long awaited pics

At the train museum in Snoqualmie Falls. He love loves trains!
Doesn't his Doc have the best camera!

Cozy in Osoyoos
Family mini golf










We had teh best time when Thad's parents were here. Doc has such a great camera so he got some wonderful shots of Hayden! Hope you enjoy them!

Time with the Grandparents

So, Thad's parents have come from TN for the week. We spent a few days here and then went to Osoyoos to see my parents. Thad's parents and my parents get along great so they wanted to see eachother while they were out here. We were hoping for HOT weather there, but we didn't get it. It was grey and still warm, most of the time, and we did get some nice pool weather for a couple hours the last afternoon. None the less, we had a great time and enjoyed the relaxing and good wine! The drive back was a little long. It was about 6 hours, and about and hour to long. I think we were all done in the car at the end, and then Hayden decided to scratch my eyeball the last 45 min so that was not to pleasant.

Were not back in Seattle and going to do all the touristy things here and celebrate thads birthday a little early with his parents.

Hayden has really taken off talking. I know i say that every time, but each time he just says more and more. Doc and Gigi are really surprised how he understands everything we are saying and can follow commands so well. I look at him and wonder when he got so big! Its really crazy. And he is one crazy and wild man also. i call him my wild man all the time, mostly because he hair is always kinda crazy and then he flails himself around and acts zany, so its quite funny. He also has this picture in one of his books with a "zany baby" and they have their tongue out and whenever he sees it he sticks his tongue out, its so cute!

We are goign to upload some pics soon, sorry for none this time!

The New House

Hayden's room

When you enter the house


The steps before. Thad has just ripped off the "outdoor carpet" that was on them to prevent slipping. The picture above is the after.

So I have been talking about some projects at the new house. I have never had a green thumb or even been interested in gardening. But this house had no flower beds or anything. So actually, today Thad put in some bushes and flowers are to come. Earlier this week he hoed up some beds from basically nothing. The soil is not so great. But i will get some pics of that soon. But anyways, this is expanding my green thumb. I remember in TN one day at our old house, Thad basically had to drag me out one spring day to plant some flowers. Now I can actually appreciate. Curb appeal does so much for a house!

Also, we are looking for some patio furniture for the front and back deck. Nothing fancy, we are hounding craigslist and good will almost everyday. But does anyone have any other good ideas of how to get cheap patio furniture, that maybe doesn't look cheap? I am waiting for 2 responses on craigslist now, but........

Also, were looking for a trike for Hayden. We would LOVE a radio flyer steer one( with the parent handle on the back) but just any kind with a handle sounds good. But also, other parents out there, do you think its wise to get one with a handle. Hayden is 19 months, so do you think he can actually peddle? I kind of don't think so, but he might surpise us. And any suggestions where to get that?

I think the to pic is of Golden Gardens Beach which is like 1.5 miles from our house. WE went there last week and loved it! The computer is almost dead and HM has been sleeping for 4 hours so i think i should check him.....

Poolside Vaca!

Just eating some popcorn at the pool!
With daddy
Nana and Papa
After
Before

At the spray park in Kelowna that he loved!
At a winery with "mum" and dad

Walking in Kelowna!
Swimming in Kelowna!
At the Canada day parade!
this was how we travelled at the zoo with Evangaline! They didnt do much riding!

We gave HM a mohawk one day!

Hayden at the old house having a popsicle
Okay, so once again, the computer savy girl that i am. My pictures uploaded in the wrong order so the most recent are at the top.

Well, at the end of the month we moved from south seattle to Ballard. The move went really well, my parents and brother came up to help, and they were a HUGE help! Then , they took HM home with them until we came on wed, so that was greatly appreciated. Thad and I unpacked and got in a date night. It was very nice. We then went up to Canada for 2 days and celebrated Canada Day!

On Friday Thad and I got to leave HM again and go to Kelowna for 2 nights for our 5 year anniversary. We also had a great time and relaxed by the pool and went to a winery for lunch and out for dinners! Then on Sunday my parents come up with Hayden for the week. So then we were there for the week together. We had so so weather but then it got nice the last day and half, so we did end up getting some, i say some sun. Hayden had such a good time swimming and hanging out with his Nana and Papa. We were on the third floor so we didnt have a yard, so that was a little different for Hayden. I think he wanted to be outside alot.He basically wakes up saying outside.

After our lovely vacation, we got to come home to our new house. We LOVE living in Ballard because of the location. We can walk to alot, restaurants, shops, grocery store, the water. It is great. We have had wonderful weather since we have been home also. Thad has stripped and repainted the front stairs, hoed flower beds, repainted the railing, and organized all his office "junk". And the last was probably the hardest for him believe it or not! We are also going to repaint the bathroom, so we have had a few projects for this house, but we really do love it. It has a very open floorplan, a great kitchen, and the rooms are really big. The bathroom is lacking along with the yard so.........were doing our best to improve those.

Anyway, i will get pics of the house up soon. Sorry for ignoring the blog for so long!

Sick Boy

So Wed morning, I get Hayden out of bed and notice he is a little warm, but my thermometer is packed so i just pretend he is fine. He has a fairly good morning and then when i get him from nap, he is on FIRE! He feels so warm, so i calmy dig through my boxes and find the thermometer (one the 2nd box). and he is 102.5, so he has never had fever this high before so i throw him in the bath and give him tylenol. That zapped it for awhile till bed. He was in his bed for one hour and then awake and hot, so needless to say, in mommy and daddys bed teh rest of the night. Thursday he went up to 103 and basically laid on the couch and watched tv all day. This is coming from a boy that does not sit still, doesnt really watch tv for more than 2 min, and he has to be on my lap for 2 min, and doesnt lay or sit on the couch unless mommy is beside him. So he was lying there all day sometimes with me and sometimes by himself. But he was quite pitiful. So on friday we went to the doc, and of course he had no fever since 4am that morning and his coughing and running nose had disappeared. Don't you love it when that happens?!
So we went to my parents for the weekend and Hayden's fever never returned but he barely ate all weekend. So today, let alone this morning, i think he has made up for all the eating he missed.
On the talking side, someone told me it was right at the 18 month mark that her son just took off, and Hayden has begun at least. I know i write about his speech all the time, but now for real, i ahve something to be proud about. He can say shoe, paci (pacifier) he repeatedly told me this in the car today as he dropped it, shower, he tries to say blake, mommy and daddy, and papa. And today on the swing i said uncle brayden and i swear he said brayden more clearly than i have every heard him say something! But he is really taking off, for real this time.
Also i saw "the proposal" this weekend! so good, i recomment it fully!

A Zoo of a Day....

So, yesterday, Tuesday, I decided to take Hayden and Evangeline to the Zoo. So we leave early to get there for opening time, and on the way Evangeline says " I am not feeling better" but she never felt sick......so I was hoping for the best, i gave her her juice and hoped we would get there in time. Not two minutes later i heard her coughing, and more smelled something, and looked back, and sure enough, she had lost her breakfast. So, after talking to her mom, and finding out this had happened a few times lately, we decided to press on with the zoo. She wore hayden's 6-9 month onesie , that fit) and hayden shorts that he was wearing that day, and hayden went in just a onesie! Im sure Thad would have been so embarressed because he would have thought everyone was thinking we were trailer trash....but he was awfully cute, i dont think anyone thought that.
So we had a great time at the zoo, and then it was time to leave, and we were all tired, struggling to make it to the car. Hayden fell asleep in the stroller on the way , and then Evangeline was doing a good job walking but got tired so here i am caring a 2.5 year old and trying to still push my cheapo stroller that definelty needs two hands.
so we get to the car......and of course, I cant find my keys. Im trying not to panick because I tried so hard when we got there to keep track of them while changing and trying to clean up Evangeline. But of course now there gone!!!!! So great great Tara ( and son Malachi) decide to wait with me for AAA. I am thinking the keys are in my trunk because the last thing I did was get the stroller. So after 45 min of Evangeline being really good, and Hayden sleeping for most of them, he comes and ...................NO KEYS!!!!!!!!! not in teh car, not in the trunk! Im floored. I kinda thought they wouldn't be there though,.....i had suspected that i just left them by the car when i left. so.............Im almost panicking, but then im like, well, at least ill check the lost and found, maybe someone turned them in?
Praise the Lord, despite a dorky and dumb guy/ boy at the desk they were my keys. But they got sent to another gate. So i trapse (sp?) with the two kids, Evangeline in teh stroller holding Hayden on her lap ( thank goodness) to the other entrance and get my keys. And im to mad to ask where they found them because they wouldn't send my keys to the entrance I was at. And we make it back to the car!!!!!!!! yah, on our way home! i never thought it would come. We tried to lave at 12:30 and ended up leaving at 2.....so not as bad as i was thinking though when i let my mind wander!
Despite taking wrong turn and sitting in traffic for 20 min we made it home and they both napped once we got home!!!!!!! And that was the greatest blessing of all! And when i later told thad, he made me a drink and dinner! What a great husband! and he bathed Hayden! yah
A quick little update on HM's talking, he now says outside very clearly, shoe, bath, dada, but not really mama.....and repeats what you say, but those are the best so far! and sorry no pics.
Also we are moving, the camera stuff is packed. At the end of the month were moving to Ballard, just north of the city. From the south where we are now! We are so happy to be moving there because there is a ton within walking distance,(shops, restaurants, water, beach, etcs) and its its own community/ old fishing village. But just quaint but really close to the city still. We'll be in a 2bed/1 ba house with yard!!!! Yard was the most important part since HM wakes up saying outside.......sometimes at 5am! so. Ill try to write more about that later. But we are very very excited!

Talking up a storm

So, Hayden is talking up a storm these days. This morning he was repeating me saying, "blowdryer, hairspray..." etc. he has been babbling alot more recently, but today was the first day i noticed that he tried directly to mimick what i was saying. Also, he has known for awhile what i am saying, but now, he shakes his head no when its naptime or bedtime, adn then screams all the way up the stairs adn in bed, and then wails for about 5-10 min and then gives up. I am just thankful he gives up. So i am seeing new challenges every day, he is really getting a strong will. That time out chair is getting used more and more everyday.
The weather here has been fairly hot so we have been outside in the pool alot. I am also watching my friends daughter Evangeline for a couple weeks, a couple days a week, so its been fun to see them play together, she's 2.5, but also not so fun to try to teach Hayden to share. She is very very very patient with him.
On Memorial day weekend we went to Whistler with my parents so here a few pics. We forgot the camera to take to TN, so i have to get pics from online, so,,,,,,,i can say it might happen, but i bet it wont.