Hayden announcement

Chareese helped me with this. Thanks Chareese! I decided it was time to get back on the blog wagon.

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

When Grandpa Bruce was here in the spring, he had some GREAT ideas. Payson came inside needing the broom...he said he needed it to row his boat. So I went outside to find him and Noah in our big wagon rowing it around the pool. Of course, I yelled, "Payson, get that wagon out of the pool!!!" He said it was Grandpa's idea. Who can argue with that? It provided hours of entertainment. Even Uncle Jesse had a turn. Now we use the wagon as a boat quite often. Good idea Grandpa!

Hayden is born!

Our little Hayden was born on April 17, 2010 at 11:16 PM. She weighed 7 lb 6 ounces and was 19.5 inches long. She looks a little more like Payson did and has dimples (Abbey doesn't have dimples). She has tons of black hair.
Thanks Rebecca for these cute pictures!

Abbey's Obsessions

Two year olds are so entertaining. A while ago I wanted to do a post on Abbey's favorite things. She used to be obsessed with washing her hands. She'd sing "soap, soap, wa-wee" and that meant wash her hands. Her piggy has been her most constant obsession. You know how all the experts say no sleep props? Well, she just uses a few... Her Dora "pilla", 2 piggies, coloring book, the doll that Bronson and Casey got her, a bottle, Dora toy. Is that too many??

She also loves her "clip-clops". It started last summer with a pair of too-big silver flip flops that Auntie Zoe left here. They fit her now and she loves to wear anyones flip flops. She named her scooter "Pink". How creative! She loves to follow the big boys around on their scooters. She loves that thing.

Other obsessions include pouting, hiding behind the couch, and being a drama queen. Anytime Payson and his friends leave, she gets real emotional and says "I missing my friends!" or "My friends blow away". She wouldn't even give Brodie a kiss the other morning and was being kind of snotty, the minute he drove away she got real dramatic saying she's missing her dad! She acted like he was abandoning her.
Yesterday I asked her what she was eating (as I hadn't given her anything!) She said, "I eatin my boogie!" I got a little mad at her, which always makes her close her eyes and stick out her bottom lip. After a few minutes of pouting she hopped off the couch and said, "I no mad no more Mom!" I just love that girl so much!

Abbey's Hats

Abbey loves hats. She finds them in the closet, when I am organizing Payson's old clothes. Now she likes "Toy Story" so she takes off her hats and says "yee-haw!" like woody. She cracks me up!

9-1-1, Warning: Graphic Pictures

About a month ago, Brodie called me in the middle of a surgery with an emergency. He has NEVER done this in 5 years of being an orthopedic rep. They were missing a part they needed that was in our garage - where else would it be, right?
So I woke Abbey from her nap. She had been completely healthy when I put her down. Strapped her in the car seat, and she pukes like there's no tomorrow. I was in such a hurry I would have just left her, but the puke was so chunky I couldn't do up the straps. I took her out and put on new clothes, but didn't have time to clean her up.
I raced like a mad women to the hospital, which was luckily 25 minutes away, with throw up on my pants. The whole time Brodie is calling me telling me the doctor is not happy. They are literally waiting for me to get there so they can put a nail in some poor guy's femur. Brodie ran out of the ER in his surgical cap and scrubs (looking pretty cute, I might add). The surgery was a success, and I think the doctor got over it.
That's what we do around here...we save lives!

We had a little hockey party with Bronson and Casey for the gold medal game. Earlier, Abbey cried when I tried to put this jersey on her. After she saw all the boys wearing them, she changed her mind. Then she cried and cried when I had to take it off her. Go figure.
Brodie's friend Daniel (my boss) bought a Canadian team jersey for himself, Brodie, and Payson (so nice!). Brodie is going to take him to a Ducks game so they can have Scott sign them. I think Daniel was secretly hoping Canada would win, even though he is American. It just isn't the same having a jersey signed by the silver medalist now, is it?
We were really into the Olympics, staying up late every night to watch it. The day of the Canada/Russia hockey game Brodie texted me and said he couldn't eat he was so nervous. I actually thought it was because he had 7 surgeries that day, which is ridiculous. No...it was because of the hockey game.
Brodie went to the first Ducks game after the Olympics and they did a little ceremony for the medalists on the team. One day if I can get enough notice to get a babysitter, I might actually get to go to a game!