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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Hayden's 1st Easter pt 2

Day 2 of our Easter vacation started out with Mommy missing out on Hayden climbing up his first step!! That's what I get for going to take a shower! I was so bummed. :( But the day did get better. Uncle Greg fixed us a great big breakfast and Hayden got to try Mango for the first time. I really think he liked it. :)
Of course after breakfast we had to try to get Hayden to climb up the step again. Uncle Greg was so funny. Hayden thought he was pretty funny too. LOL

Uncle Greg was trying so hard to get Hayden to climb up that step. LOL

We all thought he was going to do it!!

Uncle Greg even binder down for Hayden to "step-up" on. LOL

Here he goes letting go of the wall...

He is trying so hard to stand on his own!

While Aunt Myrtle was at a Girl Scout's function at the Humane Society Uncle Greg, Daniel, Aunt Sandy, my cousin Bobby, Hayden, and I went to a Historical Farm called Slate Run. It was so cool!!

Brand new lambs

Little lambie!

So cute!

AW!! Such a cute little lamb

Sitting in an old time rocker

Hayden playing a piano

The first time Hayden has ever pet a horse

I think Hayden loves the horses

Baby piggies!

Love this family picture!! <3

Uncle Greg trying out the stilts

Look!! He's walking!!

After we went to the farm we went down the road a little ways and took Hayden for his first swing ride!! :D He had so much fun! He wasn't really sure what to think at first but it didn't take him long to warm up to it and start laughing and smiling. :)

Not sure really sure what to think

Warming up to the swings

I think he likes it.

Wait... I think he LOVES the swing!!

When we got to the house we tried Hayden out on some new Sweet Potato Puffs. I don't think he liked them very much. What do you think??

First try

Second try. He looks a little leery

LOL

I think these are going to take some getting used to. LOL

Later that evening Aunt Myrtle and Uncle Greg went to church to watch Jeremy and Elise (my cousin and his daughter) get baptized. Daniel and I took Hayden down to a park and let him swing some more. I think he really liked it. :)

Love that smile!!

My two guys. <3

When we got back home I had some ice cream and Hayden was playing quietly behind Daniel until he saw what I had and then he climbed over Daniel to get to my bowl. Of course I shared tiny little bites with him. He was sad when it was all gone. He cried. LOL After Aunt Myrtle and Uncle Greg got home we of course tried to get Hayden to climb up the step again but this time Uncle Greg bribed Hayden to climb up with his guitar.

He thought Uncle Greg was funny

Attempt #1

Attempt #2

Attempt #3

Legs Are Up

Will he make it??

All the way up!!

HURRAY HADDY!!

Crawling towards the guitar to fill the night with music!

Hayden is helping Aunt Myrtle read her recipe

We ended the night with getting ready for Easter the next day. :) Uncle Greg sang to us and Aunt Myrtle prepped the ham. Uncle Greg sang a song he wrote for Aunt Myrtle while he was deployed in the Navy many, many years ago and it was so great to see Aunt Myrtle's eyes light up and to see Uncle Greg smile from ear to ear. After all these years they are still so in love. :D <3

Hayden's 1st Easter pt 1

WOW!! What an eventful weekend!! :D It was just the trip the Meyer family needed. We went to go visit my mom's side of the family in Columbus, Ohio for the weekend so Hayden could meet his extended family. It's really funny because when we first started planning this trip I just told Daniel to pick a weekend in April and take it off. I didn't care which weekend it was. So he took one weekend off and told me which one it was and I arranged my schedule to have the Sunday off. About 3 weeks later I found out it was Easter weekend. How perfect was that?? :D So Hayden got to spend his first Easter with family. :)

We left LATE Thursday, almost Friday. And got to my Aunt's and Uncle's house on Friday. We stayed at a hotel so we could split our trip into two because we simply couldn't make it all in one trip. We were just too tired. We got a king bed. And we all loved it. Even Hayden. The little stinker slept all night and I even had to wake him up at 1000 when he is normally awake at 0700.

That little stinker had the whole bed to himself. Do you think he enjoyed it??

Someone woke up in a happy mood. :D

Mommy giving Haddy kisses. I love the look on his face. :) LOL


Our handsome fella!!

We stopped for lunch at White Castle. The same White Castle we stop at every time we go to SC. Of course Hayden thought he was a big boy and wanted to sit in a seat all by himself. lol

He did great!! Not one wobble! :)

We got lost going through Indianapolis (anyone who travels with me knows that when I travel I always get lost!) but the plus side is we got to see the Motor Speedway!! :D How cool is that??

Hayden did GREAT in the car!! He slept most of way but played really great the time he didn't sleep. We ended up making it to my Aunt's a little after 3pm EST and poor Hayden had fallen back to sleep not 20 min before we got there. He woke up as we were walking inside and I think he got a little overwhelmed by all of the attention because down came the big crocodile tears! Especially when Aunt Myrtle came near him. LOL But he quickly warmed up to her after she brought out some toys. :)

Hayden LOVED Uncle Greg when he first met him. Uncle Greg walked in and Hayden grinned from ear to ear and even giggled at him. That never happens. He never giggles at someone new but he giggled at Uncle Greg. :D
We went out to dinner at a restaurant named Piada for dinner. We met my cousin and her husband and their girls. Piada is Italian Street Food. It's like a Chipotle or Moe's but with Italian food. YUM-O!!

Kelly feeding Hayden so Daniel and I can actually eat a meal together... at the same time. :)

Hayden was getting in his iron for the day. LOL

The tray made a good drum. :D


He was talking to me.

After dinner we went back to my Aunt and Uncle's house and just hung out and talked. Uncle Greg brought out his guitar and sang to Hayden. :) It was so cute. Hayden was just playing and he kept turning around and looking at Uncle Greg and smiling to let him know he was still listening. After Uncle Greg was done playing he let Hayden play the guitar and boy did Hayden have fun!!