Eight Months

This is my last post until I can successfully say I'm caught up, so I'm just going to simply let the pictures speak for themselves. I still can't believe how fast the last few months have gone nor how much our love for this little boy continues to grow.

 

 

 

Christmas Day 2009

These are just for you daddy, me missed having you here to share this special holiday season with us. We are eagerly looking forward to spending next year with you here with us. We hope you all had a very special holiday season as we know we did.

 Hayden with his first Christmas spoil.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look! I can now stand up on my own.

 

Sporting my new hat to keep my head toasty!

I think I like playing with everyone else's gifts just as much.

 Trigger also found some nice new toys under the tree.

 

Playing ball with Grandpa.

Wow all that excitement just wears a little boy right out.

 

 

Huh, what is this that Grandpa is giving me?

Playing with cousin McKay.

 

Wait more presents.

 

Hayden also received his first tooth brush for Christmas and he absolutely loves using everyday.

Christmas Eve

This year for Christmas Eve we tried something new by volunteering to light candles at the Wallsburg Cemetery.  After lighting candles we returned to the house where we had homemade soup and made brownies for Santa.  Then we opened up our Christmas pjs, read of Christs birth from the scriptures, then ended the night with the classic reading of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas before heading off to bed.

Brady lighting candles at the cemetery.

 

All bundled up after light candles.

My first present from mom and dad.

Ummm, you think Santa will mind if I sample these brownies?

The Holiday Season

A few weeks before Christmas we attended the Festival of Trees in Salt Lake with Brady and Morgan.  We also went to see Temple Square with the Holmes family to check out the Christmas Lights.  Hayden loved seeing all the trees and lights and did great rolling around in his stroller.  Now he probably could have done without the freezing cold weather at temple square.

Seven Months

Finally made it to Utah, yeah!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Oh, holding my first shotgun with Grandpa.

The month of November brought some big changes to the Dean household, and even though we're a month late posting we thought you'd like to keep up with everything we've had going on.  Early in the month Hayden, and I sent Preston off on his second deployment. Then Hayden and I made a cross country drive to Utah along with Trigger and Grandma Holmes.  Who ever would have guessed that Hayden was going to do better than Trigger.  We have finally settled in and are doing well living with Rhianne's parents.  Hayden has grown so much this month, he's gotten his lower two front teeth in, began fully crawling and pulling himself up on everything he gets close to.  Hayden experienced his first Thanksgiving with the Holmes' side, then a day of making gingerbread houses with his aunts. He's usually a very happy little boy, oh did I mention that means as long as someone's paying attention to him.  We are missing daddy but, getting along all the same.

Our Hero

We just wanted to take a moment to send some special love out to our hero, husband, father and friend. We love and miss you.

Six Months

What to say . . . . . . . we can hardly believe that our little boy is 6 months old.  Where does the time go, seems like just yesterday we were heading home from the hospital.  Hayden has turned into quite the wiggle worm these days.  We are getting a kick out of Hayden's attempt to crawl.  He has yet to fully put hand in front of hand but is pulling himself around with his arms and pushing with his feet. This is requiring us to keep a closer eye on him as we are finding items that need to be moved out of his reach.  Hayden has also started eating solids this past month, he's really only tried cereal so far and doesn't really care all to much for it.  Hopefully we'll have better success with his fruits and veggies.  For Hayden's first Halloween we stayed home and simply answered the door and showed of his pumpkin hat.  We figured heading out in the neighborhood was a little pointless as we both knew mommy would end up eating all the candy and we all know she didn't need that.  We're enjoying our last few days together as a family before Preston deploys, we've enjoyed having him around a little more often lately as they try to give them as much time home with their families as possible.  We'll try and keep everyone up to date as we go through some major family changes in the next month.  Wishing everyone a happy holiday season!

Look I found my reflection!

Ewe, what is that?

Oops!  This is what happens when mommy doesn't buckle me in now.

Reading with Grandma Mary during her visit.

 Where's Hayden?

 

Trying to sneak in daddy's duffel bag.

Happy Halloween!