We had Hayden's big birthday bash on Saturday! We were lucky two years in a row on weather. Granted it wasn't the 30 degrees it was last year but it was still like 20 with no wind....we'll take it! I think we had about 45 people here and feasted on cake/cupcakes, meat and buns, chili(made by my mom!), soup(made by Mike and Rae Ann!), chips and veggies. It was all so good. Hayden received so many wonderful gifts. He had a blast sledding, as did I! My body is a little sore today however. I pulled two kids up the hill most times I went up....that's a lot of work!! Carson has had a little cold(with a nasty barking cough at night...croup I imagine) so he had to stay inside and nap with Nana holding down the fort. He did indulge a little bit on Callie's cupcake too! Now for the pictures....

Hayden Bday 2010

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Happy 8 Months to you Carson! This month has been so exciting! You crawled(Dec 18th), you pull yourself up(Dec 27th), you walk on furniture, you had your first Christmas, a taste of your first cookie and other amazing things! You wear mostly 9 month clothing now, size 3 diapers and guess you weigh right around 20 pounds! You still love food, anything will do! But carbohydrates seem to be a favorite. You still gobble up your rice cereal too. You have started babbling more and more saying dadadada, spitting and growling! You fake cough for attention and love when people praise you. You strongly dislike being laid on your back because you forgot how to roll, you HATE public changing tables. You still like the sling and buffy. Your blankies are becoming more attached to you too. You love to play with toys, you sit for a very long time and crawl from toy to toy in the living room. You particularly like your basketball hoop, your tree with balls and your leapfrog table. You are such an easy and happy baby. Now only if you slept at night and in your own bed....

We had a fantastic Christmas! We hope you did too. We celebrated many ways. Christmas Eve with the Moe Family, Christmas Day morning with my Mom and Dad, Christmas Day Afternoon with Jason's Mom and Dad plus the 3 other celebrations earlier in the month. Carson loves his present Santa brought him, The Leapfrog Learn and Groove Table. This has so many rave reviews from Moms on some of my daily visited websites and boy were they right! He is even pulling himself up on the table already to play with it. Hayden has been asking non stop to play one of his new videogames, but is loving his new Basketball Hoop and all the new games he received, we've been playing all sorts of games. Hayden gave him a pretty ring and Jason gave me Pearls! It was so much fun this year, Hayden really enjoyed everything and Carson loved the wrapping paper and bows....he would crawl to the bows from just about anywhere, especially the sparkly ones!
Hayden celebrate with 2 cakes(Smith made him one with green frosting! Papa bought him one with Green Sprinkles) He even received a couple birthday presents, an AirHog Switchblade from Smith and Papa and Gator Golf from us. We are having his big party on Jan 31st with Sliding and Skating again, apparently this is the only way to celebrate his birthday in his mind!
On Saturday we went to Brainerd with my mom and dad for a little vacation(Hayden told us it was the best vacation ever!) We enjoyed the waterpark, cookie decorating, playing in the arcade and other Brainerd musts, like eating pie at the Barn. On the way home we drove past an awesome light display in Sawyer(like 35 minutes from home), check out the link! We also got a super flat tire, but made it to the Holiday/Mcdonalds by Spirit Mountain and then Jason came and rescued us. We love that boy!
We now are resting, trying to find room for all the new toys(there is a ton!) and cleaning up all the boxes.
Happy New Year! Cheers to a great 2010!


Christmas Highlights Slideshow