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All dressed up for Granny Jo and Grandpa. She was very hungry during this picture.
Doesn't she always look so pleasant
So sweet!!! The first few times we took her in the car seat she screamed almost the whole time. We figured out if we tuck her in real tight, with her arms down she actually quite enjoys it. I still can't figure out how to make her like stroller rides though. My walks last about three minutes before she starts screaming. Just FYI we have been reading a book "The Happiest Baby on the Block" It has saved our lives. It has a lot of info, but the main thing says to swaddle your baby because it makes them feel like they are still in the womb. It seriously works!! Hayden basically sleeps through the night, only waking up once to be fed. If her arms get loose she will cry, but if you just tuck them back in she will fall back to sleep. Maybe everybody has already read this book, but if you haven't I suggest you do. It also shows you how to swaddle your baby. It can be a very frustrating process if you dont do it right. We call Hayden Houdini, because just when you think you have done the best wrap she starts grunting and twisting her body and the next thing you know her little arms are free and her hands are digging into her face.
Grandpa Lyman and Hayden. He is very proud of her. He makes me and Colin feel so good...like we just have the best, cutest baby ever!! It was fun to have him and my Mom here for a couple of days.

Life with Hayden

Grandma Leah's visit.
Granny Jo's visit Our little family
Hayden on Halloween. She was so excited!!


So this is my third attempt to post something on our blog. I haven't been able to finish one, but I am going to try to finish this one today. The past 2 1/2 weeks have been pretty crazy. My mom was hear helping us for about a week, then I had friend stay with us for a few days, then Colin's mom was here until last night. It has been so nice to have so much help. We really appreciate all the phone calls, emails and visitors. It is so nice knowing that people are thinking about you.

Hayden is doing really good. We are starting to learn how to make her happy. For the most part she is a really good baby. She does really well in the evening and through the night. She has a bit of hard time during the day, unless she is being held constantly. Her latest accomplishment is smiling. A few days ago she smiled at Colin and the next day she smiled at me. I don't know how coherent she is when she did it, but her eyes are open so we count it.

As for me and Colin, we are adjusting quite well to having a baby. It definatly isn't easy, but she is such a sweet baby...all the hard times are worth it. Colin has a really hard time going to work each day. He just wants to stay home and hold Hayden, he is such a good dad.

Well, I think I made it trough. Now I will just try to post some pictures.

Latest and Greatest

I love this picture, so I thought I would share with you all.

Our Little Hayden

The day we left the hospital

Before
After

Happy baby
Tummy time in the sun. She's a little Jaundice, so they told us to lay her in the sun. When we took her to see the pediatrician he said that is a myth, unless she is placed directly in the sun, it will do her no good. Just FYI


So here are some pictures finally. As little as Hayden does right now, she sure does take up a lot of time. Enjoy!!!

Our Weekend

Ava (aka Lewskie) actually enjoying the water
Beautiful Brooklyn
This was Ava's expression the whole morning

Brooklyn, Ava and their cousin Trey

This weekend I got a call from Sandi saying she, Brooklyn and Ava were in Chandler with her mom. Chandler is only about 20 minutes from where we live so I was very excited. We drove down there Saturday morning and watched the girls swim. They were so cute. Brooklyn didn't last too long in the pool though, because she got it in her head that we would think their hotel room was really cool and she wanted to show it to us. So the whole time she was asking her mom if they could stop swimming and go back to the hotel room. I bet about an hour after we left she was begging to go swimming again.
After we left them we went shopping at an outlet mall in Tempe...which was very nice. There were so many stores. We walked around a lot!!! Colin likes to take me places where I have to walk so maybe I will go into labor. He wants me to have the baby on the weekend so he doesn't have to use as many sick days. Everyone has the perfect scenario of when the baby should come. Up until last night I have been fine with her coming whenever she is ready, but I was so uncomfortable last night. I didn't go to sleep until 12:30 (if you know me, that is very late). These next two weeks could be very interesting!!!

One Year

Corney Posing...I know!
Aren't I just so cute...less than three weeks!
Not a very good pictures, much prettier in real life. That little book next to the flowers was my gift to Colin, it is a miniature scrapbook of our year.

Our one year anniversary was last Friday. I cant believe it has already been a year. I guess time flys when your having fun & pregnant. We thought and thought about what we were going to do to celebrate, but were just pretty limited due to my condition. Colin got off work early because he had too many hours for the week (I love his job) and brought me home red roses that were really pretty. We finally decided we would go to Tempe and ride the paddle boats (supposed to be really fun). We got there and the park was closed because they were setting up for some event. So it we went to plan B.

We drove down to the temple and walked around. That temple is really pretty and the grounds are really nice as well, but the area that it is in is a little bit sketchy...scary! While we were on the temple grounds we walked off the side walk into the trees because I wanted to see what kind of fruit was growing, while we wandering around in the trees Colin spotted a couple that is in our prenatal class so he yells "hey, you guys are in our in our class." It took them a while to recognize us because we were hidden, but as we made out way out they recognized us. We thought it was pretty funny... especially because the previous week we had suspicions that they might be LDS so after class we hid out and watched them walk to their car to see if they were from Utah. Now it was like we are hiding out in the bushes, waiting for them to come out of the temple.

That evening we went to Black Angus for dinner. We had a coupon, you got a four course meal for two and it only cost $30. We got so much food and it was all really good. We ate leftovers for the next two days.

Well that was our anniversary. It was a lot of fun. I am so grateful to be married to Colin, he is the best husband I could have ever hoped for.

We Will No Longer Be Mistaken For Smokers

Our very messing apartment. Just some of the laundry waiting to get done
There are a few weird things about this apartment. I am taking this picture from the front door. If you cant tell that is the tv in the living room and right through those double doors is our bedroom. We feel like we are living in a hotel!!
This is the other strange thing. This is our tiny kitchen with no room for a table and there is not a dining room area. We are still trying to figure out what to do about that.


Saturday we were able to move into our new place. We are so happy to be here and to be out of that other house. Not only was it stinky, it was too big and we just didn't feel comfortable in that area. Colin had his first "commute" to work this morning. I'm guessing it must have been pretty quick because when he got to work he text me and said it was the greatest commute ever, it almost made him cry!:)
A few guys from our ward helped us move in on Saturday and turns out one of them lives in our exact same building with his wife and brand new baby...I was so excited to hear that. By the way we went to church yesterday and I have had a change of heart. I think I am really going to like this ward.
After we moved in, the first thing we started to do was laundry. In the past two days we have done probably 20 loads. We are not even close to being done. We have about 30 more to go. We have to wash every item we own that can be washed to get the smell of smoke out. Hopefully by the time the baby comes and people start to visit us, the smell will be completely gone. By the way I have posted some pictures of the our apartment complex...I hope they make everyone want to come and visit us, especially when it is freezing in Utah. I also posted some of what the inside looks like right now...don't let these pictures scare you away!!!