Hayden Turns Two!

Hayden's second birthday fell on a Tuesday this year so the weekend before we had a bunch of family in town to celebrate. Aunt B., Zoe, Zach, Grandma Sarah and Grandpa Dave flew in from Utah and Aunt Afton and Uncle Ash came over as well.

We spent Saturday in the pool and had a feast of burgers, hot dogs, fruit salad, pasta salad, and birthday cupcakes. Hayden also figured out how to blow out her birthday candle (we told her it was hot and to blow on it). She also got a bunch of birthday presents and we tried to space out her getting them so she could rip into each package and then enjoy what she got. She's definitely come a long way since Christmas and is finally starting to like opening presents!

On Sunday we had a big brunch (courtesy of Matt and his waffle-making skills), walked to the park, and went back into the pool. The grown-ups showed off their best cannon-balls and the kids played in and out of the water. Matt also made great pork green chili for dinner that night.

On Monday Aunt B. and Savannah took the kids to Desert Ridge to play in the fountains. We spent a lot of time chasing the kids around, giving them snacks, and keeping Zachy nearby. It was fun, but not nearly as relaxing for the grown-ups as we had hoped. That afternoon we spent more time out by our pool. Ash and Afton came back over and we grilled out again.

On Tuesday we walked over to the big park in our neighborhood. The kiddos ran around in the grass and played "pirate ship" on the equipment. We were back in the pool that afternoon and all three of the kids were in inner-tubes. Zach especially loved it! Matt came home early that night and we had rigatoni for dinner and then went back to Desert Ridge where Aunt B. treated everyone to Cold Stone.

It was such a wonderful weekend and we had such a fun time celebrating Hayden's second birthday!

Hayden's 2nd Birthday

More Pink!!

May 2010

May was a great month! We found out that we're having a baby girl! YAY!! We're so excited to keep the pink theme in our house. The doctor said that she looks great and healthy and we scheduled a c-section for September 20th. She has started moving around a bunch and we've both felt her move. It's such a great feeling to feel the baby move and know that she's in there growing.

In early May we attended Madeline Coy's 1st birthday party at the park. Hayden LOVED the swings, which was quite a change because they normally freak her out. She swung with Madeline and Alden and then played in the sand with Savannah Farr. That evening Uncle Ash and Aunt Afton watched Hayden for us so we could attend Viva Las Vegas at City North, hosted by 20/30 VOS.

In mid-May we had a very successful garage sale and were able to clean up our office to make room for a guest bed. The guest room will be cleaned out and repainted for baby girl Wolach. After the garage sale we spent the afternoon with friends playing bocce ball (hosted by the Coys) and unfortunately placed 4th in the tournament. Boo - no money for 4th place.

This month we started potty training Hayden and it's proven to be a little more difficult than we thought. She gets a jelly bean after each successful trip to the bathroom so we've also become more diligent with teeth brushing. We celebrated her 2nd birthday with family and we'll write about it in another posting.