Monday, June 7, 2010

Our weekend

How was your weekend?  Ours was good, but went too fast!  Jeff had to work Friday, so we only had Saturday and Sunday together. 

Friday, Hayden and I went to Wylie to visit The Barner’s.  We had a quick lunch at Chiloso in Wylie while we were waiting for Amy.

We did a quick afternoon shopping trip to Firewheel to get Amy a bathing suit for our upcoming vacation to Gulf Shores.  Oil or no oil….we are going and we are going to have fun! 

Then, we came back to their house and had some play time/snack time for the boys!  Hayden had so much fun throwing playing with Barrett’s hotwheels, barnyard animals, etc.  Hayden would crawl up Barrett’s legs when he (Barrett) had something to drink or eat.  It was so funny!  B was so patient and such a good little friend.

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Not the best quality because I was taking a picture of moving targets with my phone, but we were laughing at how B and H look like Mutt and Jeff.  Barrett is 11 months older than Hayden.  Barrett is so tall and I think Hayden might be a little on the short side. (I just Google’d Mutt and Jeff because I really had no idea what “Mutt and Jeff” actually were, but I have heard and used that slogan a thousand times.  It’s from a comic strip if you didn’t know.)

Then, we all went to Cheddar’s for dinner.  The boys did great and it was so yummy!  (Jen, don’t be jealous that I ate at two of your favorites in one day!  I will make it up to you soon!)

After dinner, Hayden and I had to make a pit stop at Target.  We didn’t get home until after 10 that night, but Hayden was such a trooper and was so good all day!  I think he only threw like two fits all day.  Ha!  :-)  Really, he was such a good boy!

Saturday, Hayden took a long morning nap.  Then, we ran to Emory to eat lunch at Lanny’s BBQ,  do some errands, and see Hayden’s Nana and Papa.  Then, back home for Hayden’s afternoon nap and Jeff washed the Jetta.  We enjoyed some time on the back porch and cooked dinner on the grill (mesquite chicken and fresh red potatoes and squash from Jeff’s dad’s garden).  Mom, Dad, and Robin joined us for dinner.  Then, Dad and I went for a ride on the golf cart to  go check on the cows and all the new baby calves. 

We also had a little photo shoot on Saturday.  Do not just love this onesie?  Mia (Cindy) made if for Hayden and I just LOVE it!!  Thanks Mia! 

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If you remember from this post we needed to get latches on our cabinet under the kitchen sink.  I am happy to report that Jeff got that done with a little help. 

Kristin, these pictures are for you.  :-)

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Jeff is not really holding the drill up to Hayden’s head.  Camera optical illusion.

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Taking a break to talk to Nana.

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I could not help but laugh so hard.  Hayden had the best time crawling all over his Daddy.  He is such a good little helper.

On Sunday, we went to Church, then to Nana and Papa’s for pork chops and more yummy fresh veggies. 

After lunch, we went to my twin nephew’s birthday party.   They will turn 6 on June 14th.  There were a lot of people.  They boys seemed to have a blast.  They had a new pool, a huge homemade slipping slide, a bounce house and TONS of food.  I didn’t get many real pictures of the party, but I got a few of us hanging out enjoying the nice WARM weather!  At least there was a slight breeze today. 

Hanging out with his Granddaddy and Nanny.  He loves to drink water out of his Nanny’s glass…or anyone’s glass that will let him.   He LOVES ice too! (Stay tuned for the next video.)

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Hmm, Mr. Johhny…I think I  would like to play with your sunglasses!

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We had one tired boy when we left the party.  He fell asleep in the car in less than 2 minutes.  We all came home and took about an hour long nap.   What a good weekend!

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Video Series…Part 3

Today’s video features Hayden up close and personal!  Make sure you have your sound up!

Untitled from Megan Smith on Vimeo.

PS…I was commenting on him standing up by himself because this was new at the time (about 2 weeks ago) and hadn’t started taking steps. 

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Video Series…Part 2

Today’s video features Hayden doing his new sit-n-spin moves.

Untitled from Megan Smith on Vimeo.

Friday, June 4, 2010

Garden Update

I thought it was time for an update on our garden.  It is looking better and like we might actually get some fresh produce soon!

Squash…

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Cantaloupe…

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Cucumber…

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Peppers…

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Okra…(kind of sad looking-this is the best one of the bunch!)

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Tomatoes…

(Carla-don’t get jealous!  :-)  I am proud of you for starting your tomato garden!  Can’t wait to see how they do!)

Cherry tomatoes…

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Roma tomatoes…

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Beef Steak or Big Boy… (Or some other kind.  I can’t remember which ones we planted.)

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Honestly, I am hoping for the best and expecting the worst.  We have so many of these yucky creatures…

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I have never seen so many different species of crickets and grasshoppers!  They are everywhere already and it is only the beginning of June!  Not to mention all the other types of bugs and spiders we have.  So, we will see how our plants and flowers hold up! 

PS…our corn is really sad looking so I didn’t include it in the pictures. 

On a side note…do you like watermelon?  Well, we have been getting the big seedless watermelons at Wal-Mart for $3.50-$4.50 and they are SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Video Series…Part 1

I have some videos of Hayden that I thought I would share over the next week or so. 

Today’s videos feature Hayden starting to WALK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  The first video is of him walking as far as he has walked on his own thus far.  He typically will take 3-4 steps, get tickled, and sit down.  He is starting to prefer/try to walk before crawling now.  It won’t be long!

Hayden Starting to Walk 6-3-10 from Megan Smith on Vimeo.

Untitled from Megan Smith on Vimeo.

Thursday, June 3, 2010

New tricks…

Hayden has learned/mastered a few new tricks lately.  Not good but inevitable tricks.

He can get in any drawer or cabinet he would like.  I guess it is time for the cabinet locks!  He can destroy a room in a matter of seconds.  I just decided that I would leave it until he is getting ready for bed.  My OCD starts to kick in, but I pull back and just go with the flow!

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He can also throw his toys in the trash.  Our trash can has a swinging lid.  I had it on the floor because he loves to put his toys in it and get them out.  Obviously that was not a great idea since now he thinks he should put them in the trash.

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He has also learned how to pick his nose.  I’ll save you from seeing that picture.  But how did he learn that?  Again, I guess it was going to happen sooner or later.  Ha!

Our first swim

This past weekend we finally got one of our three pools out for Hayden.  We thought he would love it since he loves his bath.  Boy were we wrong!!  Jeff even warmed the water up for him!

This is the reaction we got…

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He would not put his bottom or his hands in the water.  He just sat in the squatting position until we got him out.  I couldn’t  help but laugh, but I have to admit I was quite sad that he didn’t like it.

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So, instead of swimming, he picked grass and flowers, ate grass and dirt, crawled and walked around…

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I did give it a try again tonight with warm water.  Basically enough to get his feet wet.  Got the same reaction.  I guess we will keep trying!  I hoping it gets better before vacation so we can enjoy the pools and the beach!