Where Does the Time Go?

Ah, yes. I knew this would happen. I'd start a blog and post most frequently in the very beginning and then they'd lessen after a while. Sometimes life just isn't THAT exciting, I suppose. I doubt everybody is interested in hearing me chit chat about our busy weekly schedule of work, daycare, commuting, bills and chores. Although, it is those very things that make the time FLY by. Hayden turned 9 months just 2 days ago! 9 MONTHS! Can you believe it?! I sure can't. I've been back at work for the same amount of time that I was on maternity leave now (4 & 1/2 months). She is starting to grow and change so quickly, it's getting harder and harder to be away from her during the day.

What's new with Hayden?

Well....
1.  She can sit herself up from a lying position. 

2.  She can stand herself up from a sitting position while holding on to something and even walk a few steps to the right or left (although not exactly gracefully)

3.  She's waving all the time. To EVERYONE! When I woke her up this morning and lifted her out of her crib, the first thing she did was smile and wave TO ME! It melted my heart <3

4. She can army crawl a little. Although she is usually crying in frustration all the while because we won't pick up whatever it is we're teasing her with and JUST GIVE IT TO HER!

5.  She's getting good with her finger dexterity and is LOVING Cheerios! It's cute watching her eat them.

6.  She currently has 2 bottom teeth and we're pretty sure those top 2 are trying to work their way out, too.

Some days I feel that I'm missing too much and wish I could just spend all my days marveling at every second of her growth.  I've always been a working kinda girl, though. And in all honestly I might get a little bored with the SAHM bit, too. The grass is always greener on the other side, right?

LOOK! NO HANDS!

TOOFS!

Standin' around

Ready, Set, Crawl!

A little self feeding practice....

All Cleaned Up

Hayden Marie 2010 Video

Chris put together this beautiful video of various video clips and pictures of Hayden during the last year. Make sure you have the sound on because the song makes the video that much better. We hope you like it!

Christmas, New Years & Everything In Between

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

 

We hope you all had a happy and safe New Year. Chris actually had to wake me up at 11:30 so we could watch the ball drop together. I guess that means I'm getting old? Either that, or the holiday season and the jet lag just caught up with me (I like to think it's the later). Needless to say, 2010 was THE MOST eventful and life changing year we've EVER had! We're excited to see what 2011 has in store for us.

We spent our Christmas in Cape Coral, Fl with Hayden's Grandma & Grandpa Coppedge. It was SO nice to get to spend some quality time with them. They decorated the house extra special for Hayden, since it was her first Christmas and Grandma bought her a beautiful outfit for her to wear for the Christmas day festivities.

The weather was a little colder than I would have preferred during our stay, but it still beat the heck outta the even colder and more dreary Seattle weather. The chilly weather didn't stop us from spending an afternoon on Captiva Island. Hayden got her first glimpse of the Gulf coast. 

Note the winter coats at the beach!

Grandpa & Grandma at the beach

Here are some additional photos from our trip. I really need to learn how to make a photo collage on this thing....

Grandma & Hayden at lunch

Pool Time

Splish Splash

Daddy & Hayden

Hayden & Uncle Brian

Grandpa & Hayden

Play Time!

We had such an amazing time there! It was so hard to leave. Having a baby makes it THAT MUCH HARDER to be long distances from family! Thanks for everything Mike & Kari! We love you guys and hope to see you again real soon! We need to utilize Skype more often...

 Hayden was a CHAMP on our flights to and from. We even got a couple compliments on her good behavior from the passengers around us after we landed in Seattle. Whew! Thank you Hayden!