Bath time gone askew

So far this Sunday has gone splendid. We now have 11:00 church which means sleeping in, eating breakfast (but not today... Fast Sunday) and Hayden not missing any of his naps. Hayden was not perfect at church today, but I did make it through an entire Relief Society without having to leave the room; success in my book. We then came home, Hayd went directly to sleep and we enjoyed some "How I Met your Mother" time. For dinner, Todd made crepes, and we all enjoyed them. Our bedtime routine usually starts with Todd and I deciding on who cleans up the kitchen or who bathes Hayden. Since crepes make a mess and neither of us had done dishes for the day, I thought bathing Hayden would be the easier of the two. Now this is where things go askew and a little gross so viewer discretion is advised.

We usually take Hayds diaper off and put him directly in the tub, but since he had made a mess in his diaper, for the second time, I took him to his room to clean up the mess. I changed him on the floor so while I was wrapping up the grossness, the little man took off crawling. He headed to the bathroom, which was great. I soon followed him and found him in the bathroom sitting in his man-made pool. Being the responsible parent that I am, I didn't want to put him in the filled tub till I could fully watch him, so I moved his little naked self out of the way and cleaned the pool. Of course he crawled away and as I followed, I was led the way by little brown droppings. I cleaned up some of the droppings but I took the kid, wiped him up again and put him in the tub. I no sooner put him in the tub when I saw little pebbles sinking to the bottom of the tub. You are probably wondering where Todd was in all this, well he was in the kitchen doing dishes and ended up cutting his finger... I was on my own. I had to pull the little pooper out, clean him up and drain the water. Eventually he stopped releasing his bodily fluids and was able to get fully cleaned.

Lessons learned: never trust a naked boy and always pick to do the dishes!

Baby, baby, baby ohhh

This little person who has taken over our lives is sure on the move these days. I'm pretty sure he is never not moving, even when he is asleep he moves. He loves crawling, standing up (a lot), crawling up people and walking while mom and dad hold his little hands. Hayden gets so excited to walk and so does Gus. He claps all the time and is getting better at waving. I'll start to sing "If you're happy and you know it" and he starts clapping like crazy; I think he knows he's cute. His current favorite toys are the window blinds, dad's hanging belts, shoes and Gus's water bowl. Hayden knows he isn't suppose to play with Gus's water bowl, he'll stop and smile at me before making his way to the bowl, but he loves to see if he can beat me to it. I'm now one of those mom's who never gets to listen to a Relief Society lesson. For some odd reason, Hayden will not sleep or even sit still with me, it's a tad obnoxious but only 8 more months till nursery... oh sad:(. Hayden's current favorite food is grapes; him and I ate pretty much a whole bowl by ourselves one afternoon. He is has quite the personality and we love him to pieces. I can't believe we are getting to that year mark. The last 10 months went a lot faster than the 9 months to make him.
We are very excited for the next few months; party central at our house! Anniversary, 1st birthday, my 24 birthday (yes I am turning 24 again), Thanksgiving and CHRISTMAS! Love this time of the year, just need to make it through a few more weeks of melting heat.

Such a cute profile!

Big blue eyes!

We took Hayden to his first baseball game... pardon our tired appearance... the olympics have kept us up late... and whiteness... it's too hot to even attempt the pool... we're sexy and we know it

 Shirt off and food on his face, a big disgrace

Cause we are such awesome parents!

Such a goof

My boys... they kind of like each other

Itty Bitty Baby Boy

Not that this is new news, but Hayden is on the small side. Todd and I, since before Hayden was even here, have over estimated how much our little man weighs. We thought he would be a 8 or maybe a 9 pounder when he was born, but he was 7.9. At every wellness appointment we usually overestimate about a pound. Todd's estimate was 17.8, I thought he was crazy, there is no way he could be that big yet, and I said he was 16.3. They measured him all out and he was 26 and a fourth inches tall and weighs 15.10 pounds. We got the same old questions, "Does he eat well?" "Is he spitting up food?""Is he developmentally on target" and "Does he sleep well?" He eats great, doesn't spit up, is developmentally on target and sleeps wonderfully. Conclusion, he's just a little guy. The doctor jokingly said, "Well 4% of kids are smaller than him, you just have to try and find them, then he'll be the big man on campus." I like out little guy, he wears clothes a lot longer than most babies, but I am hoping he can fit into 9-12 month clothes before the end of the summer (but not looking good since he still wears 3-6). Not much news since the last update, he did have his first experience with snacking on a bug... yippy for firsts!

 Taking pictures of this kid this time around was a big pain!! He just wanted to crawl somewhere else, eat my camera and not smile... he's a little pooper (speaking of poop... I changed four poopy diapers in one day... all hours apart, it was ridiculous... SIR POOPS A LOT).

But we like him!

We are gearing up for the Olympics, literally, and I cannot wait to do nothing else but watch all the games. Next week I have the pleasure of getting my wisdom teeth pulled, SO EXCITED! Todd's way excited to care completely for Hayden, and me, fun time had by all, can't wait. That's it, that's all, there isn't anymore.

4th of July, Arkansas style

Once again, no 4th of July in Idaho Falls, so sad. Poor planning on our part and waiting till I'm 24 to get my wisdom teeth out, made it difficult to make it to Idaho. We were very sad not to be able to see family and friends in Idaho and Utah, but we tried to make the best of the situation. Monday was Walmart's 50th birthday so we went to the Bentonville square for some cake and then went to a free Jermaine Paul concert (winner of The Voice). It was not a very crowed concert; we showed up 30min before it was suppose to start and we were up front. We felt bad for the poor guy but it was not publicized at all he was coming. He was very nice and is a great singer (Hayd's third celebrity). Looking over the crowed I thought, "Man oh man, this place is definitely hickville, Arkansas at it's best here"... Missing teeth, super old ladies in super short shorts, greasy hair, overalls on grown adults, it doesn't get classier than Arkansas.

Anywho... on the third, we headed to a park in Rogers to watch some fireworks. It still amazes me how I can show up to a firework show an hour before it starts and still get a good spot (not in Idaho). They had a bunch of venders set up so we helped ourselves to watermelon and and some funnel cake. We actually were able to park and at a really good spot and just watched the show on top of our car. I thought for sure Hayd would be asleep by the time the show started but he was very wide awake for the whole thing. At first he got scared from all the loud noises but I covered his ears and he just sat so still, mesmerized by the whole thing. It was a pretty good show, having holiday music helped too. So, I wouldn't say I'm a huge stickler to Hayd's routine, others might disagree, but I believe it is good to have a somewhat constant routine, the other night proved why. Hayden didn't get into bed till a little after 10:30 (2 and a half hour difference) and woke up screaming at 5:30am. Todd was able to calm him down but he was wide awake and wouldn't go back to sleep for about an hour and woke up about an hour after that... not cool when I'm used to having him sleep 8-8. He also was not the greatest at naps the following day and was a tad on the cranky side... I like schedules.

On the actually 4th of July, we had Olde Tyme Donuts and sausage for breakfast (gotta balance out the carbs with the protein). Since it was bloody hot outside and really nothing to do in this great state of Arkansas, we decided to brave the movie theater and watch "Brave." Hayden was perfect through the 20min previews but once the show started, man oh man, he just wanted to talk. Todd and I took turns taking him out by the door. Don't judge, but I even let him crawl along the gross movie theater carpet to help keep him quite, it worked, but I did a lot of sanitizing after the show, haha. The show was so good and we look forward to watching it again when Hayden is asleep.

Afterwards we got a picture by my favorite thing in Arkansas, the painted horse. The city uses it as advertisement, I don't know why but it is always painted and changing constantly.

The rest of the day was spent catching up on "Keeping up with the Kardashians," grilling hot dogs and yummy corn, eating way to much ice cream and watching the Macy's firework show on TV:). It was a pretty good day I must say and the best part is Todd took the rest of the week off.

 Our children not cooperating 

Hope you all enjoyed the day! Happy Birthday America!