Just wanted to add a couple of things on here that Hayden said today.....The first you may needed to have been there but this morning Hayden came in our room as Joey and I were still in bed and opened up the blinds. I said, "Hayden does it look like its going to rain?" He responded with, "Probably so." That is a big word (to me) for him to say so to hear him say that was really cute.
The next thing was we were at ChickfilA this evening for dinner. On the kids meals you can give back the toy in exchange for ice cream. So we got the ice cream for Hayden. We had to put a napkin tucked into his shirt and it kept falling and we would fix it. Hayden responded with, "when I become a big brother I will put this (napkin)on the baby. " We responded with that would be a very good big brother. Such a sweet kid!
Katy

Long Time No Talk

Wow has it really been about 2 months since I last posted. Well some of that excuse is we have been doing lots of going and going. In January we had a 3 week vacation. Oh it was soo fun. However by the end of it we were exhausted and ready to sleep in our own home. We thank each of you for being available to see us, feed us, love us, "play" with us.....etc. It was definitely a trip worth remembering. Here are a few pics to recap our trip!!!

Big Texas at SFA campus with Hayden

Uncle Philly

Mason and Hayden....sweet Cousins!

Grandaddy Buck and Hayden

Flor and Chloe with Hayden and me

One thing else I would like to start doing on this blog is posting the fun and cute things Hayden has done or said. I will start off with this story.
This past week Hayden came in after naptime and asked me....get ready for this, "Can we cuddle?" My answer was well of course!!! How do I pass that up. So once we got him, Max, Bear, and Clifford all settled in, I hugged Hayden and gave him a kiss on the back of his head. He then in response turned around to give me a kiss on my cheek. These are the moments I live for. Hayden also today on his "My Day" sheet from Mother's Day Out said he was wonderful and that he has great manners. That tells me we are doing something right; he is doing well at applying what we are teaching him outside the home.
As I am writing this it is about 9:40. We laid Hayden down at 9. He just came out of the room and told us we were being too loud while he was trying to sleep. (shh....I blame it on Joey; he kept talking and walking and doing things; I was just sitting here with the computer)

Katy

My favorite invention right now

One of Hayden's favorite things right now is probably the best gift ever. Hayden today received a book from his great grandpa and great grandma in the mail. The book was called, "Twas the night before Christmas." It is not just an ordinary book. This book is a recordable book soooo when we opened the book to read it Hayden got to hear his GGpa. We also got to hear GGma at the end. This is by far the best gift anyone could send to Hayden. It really means a lot to me that this is something we can always have and when Hayden wants to hear a grandparent, aunt, uncle, etc...we can open a book. Hayden also had received a recordable book from Grandmommy Buck that she read for him for his Birthday. Thank you to whoever invented this. LOVE IT!!!

It started snowing this past Sunday. It snowed so much that afternoon that Dollywood closed down and we didn't have chapel. The snow did not let down through the night. Schools were closed Monday (as well as Hayden's dentist appt canceled) and also today (Tuesday; which means no Mother's Day Out for Hayden and I) and I heard on the radio that schools are already closed for Wednesday. Awanas has also been canceled for Wednesday evening. So it has been a crazy week for us. Nonetheless we are getting to use a new Christmas present we received this week: Netflix. Love it!!!
Enjoy some of our Winter Wonderland pictures!