Hayden, who is your favorite???

Little bit of babbling for your enjoyment!! In this clip, Hayden tells us who his favorite person is...

Scrapbooking

This weekend Jon and I pondered a great idea. Making custom scrapbooks for people, since I have become completely obsessed with scraping. So I am going to try it out and see if this is what I want to do in my spare time. So if anyone knows of people that would like a custom scrapbook made send them my way. Also I am doing a few scrapbooks for people just to get my name out. We researched it online and there are not a whole lot of people that do custom scrapbooks and if they do they charge outrageous amounts. Right now Jon and I are thinking of a name so we can get a web page going and business cards, if anyone has any ideas let us know. So far we have Captured Memories, Memories Transformed, and Memories in the Making.

Now to move on to the important subject Hayden. Jon and I think he is teething again. He woke up screaming last night which was unusual for him. We figured it might be his teeth because he has been fussy lately and has had a lot of poopy diapers (which usually happens when a tooth is about to come in). Today he went to the sitters because I had my first day at my internship. It was fun, I am working with adults ranging from 20 to about 65 working towards their GED or just taking basic adult education due to their job demand. I will be working with some of the people in small groups one day a week to help them with math. I get to plan my own lessons and use my own props I am very excited! However, that excitement can only go so far. Jon left this morning for Portland for the whole week. I am a little sad and when Hayden goes to bed early a little lonely. We are hoping he doesn't have to do this a lot. So if any one is bored and would like to chat I am open for anything. Other than that I am just scraping!

Did you hear about that new pirate movie? I heard it was rated ARRRRR!!!!

Well another busy weekend...Friday night after work I went golfing with my boss at his country club. It was an amazing course, but we only had time to play 9 holes. Afterwards we headed back to his house for some cocktails, where Amanda and Hayden were already. It was a blast.

Saturday morning we were excited to go to the beach because we thought there was a sand castle building contest...turns out that is next weekend; glad I can read a calendar!! :)

Instead we went to Westport, they have a little pirate festival every year so we decided to check it out. It was actually kind of neat; saw a seal swim 2 feet from where we were on the pier; two huge pirate ships...and A LOT of people dressed as pirates. To be honest that was kind of weird...especially since they all acted in character...well at least I think they were just acting...hopefully. We got home pretty late, rented the "Bucket List" (which was really good, but made Amanda cry) and headed to bed.

Tomorrow I head back to Portland for the week, by myself this time. Not really looking forward to that, I'm going to miss them both since Amanda has her internship starting this week.

Next weekend we are going to head to the beach for the sandcastle contest. Hope everyone has a great week!!!

Busy week

Since Father's Day we all have been pretty busy. We were in Portland for half the week. Hayden and I hung out at the hotel most of the time. Monday my mom came by and we went shopping. I got a bathing suit that actually fits so I won't feel left out during vacation. We bought the new carrier which Jon already posted on and Hayden got to ride in a very large firetruck stroller at the mall. Tuesday Hayden spent most of the day sleeping while I worked on my scrapbooks. He probably slept for a good 5 and 1/2 hours during the day. Tuesday night we went to Multnomah Falls to hike and try out the new carrier. It was beautiful. We got some great pictures on our mile hike up the falls. Wednesday we had to check out of the hotel so Hayden and I went shopping while Jon was at work. I strapped him into the carrier and we went to about 20 different stores (Best Buy and Ikea were the top priorities though), but we refrained from buying anything. Probably because I didn't want to carry anything else while I had Hayden on my back.

Finally back at home we can relax. It was a little difficult in the hotel sleeping wise because Hayden got too cold with the air on. We ended up moving his play yard over by the door, which worked - we should have done that the first night. Thursday was Jon's boss's anniversary so we babysat for them. Lizzy and Morgan love Hayden so we had a good time. First we started off at the swimming pool. Hayden loves the water! We put him in his little floater and he just kicked and kicked. But we were only in for about 15 minutes, his diaper completely filled up and he hated it. So needless to say I had a naked little boy on my hands that I was hoping wasn't going to pee on me through the towels I had him wrapped in (Lets just say I bought little swimmers today so we could go to the pool more before vacation). Later that night we went to Chuck E Cheese. We had a good time and were there for about 3 hours. Just in time to get home and get Mr. Crabby Hayden to bed. Good news is he slept very well. Waking up twice and then sleeping until 8:30 this morning!

I almost forgot. Hayden weighs 19.4 lbs now! Isn't that crazy, he is almost too big for his car seat. It is amazing how fast he has grown. Also with him turning 6 months this week today I took his 6 month pictures. They are adorable and I will upload them and all of our other pictures we took this week today. As soon as I find the camera cord. Well we miss everyone and can't wait - 1 month to go!

Fathers Day

Hello everyone, hope you all had a great fathers day!! Mine was great; went to church in the morning, grilled some burgers for lunch and then went to the Portland Zoo with Amanda, Hayden and Grandma Melissa. It was a beautiful zoo, but kind of disappointing in the fact that there were a lot of exhibits closed. Oh well, it was 75 and sunny and felt great to just be outside. Amanda even got a little sunburn.


Since we are in Oregon till Wednesday, we decided to take advantage of no sales tax and upgrade Hayden's carrier. Up until now we had been using a Jeep infant carrier where he sits in the sling in front of us. But because he is such a porky little guy, our backs are taking the brunt of his chubbiness and have been wearing down quickly. We figured is time to go with a carrier where we can carry him like a backpack. Plus, we are planning on doing a good amount of hiking with him in the coming years we wanted one that would last more than 6 months. This one holds up to 50 pounds so hopefully that will at least get us 2 years... hopefully.

We got the Kelty FC 3.0 because it has a shade, plenty of storage, and is REALLY comfortable to wear. It is like he weighs 6 pounds again when you are carrying him. It's amazing!! (See picture above)....it even has a little kick stand for when we want to put him down on the ground. Seems like it will work perfect for what we need.

Well, that is all for now. Hope everyone had a great fathers day. Also hope that everyone in Wisconsin is staying dry and didn't have too much water in their basements. Love you all and have a great week!!

Back to normal

Well everything is finally back to normal with Hayden. He was going through a growth spurt. Last night Jon and I finally got some sleep. Hayden only woke up twice 12:30 and 4 then not until we got up. Finally we actually got some sleep. He is now eating less too, only going through 2 containers of food instead of 3.

I weighed him too thinking that he was a little heavier. Anyone want to guess? Well his weight is 18.5 pounds. Yup he went from 17.2 pounds last week to eighteen and a half. Goodness! He tends to surprise me each day.

Well this weekend we are heading to my moms. Saturday I am doing make-over stuff with my mom and sister. Not a clue what Jon and Hayden will be doing at that time. Then Saturday night Jon and I are going to go out for Father's Day to a movie or dinner, but we haven't decided yet. My sister really wants to watch the baby. But she may have to fight my mom for that privilege.

This coming week we will be in Portland most of the week. Jon's company wants him to train a new referral manager. Go figure he isn't even a regional in sales and marketing and yet they want him to train this new person. I think the company thinks pretty highly of him. I just can't wait until we know where we will be at with this company so we can finally settle down.

Anyway, if we don't get a chance on Father's Day to wish everyone a Happy Father's Day - Happy Father's Day to all of the dads out there. Miss everyone and vacation is only a month and two weeks away!

Another Growth Spurt?

Jon and I are so confused right now. We are not sure how much to feed Hayden anymore. I am afraid I will over feed him and give him a belly ache, but when it comes down to it I want my sleep more. We have been feeding Hayden 3 times a day. A total of 2 and a half tubs of solids. Morning is usually the sweets (fruit) mixed with oatmeal or rice cereal, then we do a little of both fruit and veggies for lunch and then usually veggies at dinner. Sometimes we mix up the sequence first giving veggies in morning and doing fruit and oatmeal at night. I thought this would be enough food. Last night I didn't want to feed him too much so I stop feeding him after a full container plus a little extra. He still woke up ever 2 hours to breastfeed last night. I don't know what to do. We are not sure if he is going through a growth spurt or teething. Needless to say both Jon and I are a little tired today. I could really use some wise input or tricks of the trade.

Don't Worry We are Still Alive

I know it has been a couple of weeks since we have last blogged. Well, lets just say we all have been super busy. After coming home from Wisconsin it has been a non-stop week. I have been extremely busy with school (my last final is tonight) and interview for an internship this summer (which I got). The internship is helping adults and kids in the head-start program get their GED. I get class credit which transfers to any Washington college and the work experience. I am very excited to see how it works out. I will teach Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 to 12, which are great hours and I am not away from Hayden that long. Jon has been doing his usual working like crazy to finish his training. He is a third of the way done, and he just looked at the Wisconsin requirements after of course passing the board tests. He only has to have a year experience which is much better than 2 years.

Hayden well he has not been his normal self. It took him a good week to get back in the swing of things. Since he wasn't use to taking a nap in his swing Jon and I have been trying the crib for naps. It works only problem is they are cut short because Hayden rolls on his tummy head first into the mattress and wakes himself up. He has been doing that at night as well, which sometimes is a little annoying because I don't get much sleep then, but lately it has been getting better. He has been eating a lot more solids. If he doesn't get enough to eat he is crabby too. I think his teeth are bothering him as well, because lately his moods aren't the greatest. Now that I think about it, it could be an accumulation of everything going on these past weeks.

We are all ready for summer, the nice weather, longer daylight, and of course vacation! Jon and I did some shopping Saturday for ourselves for summer clothes, wait we did shop for Hayden too (it is hard not to get him some cute outfits when we find such great deals). Jon got some more "daddy" t-shirts to wear during the summer, I got some nicer clothes that I can wear for my internship, and Hayden, well he got two outfits a a 3 piece nice outfit we will use for pictures and special occasions, and then just a cute short outfit.

Sorry we haven't updated the pictures lately either. I will do that later this afternoon during Hayden's second nap. I have to study for my final tonight. Other than being busy we are all doing fine, but we are getting a little too excited to be up north in July. We all can't wait to relax, and get Hayden in the water!