Lots of Fun!

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

My skater boy

Auntie Em took this picture! I love it!!! We had lots of fun today! We did lots. This is Hayden at the ice skating rink. I didn't get skates on him but he did go on the ice with his boots. I had him all bundled up for the first time in everything! He did good. Brandon went on some Kitty Kats that you can rent, boy did someone get jealous. He told Papa "My Turn" about a thousand times and looked over where they were sitting. Broke our heart! Papa did let him sit on them! I have pictures that i will upload soon! We went swimming too! and to town. We squeezed a little Elmo in too so Mom could take a little rest! It was sad that our fav restaurant in town was closed. Its called the Barn. If you are ever in Brainerd go there! They have all homemade pies, great soup, and Maid Rite sandwiches. Yum yum! Even Jason liked them. Well were are off tomorrow to Christmas with the Sandmon's tomorrow. Wish us a good trip home, its just the two of us! Happy New Year too!

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.

We got a super cool surprise today. Guess who stopped by this afternoon. Jessica! We were so

excited. Hayden was telling me today that he wanted "Jess to come to Hayden's House". He is psychic or something. They played VERY well. Hayden was a little cranky, because he had just woke up from his nap, but oh well! Lisa, Jessica LOVED the Mr Potato Head! Birthday present! I love to shop for Jessica. I don't know any other little girls, so if i find something I love she gets it. So she was at the house and i just happened to have a gift lying around so i gave it to her. I thought it was the perfect Jessica gift, because she is our little mommy. She loves dolls, and bags, and helping us all! But i found her a Fisher Price Little Mommy diaper bag. With diaper, cell phone(every little mommy needs one), Baby toys, lotion, a bottle, and the best powder. Jessica loves powder! When you tip it over white stuff comes out the top(hard plastic, doesn't fall all the way out) I loved it, so she got it! It was a short little visit, but well loved! Grandma and Jessica were off to see Auntie Renee!(Hi, Renee) We can't wait until Saturday to see her again!

Christmas Pictures!

Uncle Michael and Hayden

Hayden and his stocking

Tanta brought Hayden this Choo-Choo Train

Christmas Eve with Mom

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!