Hayden's Homework

Here is Hayden helping Blake with his homework! yah right. Hayden loves loves Blake. Whenever he is home, Hayden wants to know what he is doing.  So one night while Blake was busy doing homework like always, Hayden goes in there and we caught this shot.  Hes so smart!

   Some new news around here is that my daycare lady wasn't certified so the state found out and shut her down!!!!!! And i am mad. We had a great thing going.  She could take Hayden whenever, and she was cheap, and he loved going there. So all things were good. So now, i cant work because we have no childcare. So this all happened yesterday, so its not a huge deal. but were looking for other options now. SO........it makes you realize how good we had it!  Not that this is life threatening or anything......but, and i also don't mind not working.   I love love spending the day with my cutie.

  Today we went to the park for an hour and a half. That is a new record for us.  It was such a mild day here, I could not believe it.  We were going to go to the play place in southcenter because i thought it was cold......but it was so nice out that we switched routes and went to the park.  And Hayden can now go up the stairs, (on his knees) and down the slide by himself. I cannot believe it!!!!!!! He is learning so fast.  And he did not want to leave the park also.  But he was tired when we did leave.  I thought he might stay up at home for another hour when we got home, but no......straight to bed. so that was nice!

 Time to run. Thanks for reading.

     

Not much news

So i am updating this from a classroom where I am subbing. Don't worry, the students are at PE. I just had a little extra time, so I thought why not? Life has been going well. For our friends in TN, we have still had some snow lately, i think the last 2 weeks it snowed twice, so its a cold march.
This week my mom has come down to watch Hayden so that I can work with free childcare! yah! So that is where i am. Subbing is going well, I think the more i do the easier it is. So each day it gets better. Yesterday when i came home, Hayden starting crying the minute he saw me and basically was a grump for an hour after i got home! so that was not pleasent to come home to. Hopefully today he will be better.
I think i have more patience with Hayden when I am with him ALL the time. When i get breaks and help, and then when it is me and Hayden again, I think i have less patience. So i don't kwno what that means, or how to solve it, but that is just my observation. So well see what happens.
My sister is coming home on friday! yah! for her spring break, so I am so excited to see her and have her come home. So were going to Canada this weekend to see her.
Not that much else is new. Thad is on break from his masters, so he almost doesnt know what to do with his free time, so hell start again in 2 weeks i think. Otherwise, life is good.

A Week with the Waggoners

I came home from my run yesterday and Hayden and Thad are watching U2 on "on demand" and Hayden is so into it. His first tv watching, and its of U2, daddy was so proud. He was loving it and dancing!
This week we had the pleasure of hosting Brandt and Jill Waggoner, Blake's brother and sister in law. Blake is our roomate who came from TN as well when we moved here. We had a wonderful time with them. I know they were so happy to see Blake and spend some family time together. And they had good weather, i think it only rained one morning. So that was nice for them. Brandt and Jill loved to play with Hayden. Brandt and Blake would be in Blake's room and Hayden would just walk right in, like he was invited or something, and sit on Blake's lap (he does this quite often) or play with Blake's fan, ( one of his favorite toys). He learned to turn on Blakes' fan and when he did, Jill said Hayden put his hand in his hair and let the fan blow his curls! He is quite funny. When i blowdry my hair i often blow it on his for a second and he must have caught on.
Hayden really is learning so much these days. He throws his own diaper away, and i tell him, "Go throw it in the garbage" and he always goes to the one in the kitchen, but today he, without me telling, threw it in the garbage in the bathroom. He has also learned to spin, and whine, still. Everything he wants is a whine/ point. We have got to work on this. Im trying with the please ( sign language) but i think i just need to put my foot down until he does it. Hayden has also helped me make the bed, he just starting giving me the pillows, it was so cute. I dont think anything can melt your heart like your own kids.......really! AND, we have learned to kiss! and we do it often.
Yesterday at this play place hayden started goin gfor another boy with arms open and mouth open, for a big kiss. He didn't get to give him one because the boy ran! and then later he was showing off his tummy ( which i ahve been trying to teach him and of course in public he finally does it) and another boy came up to him and tried to give him a raspberry on his tummy. Hayden fell and so did the boy. It was really funny, i think the boy must have seen me because i had just given hayden one a few minutes earlier.
This is Hayden working on homework with Blake, he is a big help! See the fan in the background
We put Hayden into his cousin's swimsuit for fun one sunday afternoon. He was dancing to the music!
Listening to mommy's ipod, Not really!
One of Hayden's favorite toys, well not really a toy, is our coffee grinder. So here he is grinding up his fridge magnets. If the grinder is going, He HAS to be there to see it!
These next ones are in TN. Some are with Stella, the dog, Hayden loves Stella. We think because he can tell her what to do and tell her no. Its hilarious to watch!


Vacumming with Gigi. He also loves teh vacumm


Thad and his mom making Fried Chicken. Thad wanted to learn how so we did it this time when we went home!

A week in the Big TN

So we bought tickets very last minute deciding to go to tn. Thad had late winter break, but we were going to stay in town because he had his UW class, but then that got cancelled. So we quickly bought tickets for teh following week to TN.
I was a little worried about Hayden on the plane, but by now i feel like a professional, and i had gravol this time, i thought i was clear. So i gave him the Gravol, but i didnt give enough, so Thad and I watched the Gravol try to work and Hayden fought it off. And i mean fought it off. He started flialing his body back and forth and acting really crazy, and yelling etc. I thought i had really hooped myself. So the flailing didnt last too long but then he wasnt tired. So 2 hours into it, the man ahead of me turns around and asks me to have my son stop hitting his seat. And his seat is fully reclined in my face and haydens face! So i say in a not so very nice voice, " im sorry, there is not alot of room here" and he says," well its been 2 hours, 2 hours" and i was like, " he can either hit your seat or scream buddy!" and he turned back around half way through my talking. I was livid! i dont think Thad knew what to do. He was also angry at the man, but then was trying to to laugh after i called him buddy! I was so so livid! i almost burst into tears at him. I think i fumed for15 min after. so......Hayden thankfully flailed himself one more time and then passed out. Thank goodness. That lasted about an hour and then I stood the last 45 min. Then we landed. WE had another 1.15min flight after, adn he did well. i was glad to be in TN.
We had a really good time there. We got to hang out alot with Thads parents which was so good becuase thad didnt really get to see them over thanksgiving. They had such a great time with Hayden. And Hayden thourally (sp?) enjoyed there dogs. I think he especially loved them because he could tell the dogs no. It was quite funny. We also saw some friends and of course my sister. One day it was even like 68degrees, and then the next 32. The weather there is crazy.
The flight home was better. We were delayed for 2.5 hours before takeoff, so they rebooked us our connection, bu ti still gave hayden the gravol like an hour to early. But in the end he slept almost all of the plane rides and did really well! And then we had a not so great night when we got home at 1230/ 230 (our time). But that was okay, he slept on the planes.
So now were home, back to routine, Hayden got an ear infection in tn, and now has a cough, but hes almost better. He is getting faster and faster and i think he almost ran this morning. He has also gotten really , i dont know the word. but he gets his blanky and pacifier and pillow and lays down on the ground. and he never sits still,s o that is definelty different. I dont know if its the sickness, or that he learned from the planes that his blanky is for snuggling?? who knows.
i have pics from tn coming!
I have pics from TN coming soon!

The Usual Stuff

Subbing went well. On tues morning they called and asked if i would work in the afternoon as well, and i sadly said yes. But it turned out to be a good thing. The morning with fifth graders went alright, subbing is not really fun or easy, not that i expected it to be. But in the first 5 minutes of my lesson i had one boy tell another he was going to kill him. He really was a nice boy, he just doesnt do well with change, and needed alot of attention that i couldn't give. But the rest of the morning went well, i acutally taught math........hadn't done that in awhile. and then in the afternoon I had special ed, grade 3-6, which i LOVED! Because i only had 5 students and an aid, so it was great. And the students were so sweet, so that was nice.
I haven't subbed since, weve been a bit crazy. Right now I am back at my parents and Thad is in San Fransisco, (hence why i am here). I just couldn't imagine spending 4 days and having no one coming home at the end of the day..so i came back here. Hopefully i will do some more work when i get back, i need to get into the swing of things to make it easier.
Hayden is a walking machine, pointing machine, and trying to talk machine. I know he is trying so hard to communicate, and its so cute, so i just guess and keep on talking. He definelty knows what is HOT these days, and he does the sign with it. Practically everything on teh counter where he sits, the coffee maker, the toaster, the espresso maker, the stove...... so alot of things. And he loves things that make noise, the coffee grinder, blowdryer, mixer, etc. I think he might become a chef because he loves the kitchen so much!
We also have been loving the weather lately. The past 2 days, tues and wed, have been gorgeous, so weve gone to the park. I think he technically actually played at the park for the first time, walking around, getting on things.......it was alot of fun. I would say he is officially a big boy now! Which im happy and sad at the same time, I cant wait to do more activities with him!
anyways, this is long enough. thanks for reading!

This is a video of Hayden walking with his popper. He has really improved even since we have taken this on Sunday night. It looks like I kick him in the end, but i PROMISE you that i do not. HOpe you enjoy!
On another note i am doing my first day of subbing tomorrow, just for a half day in the morning. Grade fivers at covington elem. so you can pray for me that i do well leaving hayden and that he does well, and that i am a good sub and not getting eaten alive! Im sure it will be fine, there still young, its the highschoolers i wont do!

Playing Wii

So, thad was about to play the wii and asks, do you want to play? and of course( with my back to him) i say no. and then he hands Hayden the controller and says, " I wasn't asking you". So he played with Hayden, well not really, but Hayden actually did swing.........playing tennis. I thought it was so cute!