Ohio Vacation - It's a long one :)

We were in Ohio for a week and had a great time! When we landed we got to spend some time with my college friends. None of them had met Hayden and we had never met Sid's daughter Reese. This is a picture of Heather and Tenille with Tenille's youngest Parker. Last time I saw her, she was 6 weeks old!!!
Sid, the back of Reese's head, Brace (Tenille's oldest), and Nikki

Brace taught Kevin a cheer dance and they performed it for us. By the way, Josh and Nick were there too, but I didn't take any pictures of the husbands :( They were too busy cooking us food!

Here we are!!! What pretty young ladies we have.

We then drove to Kevin's parents and Hayden had a great time with Grandma Jo and Papap! She loved the high chair that Grandma Jo scored for her.

On Sunday, Clay, Lisa, Mitch, Will and Grace came down. Here is Grace with Hayden and I.

Clay and Kevin

We then went to hear Papap sing in a church. Will got to hold "sleeping Hayden"

Outside the church, Will, Grace, and Mitch posing with Hayden

Grandma Jo gave Hayden a deck of playing cards to play with and we had a blast sticking them to our foreheads

Kevin and I went out to hang with friends. When we got home, we found Hayden like this. Grandma Jo and Papap really tuckered Hayden out :)

Grandma Jo saved a snowball for Hayden to play with. She had kept it in the freezer for all these months. Hayden thought it was awesome!

Oooh, that is COLD!

Rylee (aka Little Frank) is sooo stinkin cute!

Yeah Noah, I'm keeping my eye on you.....

We spent an evening with Jessica. She has Noah and Rylee. Two really keep you busy, right Jessica? :)

Sitting on Grandma Jo's lap

Chillin’ with Papap

Kevin, Hayden, Papap, and Grandma Jo

We spent a night with Clay, Lisa, Mitch, Will, and Grace. Hayden loved being held by Aunt Lisa!

Getting ready to go see Grace dance The Wizard of Oz

Awesome action shot!!!!

How many cousins does it take to give Hayden a bath? ALL OF THEM!!!

We hated to say goodbye, but Will, Grace, and Mitch had to go to school! Hayden misses you!!!!

Then we made it to Kalida and Hayden got to hang out with her other cousins. Here is Allie, Hayden, and Carli

Don't forget Mr. Grady!!! Hayden and Grady really bonded over their love of Barney :)

Ahhh, How cute are we?

Allie took Hayden for a spin in her Power Wheels!

We also got to see Carli graduate from PreSchool. Not sure which one she is? Look for the giant, scary smile!

Hayden got to play dress up with Carli and Allie

On Saturday, my friend (Jill) got married. I was their Minister (yes, I am ordained....did it all online.....very intense :). Here is me with the Father-Of-The-Bride.

The wedding was gorgeous. That is a picture of the podium that I stood behind.

Aunt Linda and I

It was a beautiful day for an outdoor wedding

Here I am! Look how Professional I look :)

The happy couple (Jill and Jeremy)

The reception was a great time!! Here is a typical Jill picture :)

Here is a typical Denise picture. Just kidding! HaHaHa!!!!

The Happy Couple at the end of the night! It was an awesome wedding, an awesome night, and an AWESOME VACATION!!! We miss you all already!!!!

No Blog This Week!

Hello fellow Hayden followers:

There will be no blog this week because we are headed to Ohio to see everyone!! We will be in Ohio from Sat. May 15th and returning late on Sunday, May 23rd. So the next blog will probably be up on Wed. May 26th. Expect a long one!!!!

Happy Mother's Day!!!

What a great weekend we had! On Saturday we went over to Mandy and Michael's for a cookout. It was a gorgeous day and Hayden had so much fun playing with Billie in their back yard!
Say Hi!

Who stole mommy's chair? Oh, that's right.....HAYDEN!

Hayden with her favorite person...Uncle Michael!

Auntie Sally came over with her new puppy Lucy! She is a multipoo. Hayden couldn't get over how adorable she was!

She LOVED playing with Lucy

Does Michael have a twin? A successful Professional Basketball player twin?

On Sunday we went over to Dan and Lynn's for Mother's Day brunch. We ate a ton of food and had a great time. Hayden crashed in the car on the way home.

I had an AMAZING Mother's Day. Kevin and Hayden made me feel sooo special. Hayden had a special present for me from Gail (our daycare provider). Gail had made me a scrapbook of Hayden throughout the last year. It certainly made me cry! I had never seen any of these pictures because they were taken at daycare. Hayden is sooo lucky to have Gail has her daycare provider. She is soooo amazing!!!

Kevin wasn't sure how he would top the scrapbook that Hayden and Gail gave me, but he did pretty well. He got me a massage!!!!!! I am soo excited! I also got flowers, and Karla got me flowers, and plenty of cards. I didn't think Kevin could top the mother's day from last year, but he certainly did. I feel like I won "Mother of the Year!" As I type this, he is making me a surprise dinner :) How did I get so lucky to have such an amazing family? I am truly, truly blessed!

Whoa!

Silly girl!

I got a ton of kisses on Mother's Day from Hayden

Yeah!!!!

Mandy's Shower

This weekend was Mandy's wedding shower and it was a great time!
Here is Mandy with her mom and soon to be mother-in-law

On Sunday we went to the Padres game with Kevin's work. Hayden was excited to see Hayden

Look at how cute they are! Hayden had fun with Cindy at the game.

So Hayden has started to notice Kevin's shoes laying around and has started to climb into them. So cute!

Week of Firsts

On Sunday Kevin cleaned out the shed and did some work on the plants. Hayden likes helping her daddy
This week we started "attempting" to brush Hayden's teeth. The biggest problem is she wants to hold the brush and doesn't want any help. But she would rather bang the toothbrush on the bathroom mirror than put it in her mouth. But we are making slow progress.....

Apparently not a fan of the flavor!

Nothing was getting passed those lips!

Ahhhh SUCCESS!

On Friday we had dinner with RJ and Wendi. Hayden got a nice nap on the way up.

On Saturday we took Hayden to get her first "Professional" haircut. She did really well sitting in the "big girl" chair.

Chop Chop

Look at that serious face

Hayden now has even hair in the back

Hayden's stylist gave her a sucker when it was all done. She LOVED that!

On Saturday we went to a street fair. Hayden liked wearing Yogi's hat.

There were bands playing in the street and Hayden was a dancing fool! She had everyone in the beer tent laughing and pointing! But she got tuckered out eventually.

Hayden has really gotten into hugging and kissing people. She even hugged a sales associate's leg at Macy's on Sunday. Here is a video of her giving her mommy a kiss

Mandy's Bachelorette Party

This Saturday I attended Mandy's Bachelorette party. She is getting married on May 29th. We decided it would be fun to go wear gaudy bridesmaid/prom dresses and go to Temecula to go wine tasting. Mandy's brother (Gary - in the Afro) was nice enough to be our designated driver. We had a great time! Mandy is on the left, Gary, then Linda (Mandy's mom), and Gina (Mandy's sister)
Me with the blushing bride!

Here we all our before heading out to Temecula. Aren't we sexy ladies? :) Obviously only the PG pictures made this blog :)

Hayden got a fat lip at daycare this week. I was attempting to take a picture of it, but was unsuccessful

But you do get to see all of her teeth!

On Sunday we went out for breakfast. I guess Hayden didn't like hers :)

After breakfast we walked to the beach to let Hayden walk in the sand.....

She wanted no part of it! She is only smiling here because I picked her up. The second her feet touched the sand she started crying. Well we have all summer to get her used to the sand

Sunday afternoon we went to Balboa Park for Earth Day Festival

Hayden is staring to learn how to eat off of a plate. She has been using the one that Grandma Jo and Papap sent out that used to be Kevin's. I also try to zoom in on her fat lip :)

Short Blog

We had a nice weekend. On Friday, Kevin went golfing and Hay and I went on a walk with Loli. On Saturday I went shopping with the girls so Hayden and Kevin had a day together (I think they watched a lot of the Simpsons). On Sunday, we went to an engagement party. It was a low key weekend and I didn't take a lot of pictures.
Hayden loves to cuddle with her Daddy

If you sit on the floor, Hayden will come and sit on your lap. It is her new favorite thing to do!

Here she is eating a cell phone