Dear Hayden,

You love the park! We go there a lot, and today I actually remembered the camera!

Love you,
Mama

On the Swing!

Elijah on the Swing!

Driving on the Play Equipment!

Slide

Slide

Dear Hayden,

Today while Elijah was here, you wanted to get in the laundry basket. Then it wasn’t enough that you were in it, you had to have Elijah in it with you! I had to steal a picture!

Love you,
Mama

Dear Hayden,

Your dad and you have started a vegetable garden! It is something special that the two of you do together. Today I took some pictures of you as you planted the seeds together.

Love you,
Mama

Dear Hayden,

We are slowly but surely working on your new room! We haven’t painted it yet, but we are getting it decorated with all your purple accessories! I sewed you a bird mobile and we have been collecting various purple treasures so that once we paint it purple, you will be in a purple paradise! You still have a lot of pink stuff from your first room, but it all ties together nicely!

Love you
Mama

Bird Mobile

Purple Hippo from Aunt Lisa and Bow Rack

Mama’s Purse Picture

Growth Chart and Bookshelf

Changing Area

Dear Hayden,

You are becoming quite a talker! You started with “What’s that?” and “Who’s that?” but now you say a bunch of other things, too! Your favorites are Mama, Dad, up, water and keys. It’s amazing how each day you seem to learn a word or two. It’s neat to finally be able to hear a tiny bit about what you are thinking!

Love you,
Mama

Dear Hayden,

By your standards, today was a pretty good day. You got to play with the beverage boxes we got for the party, you ate Hummus for lunch, you played with Elijah and you drew a picture with such passion that you got ink on your shirt. You are growing into a big girl so quickly!

Love you,
Mama

Beverage Boxes

You and Elijah

Inky Shirt

Dear Hayden,

We’ve been busy celebrating Christmas! Last night, we ate enchiladas at Nana and Papa’s and went to church. I had to stay at church for both services because I was in the Christmas skit and Dad brought you home to put you to bed! You got up this morning and opened your presents and played all day! We ate dinner this afternoon and you were exhausted by bed time!

Christmas Eve

Stocking

Stocking

Penguin

Purple Hippo Chair

Hamper from Mom and Dad!

Vacuum Popper

Christmas Purse

Hugging Lucy

Feeding Grandpa from your play groceries!

Christmas Shirt (Nana made it for you!)

Playing with Nana and Papa

Dear Hayden,

We have been doing some holiday things and we are having a lot of fun! We took holiday photos, sent out a Christmas card with a photo tree of you in it, we went to zoo lights and you got to chat with Santa. You had a blast at zoo lights! You made your dad carry you because you couldn’t see everything from your stroller, and you pointed at everything you saw and asked  him “What’s that?” throughout the evening! Santa totally freaked you out. In fact, you couldn’t take your eyes off of him, even for a picture.

Love you,
Mama

Holiday Photo, 2008

Christmas Card, 2008

Zoo Lights

Zoo Lights

Zoo Lights

Staring at Santa

Dear Hayden,

Elizabeth gave you a beret and a bag. You LOVE them!

Love you,
Mama

Dear Hayden,

Tonight we went to the Christmas Celebration at church. There was SNOW! You had a blast playing in it!

Love you,
Mama