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Opening up new possibilities

We’ll be keeping the back door deadbolted from now on.

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

We got our St. Patrick’s Day package just in time:



And here you go, Jasmine. Hayden breaks it down, just for you. (Taken with our still camera.)

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Hayden, Contrarian

Hayden learned a new game while we were in NC:

He’s becoming quite the contrarian. The other day, I took something from him that he’d been chewing on. I told him that I knew it felt neat on his teeth. He quite distinctly said, “Two.” (Or “To,” or “Too.” Whatever.) I had to tell him that he really had four teeth now.

He’s a pretty determined guy. When he’s set his mind to something, whether it’s standing up in the tub or playing with the computer cords, keyboard and diskettes, or rifling through our important papers, it takes quite a bit of distraction to get him away from his goal.

Luckily, I’m pretty determined, too. Sometimes, at least.

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En garde!

Hayden and his Paw Paw (great grandpa) got into it on Thanksgiving. Who will win?

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Growin’ boy

Okay, okay, I know no one cared about what I did over my Thanksgiving vacation. You’re still waiting with bated breath to see what Hayden’s been up to. How was he on the plane? Any milestones in NC? Is he walking yet?

The flight was great. In fact, we just let Hayden fly by himself. Look:

Okay, so really the flight out was a bit rough but the flight back was pretty darn good.

Other things in Hayden’s life:

  • All he wants for Christmas: Two new teeth this last week. His top teeth are HUGE. Relatively speaking, I guess.
  • A budding love of music: discovered the piano at my parents’. I swear he got to play it more often than I did. My mom gave him a baby piano for our Christmas. It’s among his favorite toys now. Jasmine gave him a Leap Frog drum. He’s begun to understand that one better in the last few days.
  • Not quite ready to walk, though.

By the way, the above video was courtesy of my parents’ new digital camera. It’s the first digital ‘talkie’ that stars Hayden. Many more to come (hopefully). Another excellent Christmas gift from my parents: a mini DV camcorder. Just gotta get my hands on a firewire cable.

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I’m a fan

Hayden really thinks this fan is “cool.” Just getting it near him is enough to make him smile! He’s a fan of . . . the fan.
He looks a bit sad here. Possibly because he’d broken the law. See the “I voted” sticker on his hand? Does he look 18 to you? I’m a fan of voting.
Hayden is a fan of himself lately. He’s discovering all the neat things he can do. For example, he can cross his fingers:

Stick out his tongue:

Stand up, sit down:

Fight, fight, fight!

I guess he’s a fan, too. Just not of the applesauce.