First Thanksgiving

Hayden has now had his First Thanksgiving!!! He did pretty well considering how many places we went. We first went to Mamaws. He had a good time there, crawled non-stop!!! He got hot so we took his pants off first, and then his shirt so he ended up spending most of his time at Mamaw's in a diaper (as you can see from the pics). He is really liking the camera a lot now. Smiles NON-STOP when he sees it. But then again, he is a happy boy anyways. He will get to pick out his first Christmas tree this weekend. We will see how that goes!! Hope everyone else had a good Thanksgiving and hope to see you sometime throughout the holidays.

Hayden is crawling!!!

Hayden is 8 months old now!!!! Our little man has made a lot of progress over the past month. He is regularly saying ma ma and da da. Here lately he is waving and occasionally will pair that with a ba-ba. It is really cute. Plus - last week he started crawling!!! It was a bittersweet moment. I am so excited to see him progressing and getting mobile, but then again, that means he is growing up too quickly and I now have more work cut out for me chasing him around!!! : ) He now has 2 teeth on the bottom and the top. His side top teeth have come in first so he has a vampire appearance if you see him smile really big. It is really cute. He is in full-blown momma mode. I am all he wants these days. It is great, sometimes overwhelming, but great!!

I have posted a few pics. We are going to take him to get his Christmas picture made this weekend or sometime next week. I will post the pics once we get them. I am sure there will be several new posts to come soon since we will be so busy with the upcoming holidays!!

Hayden's First Trip to the Zoo

So this past weekend was Hayden's first trip to the Memphis Zoo. I know it probably seems kind of late to be doing his FIRST trip but it was so hot this summer and we thought he was probably still too young. This past weekend was BEAUTIFUL so we decided to go. We made the mistake of not checking to see if anything was going on before we left. Turns out it was City of Memphis Appreciation Day so it was very crowded. Hayden liked all of the commotion but didn't really pay a whole lot of attention to the animals. Why look at a Giraffe that is 100' away when he has 20 people standing next to him that are making all kinds of noise and commotion. : ) Plus, all of the fencing was made of bamboo stalks - which just really amazed Hayden. We would have a huge elephant in front of us and all he wanted to do was play with the fencing (see picture). We finally sparked his interest when we went into the aquarium. It wasn't very crowded in there and he really liked the giant sea turtle. Then to top off the day, we went to the Once Upon A Farm section where he was able to get up close to the animals. That is when he got a little more excited and started reaching for the sheep and pigs. All and all it was a fun day and I know that it will be a great place to visit in the future when he gets a little bit older.

Hayden's First Halloween

HALLOWEEN

Friday was Hayden's first Halloween. It was a pretty cool time. He is now 7 months and 1 week. He was a little red dragon, which goes perfectly with some of the grrrrr noises he makes these days. : ) We had family over and cooked fall food - traditional chilli, hot dogs, cheese dip, etc. It was a great time. I may be a little biased but I think Hayden was the cutest little dragon ever!! He rolled around the cove in his stroller for about an hour but then decided that he had to go to sleep. Dragon's need their rest. It was a great first Halloween.