Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone! Hayden is now 10 months old and is exploring new and exciting things. Jon already posted his walking performance, but he have a few more videos I will post today as well as a ton of new pictures. Tonight we are going trick-or-treating and Hayden is going to be a Monkey. He will be trick-or-treating with a Banana and a Pirate! Don't worry I will post more pictures this weekend.

I will start with new updates from last week. Hayden started clapping which is exciting because he likes to clap for daddy when he does good playing tennis on the wii. Also any time he is proud of himself he claps for himself it is super cute. Plus we have a video of it! We also went to the pumpkin farm to pick out pumpkins. Hayden wasn't walking yet so he was in the carrier, plus it was too dark to get some good pictures.

Carving pumpkins with Hayden was fun, he loved the guts. They even tasted good to him because he kept diving in, then putting in his mouth, and of course mommy and daddy had to stay on our toys so he didn't sallow a seed or too much pumpkin guts. I have pictures and a video post that will go up today.

Finally yesterday we had our play class, and all of the parents dressed up the little guys. I have pictures of that too. So enjoy the new videos and pictures and have a great Halloween and a good weekend!

Walking

We got a couple "walks" on camera tonight. Check out the video bar...more to come tomorrow!

Good Week

Well it was a good week in the Ollmann household. Hayden is feeling so much better and sleeping very well considering his nasty cold last week. His black eye is hardly noticeable anymore and he is progressing with his walking although only when no one is video taping of paying attention(at least when he thinks we aren't). He has learned to stand on his own without pulling up or getting help. He still won't walk while we are holding his hands, I think he wants to do it all on his own. He is a little independent, which stinks because he only wants his crib and won't fall asleep in my arms anymore. Yes it is kind of sad, I miss the little Hayden that cuddled. He is playing better in his crib which is nice because it gives Jon and I an extra hour or so in the morning to have to ourselves.

Yesterday, we had our normal class together on Thursday (we missed last Thursday because of his cold). I found out a lot of moms and their kids missed last Thursday as well. I as learned that Hayden is biting because he is teething which is perfectly normal for him to bite my shoulder, fingers, toes, and anything else he can get his mouth on. His ears are still bothering him from the pressure of being congested so he has been sucking on his nuk a lot lately, and yesterday at the class a little boy stole it from him. Well, I hate to say my kid is going to be a bully, but Hayden bit his nose. Yes the kid cried and I thought the mom was going to hate us, but she just laughed and said he will think twice about taking it next time.

Sorry we have been so lax on the pictures. I am putting some new ones up on fickr once I am done, also I will post a new video of Hayden waving. Hope everyone had a good week and hope the weekend treats you good. Bye for now, I will try and post every Friday!

Sick

First of all, I have to say I did not know so much snot could come out of a baby. So, our little man got his first cold this weekend. He was very congested and had a rough couple of nights, but still managed to smile most of the time. It seems like Hayden is starting to feel a little bit better anyway. Needless to say we didn't do very much this weekend. Amanda and I got away on Saturday since Grandma Melissa came to visit. We headed about an hour and a half north through the Cascade Mountains to Port Townsend, WA. It was a quaint little town with a historical motif. We ate lunch at a restaurant that was built in 1885, it was surprisingly good. After we spend a couple hours wandering around the town we took a ferry to Seattle and finished the day in Auburn.

Like I said, besides getting away on Saturday it was a pretty quiet week. Oh we did find out that Grandma Ollmann is going to fly out in November for 4 days, so Hayden was pretty excited about that. I'm sure she will get a big wet kiss from him. (He is getting good at those.) Sometimes he gets a little confused and bites, so just look out. Well, hope everyone has a great week and is starting to get ready for Halloween!!

(I also posted a video of Hayden blowing raspberries) Enjoy!!

Baby Steps

Caught a couple steps tonight while we were talking to grandma and grandpa...check out the video bar to see it.

Taking Steps

I know it has been a few weeks since our last post. For that we apologize, the only time we get to ourselves now days is during nap time and in the evening after my class is over at 8:00. Jon is getting close to finishing his AIT, only one more month of hours the comes the board tests. I have three classes lined up this semester, one is another baby/parent class that I am taking again with Hayden.

In the class are 14 babies, most of them are around Hayden's age, so it is good he has a few playmates. There are actually more boys in this class then the last. I have only been to the class once, we have it today at 12:30, but it was fun to watch all of the babies crawling around playing with each other.

I do have some bad news, Hayden is growing up too fast. He has been taking a few steps, the max has been two, but still I think it is too soon. I miss my little cuddle buddy. The nights have been getting better, but ever so often he wakes up at 2:00 am and won't got back down until 3:30 or so. Yes this happened last night, and I am not sure if it is because he is getting a few more teeth, or why it only happens every 5 days.

Anyway, things are good here. Still trying to keep Hayden out of things, he is a handful when he wants to be. He sure knows how to test his boundaries. You should see the little smirk he gets when he knows he is into something he shouldn't be. It is vary similar to Jon's "I didn't do it" or "I don't know what you are talking about" look. You all know what I mean. Well, we miss you all and hopefully we can make it back to Wisconsin before the year is up.