Our Hayden Boy

Here is some pictures of our

Sweet Hayden boy,
who is almost 4 months old now! Why do they have to get so big so fast? This little guy has brought so much happiness to our home and is so loved. He is sleeping great these days and
I . am . LOVING . it!
Like 7:30pm to 8:00am good.
Can't ask for more than that! He still Hates being in the car, but doesn't scream the ENTIRE ride anymore, just most of it. Hopefully that will continue to get better.

This is Tanner at exactly the same age in the same little outfit! Love this little outfit! And love how they both have the chubby checks and double chin:)Love the red hair!

Gotta love the itty bitty shoes!

Love that smile!

Had to get a side shot of those cheeks. Gravity is really working on them!

These were taken a week or so before he was 3 months

Labor Day Activities

For Labor Day Drew actually had the day off so we decided to head to the beach. This particular beach had a splash pad that the boys loved playing at.

Hayden and I hung out on the side lines in the shade!

We brought the boys bikes down and let them ride up and down the board walk.

Busy holiday weekend + tons of people on roller skates, bikes and walking + the boys on bikes = mom about having a heart attack
I seriously thought for sure one of them was going to hit someone. There were some close calls.

We had to stop for an ice cream break! (And for mom to recover)

After the beach we came home and went swimming at our pool. Tanner has been doing awesome swimming this summer. Had to get a few pictures of him practicing with dad.

And here is our sweet little Hayden! Just smiling away!

Tanner's Face Painting

Since Mason has started school Tanner has REALLY missed him. They got so use to have just each other all summer long, and now Tanners #1 side kick is gone all day. Add that to the fact that we have moved away from all his favorite buddies and it doesn't help the situation. I have been trying to do fun things with him, but he never really sounds interested. This particular day I had to talk him into going to the mall for a fun story time/craft thing. He ended up LOVING it, and what little boy wouldn't when you end up with this cool shark on your face. Yeah this little activity thing at the mall totally rocked. This lady that was doing the face painting (all free) was TOTALLY amazing. She was doing all sorts of cool face paintings, and she did them so fast! Tanners comment was "Mom, Mason is going to be so mad he missed this!" See hanging with mom can be fun buddy!

Visiting Dad

The boys love going down to the hospital and visiting daddy when he is not to busy. They love seeing where he sleeps at night, where he eats in the cafeteria, the clinic area were he sees patients. These boys think their dad is pretty cool.

Doesn't this bed look so comfortable! Tanner sure thought so.

Cousin Pictures

While Bowen and Hallie were here we had to take a few cousin pictures! Oh how we love our cousins!

Mason's First Day of 1st grade

Monday August 22nd, 2011 was Masons first day of 1st grade. He is at a new school from last year so we kind of feel like we are starting all over again, getting use to how they do things here. His first day went great though and he came home saying "That was the BEST first day EVER!" So grateful for that. We almost have the first week down and it looks like we are going to have a great year. We miss Bowen Elementary and Mrs. Pikes, but know that we will love it here too. Heres to a great year in 1st grade! Do I really have a 1st grader?

Tanner so wants to go to school like his brother and had to wear a backpack as well!

Saying goodbye as he enters his new class.
This was the hardest part, but WAY better then last year for me.
This pictures says it all to me... "Okay mom, I'm excited, a little nervous, but not scared. It will be okay, you can go now, but I love you and will see you at the end of the day."

To Cute

{Seriously too cute}
Don't you just want to kiss those cheeks!
Hayden @ 10 weeks
13lbs 1 oz (69%) 23.5 in (57%)

Projects around the house

While my mom and Ashlee were here they helped me with a few projects around the house. First, for my birthday my mom got me new bedding for my room. It was time for a change. I knew I wanted something with the chevron print (Loving that right now) but couldn't find exactly what I wanted so we ended up ordering fabric and making pillows and a runner at the end of the bed. The rest of the bedding is from Target. I also covered the lamp in the chevron fabric. I love how much brighter it makes the room (before the bedding was all very dark). A much welcomed change.

We also added a few more things to the playroom. This art sign. I just made these prints on the computer and had them printed, then framed them in 3 ikea frames.


Then to match the Art Sign we did these clipboards for the boys to hang their art work on. I thought this would also work great to clip up homework and notes from school. I also did these on the computer, had them printed and modge podged them onto the clip boards.

Last, we worked on Hayden's room.ABC Wall

Some digital Art I did

Along with these projects, Ashlee made sure my freeze was filled with freezer meals, and my mom put together the food kits for our 72 hour kits. We stayed pretty busy with all the projects and keeping up with all the kids. Thanks again mom and ash, you're the absolute BEST!