I miss my chubby baby

This video brought tears to my eyes...how do they grow up so fast????

This is what I found in the shower a couple of days ago!!

What is wrong with us?

I know I always complain about Hayden's photo taking skills, but I was dying tonight as I was trying to get a "good" picture of her. I swear when I look at her through the screen she looks so stink'n cute and then I snap and this is what comes out:

Ok, this one is cute.

Pretty!!

This is what happens when kids are left alone...actually they were in the same room as about five other adults including Colin. Aren't Dads great!! :)

A Little Culture

Last night I took Hayden to her first play. It was based on the Dr. Suess book "Go Dog Go."I love going to plays and am so excited she is getting old enough to go with me. It was very kid oriented with loud, very animated characters, so it did well to hold her attention. It lasted an hour long and she sat and watched the entire time. I was very proud of her!!

Also Hayden has been talking a little more. Her lasted best pronounced word is "Jesus." It is so cute to hear her say it. She also will now try to repeat everything we ask her and each day she gets better.

It is your birthday.

Colin's birthday is today, but since he has to work and then go to school for three hours we figured we better celebrate it another day. So Sunday we invited all of our family over for dinner and brownies/cake. There were a lot of people in a small area, but it turned out good and I think everyone had fun. I heard about a brownie recipe that I thought sounded really tasty, so I made them and they are quite tasty!! You just use a boxed brownie mix; put half of the batter in the pan, then put a layer of Caramellos, cover it with the rest of the batter and bake...hmmmmmm good!!!!

Hayden gave Colin a very special gift today. We have been trying to get her to say Dad (not Daddy...I don't like the word Daddy) but she has always just refused to even try. She has started to say quite a few words such as Grandpa, turtle, cookie, ect... but would never say Dad. So this morning I was working on words with her and realized that she says two syllable words much better that one syllable words, so I asked her to say "Daddy" and out pops "Da Da." So I immediatly called Colin and had her say it to him and sure enough she did it and kept saying it everytime I asked her to. Colin was very happy, I think she made his day.

Wild Wednesday

Yesterday was Wild Wednesday at the Hogle Zoo which means everyone gets in for free. So me, my sister-in-law Tiffany and every other stay-at-home-mom in Utah took the kids to enjoy the great out doors (finally!!) I wont complain about the weather because it was a much nicer day than it could have been, but it was a little bit chilly! Hayden was feeling a little under the weather so she was pretty subdued the whole time, but she still had fun. She is starting to get a little nervous around animals and was a little intimidated by the elephants, but most of the animals that she could see, she liked. I would point out animals to Hayden and she would try to see them, but I could tell she was looking in a completely different direction than where the animal actually was; I would keep pointing them out and she would finally just smile and act kind of excited like she had spotted them. It was pretty funny!!
It was so nice to get out of the house and do something fun. Spring and summer here we come!!!
Hayden loving the train ride!

Chugg'n along.Gavin and Hayden doing a little fishing.

Looking at the Goriallas.

This was Haydens expression most of the day.