Miss priss pot doing a few more shots for Miss Y and 3 yellow starfish
such a Hayden laugh going on right there...there right there. Yony always makes her smile and belly laugh!!
my little bean looks so cute in hats!!! doesn't she look big?? She is losing that baby look! (tears for mama)
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Happy Halloween
Hope everyone had a great Halloween!! Hayden had a BLAST and said it was AWESOME!!!! Not sure which she liked more....the candy or riding her first pony!! She was still talking about the pony this morning, so I am going to go with the pony.
Hayden attends school at a local church and they host a fall festival every year. We went for the first time last night and WOW is all I can say. It was incredible!! Petting zoo(with the cutest black piglet EVER) goats, chickens, bunnies etc.. Hayden of course thought this was incredible in and of itself! Then she played some games where she won candy, we had a character drawing done of her, and then last but certainly not least......PONY RIDE!!! In the past she has been interested in the ponies, but was not too sure about riding one. Well she decided last night that the painted ponies were PERFECT!!! She LOVED it just as we thought she would!!
We then came home and Hayden went trick or treating with her daddy and I stayed sitting in my lawn chair with my wine and handed out candy. She did not want to go to too many houses...mostly just our cul de sac and then she was ready to hand out some candy.
I had let her have quite a bit of candy throughout the day and so really by evening I think she was candied out. She asked for a glass of milk before bed.....huh?? Shockingly she was asleep by 9:15(without binka still) and slept until 8:00 this morning. Then she didn't even ask for candy this morning; which she does most mornings, so not sure what happened.
I would say Halloween was a HUGE success and just as a side note....Hayden did not get glasses, they were part of her costume and actually was the sole reason she actually agreed to the costume(I just got new glasses so she is really into glasses right now) I had so many people as on face book about her new glasses. Although with that face she could pull glasses off quite beautifully I think:)
what she wore to school for Halloween last week!!
isn't that the cutest pig you have ever seen??!! We loved the pig!!
Daddy teaching her where to hold on.
Hayden attends school at a local church and they host a fall festival every year. We went for the first time last night and WOW is all I can say. It was incredible!! Petting zoo(with the cutest black piglet EVER) goats, chickens, bunnies etc.. Hayden of course thought this was incredible in and of itself! Then she played some games where she won candy, we had a character drawing done of her, and then last but certainly not least......PONY RIDE!!! In the past she has been interested in the ponies, but was not too sure about riding one. Well she decided last night that the painted ponies were PERFECT!!! She LOVED it just as we thought she would!!
We then came home and Hayden went trick or treating with her daddy and I stayed sitting in my lawn chair with my wine and handed out candy. She did not want to go to too many houses...mostly just our cul de sac and then she was ready to hand out some candy.
I had let her have quite a bit of candy throughout the day and so really by evening I think she was candied out. She asked for a glass of milk before bed.....huh?? Shockingly she was asleep by 9:15(without binka still) and slept until 8:00 this morning. Then she didn't even ask for candy this morning; which she does most mornings, so not sure what happened.
I would say Halloween was a HUGE success and just as a side note....Hayden did not get glasses, they were part of her costume and actually was the sole reason she actually agreed to the costume(I just got new glasses so she is really into glasses right now) I had so many people as on face book about her new glasses. Although with that face she could pull glasses off quite beautifully I think:)
what she wore to school for Halloween last week!!
isn't that the cutest pig you have ever seen??!! We loved the pig!!
Daddy teaching her where to hold on.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Bye Bye Binka
Okay so we are a bit overdue in getting rid of the binka(pacifier) We did go to just bedtime(one in each hand and one in the mouth and alternating them)when Hayden turned 2.....but quite honestly I was probably delaying the inevitable just as much as Hayden. I have been dreading this milestone for probably 2 years. I knew it would be sad, I knew it would be hard and quite honestly I sorta of just felt bad for my girl. Her binka's(all 17 of them) have provided her so much comfort and soothing since she was born. She has had one from the beginning, she has LOVED it from the beginning. I also know that if anyone tried to take my 6:00 glass of wine away(that provides comfort and soothing) I would smack them and I would smack them hard. LOL Anyway I also know that feeling of losing something that means so much. I had a Winnie the Pooh aka Pooh that I slept with until goodness I was probably 7 or older. I still remember when it was time to say goodbye(plus he was just plain disgusting by that point anyway)Change is hard and growing up is hard and getting NO sleep is hard. So totally being honest when I say that this was much more about me than Hayden.
We have been talking for months about the fact that it would soon be time to send them to the babies in Taiwan. Some days Hayden would say "I am ready to send my pink ones to the babies mommy" other days it went more like this "NOOOOOOO they are mine and I don't ever want to send them to the babies" or occasionally it would be "we can send them to the babies, but I am just going to keep one of them....okay?" The week before our trip to NYC Hayden declared she was READY to send them and for the binka fairy to deliver them to Mrs. Chen(her foster mother) and the babies and bring her back a surprise. Well......there was no way we could travel on this trip and stay with friends and be in the throes of trying to sleep without a binka to turn too. So I convinced her that we needed to wait until our return(oh thank goodness, because we really needed it on the plane as well as at our friend's house)
Upon our return we waited until the weekend to begin....so we were not exhausted for school and work. So Friday we began.....yes Hayden was sad and yes it was 11:45 p.m. before she fell asleep, but she did fall asleep. Yes I almost gave in and gave it to her. Her sweet little crying voice saying "I want my pink one, I don't want to give them to the babies, their mommies and daddies need to send them their own" "I don't want to be a big girl" "I don't want a surprise from the binka fairy" "I don't care if you are proud of me" "I just want MYYYYYY BINKA's back" it was absolutely heartbreaking, and I wanted to cry just as hard. But then she fell asleep and slept until 6:00 when she woke us up by yelling and crying from her bed "BINKA, BINKA" David went and laid down with her and got her back to sleep. That afternoon she accidently fell asleep without it too, and then Saturday night it was another late one 11:50 p.m. but much less crying and whining. So on Sunday we made a huge deal about how well she had done and that she could pick the balloons to attach the binka's and we would put a note on there too so the fairy would know where to deliver them. We attached just 2 binka's...one to each balloon and went outside to release them and I will be damned if the binka's were too heavy and just sank to the ground....ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING me?? Now Hayden is crying and we are trying to get one off and into David's pocket without her knowing so that it can take off(note to self...you really should have gotten like a dozen balloons) It finally lifted off, but at a pace that was almost unbearable. Hayden was distraught!!! We waved and blew kisses all the while she is crying and saying "I miss my binka's" "I am so sad mommy" It was REALLY awful, but yet all we could do was giggle under our breath. As they finally made it over our roof line, david whispers to me "watch we will find them in our backyard tomorrow morning" LOL Sunday night bedtime was amazing!! 9:10 and she was out cold and hardly even made a peep about the binka's. So I figured well that really was not that bad, we should have done this sooner(hahaha) We woke Monday morning to a note and gift from the fairy. Binka's were in Taiwan and the babies were so surprised and excited and Mrs. Chen was so proud of Hayden. There was also a digital camera. Well let me just say Miss fancy pants was THRILLED that the fairy would know EXACTLY what she wanted. She has taken no less than 400 pictures since yesterday morning. Now it is bedtime Monday night(school night) and the beloved camera has been tucked away and off to bed we go at 7:30. After me laying with her for an hour, daddy laying with her for 30 min and a whole lotta crying in between I think at 10:30 we finally heard silence. I guess we will see what tonight holds for us.
Today will also be our first day at school where a nap is suppose to take place without a binka. Her teacher knew that it is gone and made a huge deal when we arrived this morning, and was thrilled to hear all about her camera. But I am guessing it will be a NO GO on the nap unless exhaustion takes over.
As with anything change is so hard and there is part of me that just wants her to stay little and for her to not grow up. In this case I know it was time and certainly her teeth know it is time. But I just hate that she was so sad. We have tried so hard to make such a big deal about the fact that she should try and feel good that she gave someone else something that would make them so happy.....but at this age and with something that is SO important to you I think it is impossible to feel very pleased. I have told her over and over again that I know it is hard and I am so proud of her. I know if a few weeks it will just be a faded memory. But I will never forget how much she loved them, her binka mouth each morning, the noises she made while she slept and sucked on them. How she would count them all in her bed to make sure they were all there, how she rotated them from each hand into her mouth. I will even miss her rubbing them on her(or my) arm or her sheets(don't ask me why she liked doing this, she said it was the sound it made that she liked) How I would find her in the middle of the day in her bed and she would just tell me she needed some quality time with her blanket and binka, or how she changed their names....binka, pink ones, binky, paci, white one, car binka.
As with everything this too shall pass:)
We have been talking for months about the fact that it would soon be time to send them to the babies in Taiwan. Some days Hayden would say "I am ready to send my pink ones to the babies mommy" other days it went more like this "NOOOOOOO they are mine and I don't ever want to send them to the babies" or occasionally it would be "we can send them to the babies, but I am just going to keep one of them....okay?" The week before our trip to NYC Hayden declared she was READY to send them and for the binka fairy to deliver them to Mrs. Chen(her foster mother) and the babies and bring her back a surprise. Well......there was no way we could travel on this trip and stay with friends and be in the throes of trying to sleep without a binka to turn too. So I convinced her that we needed to wait until our return(oh thank goodness, because we really needed it on the plane as well as at our friend's house)
Upon our return we waited until the weekend to begin....so we were not exhausted for school and work. So Friday we began.....yes Hayden was sad and yes it was 11:45 p.m. before she fell asleep, but she did fall asleep. Yes I almost gave in and gave it to her. Her sweet little crying voice saying "I want my pink one, I don't want to give them to the babies, their mommies and daddies need to send them their own" "I don't want to be a big girl" "I don't want a surprise from the binka fairy" "I don't care if you are proud of me" "I just want MYYYYYY BINKA's back" it was absolutely heartbreaking, and I wanted to cry just as hard. But then she fell asleep and slept until 6:00 when she woke us up by yelling and crying from her bed "BINKA, BINKA" David went and laid down with her and got her back to sleep. That afternoon she accidently fell asleep without it too, and then Saturday night it was another late one 11:50 p.m. but much less crying and whining. So on Sunday we made a huge deal about how well she had done and that she could pick the balloons to attach the binka's and we would put a note on there too so the fairy would know where to deliver them. We attached just 2 binka's...one to each balloon and went outside to release them and I will be damned if the binka's were too heavy and just sank to the ground....ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING me?? Now Hayden is crying and we are trying to get one off and into David's pocket without her knowing so that it can take off(note to self...you really should have gotten like a dozen balloons) It finally lifted off, but at a pace that was almost unbearable. Hayden was distraught!!! We waved and blew kisses all the while she is crying and saying "I miss my binka's" "I am so sad mommy" It was REALLY awful, but yet all we could do was giggle under our breath. As they finally made it over our roof line, david whispers to me "watch we will find them in our backyard tomorrow morning" LOL Sunday night bedtime was amazing!! 9:10 and she was out cold and hardly even made a peep about the binka's. So I figured well that really was not that bad, we should have done this sooner(hahaha) We woke Monday morning to a note and gift from the fairy. Binka's were in Taiwan and the babies were so surprised and excited and Mrs. Chen was so proud of Hayden. There was also a digital camera. Well let me just say Miss fancy pants was THRILLED that the fairy would know EXACTLY what she wanted. She has taken no less than 400 pictures since yesterday morning. Now it is bedtime Monday night(school night) and the beloved camera has been tucked away and off to bed we go at 7:30. After me laying with her for an hour, daddy laying with her for 30 min and a whole lotta crying in between I think at 10:30 we finally heard silence. I guess we will see what tonight holds for us.
Today will also be our first day at school where a nap is suppose to take place without a binka. Her teacher knew that it is gone and made a huge deal when we arrived this morning, and was thrilled to hear all about her camera. But I am guessing it will be a NO GO on the nap unless exhaustion takes over.
As with anything change is so hard and there is part of me that just wants her to stay little and for her to not grow up. In this case I know it was time and certainly her teeth know it is time. But I just hate that she was so sad. We have tried so hard to make such a big deal about the fact that she should try and feel good that she gave someone else something that would make them so happy.....but at this age and with something that is SO important to you I think it is impossible to feel very pleased. I have told her over and over again that I know it is hard and I am so proud of her. I know if a few weeks it will just be a faded memory. But I will never forget how much she loved them, her binka mouth each morning, the noises she made while she slept and sucked on them. How she would count them all in her bed to make sure they were all there, how she rotated them from each hand into her mouth. I will even miss her rubbing them on her(or my) arm or her sheets(don't ask me why she liked doing this, she said it was the sound it made that she liked) How I would find her in the middle of the day in her bed and she would just tell me she needed some quality time with her blanket and binka, or how she changed their names....binka, pink ones, binky, paci, white one, car binka.
As with everything this too shall pass:)
see it started a LONG time ago....true love affair
loved her new ones that we brought for her
always in her mouth
binka's, balloons, and notes ready for lift off(sorta)
See she is in good spirits(short lived)
off they go to Taiwan(at a snails pace)
gift for Hayden that the fairy left by the front door
My very own camera mommy....do you think it has a flash??
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
New York, New York
Many people have no idea that Hayden has been OBSESSED with the statue of liberty since she was about 15 months old. It started with a bookmark that came in a book from Ama$on and since that time we have talked about her, looked at I think almost EVERY image that has ever been taken of her, and dreamed of a visit to see the Lady Liberty in person and see in person that we CANNOT SEE HER LEGS(she has a dress on of course)
So we have been planning this trip for awhile now. It was a great opportunity to visit Connor(Hayden's big brother) who has moved to the northeast for his first real big boy job and to visit my dear friend Suz whom I adore and whom has been dying for us to come see her and her new house. So off to NY we went(fall so we could see the beautiful leaves and enjoy fall weather)
I don't have time for a full post, but will do all of my pics. I will update later on the details. All I can say is Lady Liberty did not disappoint and Hayden's reaction was "Oh mommy she is just BEAUTIFUL" So the whole trip was totally worth it just so she could enjoy that moment and granduar of the Lady.
We then went to the city and visited the 9/11 memorial. All I can say is....it is really BEAUTIFUL and I was REALLY emotional. I think it is a lovely tribute and I think if you will be in NYC, make the effort to book the passes to go.
We spent the rest of the trip with our friends who have 2 daughters Madeline and Emma. Hayden LOVES them now more than EVER and had so much fun in their amazing playroom. Hayden has now discovered American Girl dolls and all the stuff that goes with them. PRETTY much OBSESSED!!! Mommy even had fun playing dolls with her they are so fun and neat. Her Ling doll can wear the AG clothes, so that makes it easier. But I am pretty sure a lot of American Girl will be on her santa list this year.....
Anyway, can't go much further now....so just enjoy the pictures.
We did enjoy meeting Connor's girlfriend Jackie. So you will see her in many of our pics:) I will caption the pictures later on. They are pretty self explainatory.
an early start to what turned into a 14 hour trip to NYC!!! Hayden was a better traveler than her daddy and me!!!
looking back at Manhatten
Connor and Hayden
The Rocks rock liberty park!!!
Connor and his GF Jackie
Finally after seeing the replica of her feet and seeing the bottom of her dress....Hayden now understands that we can't see her legs. But we did see her flip flops:)
Me, Hayden and Big Brother Connor. Man it was windy!!
Replica of Lady Liberty's face. Hayden said "look mom I am picking her nose" ewwwwwww
9/11 memorial I think this is a beautiful memorial for the victims families to visit.
The plaque for AA flt 77 the first to hit. VERY overwhelming to see.
Freedom tower(50 floors to go)
Waiting to board the ferry to the Lady
Madeline, Emma and Hayden on the hayride. Madeline and I share a birthday. I threw a baby shower for her mama when she was pregnant with M and I can't think of two nicer little girls for Hayden to play with and have for role models!!
My dear friend Suzanne and her mom(aka our Mary Poppins)
Hayden decided last week that corn picking would be more fun than apple picking(maybe, but not as tasty)HA
Emma, Taya(big sister is from Kaz) and Hayden showing off their corn in the corn maze.
little ghost named Hayden
Painting pumpkins(again)
So we have been planning this trip for awhile now. It was a great opportunity to visit Connor(Hayden's big brother) who has moved to the northeast for his first real big boy job and to visit my dear friend Suz whom I adore and whom has been dying for us to come see her and her new house. So off to NY we went(fall so we could see the beautiful leaves and enjoy fall weather)
I don't have time for a full post, but will do all of my pics. I will update later on the details. All I can say is Lady Liberty did not disappoint and Hayden's reaction was "Oh mommy she is just BEAUTIFUL" So the whole trip was totally worth it just so she could enjoy that moment and granduar of the Lady.
We then went to the city and visited the 9/11 memorial. All I can say is....it is really BEAUTIFUL and I was REALLY emotional. I think it is a lovely tribute and I think if you will be in NYC, make the effort to book the passes to go.
We spent the rest of the trip with our friends who have 2 daughters Madeline and Emma. Hayden LOVES them now more than EVER and had so much fun in their amazing playroom. Hayden has now discovered American Girl dolls and all the stuff that goes with them. PRETTY much OBSESSED!!! Mommy even had fun playing dolls with her they are so fun and neat. Her Ling doll can wear the AG clothes, so that makes it easier. But I am pretty sure a lot of American Girl will be on her santa list this year.....
Anyway, can't go much further now....so just enjoy the pictures.
We did enjoy meeting Connor's girlfriend Jackie. So you will see her in many of our pics:) I will caption the pictures later on. They are pretty self explainatory.
an early start to what turned into a 14 hour trip to NYC!!! Hayden was a better traveler than her daddy and me!!!
looking back at Manhatten
Connor and Hayden
The Rocks rock liberty park!!!
Connor and his GF Jackie
Finally after seeing the replica of her feet and seeing the bottom of her dress....Hayden now understands that we can't see her legs. But we did see her flip flops:)
Me, Hayden and Big Brother Connor. Man it was windy!!
Replica of Lady Liberty's face. Hayden said "look mom I am picking her nose" ewwwwwww
9/11 memorial I think this is a beautiful memorial for the victims families to visit.
The plaque for AA flt 77 the first to hit. VERY overwhelming to see.
Freedom tower(50 floors to go)
Waiting to board the ferry to the Lady
Madeline, Emma and Hayden on the hayride. Madeline and I share a birthday. I threw a baby shower for her mama when she was pregnant with M and I can't think of two nicer little girls for Hayden to play with and have for role models!!
My dear friend Suzanne and her mom(aka our Mary Poppins)
Hayden decided last week that corn picking would be more fun than apple picking(maybe, but not as tasty)HA
Emma, Taya(big sister is from Kaz) and Hayden showing off their corn in the corn maze.
little ghost named Hayden
Painting pumpkins(again)
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Singing in the rain.....
Oh dear lawd.....it finally rained here and it rained hard and for more than 5 minutes. You simply have NO idea how bad our drought is here in Texas and how earthly bad we needed this rain. Now if it would only continue for about a week!!!
Hayden has been asking all summer to go out and stomp in rain puddles and wear her rain gear. When she woke up this morning she cheered with excitement when she heard it was still raining. Going out last night at 9:00 to stomp in rain puddles didn't sound like a great idea to me so I said we would have to wait....with hopes that it would still be raining this morning. Mother Nature didn't disappoint my pipa.
Hayden has been asking all summer to go out and stomp in rain puddles and wear her rain gear. When she woke up this morning she cheered with excitement when she heard it was still raining. Going out last night at 9:00 to stomp in rain puddles didn't sound like a great idea to me so I said we would have to wait....with hopes that it would still be raining this morning. Mother Nature didn't disappoint my pipa.
Christmas card pictures taken yesterday(yay, can't wait to see them) will order cards hopefully in the next 2 weeks. Might actually get them out right after turkey day if I am lucky(hasn't happened since Hayden came home)
We have a full week coming up. We are leaving town again(not really ready for another trip) but packing up for a long awaited visit with someone very special. We are staying and visiting with VERY special friends in their new beautiful home. We are missing some friends this trip, but the schedule just doesn't work. We will try and see them in the spring hopefully. We are visiting an obsession of Hayden's as well as a important visit of tribute. I know you are wondering, but you will have to wait until we return. Should have some GREAT pictures.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
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