Fun with Hayden and Jessica!

Update coming! Pictures until then!

Another Week!

I can't believe another week just flew past us. This is summer is going to fast. I love my time with Hayden. I don't want to go back in Sept. but i am! We've just figured out such a nice little schedule. Tuesdays we do Storytime at Barnes and Noble in Duluth, we have lots of fun. They always do cute activities with their stories. I am going to try to rearrange my work schedule of Tuesdays so i can take him still.

On Tuesday we went fishing! Just a Lake Minnesuing. They have a little dock and Hayden and Jason fished off that. Hayden caught a like 6 six(or longer??) sunny??, Jason said it was pretty big, sure! Jason caught what looked like bait, we laughed at that. Hayden liked to reel them all in and he would throw them back, until he dropped one and it flopped on his foot, then daddy had to throw them back. I even bait Hayden's hook, anyone who knows me, knows that is the last thing i would do, but i did it! Jason can still do it from now on though.

On Wednesday we got a call asking if we wanted to go on a train trip with Grandma Sandmon, Jessica, and Jason's Mom. Hayden and Jessica were fun and they had a great time. It is always a fun ride on the Northshore railroad. Jessica was too cute! Like always. She was laying on a site kind of thrashing around, and she looked at me and said "I a wiggle worm!" I started laughing so she kept saying it. Thats exactly what she was doing too! Thanks again Grandma!

Hayden raced on Wednesday! He ran in the Wednesday Night at the Races. This was our second attempt, last week, he just cried because he was scaried. This week, the started, stopped, cried, i carried him, and then ran like half way, he wanted a treat. So he did and did great, we didn't even come in last!

This weekend we are going to stay with Lisa and Nick! Just Hayden and I. We are very excited! I am going to be there until Monday night. We are going to have lots of fun! Poor Jason has to work all weekend, but he is taking a week of vacation starting on Wednesday. We have nothing planned but golf and relaxing, oh and I want to wall paper the bathroom, with stuff that looks and feels like beadboard, its cool, i am in love! But i am sure we will be doing a lot more stuff!

I have been on a reading frenzy lately. I can't get enough. I am completely wrapped up into Janet Evanovich. When i worked at the SPL so many people told me to read these and i never did, i didn't think they were my thing, boy was i wrong. I first read her "Full" Series, which are more Romantic, Comedy, Mysteries. Great combo! I actually laugh out loud. Now i have moved onto the Stephanie Plum Series. She so far was written One-Thirteen. I have read 1,2,7,11,12. I love them. I don't know what i am going to do once i finish. I have also read a few other romantic mysteries that i bought on our trip, in the airport, i NEEDED them! Poor Jason just shakes his head at me. I have been reading one in a day or two! I bought one on Tuesday and finished it on Wednesday night. But if anyone wants something to read i HIGHLY recommend these. If you want one i have a few!

I hope everyone has a great weekend! I of course have pictures!

August Already!

We've been having fun since we've been back from Vegas. Hayden got a nice sandbox on Sunday and has been playing in that at least twice a day. Which is nice, Mommy gets to sit in the sun and read. We made a trip to Wisconsin Point on Wednesday the weather was HOT. But it was windy, so no fliess! But the water was icy cold! The wind was pulling the warm water out and pushing the cold water in, and it was COLD! Jason said it reminded him of crossing the river in October! Hayden was looking very cute, and didnt care the water was like -10. His Nana bought him a cute new swim outfit and we put his new life jacket on him, we thought he looked like he was ready to go water skiing. So cute!
Uncle Ken passed away on Sunday. So they have been busy trying to get things sorted out for his funeral on Saturday. We are having the luncheon in St Anthony's church basement. So at least i feel like i helped a little bit. Make sure you say a prayer for the family.
I feel so bad for the families and friends on the people involved with the collapse on the 35w bridge. What a miracle so many people got out alive and relatively uninjured. The bridge looks like such a twisted mess. You think about how many times you've driven over that bridge. Things like this never seem to hit this close to home. I hope the number of dead doesn't rise too much. It was odd and great to see the number actually went down. Please pray for those families also.

My little water boy!
A Little lunch!

Lots of fun in Vegas!

Wow did that week fly by! We had lots of fun. Hayden was an AWESOME flier. HE did great the whole trip. He only had one bad day but was fine after a 3 hour nap. He thought it was great everything about it. He rode in a bus, monorail, tram, taxi, mini van, plane, and rental car. A little boys dream. He talks about the mini van the most oddly. I think its because he didn't ride in a car seat that ride.(I was not okay with this but apparently the way in vegas.)He napped everything and swam up a storm. We had a little waterslide and a pretty warm pool! He has learned how to swim very well. He lifts his little but up and kicks with his head in the water so he is level, its very cool he learned this on his own! It was hot and humid a few days, its the desert! Rae Ann and i were on the Today show on Tuesday. Very cool! We woke up at 3 am and went down to the venetian and saw Al and his crew. We were on TV so thats very cool. Oh my so much to tell! We went to the Grand Canyon. Hayden liked the "Big Rock". He was in ohh and ahh over it. Jason worked for 3 days but stopped and took me out at night. He actually came home with about the same amount he left with. He was on fire gambling! It was nice! HE won over $200 on one spin on a machine. Its a lot more fun to gamble when we win! We found a good cheap prime rib dinner in Downtown at Binions. We went there a couple times! WE ate a couple buffets too. It was fun to try new things. We saw the light show downtown too. Something i really wanted to see. Its pretty amazing. We really liked it downtown. We saw a cross dresser dressed like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. He was big, hairy and ugly. And Skipped! OH may lots of fun. I will tell more later! Here are some pics for everyone to enjoy! Hayden is still going Poopie on the potty! Yeah!

OH we love summer!

We've been uber busy! I am just loving this summer so far. We've been having way to much fun. All last week we got to play with Jessica! We went out there like 3 times and spent the day out there. Boy did we have fun. They are so cute. Jessica just has me! I can't help but think she is the cutest little girl ever! She sings these sweet little songs she makes up. She is such a girl and a little mommy! She wants to help everyone and make sure ever one is happy. She likes to push Hayden in the stroller, bike or whatever! She tries to put on his shoes, brings me his buffy or sippy. She is so loving to her dolls. So cute! She reminds me of me actually. I loved dolls when i was little and pretty much played with them until junior high! Hayden went skinny dipping in Lisa and Nicks river! He was just going to put is toes in but ended up staying in there until he was blue, and then still want to stay in. Hayden's foot is looking better. The skin actually broke and it looks like he had a blister that popped. Weird. On other stuff. Hayden has been going poopie in the potty. He just tells me and then goes. Very cool! As much as i like it i don't want to be running around Las Vegas trying to find a bathroom for him! I will try hard core to train him once we get back from vacation. I am going to let him run around naked for a week while we are at home. My grandma swears by this method. She calls it "One week and a hundred dollars."($100 bucks for carpet cleaning! We don't have carpet! Yeah!). We are all set for Vegas. I made final reservations for stuff. We decided to cut Vegas short and take a 2 day trip to the Grand Canyon. Jason gets to go too! We are actually staying at the same hotel i did with my family in 2003. That will be fun! I never realized how much planning vacations take! Rental cars, airline policies, stay n' fly , hotels! Blah! Actually i love it! Planning runs deep into my blood. But its still a lot of work! I am going to try to make a post on vacation! Wish us luck. Its actually suppose to be cooler there then when we went before, 3 degrees! Hayden is ready to go on the airplane. I keep reading horror stories about toddlers on planes. I hope he is good!

A Polkadot Kid!

Well Hayden was a lucky person this week. He is spotted! On Monday morning he woke up and got out of bed and told me his foot hurt. I looked down and he had a HUGE foot. His foot was swollen, red, hot, and splotchy. Called the doctor, waited. Mike came over, his eyes got very big when he say Hay's foot and told me i had to take him in. Doctors were baffled. They don't know what it is. We couldnt find a bite mark but who knows. WE got a prescription for Antibiotic and Benadryl. Then later that night his foot got worse and he started getting a rash all over his body. So i was going to take him to the ER but when i called they told me at least a 3 hour wait. Yuck. Called the doctor! Told me cut the antibiotic and watch it. THen we are thinking she was reading up on something called us back and told us to watch for streaks and a fever. So i was up every 1.5 hours checking on his rash. He never got a fever thank goodness! Ended up going back to the doctor in the morning and 2 doctors looked at it and still werent sure what it is. He still has the rash too! Fun! Oh well, it doesnt seem to be bothering him!
We had fun with JEssica yesterday at her camper and Wilderness Walk! I'll post more about that later with pics! Have a good Weekend!
Here's a pic of his foot, gross huh!