Big Boy

Hayden is growing up so fast so I decided to do a little recap of some milestones that happen this summer. Since this, Hayden is crawling all over, pulling up, and doing some cruising, and we had to lower his bead. He really keeps me on my toes, but I am loving every minute of it!

For my #? birthday, haha just kidding, it was my 24th, I will say the # since I am younger than most the people I hang out with, and of course my husband, Love you guys :) I decided to see what all the hype was about the free birthday chocolate mess at Marketplace. WOW, it was amazing. Hayden was eyeing it the whole time, of course I didn't allow him to have any despite Tim's pleading that it would "make him happy" ha! of course it would.

Daddy also set up some candy bars and cards in Hayden's crib, and then sat him up in it. What a great gift, the baby, of course!! The candy bars weren't bad either ;) He bought me an adorable card "from Hayden" and even let him scribble in it, it was so cute, What a great first birthday as a mommy. I think he might have inherited him mommy's sweet teeth.

Hayden has been in his big boy car seat for a while now. He liked it at first, but he starting to get where he will cry when I strap him in, and he just wants to stand up in it, and when you take him out he just reaches for you like you can't get him out fast enough, but I love his seat. It is a Britax Decathalon and grandma and grandpa Bullock contributed to the cost for my birthday, that is right my birthday, but I am glad I sprung for a nice seat and I got a really good deal on it.

When we are at home, Hayden now eats his meals in his booster seat, he really does like it and I do too. We had to go with one that straps to the chair becasue we really don't have room for a high chair.

I like to consider myself as a mom who can make things work on a budget, and this may sound sad, but Hayden was getting bigger and there were some things that he needed, so I threw him a happy six month birthday, I had to have a reason to go out and buy all these things.

Hayden is now crawling everywhere, this was when he first started crawling.

And last, but not least......TEETH. I never expected Hayden's teeth to start coming in at 7 mo. and 1 day. This was when they first came through, now they stick right out and are no problem to see.

Sneak Peek

NO, it is NOT an ultrasound pic. Ha!


For Hayden's first birthday I wanted to do a Red Wagon theme, I saw the set and was in love, but i don't think at 1 he will be quite ready for a real Radio Flyer that we, by we I mean Tim, I, and Grandma and Grandpa Bullock;) want to get to go along with the theme, so we are saving that for b-day #2. I saw a cake on the show Cake Boss and LOVED it, it is simple and so cute. So I decied to go with just a color theme and keep it simple. I got a few supplies today as I plan to do for the next 4 mo. That is Chocolate Brown and Teal. Love, Love, Love these two colors together. It will be quite a colorful b-day. Save the Date for either January 9 or 16, I have to talk to Erica first:) However you will probably need both Saturday's open :)

Back in July we took Hayden on his first vacation, and it was a long one. We left on a Friday morning to meet Tim's sisters, Marc, Amber, and Ashlyn came for just the weekend for the 4th of July. We stayed until that next Saturday and were able to take Hayden to some of our fav SL spots and a few new ones. It was a lot of fun, but being gone for over a week with a baby was a lot of work, not to mention the six bags, pac n play, stroller, ect. We went to a new water park which was fun and I think Hayden enjoyed it, but the pics are still on the cam. Not to self: next time we go to a water park, bring someone to play with Hayden so Tim and I can do some things together. Since we switched back and forth being with Hayden in the kiddie section, we never did anything together. However, I have a feeling we might as well get used to that.

A pic with some cousins.



This was the first time Hayden met his aunt Brenda.

Tim and I LOVE the St. Louis Zoo, it is for sure one of our favorite places to go, and I was so excited to take Hayden there for his first zoo trip. He did so good and was such a good boy. We will be taking him back and hopefully can be zoo frequenters, not just SL zoo.

Their newest exhibit is getting to pet the sting rays, it took me a while to get up the courage to actually touch the things. The lady was like, "if it makes you feel any better their stingers have been removed" ha! no, that didn't make me feel any better. Of course, I did not let Hayden touch them, but he did like to look at them. Tim even fed one. You put this half of a nasty minnow between your fingers and it just comes right up and grabs it from your hand with it's mouth wich is on the bottom of it's body- No Way I was doing that!

We LOVE the penguin exhibit, it is the best one we have ever seen and it was nice to get out of the heat, because it is really cold in there. Hayden is a penguin lover too, just like his parents. We bought him a souvenir mommy and baby penguin stuffed animal, it is so cute

We were getting our traditional penguin entrance pic, when a small zoo train went by and blew it's horn, and practically scared Hayden to death, it is hard to see in this pic, but he is doing the pouty lip and I just knew he would burst into tears any second, but he didn't.

The baby giraffe was Adorable!

At the science center Hayden got his first build a bear, a dinosuar, and daddy got a cardinals shirt for it.

I wanted to go to the mall, and while we were there, Tim got a huge suprise, long story short, we got autographed books from Kurt and Brenda warner, who said that Hayden was so cute, and asked how old he was, of course, he slept through the whole thing. Tim was mad becasue he just knew they would let him get his pic (even though no one was allowed to) if Hayden would have smiled at them. They were very nice. For those who don't know Kurt warner was the quarterback for the SL Rams and now he is for some other team, and he is a christian. Info that I, at the time, didn't know, or care :)

We also toured the new Cardinals stadium. Hayden did so good the whole long tour, and believe me it was long, and boring, even the other tourist were saying what a good baby he was, he made for so long and then right before the best part, the field and dugout, he fell asleep, again making his daddy upset that he missed the best part, but he was tuckered, I still can't believe how good he did the whole trip. Me and an asleep Hayden in front of home plate. woopee. We also got our pics made in the dugout.
Hayden got to meet this very special man for the first time. This is Pastor Carnagey, he is very special to Tim and this will be a picture that I hope he can cherish forever. PC is not doing so good right now, and I ask that any one who reads this please pray for him, Tim actually calls him his grandpa.

We celebrated Hayden's first Fourth of July. He was getting sleepy and was a little fussy, and it was H-O-T hot, but when the fireworks started he just stared at them, a few of them scared him and he gave me a pouty lip, but for the most part, his eyes were glued. BTW- I got this onsie at Old Navy last year after the fourth of July for $2, It says Mommy's Little Sparkler, and I love it. I think it is 3-6, but I hope all my baby's can wear it on their first fourth of July's. That would be a great $2 investment!

A new visit to Tim and I was Grant's Farm. It was fun, they have a lot of animals. Hayden liked the llama.

This is what happened when he wanted more of his first soow cone.

Aunt Lisa gave him a taste of his first snow cone.

And YES, with out my condolance that is my 6 mo. old infant touching a snake. I have nothing else to say.

We fed the baby goats, I think they were more interested in eating our stroller. They were really cute. And so ends Hayden's first vacation. It was a huge success and I look forward to many more family vacations.