Can you keep up with me?

This is her favorite! If she comes to your house I suggest shutting all bathroom door otherwise you won't have any TP or the TP will be in your toilet...lots of it!!




Here she is trying to say "cheese" for the camera.

The chocolate monster is coming to get you!!

Helping me put the dishes away...


She is clapping at her cartoons..although she doesn't really watch tv that much.

Here is a pic of Hayden's first pony tail! Her hair has been long enough for awhile but just gotten thick enough to hold it in place.

She has been wanting to do everything for herself lately...like eat with the spoon and smash peas on her face, I keep trying to push veggies on her but she smashes them or feeds them to her dog. I have even tried to mix them in with mac and cheese etc...doesn't work, still feeds them to her dog!

This has been her reaction to boating!! If we go fast she closes her eyes and "sleeps". I think it may make her motion sick, not sure yet.

Here she is on the move and hanging out! This was a really hot day and I think she had just smashed snacks on her shirt so we had to change. FYI the bandage on her hand is from a nasty burn she received courtesy of my flat iron. No I wasn't letting her play with it! She was playing beside me while I was trying to get ready and I had just sat the iron down she pulled the cord on wouldn't you know, it landed perfectly around her hand! It happened 2 weeks ago and we are still nursing the wound. Lately since it is healing and itching she has started chewing on it...GROSS, I know! Good thing I use to work on the burn unit!

We went on our first trip to the zoo a couple of weeks ago. She loved it! It is so fun watching her figure stuff out!

At The Cheesecake Factory with some friends for lunch and shopping!

Hayden is walking!

It is pretty much official...she is a walker. She takes several steps by herself and only crawls so she can go faster. She can bend over pick stuff up standing and start walking...we have been practicing outside this week...she only uses 1 of my fingers for balance on 1 side. I will try to get some pics up later...as I type she is halfway up the stairs!! Gotta GO...

Trip to Fort Myers, FL

These are pics from our recent trip to Florida! Hayden is now about 10 1/2 months old and a total chatterbox!! We are making more friends than ever at restaurants these days since she likes to "chat" with everyone around us. During the trip she got to do alot of swimming and is a little waterbug kicking her feet! She didn't like the sand on the beach, not sure why but I think she didn't want to get all dirty. She is getting close to walking...I think she can do it she just hasn't figured it out yet. She walks from furniture to furniture around the house and if I try to get her to walk to me she lunges and falls in. I'm sure she will figure it out soon enough. Her 1st birthday is quickly approaching and we have started to plan the party...I can't believe she is almost 1!!!!

9 months and counting...

Hayden had her 9 month well baby visit last week...she is still way above average for her height and weight (22lbs and 30 inches). Each week she is doing something new. Last week she started climbing our stairs by herself! YIKES!! She is also starting to let go of objects once she is standing. She is really starting to like music too. She will press the button on her board books or music table to get it to come on and then start bouncing to the beat.

Here she is enjoying some scrambled eggs and cinnamon and raisin toast for breakfast.

She is concentrating on which items to put in her shopping cart...when she finds daddy's wallet she immediatly goes for the paper money and his blackberry(her favorite toy EVER...Jeff even said he needs to get her one of her own...I thought he was crazy for even speaking those words out loud!). She does have her own cell phone but not a blackberry. Last week she grabbed my phone and held it up to ear like she was talking...CRAZY! She is a quick learner!!

Riding Brody/The Bea's Visit/My First Nike's

Hayden loves her dog and he is very patient with her however she has started to try to ride him when he is trying to rest...like I said he is patient and tolerable, but if you can tell by his face he doesn't like it! I'm sure it has nothing to do with her pinching him and pulling out fistfulls of hair!

Here is Hayd posing with the Bea's. We figured their last name was easy enough to say but she just kept saying dog...maybe next time! She can also give you a high five now and is a crawling machine! I have had to do a bit of redecorating to accomodate her activity now that she crawls around pulls herself up, opens cabinet doors, scoots around furniture while standing. She loves to walk if you help her a bit...who knows how much longer it will be until she is off on her own?!

So Jeff has decided that he doesn't need to get a new car seat for his car. He insist Hayden likes being "snug as a bug". However I don't think she really fits anymore. I guess we will find out her latest stats when she goes to the doctor for her 9 month visit next week.


Just a side shot so everyone could see her feet sticking out...In the other pic she is modeling her new nike's she loves them!!

FYI...if you click on any pics they will enlarge.