Milestones. . .

                Hayden is finally coming into a new milestone . . . talking (better late than never i guess).  Not that he is saying sentences or anything but he is finally starting to pick up on alot of the things we say and actually repeat them!  It is super fun and cute and will hopefully reduce some unnecessary fits in the near future:) 
His new/favorites are:
daddy (this is one of his favorites)
Where is it? (he sounds so cute when he says it) Today he pointed to a picture of Matt and said "where is it" ba ha ha i laughed so hard! 
Momma (he only ever says this when he is crying
dinky (binkie), blankie, treat, fries (i know it's sad that this is one of his first words)
truck, car, keys, yadie (lady, which is my mom's dog),
stop it, don't, this
hey (he usually says hey to me and matt when either of us gets home from somewhere and the other day we were in the mall and the cashier said hi to him and he looked at her, smiled and said "hey!" little lady's man!)
the usuals like yeah, no, and yay. 
He has also started being quite the little copy cat!  He doesn't like it when the dogs fight so when they start he shakes his little finger at them and says "no! stop it!" (it makes me feel bad that i say that enough that he caught on to it!) 
whenever i do something that he is watching he has to do it too.  I was looking for his binkies at my mom's the other day and after i looked around/under anything he would fallow right behind and do the same thing. It makes for good entertainment especially with my little brother!  The other day i was teaching him to pinch logan and it was hilarious! (bad example i know).  He LOVES Logan!  He would do everything with him but most of all he loves eating food from him.  apparently Logan's food is better than everyone else's???
He has become super curious about everything! (more so than usual)  He points to everything and says "this?" that's how he asks me what something is.  The other day he was sitting on a blanket that has ducks all over it and he just sat and pointed to each one and said "this?"  Today the things that he caught his interest were belly buttons and Matt's goatee.  he would pull his shirt up and say "where is it?" and i would help him look at his belly button and he would point to it and say "this?" to make me tell him it was his belly button.
He is super great at the animal sounds he knows (puppy, horsie, cow, kitty) Everyone's favorite to here him say is meow. it's pretty hilarious! He also does the dinosaur sound when he sees the dinosaur on toy story.

I know compared to some kids his age he still doesn't say much but at least we're getting there!  He still prefers to tell me what he wants by either pulling my hand to something or leaning in the direction he wants to go. (he really is good at steering you in his desired direction!)  I have felt so bad the last week because i've been busy with some projects that i've been working and haven't had as much time to play with him and apparently with other day he had had enough.  HE came and got me in the kitchen grabbed both my hands and pulled me over to the couch and pushed me to sit down. Then he climbed on my lap to sit with me.  He wouldn't do anything without me for the rest of that day and then that weekend he was the biggest momma's boy ever! that never happens!

We've really enjoyed this stage of Hayden's life and watching him grow and change so much! He is such a blessing and a joy to us!

July adventures

Due to the fact that our sweet baby dumped water on our computer key board and now the b and f keys don't work  I think I will just let the pictures do most of the talking this post. (and yes i did have to copy and past every f and  b into this paragraph!!!) CAUTION: if you don't want to look at pictures please skip this post because there are a whole lot!

LAKE POWELL

seriously matt needs new sunglasses that are actually sunglasses not safety glasses

wakesurfing

of  course he had to cut his nose open

we seriously got some amazing air

even after sunscreen like a million times a day matt still brought this home

 FOURTH OF JULY

he got a little scared when the firetruck honked

he mostly wanted to eat every piece of  candy he picked up

he was trying to get the f ireworks

   

SUMMER SWIMMING

he seriously is such a little fish!

he makes a little friend everywhere we go

Just look at that f ace

his little f riend drake. they love to play trucks together at the pool

he goes right up and down this slide y himsel. matt is just paranoid

RANDOM HAPPENINGS OF CUTENESS

I wish i had pictures of  my three friends cute babies. Hayden loves to give them hugs and kisses! it's so cute!

He just grabbed the mop and started going! He even new that after a minute he needed to re dip it in the water bucket

He loves this cupboard and it sucks! Every five minutes he thinks he needs me to help him get in it so that he can look through everything. apparently bread crumbs are alot more exciting than i thought

he always thinks he needs to feed himself  ice cream and it is pretty entertaining to watch him use the spoon without help

his new love of  powdered sugar doughnuts is adorable (and messy)

what can i say? . . . it was late. . . we were tired. he started out with just two i promise. but then he decided he needed to have mine too!

We have had tons of  fun this summer but i think i'm oficially ready for it to be over (with the exception of  this weekend).  I'm so excited for fall and all the fun stuff  we plan on doing! and guess what??? Only 109 days till our cruise! (yes that sounds like alot but compared to 8 1/2 months it's nothing!)