So please leave us a comment or two. We'd love to hear from everyone. Christmas is almost here! And Birthdays! Also Hayden's Birthday party will be the second weekend in January(99% sure!).

Merry Christmas to All.

PS..Only one month until Jessica's Birthday(yesterday)

Baaa Baaa

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/

Toddlers gone wild

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.