Vistors

My mom and sister and her two kids, Bowen and Hallie were able to come visit us last week. We had such a great time and it was so fun meeting Little miss Hallie Jane for the first time. She is just the sweetest little thing! Here are some pictures from the fun week we had.Someone in our ward gave us this brand new water pirate ship thing because they didn't have room for it. The boys had a great time with it.Hallie and Hayden. They are three months apart.Of course we had to get in a beach trip.

And don't forget swimming.

And water balloons

We just loved having them here. The boys were in heaven playing all day long with their cousins. We were all spoiled. Of course my mom, Ashlee, and I squeezed in some fun projects for my house. I will do another post with all the fun things we did. Thanks guys for coming and playing with us. Can't wait until you come again!

Haydens Blessing

This last Sunday we were able to bless Hayden.
He was blessed by his daddy 8 . 7. 2011 at exactly 2 months old.
It was such a sweet day.
My mom and sister were here visiting so that made it nice to have some family here for his special day.

I didn't have much luck getting pictures of Hayden in his blessing outfit (which is the same outfit Mason wore). I got a couple before this happened, and it was all over from there!

Sunday morning my mom was making dessert for dinner and Mason decided he needed to make a cake topper for Hayden's blessing cake. He came up with this all on his own, the men in the circle blessing Hayden. So sweet of him. This picture set up was also his idea (Someone hide behind the counter and hold Hayden up by his cake!)
A few group shots before we left for church. It was a little bright outside for little Hayden's eyes, not the best pictures of him.

Our growing Hayden

On Tuesday Hayden will be 8 weeks old! Crazy how fast the weeks have gone. This picture is of him at 6 weeks. At six weeks he weighed 10bs 13oz and was 22 inches long. He is just our sweet growing boy!

Our Place

Here are a few pictures of our place here in Fort Lauderdale...This is our front yard

This is one of my favorite rooms in the house...
The Playroom!Banner from a banner swap I did a year ago!Art Center, a definite must. I still have a few ideas I want to do here.Playroom Rules (again, got the idea on Pinterest and made my own version)I love all the closet space

It has been so nice to have a whole room for all the toys instead of all of it jammed into their bedroom.

The boys have had a lot of fun in here. This is mostly what they have been doing in there...Legos!

They are pretty much obsessed with legos and I am constantly finding them ALL over the house. The last few days have been spent making fun things like this... [The ripped up paper are Tanners version of clouds (came up with that on his own!)]They (we) spend hours and hours making lego creations. (it is quite time consuming when all the legos are mixed together and you have to search through the whole pile to find just the right piece. Its like a needle in a haystack I tell ya, but oddly so exciting when you find it.)

The Boys

Have I mentioned how much Mason and Tanner adore their little brother. Like can't touch him enough, kiss him enough, get in his face enough, hold him enough.. adore him! Seriously I love it, but feel bad for Hayden at times and have to push the boys away so he can breath and have his own space. Mason especially like to get pictures with him. He is always asking if I will take pictures of him and Hayden. "Mom, take one with me holding him like this, now like this, and take one with us because we both have red hair" (he likes to say they are the team red heads:)
Here are a few picture we have taken lately.{Hayden at 5 weeks}

{Hayden at 4 weeks}

{Hayden at 3 weeks}

Aunt Kenzie comes to visit

A couple of weeks ago my little sister came to visit us. We had such a great time and LOVED having her here. It was nice to have the extra help with Hayden and the boys. I thought I was going to die when she left and I was back on my own. Here are a few pictures from when we went to the beach.

Mason is quite the little boogie boarder. Tanner took a spill and wanted nothing to do with it after that.

of course we had to work on some fun projects while she was here. I didn't take many pictures, but did take a few of this project we did. We got the idea off of Pinterest (which I am totally loving right now). Kenzie fell in love with these Toms that someone had recovered with scraps of fabric. She immediately wanted some of her own so we got to work. Here is the finished product...Pretty cute if you like Toms!

Thanks Kenzie for the fun time and all the help!

Baby Hayden

A few pictures of Hayden at 5 days old...

We made it!

Well we made it to Florida!

Thanks to the help of both mine and Drews parents. We seriously couldn't have done it without their help. They helped us pack, load the truck, drive for 2 full days, unload the truck, and unpack and organize all in a weeks time. Whew, I am tired just rethinking it all.

Here is the crew on the way down. The boys did amazing on the drive, especially little Hayden who was only 1 week old. We would stop every couple of hours to feed him and he just snoozed the rest of the time. Mason and Tanner stayed busy with movies and coloring.

Having fun with Grandpa after we got here.
And a quick picture of my boys. This was when we were still in Louisville. I will have more pictures of Hayden coming soon.Leaving Louisville was one of the hardest things. We LOVED it so much and it was home. There are so many things I am going to miss, but most of all I will miss all our friends we made there! We are still trying to get use to things here in Florida. Hopefully we will grow to love it here as much as we loved it in Louisville.