Hayden

Hayden is at such a fun, but hard age. He is doing so many fun, cute things and he discovers new things and says new words all the time. It is a difficult age too because he understands more than he can communicate. He is mobile but can't do as much as he wants to on his own. We joke that he's lucky he's so cute because he can be a stinker! But honestly he's so cute and sweet most of the time and the moments that melt our heart are so precious that we can't help but love him!

Hayden has learned to:
Give Kisses
sign please
dance to any music...tv, movies, radio, toys
says GAGA for any drink
says NIGHT NIGHT ~ "NI NI"
says MORE ~ "MOA"
signs eat
says SPLASH SPLASH SPLASH ~ "Bash bahs Bahs"
copies everything we do...chewing gum (he pretends when he sees us doing it), putting on deoderant, pouring things, computer, putting keys in the door.
gives our dog Teton bones...Teton loves this and because it's so cute I don't really stop Hayden so some days Teton gets a lot of bones.
Hayden can now come down the stairs on his own...as of August 18 (which has been both a blessing and a curse)

says BOOK

says UH-OH

says OUTSIDE

signs bath

throws his food over the side of his tray and laughs when I tell him no or come over and stop him

loves watching elmo & the goo goo dolls on youtube

really likes baby einstein

Hayden got his first tooth right before his first birthday but he has since had three more come in:
Tooth #2 ~ right bottom front tooth...August 3
Tooth #3 ~ upper left molar...August 7
Tooth #4 ~ upper right molar... August 13

He is still not walking completley on his own. He walks in between Josh & me, and he walks really well when we hold one of his hands. Lately he has been taking 6 steps on his own then falling down and picking himself back up and walking 6 or 7 more steps. So he's getting better and I think within a month he'll be doing it all the time.

The other day I was emotional...ya know those pregnancy hormones...and Hayden came over to me and looked at my face seriously and then touched the tears in the corners of my eyes. SO precious!

this boy loves his monkey so his monkey got to sleep in his bed the other night

loves keys

watching elmo & the goo goo dolls

riding his new bike~ he's a little too short for it and hasn't quite figured it out but he love to sit on it and make noises and steer it

playing