Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Christmas Eve {December 24, 2013}

We spent Christmas Eve at my moms this year. It was so fun to get together with my sisters. I love to be with my family. This year we decided to make some candy trains, they turned out so cute! Hayes gets pretty overwhelmed and tired by big things like family gatherings so we left a little early and got this sweetie to bed. I couldn't resist taking some pictures of him sleeping. What a beautiful child he is, and such a fun night for his first Christmas Eve!








Saturday, December 14, 2013

My Hayesie

My Hayesie is such a fun boy. We love learning about his personality, and it seems like everyday we learn something new. His favorite thing right now is music. He loves to watch YouTube videos of songs, and that's how he falls asleep. His  favorite song right now is Say Something by A Great Big World. He LOVES it. He also loves mashed potatoes and lemon sour cream pie, and the graduate snacks they have for babies,  and sleeping on his tummy. :) 


This is Hayes and Gator sharing snacks and watching football on Thanksgiving. 

Hayes also thinks leaves falling off trees is the funniest thing ever!




He is also turning into a champion roller. No crawling quite yet, and I am pretty sure his top teeth are trying to come through.



 I love this boy more than anything! He makes us so happy and keeps us on our toes.


8 Months {December 13, 2013}

Seriously, its just not funny anymore now, time is going by way too fast. I can't believe Mr. Hayes is 8 months already. He is such a great baby. Don't get me wrong, we have our hard days when he is really whinny, or won't let me put him down, or he bites or pinches me, but overall he is the happiest sweetest baby ever. He gets so excited when he sees me, and it literally makes me the happiest person in the whole world.

Hayes loves to listen to music, watch music performances on YouTube, watch music on TV or be sung to. In the car, that's one of the only ways I get him to calm down. His favorite one that I sing is the ABC's. He also loves Carly Rose Soneclair.

He loves food, and is getting much better at feeding himself. He LOVES whatever we are eating. His favorite baby food is sweet potatoes, and he absolutely loves when I add a little cinnamon to them. His favorite table foods are refried beans and chicken.

He loves to snack.

He isn't crawling yet, but he rolls everywhere.

He is basically wearing 12-18 months in everything. Some pants are smaller, but I am having to put his 9 months clothes away because they are getting too tight.

He loves the Christmas Tree.

He's getting better at napping. He takes 2 naps a day.

He says "Mama" "Dada" "Ya" and I am pretty sure he says "Yum" and "Ball"

He doesn't like to stay in one place for too long.

He will listen to stories, but only for short periods of time. He does better with books he can touch.

He loves Gator. 

He can roll a ball to you, and can get it if you roll it to him.

Dear Hayes:

You have changed my life in so many ways, from when and how I sleep, to what I do all day. You are always on my mind. I am always worried about you and what you need. I hate when I have to leave you and go to work, but I love how happy and excited you get when I come back to get you. It almost makes leaving you ok. You are happy and you spread that happiness to everyone around. I have random people come up to me at the store all the time and tell me how adorable you are, then to their surprise, you flash the biggest grin and they literally swoon over you. You brighten everyone's day.

You have the most contagious smile. It is the sweetest thing in the whole world. I think your smile is one of my favorite things about you. You also have the most beautiful eyes ever. They are so bright and you can see your smile in them too. What a sweet boy you are.

One of my most favorite things about you right now is all the talking you do. Sometimes you just lay in my lap and babble like crazy. I love to hear what you have to say. I also love how happy you get when you do something good. You can see in your face you are proud of yourself, and I love that. I also love going and getting you out of your crib in the mornings. You always roll around in your crib when you wake up and just talk to your self. When I come into get you, you ALWAYS have the biggest sweetest smile on your face and it just starts every day off right. Thank you for that.

You are my whole world, and I love you more than you know.

Love, Mama 








Monday, December 2, 2013

Swinging

I took Hayes to the park and gave him his first push on a swing. He LOVED it at first- then out of no where decided he hated it:







So then we decided to sit on the side walk and watch all the kids play- he loved that!