Trip to Texas

We are still recovering from our trip to Texas last week to visit Uncle Ash and Aunt Afton. WOW - what a fun trip we had!!  We took close to 200 pictures and I'm still going through all of them but wanted to share a few of my favorite pictures from the weekend.

Ash and Hayden during dinner our first night
in San Antonio on the Riverwalk.

On Thursday the girls took a walk on the Boardwalk
while the guys were out golfing.

Aunt Afton and Hayden looking out into the Gulf.

After a day of golfing for Ash and walking for Hayden they snuggled
together and took a nap. They both slept about an hour and a half!

On Friday night we got a sitter and went out to a concert. The band,
The Spazmatics, were unbelievable and we had a BLAST.

Hayden and Aunt Afton at dinner on Saturday

Hayden and Aunt Afton being eaten by a shark!!

We visited my Grandpa Jerry and Mary at their house in
Portland, Texas and got to spend the afternoon in their
pool. It was so relaxing!

Anabelle LOVED the beach. That girl couldn't get enough
of the sand and sea.

Daddy and his girls take a walk on the beach

RAWR!!!

American Baby

I had forgotten that Matt got this awesome video of Hayden and her friend Taylor rockin' out to American Baby by Dave Matthews Band.  These girls have got some killer moves.

Holiday

Watching Shrek, having coffee and breakfast with my girls, pajamas all morning...now that's my kind of holiday.

Birthday Weekend

The rest of Hayden's birthday weekend was spent hanging out with Oma and we had such a fun time. We swam in the pool, ate really tasty food, the girls snuggled with Oma, we went out for frozen yogurt, saw the eclipse, and went to the craft store.  The weekend was short but so packed full of fun activities.

Thanks for coming to visit us Oma! We can't wait to have you visit again soon!

Click below to see more fun pictures from the weekend.

May 27, 2012

That's our girl!

This video of Hayden is classic for three reasons:

1. When she's nervous and really concentrating she sticks her tongue out and wiggles it around just like her Daddy.
2.  She is SO proud of herself after she gets done that she does a cute little march.
3.  She's such a monkey and thinks she can climb up anything.

Enjoy!

As You Wish

We chose to have Hayden's birthday party at As You Wish and we are so glad that we did. It was GREAT!!

They let us pick out pottery for the kiddos to paint, we brought in all of our own food, drinks, snacks, and cake, we were able to go in and decorate early, we had two team members there to help us do everything, and we didn't have to clean our house!!

As You Wish is a little pottery painting place at Desert Ridge, which is a few miles from our house. My Mom and I got there at 10:00, got everything set up, and by 10:30 we were enjoying Starbucks, chatting with Stephanie our photographer, and waiting for guests to arrive. Hayden, Matt, and Anabelle got there and Hayden was so excited for her friends to come. As each kiddo arrived they picked out a piece of pottery to paint and then sat at a long table. Once everyone was there the team members gave the kids some instructions and then let them get started. There were some really great (crazy) designs and it was so neat to see all of the parents helping their kids mix colors and slap on the paint.

After everyone was done painting they got up to stretch their legs and get a snack. We had goldfish (mermaid theme, remember) and CapriSun (nothing to do with the theme). Matt ran across the way to pick up the pizza from Slices, which we followed up with cupcakes. Our friend Angel made a cupcake cake for us using both chocolate and vanilla cupcakes and designed a Hayden look-a-like mermaid. The cake was so cute and Hayden totally loved it.

After cake several of the kiddos helped bring packages over to Hayden to open. We all oohed and aahed at the fun presents that she got - and man did she get some great stuff!  The party ended shortly after the present opening and everyone took home seahorse-shaped cookies. The party only lasted 90 minutes but it really was the perfect amount of time (and craziness).

When we got home everyone took a nap. Yup - all five of us! The rest of the evening was spent playing in the pool, eating more cupcakes, and looking through all of Hayden's loot.

Her fourth birthday was definitely a success!  To see pictures, click below.

Hayden's Birthday Party

Four!!

May 18th was Hayden's fourth birthday. We still can't believe how quickly the last four years have gone and that our sweet little baby is now a beautiful, caring, sassy, smart, funny little girl.

A week before her birthday I made a little paper chain with seven links to rip off each day as a countdown. The night before, as I was tucking her into bed I told her all about how she was born. She asked if she was "cut out" of my stomach. Luckily I had her via c-section so I dodged a bullet and was able to answer that with a simple "yes" and kept moving along with the story.  However, I'm sure she now thinks that all babies are cut out  of their mothers.  We'll cross that bridge when we need to...

After she was sound asleep we blew up balloons, hung streamers in front of her door, and laid out all of her presents. On the morning of her birthday she was treated to donuts with a candle on top and was allowed to open a birthday present. We took pink and purple cupcakes to school and I told her I'd be back to pick her up at 12:30.

At 12:30 she and I drove to the airport to pick up Oma for a quick weekend visit. As soon as we had her we drove to a local nail salon and the three of us had pedicures (and Hayden got a manicure too). I have painted her nails plenty of times but I haven't ever taken her anywhere so this was a very special treat. I was worried that she might get shy and not want to go through with it but she did really, really well. She picked out purple polish and purple glitter and also got white polka dots. The owner of the shop did her nails and Oma's nails and was so great. And coincidentally, it was her birthday that day too.

After our mani/pedis we stopped at Starbucks for a little treat, picked up Anabelle, and then headed home. Unfortunately, Matt had come home early that day because he came down with the flu. He felt absolutely awful and felt even worse that he wasn't up for her birthday dinner. But Oma, Ellie and I took her out and we had a great time at Red Robin. Hayden ordered a milkshake, pizza, and mac-and-cheese for dinner, got a balloon, and was sung to. She really was in heaven.

When we got home she got to open more presents and she and Ellie played and played.

It really was such a special day with our sweet girl!

Conjunctivitis x2

A couple weeks ago on a Friday night Hayden came home with little eye boogies.  I didn't think much of it until I had to wipe her eyes four times before bed. Then I realized her left eye started looking a little red.  Boooo...

We put her to bed and I called her swim teacher to cancel swim classes for the next day. On Saturday morning Hayden's eyes were mostly swollen shut, full of boogies, and the whites of her eyes were all red. I was able to get her into the doctor where he diagnosed her with not one but TWO pink eyes.  SO awesome but nothing some eye drops wouldn't fix. Hayden was a champ about doing the drops twice a day and was good about reminding us to put them in too.  So...take that pink eye!!

Poor girl!

Hello Ellie!!  Thanks for the morale support at the doctor!

Play Ball!

Matt plays on a softball league on Thursday nights and last week we went out to watch him play. We picked up Jack in the Box on our way over and then spent about an hour there cheering on Daddy.

Checking out Daddy in the dugout

"Go Daddy!!" 

Mmmmm...love me some french fries!

Hayden was totally digging watching softball.

Love this picture of Daddy and daughter