Playing with Malley!

Our neighbor has a giant husky dog named Malley and Hayes thinks her dog house is the greatest thing ever. I was dying laughing when he hopped on in there with Malley. 

The Spectrum 10k March, 2016

We ran the Spectrum 10k with a group of our family members and it was so much fun. Me, Mom, and Ash trained for it and the training took me back to marathon training days. It was so much fun. 

I felt really good about my run and Sam of course killed it! Hayes was absolutely thrilled to play with our medals after the race. 

Babies with babies

Ali knitted Hayes a really sweet "Human Bean" and he was SO excited. He gets pretty rough with him, but man oh man does he love this little bean. 

     

Hayes, the photographer

Everytime I get my phone back from Hayes its full of pictures he's taken. Some of them are pretty artistic! There are also usually quite a few selfies, or partial selfies. hahaha. 

Popsicle eating

I gave Hayes a Popsicle and died laughing when I discovered how he was eating it. 

He is a character! 

Ivins Res 02.2016

February was unseasonably warm for us and we took full advantage. We love to go out to Ivins Res and I'm pretty sure Gator thinks it's Heaven. We really do live in a beautiful area! 

Nakey Hayesie strikes again

Lately, Hayes has loved to strip down and run around our house naked when we aren't looking. He has even managed to get out of onesie jammies. I can't help but laugh, but I'm always nervous I'm going to get more than I bargained for on my floor or couch if you know what I mean. 

While we're on the topic of Hayes being funny, I've been trying to write down the funny things he says, and even still I know I forget a lot, but here's a few recently: 

When Sam or I are laying down Hayes will come up and say "You weeping mom? You weeping?" then he says "Weet dreams Mom, weet dreams!" He will also say "Happy dreams mom!" 

Hayes found a small calculator the other day and was SO excited. He thought it was a cell phone, however he did keep calling it his "cal calater" but he would talk on like a phone: 

"Hi calcalator, I just watching the garbage truck get the trash, ok bye!" 

"Hi calcalator, I just watching Super Why save the day, ok bye!" 

Hayes can sing the whole theme song to Super Why and sings it randomly, and last night he whispered it while he was going to sleep. "Super Why power to read change the story and save the day, hip hip hooray! Super readers save the day!" 

Hayes loves to tell me "Mom, I can't I working!" 

Hayes is so polite and friendly and when he sees little kids out and about he says to them "Hi fwends! How you doing?!" It's SO much sweeter than the barking we use to do. 

He loves to pretend he's a puppy and barks, and then laughs and says " I a silly puppy!" 

One of my most favorite things still is when he says "Gator by crazy!" and he even sings it sometimes to himself. I seriously die laughing!  

The other day he randomly said to me "Mom, it your birthday! Happy Birthday Mom! Whooo!" hahaha I have no idea where that came 

He is so smart and has started lining up his foam letters for the bath by color. 

His current obsessions are: his train set, his cars (specifically the fire truck and police car), jumping on the tramp, Super Why, Curious George, Ice Age, and Robin Hood, Painting, smashing pasta, his pack pack, and asking where dad is. 

He is slowly understanding the difference between Grandma Lynne and Grandma Sydney. "I go Grammen Sydney's play basketball" "I go to Grammen Weens play dirt!" hahaha 

Picnic time

This week the weather has been SO nice and we have tried to enjoy every last second of it. One day we decided to go have a picnic at the Little League fields. Gator and Hayes LOVED running around and playing in the dirt and on the grass. We spent a good portion of the afternoon soaking up all of Vitamin D we possible could. It was one of those days that's just good for your soul. Hayes, Gator, and I all left tired, happy, and so excited for many more days this spring that look just like this one. Man oh man how I love St. George in February. 

Sibling rivalry

When your sibling is a dog, your fights consist of who's ball is that and who had the stick first. Hayes and Gator love to play and fight over toys like any set of siblings would, and I just love watching them. It makes me laugh. They both don't understand that the other one doesn't understand. (does that makes sense?) We have lots of fun at the park together and these two always seem to make up by the end of the day, even if one ate the other one's stick. :) 

Activity Time {February 2016}

We've been trying to find new fun activities to do inside when it's too cold to go outside. Our favorites lately have been smashing and pouring colored pasta and painting. Hayes LOVES activities he can do all on his own and that don't have many rules. I've found some really fun ideas on Pinterest and Instagram that I'm excited to try. 

January 2016

I can't believe we have already have one month in the books for 2016. The best parts of January were hiking in Zion, running stadiums, playing with Hayes's new train and Hayes telling me my cooking was "delicious!" :)

Lately 01.14.16

Hayes has been so much fun lately. He is talking so well and has such a fun personality that we get to see more of every day. Right now he loves to play with cars and trains, wear Dad's wakeboard boots, dump his cereal on the ground and then eat it off the floor, jump on the tramp, do somersaults on the tramp, have dance parties, play outside, play catch, take selfies, and eat treats. His favorite show now is Super Why. His favorite thing to eat is treats, and would eat them all day every day if we would let him. He loves to get chased and is very active. 

We have fun with this sweetie pie. 

A good day! 01.02.16

I was a little worried about this weekend. All of my family is gone and I didn't have anyone to hang out with. Luckily, I had my Hayesie boy and we filled our day quite nicely. Sam stayed a little later and let me go to the gym this morning, which was SO nice! I ran and felt really great! I lifted and I was so happy with how I felt. Then, I got home, Hayes and got ready for the day and set out to run some errands. We headed to Costco with the rest of town and actually found some good stuff. We picked up the most beautiful roses. Hayes is getting really good a picking out the best flowers, his future wife can thank me for that later! :) 

We then went a played at the park, jumped on the tramp, played with cars and toys and had so much fun. We enjoyed our new Valentines decorations, got a soda, and then went and picked up Durangos. It really was such a fun day. Hayes passed out on the way home from Durangos though, so I'm little worried he is going to be up at the crack of dawn. 

Some days I just sit back and think how blessed I am. I definitely don't feel like I deserve it. I have the sweetest most adorable little boy in the whole world. I have the hardest working husband. We have a home that's beautiful and reflects our family well. We both have great jobs that we both love! Sometimes I feel like I'm waiting for the ball to drop, like nothing can be that great. But then other times I think maybe it's just focusing on the positive being grateful for what we have, which makes everything feel and seem better. I'm choosing to think it's the later. Whatever it may be, I'm grateful. If today is any indication of what 2016 will look like, we are going to have a great year!