Hayden started nursery school last Monday and had a blast.  He didn’t last very long in circle time, but we hope by the end of the year, he’ll be a circle time pro.  We’re all very excited that he will be making lots of new friends and learning lots of new things.  He painted his first art piece and now loves to wash his hands because they have the perfect sized sink for him and all his buddies.

Today we decided to get back in shape.  So as Hayden’s dad was working out in the garage, Hayden was doing the Exercise TV shows with me on Comcast.  It was so hilarious watching him copy the girls on the video.  Too much fun!  Can’t wait to do the yoga one tomorrow.  Hayden totally knows the downward dog position

Today was a good day.  Not only was it our 7 year wedding anniversary, but after we got home from dropping my parents off at the airport, Hayden went pee pee in his potty for the first time!!  We’ve been making him sit on his potty for a while now, but today was the first time he actually went pee!  Let’s hope it happens more often.  We’re so ecstatic, that he might actually be potty trained when he’s two, not three. 

In other news, Hayden’s grandma and grandpa went bye bye and went back to the Philippines today.  We were all sad to see them go, but glad they were here for two months to spend quality time with Hayden.  We can’t wait for them to come back!  You just don’t realize how nice and important it is to have grandparents around until they’re gone.

Spark’s partner, Jeff, just sent us a bunch of pictures he took at our BBQ.  This one of Hayden is hilarious so I had to share!

I don’t know what’s up with the finger.  LOL.

Time is seriously flying by.  I can’t believe it’s August :( What happened?  The weather isn’t helping either because it’s not as hot and it actually rained today!  Not to mention, there is lots on my to do list.  Hayden needs to get one last shot before school starts, we need a TB test, we need to find a nanny (again!) and I keep forgetting to buy Hayden an electric toothbrush.  He loves flossing and putting his toothbrush in his mouth, but he’s not getting any of his teeth cleaned.  Funny guy.

Having kids make summer feel like summer again.  We had a great 4th of July weekend and hope you did too!  From swimming and riding our new bikes, to a fun family BBQ with games.  We can’t wait for more summertime fun!

Last week we headed down to San Diego for some Southern California fun.  We stayed at Paradise Point and had the best time!  I totally recommend that hotel if you’re ever down there.  All the rooms are bungalows and we had one with our own private beach access and bonfire pit.  If you watch Jon & Kate plus 8, it was the same hotel they stayed at.  The weather was much cooler than the Bay Area, but it was nice, not too cold and not too warm.

Congratulations to Hayden’s Aunt Clara who graduated from SDSU which is why the whole fam bam clan went down.  Hayden got to go on his first boat ride driven by Daddy and he loved the marshmellows at our bonfires.  He also had many webbed footed visitors.  We met so many friendly families that were our neighbors for the week.  One of them even caught a few stingrays while fishing!

We’ve had a busy couple of weeks from selling our house to celebrating Easter and moving plus all kinds of parties parties, we’re pooped!  Here are some pictures of Hayden from Easter and helping us move…

Playing an Easter game with Jonah, trying to figure out what to do.

Scoring lots of points.

Finding an egg.

Putting it in his basket.

Finding more eggs..

Forgetting about the eggs, wanting to ride.

Going down the roller coaster.

Wanting to go again and again..

Being helpful and cleaning our condo.  (We’ll miss that place..)

Taking a nap in his new spot.

Playing in his new play room.

It was such a nice day today, we skipped Gymboree and had some fun in the sun!

Yay!  The weather is getting nicer which means more time to play. 

Today we went to the Children’s Discovery Museum with Hayden’s new friend Gunner.  He slept for the first hour cuz he hadn’t napped, but had a good time once he woke up to all the chitter chatter of the other kids in the toddler room.  He loved the bubble room.  He played with the bubble soap more than made bubbles, but had the greatest time.  His shirt was soaked and his face full of bubble soap.  Next time we visit, we’ll spend more time in the water room, where we’ll for sure need a change of clothes.

On Thursday, we found out Hayden got into the San Jose Parents Nursery School.  I was so excited when I got the email because there’s such a high demand for that school and a long wait list.  Not to mention it was the only school we had applied for.  We can’t wait to start in the fall and are looking forward to all the new friends we’ll make.

Happy New Year Everyone!  We’ve finally updated Hayden’s website with newer photos so check them out at http://www.meethayden.com

We hope everyone has a fantastic 2009. 

Santa Time was not good for Hayden.  My poor baby who is usually so happy and smiley, was not having any fun with Santa.  There were literally almost ten of us trying to make him smile. 

It’s a total classic picture that I’m sure every one or two year old has.  Let’s hope he does better next year. 

Happy Holidays everyone!!

We’re spending Hayden’s birthday week in sunny southern California.  It’s been fun celebrating his birthday all weekend.  He’s such a little stud, flirting with all the ladies down here.  If you’re in Santa Monica, check out Vanilla Bake Shop’s cupcakes.  We got them for Hayd today.  They are the best! 

Here are some photos from his big day today:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAYDEN, WE LOVES YOU!

We hope everyone had a great Halloween!  Hayden was a spooky spider and silly skeleton.  Check out his spider jammies:

We went to two parties today, and at the first, a friend, Jenna, was trying to set-up a play date for Hayden.  A gal interrupted and said what ever happened to kids just knocking on their friend’s door and saying “let’s go play today!” I thought, yeah...why do our kids need scheduled play dates.  Is this the society we live in now?  Are we really that busy?

Growing up, I was lucky to live on a street where there were many other kids my age and we were able to play outside all the time after school without our parents scheduling “play time”.  If I saw a friend riding her bike around the block and I would just go out there and ride my bike with her.  Or if I didn’t see anyone outside, I’d go knock on someone’s door.  Or, if I didn’t want to do that, I could just shoot some hoops in my driveway and sooner or later someone would show up.  It was great.  We’d have block parties, Halloween parties, camping trips.  I hope Hayden is able to grow up on a similar street. 

Hayden is a sweater, he sweats so easily and now his mohawk is growing out and I don’t know if we should keep it up, cut it normally or let it grow out.  What do you think??