Dear Hayden,

Today, you turned one! It has been such a fast year, and you give us so many reasons to celebrate! We had some friends of yours (including Grandma and Grandpa) over to celebrate with you!

Love you,
Mama

Your Party Clothes

Birthday Cupcakes

Making a Wish

Opening Gifts

Flying with Grandpa

Watching your Slideshow before bed

Dear Hayden,

Today we had a small celebration for your birthday because Nana and Papa won’t be here on Sunday to celebrate. We had meatloaf for dinner, which you love, then you ate part of a birthday cookie, and then they gave you some awesome presents! They will be on vacation for a couple of weeks, but they’ll be thinking of you on Sunday for sure!

Love you,
Mama

Meatloaf Face

Birthday Cookies

Birthday Cookie

Birthday Cookie Hair Do

Opening Birthday Gifts

Dear Hayden,

This weekend, we took a road trip to California. It was your first road trip! While we were there, I went to a meeting, so Dad took you to the Los Angeles Zoo. It was your first trip to the zoo. You absolutely loved it! He said you pointed at all of the animals and kicked your feet (that’s what you do when you’re excited) all day! We went to visit Grams, too. It was sad to be there without Poppie, but it was good to see Grams and give her a hug and a kiss and spend the day with her. On Sunday, we went to the beach. It was your first trip to the beach, and you loved that, too! As the water came near, you started jumping and screaming; you were so excited!

Love you,
Mama

Dear Hayden,

Today is Grandparent’s Day. Basically, the day you were born, you won the grandparent lottery.

Love you,
Mama

Grandpa

Grandma

Nana and Papa

Dear Hayden,

I can’t believe you’re turning one this month! It’s so exciting and completely unbelievable. It’s been the most amazing year of my life ~ it’s still incredible to me that somehow in the benevolent arrangement of things, I get to be your mom.

Love you,

Mama

Dear Hayden,

Today you got to play with your friend Alex. You were having such a good time that I decided I had to take pictures!

Love,
Mama

Hanging Out

Sticking Cheerios in the table crack and watching them hit the ground!

Playing with the ball popper

Dear Hayden,

Today you are 11 months old! You are standing up on your own, imitating the sounds of the words we say, and eating a lot of different foods! Your favorites are eggs, bananas and sumac chicken. Next month we will celebrate your first birthday!

Love you,
Mama

Dear Hayden,

You have such a sweet face!

Love you,
Mama

Dear Hayden,

We had some fun today in the costume aisle at the party store!

Love,
Mama

Dear Hayden,

You play a lot these days. It’s fun to watch you discover how things work!

Love you,
Mama