Sorry, Sorry, Sorry

I know, I know, we have been slacking off on the posts, but it has been extremely busy in our household, and it seems the little time Jon and I have to ourselves we want to do nothing but be couch potatoes. Between Jon writing proposals for work and finishing up his training, and me finishing up school, tutoring, and getting up with an either sick or teething baby has been exhausting.

Hayden is a little handful even though I love him with all of my heart. The little guy does not stop until he is ready to hit the sack and go to bed. He hates the car seat with a passion, so long car rides are out of the question, even though we had to go down to Portland for Thanksgiving. He is starting to be a little nicer to the cat and the kids in class, although anything laying on the ground will get trampled because it is in his way of walking. Hayden also started giving kisses, it is the cutest thing, and they really are not that sloppy.

Like I said on Thanksgiving we went down to Portland to be with my step-dad's side of the family. His oldest son asked us over and we accepted because otherwise we would be just by ourselves and would be eating turkey for months to come. Jon finally got to meet the rest of Gary's kids and we got to witness our first holiday with Hayden and a lot of people in the room. Lets just say the poor kid was so stimulated he did not nap all day long and had a rough night at my moms. He didn't want to sleep there, so at 2:00 am Jon and I decided it was time to leave and went home so Hayden could sleep.

We did get all of our Christmas shopping done, which is one less stress off our backs, but we still have Christmas cards, Hayden's birthday invitations (which reminds me if I don't get them out we are going to celebrate his birthday at Chuck E Cheese on December 13 at 1:00 pm), Hayden's one year pictures and family pictures, and decorating for the holidays. As you can see we are pretty busy, but I promise once school is done on the 9th I promise to update pictures and post more often. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving, we miss you all!

Late Trick or Treat Blog

I know I was slacking a little on getting a blog up about trick or treating Friday night. I am going to post pictures and a video too!

It was a lot of fun! The night started out rough when we went to our friends house to go trick or treating with their girls. Hayden was crying in the car and we thought it was going to be a rough night. Turns out he was just hungry and once he got a little food in him we were off trick or treating. The temperature was perfect and it was fogged over which made it the perfect Halloween night. Hayden had his own ride in the wagon, which he loved, and his own little bucket. He was too cute, every time we went to the door he would hold out his bucket and when they put candy in it, he would look in his bucket then look back at the person with a look that said "Is that it?" At one house he got a juice box, which was his favorite treat he had got all night. He played with it for most of the night.

Once we got done trick or treating, the girls laid their candy out to trade the ones they don't like. Bad idea because Hayden wanted their candy. We have a video of him mobbing their candy it is pretty funny. Hayden also had his first own bowl of spaghetti. He was a mess, but he loved it! It was a fun Halloween and defiantly a night to remember!

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.