This and That Over the Past Several Weeks

We have had a mish mash of stuff over the past month or so. Nothing too exciting! We headed up to Tulsa for the Forth of July holiday. Hayden does not like do it yourself fireworks in any way. Maybe by next year he will like the real fireworks.

Sporting his red, white, and blue!

Hayden's biggest news is that he is a big boy now and uses the potty. It has been a little over a month with not a single incident. We have even traveled and flown without problem! He is even dry at night and naps, although he has been that way for quite a few months. We decided to wait until summer, when he decided he was ready. We did a sticker chart, with prizes, at first but he quickly didn't need it nor did he care about it! I am very excited to go over six months without any diapers. Now I am jut stocking up on the tiny ones!

Hanging out in some big boy underwear :-p

At the end of July, we flew down to Houston (Hayden's favorite past time is flying...he wishes he could do it everyday!) do go to a close family friend's wedding and just hang out. We spent several days not doing a whole lot, except playing with fun toys and swimming in my parent's pool! Hayden has a great time when all of his "people" are together.

At Mimi and Grandpa's house the toys of choice are the Brio train and this one, Marble Works. He played with both any chance he got, and chased kitties the other times!

Swinging and swimming.

Best Wishes to Jeff and Katie!

Braved the heat for a quick photo!

"My mouth turned blue!!" said Hayden. There was a candy bar at the wedding. The blue Sixlets were a hit with him.

Dancing time!!

In other news...IT IS HOT HERE!!! We're on like day 10 of over 100, and it is supposed to continue until at least the middle part of next week. I'm really wishing for a tropical storm or something to cool us down and water our lawn :-P Some days it is almost too hot to go to the pool, so we stay inside!

Shaving cream painting...also will clean anything. I used this method in my classroom to clean crayon and marker stains off tables and walls!

We keep the coupe in the house for cool driving!!

Baby #2!

Well, we officially announced baby number 2 this week! He or she is expected to arrive in mid-January 2011. Hopefully in a few weeks we will be able to find out the he or she part! So far everything is going well. The baby is growing on track and is generally a few to several days larger than the expected growth, so we'll have to keep an eye on that!!

This time abound the pregnancy has been the almost complete opposite of the one with Hayden. I had not a single symptom with Hayden, and this time I have had most of the "traditional" symptoms. Now that I have reached the second trimester though, they have mostly subsided. Thankfully since school is out we have been able to relax a lot and hang around the house as needed!

7 weeks...hardly anything!

13 weeks...a real person!!

We'll keep you updated on the excitement and what goes on as time gets closer!

Walt Disney World Trip

We had a fantastic time treating Hayden to his first trip to Disney World, and he had a blast! He was the perfect age to really take in all the magic and excitement that Disney has to offer. Everything was new and exciting to him. We did as much as we could with the time that we had. We went to each park and saw the highlights. Unfortunately Florida was having a very rainy and extra hot June, which made things a bit uncomfortable at times. We ended up missing out on a lot of the parades because they were canceled or delayed. We have so many great memories and pictures, though so it was more than worth the trouble!

A misting spray bottle was a must for Hayden!

Playing at Donald's water spraying boat!

Ready for action...Disney toy buses in hand!

Enjoying a cupcake at our character dinner.


Greg's company just opened a ride at Epcot.



M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!!!!

The Rides!!

We did as many rides that Hayden was allowed! There were a couple that had dark spots in them, but that was the only time he was a little unsure :-) The weather as times put a damper on getting more rides added to our list of completed, so some had pictures and some did not! Some of Hayden' favorites were the Nemo ride, the Dinosaurs Twirl, the Race Cars, and the Magic Kingdom Train around the park!

Our first ride...in Animal Kingdom.

Some of the older crowd...

Spinning in the Teacups!

Aladdin's Magic Carpets

Hayden's first driving lesson!


Heading off to and riding his first roller coaster! They are in the middle car without the canopy.

The Characters!!

Someone had a blast getting autographs and pictures with all the Disney characters, and his name is Hayden! He did pretty good with his collection. Luckily there are still plenty of empty pages for his next trip to Disney!!

The Book!

Green Army Man...Toy Story

Lightning and Mater

Handy Manny

More Toy Story

The Classics!

We had dinner with Goofy and Pluto!

Friends from the Hundred Acre Wood!

Nemo and Friends!

Chip and Dale or is it Dale and Chip!!


Marie from the Aristocats...meow!

Clearwater Beach, FL

The first part of our Florida trip was spent in Clearwater, where the water is super clear and the sand is white! It was our second beach excursion of the month, so we were already in the mind set of relaxing! We never left the island area, so it was just a lot of pool, beach, and hanging out time. There is a great little 'downtown' with tons of restaurants, a great playground right on the beach, boardwalks, and lots of areas so you can walk where ever you want to go.

Fantastic water!

Ready for action.

There was lots of building and digging going on!

Relaxing in the warm ocean water :-)

Strolling along the boardwalk in front of our hotel.

They had a cute trolley system that went on a route through the hotels and downtown area. Hayden is a true lover of transportation, so it was a necessity!

Swinging on the beach!!

Sometimes the pool was nicer than the ocean, since it was so hot!

There is nothing like sunset at the beach...