Lucky Spunky Puppy! (That’s the little stuffed dog’s name; it says so on its tag.)
Thanks to my Aunt Janet & Uncle Paul for sending us Hayden’s “lovey.” It’s perfect. It’s a tiny little blue velour puppy. It has a rattle in its belly. Hayden loves it, as you can see here.
Hayden has learned a new trick. I set him up in his carseat by the kitchen. Just look what my wiggly-squiggly worm did.
Free at last!
Hayden’s working on learning to sit up (he’s getting there!). But it looks like he’s working harder on learning to crawl:
and for a leg close-up:
He seems to want to crawl so badly!
Having a rough day? Well, even if you’re not, this is sure to make your day better in just seven seconds.
Today was the long-awaited day: Hayden’s first trip to the pool. We went with my sister-in-law Stacy, niece Skye, and friends Lindsey (Mama) and Sadie (Baby).
Daddy helped to get Hayden’s sunscreen on. I got Hayden these sunglasses today. He’s okay about them, but I’m not sure we’ll keep them.
I also got the swimmin’ suit/swim diaper today as well as the crab bath toy/washcloth beside him. Hayden wasn’t very interested in the crab, but Sadie loved it.
Us in the pool about 10 seconds before I took his sunglasses off.
He wasn’t overly thrilled with the pool—even a little upset and scared at the beginning. It took him a long time to feel comfortable in the water. He was pretty tired, but I think it went okay. He really liked his nice warm bath that night, though. Maybe I should bring his baby tub with us to the pool next time.
Hayden couldn’t keep his hands off Aunt Jaime’s face when she came over last week.
This week, she came over to show off this:
Last week I mentioned that they’re getting serious and now she’s officially engaged (or, as Dad likes to say it, en-gagged). He popped the question on Saturday while they were down in California for her to meet his parents. They sound like nice people.
Possibly the weirdest part? Jaime and her now-fiancé, Russel, dated the exact same amount of time that Ryan and I did before getting engaged. To the day.
The first question (after “Can I see the ring?”) is always “Do you have a date?” They’re getting married on November 18th. It’s a good choice for Jaime since she can take a longer vacation from work for her honeymoon with Thanksgiving, but traveling at that time is going to make our ticket prices higher (though hopefully not as high as at Christmas).
My mom had her heart set on having Baby’s First Christmas out there, but we can’t afford to fly out twice in two months. We were also planning on spending Thanksgiving with Ryan’s parents, especially since we could introduce Hayden to Ryan’s grandparents (they’re 89!) en route. I guess we’ll just have to switch the order of our trips.
Sigh. And I did so like our former plans.