Already? I might cry....

Hayden turned 6 months on June 28th and had his 6 month check up the next day.

I can’t believe it’s been 6 months already. It is so amazing how much they change and grow up. I am so pathetic; whenever I think about him growing up I totally want to cry. I always joke that he will get no older than 5 and will love me forever and never think I am un-cool or weird. I will always be amazing and almost magic. I will never be embarrassing, but the most hip, fun mom ever. He will never be old enough to have a girlfriend or grow up and move out. He will always adore my kisses that I constantly smother those chubby cheeks with. He will always want to cuddle, lay on my shoulder and give me big hugs....

But tragically I know that him not growing up unrealistic... which is sad but exciting.

Hayden is already learned so much. He is so smart.

He knows how to:
-sit up by himself
-sit up and hold toys, passing them from one hand to the other
-roll from back to tummy and tummy to back
-stand up while having his hands held(he has ALWAYS preferred standing to sitting or laying down. Laying down is no longer an option now that he can sit and stand with help.)
-he moves his feet up and down, in a walking motion while standing.(I seriously about passed out when he did that. If he starts walking before he crawls I’ll die. I am not ready for him to be mobile)
-He pushed up on all fours today for a few seconds.( I was so excited! He started laughing at me when I was praising him so much for his new trick.)
-He can turn himself all the way around in his activity jumperoo.

He is also:
-Curious about EVERYTHING!
-Everything goes right into his mouth and new things are studied meticulously.
-He started saying, "Ma, Ma, Ma." a little over a week ago. He says it all the time :)
-He loves cereal, and squash, and sweet potatoes.
-He just started carrots yesterday...he still isn’t sure about those yet.
-He loves to laugh!
-He loves to pull my hair.
-When I feed him at night he always rubs my thigh back and forth, or plays with my hair or cheek.
-He loves giving hugs right when he wakes up from naps. And he gives big slobbery kisses all the time :)

So my little man is growing up. I am so excited and proud of him. I am trying to cherish everyday with him before he does grow up and go to kindergarten and then one day high school, then leave me to go on a mission, and then finds some pretty girl to be with forever.

I love you bud! Thanks for always slobbering all over me with kisses and making me laugh every day. Love you forever!

Hayd's Stats:
Weight: 19 lbs 14 oz - 86%
Lenght: 27.25 inches - 80%
Head: 17.5" - 70%

Texas/Idaho Falls/Car Update:
Good News! The car is fixed!! One step closer to our goal!
Bad News: The grand total was $2108.17 OUCH!
........but at least we have it
Cory has about 4 weeks left in Texas, at least.
Its going by surprisingly fast. We are all surviving.
We will move to Idaho Falls as soon as Cory gets done.

Hope everyone had a great 4th of July. It was so fun seeing some of you at the West Point festivities :) Your kiddos are soooo cute.

For Daddy...

Hi Daddy!
Me and mommy miss you way out there in Texas. I love you so much and can't wait to see you in a few weeks. Thanks for working so hard! Love you tons!

Look at one of my new favorite things to do!

Love, Hayd

Time to go swimmin!

I loooove bath time...

....and my wash cloth!

FAMOUS!!!!

That’s right....
Hayden is famous :)
Go Here:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/story?columnist=buccigross_john&id=4263424

Then scroll down allllllll theeee wayyyy dowwwnnn.

Are you there?

Sweet huh?

Cory is a fan of pretty much every sport ever.... I never get a break of sports over here... its NBA finals, or the Super bowl, or the Stanley Cup, or the World Series. I joke around that Cory has a girlfriend named Espn(pronounced es-pen, get it :) ) This is one of his favorite columnists. At the end of every column he puts a picture of a kid usually in a jersey, I guess... Cory sent one to him and Hayden got picked, for the last column of the season! Last the best. Why wouldn’t Hayd get picked though? Hayden is the cutest little guy ever, but I’m not bias or anything. The picture on ESPN is when he was about 3 months, here are some newer pictures of him in the jersey we took while watching the Stanley Cup.(He will be 6 months on Sunday, its so weird. He is so so big)

I miss blogging... terribly. But until Cory gets back I think I will be too busy with Hayden.

An update on the Cory/Car/Texas situation:
-Cory is selling pest control while he is there and is doing AWESOME! I am so so proud of him. He is working so so hard.
-The car definitely has 2 broken head gaskets, and will be $2000ish to fix. Juuuuust Suuuper Duper right? I’m still praying for a miracle.
-Cory is selling so well there that he will probably stay down in Texas for 4 or 5 more weeks. Holy cow....four.... more... weeks...*sigh* I’m so grateful for my family and all there help and support so I can stay sane.
-Cory has been gone for 11 days now. Hayden and I are doing really well. I miss him, but I am at peace with everything and know that this is the best situation and thing for our family.


Also I entered Hayden into the Kosy Baby Idol Contest. So please vote for him, go here http://www.kosy.com/pages/baby_idol/vote.html and vote for number 158! Thanks everyone!

I miss all my mommy friends! I’ll try and blog more often, blogging is a nice out for me.

I hope everyone is doing fabulous-ly. Happy summer! Maybe I’ll see some of you at Fourth of July festivities :) Come say hello!!!

Two weeks... two freaking weeks

....Cory is leaving....

for two weeks.....-ish, give or take, more or less, here a little there a little, big or small, rain or shine....


*sigh* he’s going. Tuesday 6:40am, Delta, to Denver, and the Dallas, and then the FINAL destination....Austin, Texas. So far away... for such a long time. I'm already losing my mind (obviously, right?)

But this is for the best. We are FINALLY moving forward with our lives. It's going to get harder before it gets better right? We will finally have "the beast" back. (The name that I just right this second named his stupid broken down car, which would be a really nice car if we could figure out what was wrong with it. AAAANNND if I didn't totally LOATHE the stupid overgrown metal thing because it's costing us so much time, and money, and stress to fix. ) But then we will have 2 cars. And I can have FREEDOM... I can go when I want, and do what i want. Out of the house to the wide, wide world... of, Clearfield? But really people this is a big deal. You have no idea how excited I am to make random Robert's runs... And thrift shop runs... mmm thifting... are there even any good thrift shops here? I have no idea. And Target runs! Oh how I miss Target. Just to get out of the house and be amongst other people and women! Oh happy day.

Also, the second car here means we are another step closer to moving to Idaho. What a great adventure that will be. "Idaho? An adventure?" This is what you may be thinking. But, to be all on our own. Away in a town we don't know, with friends and new people we have yet to meet and really having to rely on each other will be a great adventure.

So... let the countdown begin.

Until Cory leaves for Idaho,
‘til I see him again,
‘til he gets another new job in Idaho,(he had to quit his job here)
and ‘til we move to Idaho and start school,
and begin this new part of our lives….

Thinking about it all right now still kinda makes me want to throw up. I don't do well with change. Change is scary, and hard.... I'm just trying to trust in Heavenly Father that this is what is best.

So in the spirit of this FABULOUS quote, that seriously made my day... here is a really funny cartoon that I found on Mother's Day

Bring on the....

teeth?

ya... seriously, Hayden is 5 months old and has started teething. Poor guy, he is miserable. He had a yucky cold on top of the teething, or maybe it is from the teething? He has the runniest, yuckiest nose ever, and super duper red, watery eyes AND a fever. Thank goodness he is finally getting better. But the super slobber and swollen gums are still around, while putting E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G. in his mouth. He grabs and wants to get into anything he can. I am in BIG trouble when he is mobile. The little two bottom teeth haven't pushed their way through yet. But hopefully they will make an apperance soon.

Oh, and we took him into the doctor when the fever came around and he weighs... drum roll please...

18 lbs and 8 oz!! He is definately my big, little man :)

cute rolls, rolls, and more rolls

"Just chillin' in my tub..."

Big blue, blue eyes